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Not quite the 'Jurassic Park' dream: five-star plan for 160 animatronic dinosaurs wins approval
Thursday 25 July 2013
But Billionaire Clive Palmer's monsters mustn't roar too loudly
Duchess Of Cambridge launches last chance to speculate over royal baby
Thursday 13 June 2013
The media goes wild as Kate names a new cruise ship
James Cameron's two record-breaking films
Sunday 09 June 2013
James Cameron has directed the two largest-grossing films ever, ‘Avatar’ and ‘Titanic’. Read some of the statistics for the two below:
Revenge is a dish best served as a hot pie
Friday 31 May 2013
Out of ideas for a dinner party? Why not serve up a dish made out of the heads of two children stewed in their own blood encased in a pie-crust of their ground down bones? Such is the notoriously grisly fare of Shakespeare's revenge tragedy Titus Andronicus and, in a cheeky nod to the play's nasty nosh, two chefs at the RSC's Rooftop Restaurant in Stratford-upon-Avon have devised a Titus Andronicus-themed pie with a steak and KIDney (boom boom) filling as a culinary accompaniment to the RSC's new production.
Olivia Colman and Sheridan Smith to star as love rivals in new David Nicholls BBC drama The 7.39
Monday 29 April 2013
Sheridan Smith and Olivia Colman are to star as rivals for the affections of a middle-aged man who is stuck in a rut in a new BBC1 drama.
The News Matrix: Tuesday 19 March 2013
Tuesday 19 March 2013
News anchor accepts proposal live on air
'Anything will sink if you put a hole in it': Australian billionaire plays down 'unsinkable' reports as he unveils blueprints for Titanic II - an exact replica of the doomed original
Wednesday 27 February 2013
Finnish designers are not quite so cautious however, billing Titanic II as 'the safest cruise ship in the world'
Berlin Film Festival review: Before Midnight starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy
Monday 11 February 2013
This navel gazing film from Richard Linklater is witty and well written but tries too hard to give the illusion of spontaneity
The Emperor's New Clothes: Footballers
Sunday 27 January 2013
Footballers, eh? Underperforming, overpaid ... Maybe, but it's a game of two halves, argues David Randall
The Saturday Quiz
Saturday 19 January 2013
1. Which philosopher (1889-1951) said: "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent"?
Popular? You nose it: Duchess of Cambridge’s nose is the most requested plastic surgery procedure
Friday 28 December 2012
What did you wish for this Christmas? Socks, a new DVD player – or perhaps even a new nose?!
Kate Winslet marries for third time in a private New York ceremony
Thursday 27 December 2012
Kate Winslet has tied the knot with her third husband in a private ceremony in New York, her spokesman said.
Lord and Lady Grantham the love story: Julian Fellowes plans Downton spin-off
Friday 28 September 2012
Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes is planning to pen a prequel to hit ITV period drama Downton Abbey centred on a younger Lord Robert and Lady Cora Grantham.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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