Morgan Escare pressed his claims for a World Cup spot as Catalan Dragons condemned St Helens to a third defeat in four games. The French team, sporting shaven heads in support of a children’s cancer charity, were too good for their hosts as they rounded off a week’s camp with an impressive third away victory of the season.
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Horniman’s "merman" is papier-mâché fake
Wednesday 23 March 2011
London’s Horniman Museum’s 19th-century "merman" has the snarling lips of a monkey and the swerving scales of a fish’s tail.
Dracula, By Bram Stoker
Friday 18 February 2011
The protean creature that bounded in the form of "an immense dog" from the ship Demeter in Whitby in the late 19th century is now an unavoidable presence in cinema and TV.
1 in 3 'believes in guardian angels'
Thursday 23 December 2010
Nearly a third of Britons believe they have a guardian angel, a survey from the Bible Society and Christian Research claims.
Johann Hari: 2010 – the year a zombie army came for our brains
Friday 03 December 2010
The city of Minneapolis has just agreed to pay $160, 000 in compensation to a group of zombies who were prevented from marching
Album: Former Ghosts, New Love (Upset The Rhythm)
Sunday 07 November 2010
New Love is the second album by Former Ghosts, a project led by a self-evident Joy Division fan called Freddy Ruppert but also featuring Phoenix-based nouveau-goth singer Zola Jesus and Jamie Stewart of San José avant-gardists Xiu Xiu.
Vampires Suck (12A)
Friday 15 October 2010
But they don't suck as much as lame-brain parodists Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, already responsible for the likes of Scary Movie and Meet the Spartans.
Reckless, By Cornelia Funke, translation by Oliver Latsch
Wednesday 15 September 2010
Fab fantasist weaves more magic
Cathy John: My diagnosis with MS has taught me the wisdom of 'gathering ye rosebuds while ye may'
Wednesday 01 September 2010
Tolstoy once quoted an Eastern parable, which he felt summed up the three responses to the utter absurdity of life in light of the certainty of death.
The Phantom of the Open, by Scott Murray & Simon Farnaby
Sunday 18 July 2010
Which Open competitor remarked: "Everything was going according to plan until I five-putted from eight feet at the second?" Step forward Maurice Flitcroft, who in 1974 carded 121 in a qualifier, the worst score in the event's history. Which was hardly surprising, as he had never played a round in his life.
Dragons' move for Kear falls through
Thursday 24 June 2010
Wakefield have confirmed that their coach John Kear is staying with them – for another season at least – rather than joining Catalan Dragons.
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Lord of the Sings: Sir Christopher Lee, 91, to release heavy metal album
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