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Emeny to take the helm at Fuller, Smith & Turner
Friday 05 April 2013
Fuller’s, brewer of London Pride, was set up 160 years ago and has over 400 pubs
Adele and Mrs Robbie Williams bond over babies at the Golden Globes
Monday 14 January 2013
“Oh my god! Honestly, I’ve come out with my friend Ayda, we’re new mums, we’ve literally come out for a night out,” Adele told the audience on Sunday, at full Bond-diva volume, after collecting her Golden Globe for Skyfall.
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
The Weekend's Viewing: A Downton substitute and The Killing returns to its roots at the death
Monday 17 December 2012
The Making of a Lady, Sun, ITV1 // The Killing III, Sat, BBC4
Harry Potter shop to open on platform 9¾
Thursday 13 December 2012
Wand-er through the magical store from Saturday
DVD & Blu Ray: Downton Abbey: Series 3 (12)
Saturday 24 November 2012
Julian Fellowes's prettier version of Upstairs, Downstairs, above, irritates in a gazillion ways, notably with its absurd script and dunderheaded plotlines.
'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.
Rowling vows to write for children again
Monday 08 October 2012
The best-selling author J K Rowling has vowed to continue writing and promised that her next published book would be for children.
Fifty Shades outsells Potter on UK Amazon
Thursday 02 August 2012
E L James's Fifty Shades trilogy has outsold J K Rowling's Harry Potter series on Amazon's UK site. James has sold more than four million copies of her books in print and on Kindle since they went on sale in March, making her the bestselling author of all time at Amazon.co.uk.
Shirley MacLaine gives Downton 'extra frisson'
Wednesday 25 July 2012
Austerity, Irish republicanism and a formidable arrival from America in the form of Oscar-winner Shirley MacLaine will provide the latest challenge to the Crawley family when Downton Abbey returns in August.
Revealed: Austerity, the IRA and Shirley MacLaine to feature in third series of Downton Abbey
Tuesday 24 July 2012
Austerity, Irish republicanism and a formidable arrival from America in the form of Oscar-winner Shirley MacLaine will provide the latest challenge to the aristocratic Crawley family, when Downton Abbey returns to screens.
Revealed: Harry Potter is the Antichrist!
Monday 18 June 2012
Boy magician is being portrayed as the Devil in disguise in Alan Moore's latest graphic novel
Harry Potter coming to Xbox 360 Kinect
Monday 28 May 2012
Eurocom bringing the adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione to Microsoft's Kinect peripheral.
'Blackly comic' Rowling book far from Harry
Friday 13 April 2012
JK Rowling was not joking when she said her next book would be "very different" to the magical world of Harry Potter. Yesterday it emerged her first novel aimed at adults would follow parish council elections in an English market town. The celebrated British author's first book in five years will be called The Casual Vacancy, and will be a "blackly comic" tale of an idyllic English town at war itself, the publishers revealed.
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Pope Francis: Being an atheist is alright as long as you do good
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Man and woman arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder victim of Woolwich machete attack, named as Drummer Lee Rigby
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'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Horrific attack brings terror to London’s streets
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Archaeologists uncover nearly 5,000 cave paintings in Burgos, Mexico
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Woolwich attack: The EDL will seek to exploit this evil crime for their own evil ends
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