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Holy Flying Circus, BBC4, Wednesday<br/>Mary Queen of Frocks, Channel 4, Tuesday
Sunday 23 October 2011
A dramatisation of the furore over 'Life of Brian' stayed true to the anarchic spirit of the Pythons
Stanfords reinvents itself as 21st-century 'travel expert'
Sunday 21 August 2011
One of the UK's oldest map and travel shops, Stanfords, is moving into the 21st century with a new website, travel club and loyalty-points scheme.
Attack on '£5,000 rail season tickets'
Friday 31 December 2010
Rail fare rises mean some commuters will have to pay more than £5,000 for season tickets from Sunday, the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) said today.
A world of opportunity
Thursday 02 December 2010
In a tough job climate, what is it about those with geography degrees that makes them so employable?
Focus on 'Britain from the air' goes on display
Wednesday 22 September 2010
Aerial photographs showing more than 100 landscapes and scenes from around Britain will go on display on a city centre street, the Royal Geographical Society announced today.
James Moore: Celebrity campaigners are right about Vedanta but battle is not yet won
Wednesday 25 August 2010
Outlook So score one for the good guys? Vedanta – or perhaps "the world's most hated company" – suffered a reverse yesterday after its much-criticised plans to mine bauxite on sacred tribal land in the province of Orissa in eastern India were shot down by the country's environment ministry.
Halfway to Hollywood: Diaries 1980-88, By Michael Palin
Friday 20 August 2010
These diaries confirm Palin's TV image as intelligent and self-deprecatory, but can he be so modest if he's willing to publish diaries from 30 years ago? His entries from this distant era tend to bland geniality with spots of interest.
John Cleese plans 'alimony tour' to pay his ex-wife
Saturday 22 May 2010
John Cleese is to embark on his first-ever UK tour next year at the age of 71. The comedian, who recently agreed a divorce settlement believed to be in the region of £12m, has dubbed it the "Alimony Tour".
Josh Lewsey's Everest diary: Monty Python and SPAM
Friday 07 May 2010
England rugby star Josh Lewsey is undertaking the ultimate challenge in attempting to summit Mount Everest in aid of Help for Heroes. He'll be writing an exclusive diary during the expedition which you can keep up to date with here at The Independent.
Prince Charles: 'Grandfather George VI's speech problems cut him off from family'
Tuesday 02 March 2010
The Prince of Wales spoke today about how his grandfather's speech problems "cut him off" from his family as he joined Michael Palin and Schools Secretary Ed Balls in praising the work of the UK's only national stammering centre.
Study links stuttering to genetic disorders
Thursday 11 February 2010
One in 10 cases may be an inherited metabolic defect that could be treatable
Not the Messiah (He's A Very Naughty Boy), Royal Albert Hall, London
Tuesday 27 October 2009
Python worship hard to Handel
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Disability campaigners celebrate 'victory' after government rethink over plans to make it more difficult to claim disability benefits
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Bankers could face jail after report urges the Government to introduce new criminal offence for reckless management
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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We never knew Nigella Lawson - and we still don’t
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Vice pulls 'breathtakingly tasteless' fashion shoot glorifying the suicides of famous female authors from Sylvia Plath to Virginia Woolf
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