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Not a football genius: Jeremy Kyle gives team talk to Southend United (they lost)
Tuesday 30 April 2013
Are team talks from special guests a sure-fire way to sporting success? Er, no
Album: Miloš, Latino Deutsche (Grammophon)
Saturday 09 June 2012
For the follow-up to his hugely popular debut album, Miloš Karadaglic has leapt eagerly into the full breadth of Latin American music, which he considers the heartland of classical Spanish guitar music throughout the last century.
Style shrinks: Our experts analyse Kylie Minogue's Village-People-go-grunge style
Sunday 22 April 2012
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The Insider: How to personalise your kitchen
Sunday 12 June 2011
The fitted kitchen was a great invention for chore-trapped 1950s housewives. But now? The lock, stock and barrel concept can feel a bit Stepford. So how can you personalise your cooking space?
Mark Steel: The modern jihadist must be on Twitter
Wednesday 04 May 2011
What seems strange is that if this raid was watched live on film, wouldn't someone have bought the rights and released it on DVD by now? Americans aren't usually slow with a commercial opportunity. They probably arranged a three-minute gap between the two shots fired at Bin Laden, to allow for a commercial break. It would become the best-selling film ever. But so far, they've not even put a tiny clip on YouTube.
Mafia boss breaks vow of silence to point the finger at alleged killer
Thursday 14 April 2011
A jailed former Mafia boss who once ordered a payback killing in the infamous "Donnie Brasco" case has become the highest-ranking member of the city's five Italian organised crime families to break their vow of silence and testify against one of their own.
The Insider: How to find inspiration
Sunday 16 January 2011
After moving from a small flat to a whole house, I panicked: I had little furniture, no budget and zero direction. Inspiration was clouded by the threat of expensive mistakes and "blank canvas" alarm. So where can one turn for ideas?
The day Boris met his political role model
Saturday 01 May 2010
'The Thick Of It' star Rebecca Front gets a taste of the real thing with the Tory Mayor
Al Pacino stars in the TV life story of 'Doctor Death'
Sunday 25 April 2010
Film about Jack Kevorkian reignites debate over issue of assisted suicide
Chris McGrath's Day Four Verdict: Alaivan ready to take place in vanguard for youth brigade
Friday 19 March 2010
Beggars Cap looks apt way out of financial trouble in the meeting's finale
Simon Carr: They're not much good, but goodness they'll be great for me...
Tuesday 16 June 2009
Sketch: Bercow looked pretty good, like the miniature Al Pacino we remember from happier days
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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