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We are now entering the twilight zone... films that finally acknowledge old age
Monday 31 December 2012
At last, says Christina Patterson, some new films that actually acknowledge old age
Come Dine With Me, University Challenge, The Hoarder Next Door and Graham Norton
Friday 21 December 2012
Our pick of the best on the box this festive season
Ferdinand has the right to challenge Fergie's values
Monday 22 October 2012
Ever since as an apprentice toolmaker he joined the Amalgamated Engineering Union, Sir Alex Ferguson has embraced the concept of "one out, all out". Like many of his values, it has stuck with him for life.
Rio Ferdinand issues bold challenge to Alex Ferguson's core values
Monday 22 October 2012
By taking a stand on Kick It Out the United defender has upset his 'embarrassed' manager's sense of unity
'Lazy' Dustin Hoffman inspired to direct another film
Tuesday 16 October 2012
Dustin Hoffman has revealed the "dreamlike" response to his directorial debut has inspired him to get behind the camera again.
Disney's Brave arrows in on top spot
Tuesday 26 June 2012
The story of an archery-ace, 10th-century Scottish princess who rebels against convention has topped the US box office, in the 13th straight No 1 hit for Disney's animation studio, Pixar.
'Brave' hits the bullseye as Pixar film is No 1 again
Tuesday 26 June 2012
The story of an archery-ace, 10th-century Scottish princess who rebels against convention has topped the US box office, in the 13th-straight No 1 hit for Disney's animation studio, Pixar.
Scotland's singing siblings The Proclaimers celebrate 25 years in the music business
Monday 04 June 2012
The Proclaimers celebrate 25 years in pop with a new album. James McNair meets them
Terence Blacker: Elizabethans we would rather forget about
Tuesday 22 May 2012
The first Elizabethans had Shakespeare, we had Harold Pinter; they had Sir Walter Raleigh, we have Fred Goodwin; they had Francis Drake, we have Simon Cowell
Last Night's Viewing: Queen Victoria’s Last Love, Channel 4
Justified, 5USA
Thursday 26 April 2012
Every year at the court of Queen Victoria, the royal household amused itself with "am-drams": costumed aristos created tableaux inspired by well-known paintings and stories.
Billy Connolly joins cast of The Hobbit
Thursday 09 February 2012
Billy Connolly is going from Big Yin to tiny dwarf to complete the cast of Peter Jackson's movie version of The Hobbit.
Morag Gilmartin: Political activist and veteran of the CND movement
Saturday 29 October 2011
In the early 1960s Morag Gilmartin was active in the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Govan and Gorbals Young Socialists when Paul Foot and Gus MacDonald held sway.
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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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