Here's an unusual situation; an author who's certainly not dead, not unknown or out of print in his native USA, greatly admired, yet ignored and unrepresented on these shores. While UK publishers reprint the most minor Nordic crime novels, we're denied an astonishing American voice.
Friday 05 April 2013
The country that topped a hospitality poll could teach the UK (placed 55th) a thing or two, Jenna Gottlieb discovers
Saturday 09 March 2013
It's a bouquet of 3D film, opera, and electronic music
Monday 25 February 2013
The Cloud Atlas author David Mitchell and his wife have co-translated an acclaimed book, written by a Japanese child, about his experience of growing up with autism.
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Hugh Grant said last night it was "fun" to bring out a darker side for his multiple roles in the screen adaptation of Cloud Atlas, rather than the bumbling English gent he normally plays.
Thursday 17 January 2013
Alice Jones' Arts Diary
Monday 26 November 2012
Peep Show, Sun, Channel 4 // Him & Her, Sun, BBC3 // 4Funnies: Dr Brown, Fri, Channel 4
Sunday 25 November 2012
The mismatched housemates return tonight. Hugh Montgomery looks at the rise of two sitcom losers
Monday 19 November 2012
Back in the mid-1990s, there was no contest as to which night ruled the comedy waves. It was Fridays on Channel 4 when the broadcaster ran various combinations of Friends, Frasier, and others.
Wednesday 03 October 2012
Blur frontman Damon Albarn and Monty Python star Terry Gilliam have joined forces to encourage new audiences to go to the opera.
Wednesday 18 July 2012
Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry was rushed to hospital last night after being injured while filming her latest movie.
Thursday 23 February 2012
If, like me, you have trouble sleeping; if at night your brain starts fidgeting in your skull like a recalcitrant toddler, pin-balling from one deranged thought to the next without a care for the exhausted body that houses it, then the radio is probably your best friend.
Sunday 22 January 2012
A woman kidnapped at 14 and held captive for nine months has announced that she is getting married. Elizabeth Smart, 24, from Salt Lake City, Utah, got engaged last weekend and will marry this year.
Friday 18 November 2011
From terrific tablets to slick smartphones, David Phelan selects the hottest hardware for your Christmas wish list
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