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  Dan Jarvis: a very unlikely arts minister

  9 Jan 2012: He has served with the Special Forces in Afghanistan. But is Dan Jarvis facing his toughest challenge yet – as shadow arts minister? He talks culture and courage with Charlotte Higgins

• One Direction – review

  8 Jan 2012: Britain's latest batch of teen heart-throbs graduate from The X Factor to arena stardom. But where are the dance routines, asks Kitty Empire

• X Factor's Kerry McGregor loses cancer fight

  5 Jan 2012: 37-year-old appeared on show in 2006 and worked with charities representing women, the disabled and children

• Behind the music: What mattered in the music industry in 2011 – and some predictions for 2012

  29 Dec 2011: Helienne Lindvall: It has been a momentous year for the record business, with EMI being broken up and even Simon Cowell taking a knocking. Here are five key stories to remember

• Simon Cowell picks up £27m in Sony Music deal

  23 Dec 2011: Syco Entertainment joint venture earns The X Factor mogul £26,754,967, according to documents at Companies House. By Patrick Foster

• TV talent shows get my vote

  23 Dec 2011: Barbara Ellen: Season of goodwill: For some reason I find myself regularly ringing up to express my preference on shows like The X Factor and Celebrity Big Brother

• Kelly Rowland: Here I Am – review

  

  22 Dec 2011: Kelly Rowland proves she is more than an X Factor judge and Beyoncé sidekick, reckons Caroline Sullivan

• The success of The Choir's military wives suggests we're losing our taste for malice TV

  20 Dec 2011:

  Jonathan Freedland: No pantomime villain judges. And no losers. In the age of austerity we want shows that lift us up, not put us down

• X Factor final Pips royal wedding to become most-watched show of 2011

  20 Dec 2011: 13.7m viewers who tune into X Factor final make it most popular show of year in UK so far, while Downton Abbey is top drama. By Tara Conlan

• X Factor: Little Mix have lowest-selling winner's single since 2004

  19 Dec 2011: Little Mix's Cannonball tops chart but first-week sales are lowest of X Factor's top acts since Steve Brookstein. By John Plunkett

• Little Mix hit No 1 – but how long can chart reign last?

  18 Dec 2011:

  Despite making it to the top spot this week, bookmakers suggest the X Factor all-female group won't still be there at Christmas

• The week in music - in pictures

  Gallery (16 pictures), 17 Dec 2011:

  The week's highlights from planet pop

• It's the X Factor final all over again

  16 Dec 2011:

  Media Monkey: Watch this mashup before ITV ban it. Hasn't anybody told them that copyright is dead…

• Media Talk podcast: X Factor slump, and 'what is scampi?'

  Audio (25min 31sec), 16 Dec 2011:

  We ask why the singing contest hit a flat note and David Attenborough was accused of fakery. Plus, 2011's top web searches and the Leveson inquiry. With John Plunkett, Helen Zaltzman, Neil Henderson and Dan Sabbagh

• X Factor critics blame 'finals fatigue' for ratings slump

  13 Dec 2011:

  Millions switch off as ITV accused of milking audience with two-night X Factor finale. By Mark Sweney

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