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Desert nation Turkmenistan to create ice hockey league
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Ice hockey is hardly the most suitable sport for a desert nation where temperatures can soar as high as 50C.
The Netherlands: Freeze offers skaters rare chance of marathon race
Thursday 09 February 2012
Dutch troops were racing yesterday to prepare iced-over canals and waterways for a legendary 125-mile ice-skating race that could be staged for the first time in 15 years.
Travel Agenda: Long Night of the Museums; Zurich's Art on Ice; Verona in Love; The Park Hyatt Sydney
Saturday 28 January 2012
Today: The Long Night of the Museums gets under way tonight in Berlin. Between 6pm and 2am, more than 100 galleries and cultural institutions will open late throughout the German capital, with a host of concerts, readings and performances. Tickets are €15 (lange-nacht-der-museen.de).
Tangerine dreams: Why Pantone 17-1463 is this year's most inspiring colour
Sunday 22 January 2012
1. Silk cushion
Goon, Michael Dowse, 90 mins (15)
Mother And Child, Rodrigo Garcia, 122 mins (15)
Sunday 08 January 2012
Thank goodness, a comedy lead who's the very opposite of a smart alec. But this tale of a brawling ice-hockey star doesn't pack much of a punch
Luke Blackall: Lapping up the boos as Ice judge villain
Saturday 07 January 2012
Man About Town: The Dancing on Ice stars I had praised were hugely grateful. I hadn't understood before how seriously they all took it
The surprise B-side: The flipside was often top of the pops
Friday 30 December 2011
As BBC Radio 6 Music devotes a day to vinyl, Simon Hardeman laments the loss of the format's hidden treasure
Knowing me, knowing you: Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill
Tuesday 08 November 2011
A relationship under the microscope
Betty Callaway: Skating coach who guided Torvill and Dean to the Olympic ice dance title
Saturday 09 July 2011
The most significant achievement of the ice dance coach Betty Callaway was devel-oping the skills of the sport's most famous exponents, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
The Skating Rink, By Roberto Bolaño, trans. Chris Andrews
Friday 17 June 2011
The Chilean novelist and poet is best known for the novels The Savage Detectives and 2666: his "supernovel", in part an elegy to the real murder victims of a Mexican town.
Roller derbies: When women collide
Sunday 10 April 2011
A Slice of Britain: It's basically a series of high-speed gang muggings – but it's rapidly growing in popularity among women
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