"No one knows what's going on in someone else's mind and life would be intolerable if we did," murmurs Paul to his wife soothingly. Paul knows what he's talking about. He's a therapist and bereavement counsellor and, apparently, a loving father, currently a little preoccupied, like his wife, by his daughter's recurrent nightmares. In fact, the two of them are in her bed, the little girl having been resettled in the parental room after waking up screaming.
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Friday 05 October 2012
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A Blagger's Guide To: James Bond
Sunday 15 April 2012
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Friday 30 December 2011
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Wednesday 21 December 2011
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Tuesday 05 July 2011
Such is the frenzy of filming activity surrounding the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens that two of Hollywood's best-known actresses, Helena Bonham Carter and Gillian Anderson, find themselves in a battle of the bonnets as they both prepare to play the role of Miss Havisham in Great Expectations.
Heads up: The Crimson Petal and the White
Sunday 20 February 2011
Lashings of lust and bawdy romps – it's the Victorians' secret
Diary: Kings face pigeon revolt
Wednesday 28 July 2010
Alarming news that stadium rockers Kings of Leon were forced to abandon a recent gig following a surprise airborne pigeon attack undoubtedly represents what music observers would politely describe as their "Spinal Tap moment".
Dickensian London – alive and well in Kent
Sunday 20 June 2010
A Slice of Britain: Dedicated fans of the great Victorian novelist get into bustles and bonnets for their annual parade in Broadstairs
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Friday 16 April 2010
Duncan Ward's muddled satire about the London art world has a strong cast mugging for all their worth.
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Saturday 10 April 2010
There was a time when the world went mad for Gillian Anderson. Or at least for Dana Scully, the sceptical FBI agent she played in The X-Files.
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Thursday 08 April 2010
Hollywood stars Kim Cattrall and Gillian Anderson will appear in an epic adaptation of William Boyd's best-selling novel Any Human Heart for Channel 4.
Susanna White: From Jane Eyre to Generation Kill
Tuesday 03 February 2009
Susanna White went from directing Bleak House and Jane Eyre to the set of HBO's Generation Kill. Not as strange as it seems, she tells Gerard Gilbert
Is it all over for costume drama?
Sunday 23 November 2008
It's a lavish, star-studded show, but 'Little Dorrit' is losing viewers, says Andrew Johnson
The X-Files: I Want to Believe 15<br/>The Love Guru, 12A
Sunday 03 August 2008
The truth is out there – pity Mulder and Scully can't find it
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