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Rooney doing the hard yards on his road to redemption
Thursday 28 April 2011
He has said sorry, is back in the goals and is trying to open up via Twitter. Ian Herbert reports on the striker's search for forgiveness
Britain's Next Big Thing, BBC2, Tuesday<br/>If Walls Could Talk, BBC4, Wednesday
Sunday 17 April 2011
It seemed like a good idea on paper, but 'Britain's New Big Thing' failed to live up to its title
Confessions of a red-top reporter
Sunday 27 March 2011
For two years, Richard Peppiatt chased 'exclusives' for a national newspaper. This is his own story, burqas and all
Rooney: 'I should never have questioned United'
Saturday 01 January 2011
Wayne Rooney last night admitted he was wrong to question Manchester United's ambition after indicating he did not want to sign a new contract and revealed that he instructed his agent to organise the two-hour meeting to thrash out a deal hours after the Glazer family, Sir Alex Ferguson and chief executive David Gill had telephoned to make him see sense.
Wayne Rooney reveals management ambitions
Friday 31 December 2010
Manchester United and England star Wayne Rooney has already started planning for life as a manager.
Susan Boyle to take on Lady Gaga at Grammys
Thursday 02 December 2010
Susan Boyle will take on Lady Gaga and Katy Perry in a bid to bag a Grammy.
Christina Patterson: Britain's got talent, but a lot of it's wasted
Wednesday 10 November 2010
Susan Boyle said she was relieved not to be 'sitting at home being unemployed' with a talent she couldn't use
Album: Susan Boyle, The Gift (Syco)
Friday 05 November 2010
On Susan Boyle's second album, the balance between hymns and popular songs that characterised I Dreamed a Dream tilts more decisively churchwards, with a preponderance of carols now peppered with just a smattering of secular material, and an overly religiose tone applied to the likes of "Perfect Day" and "Hallelujah", songs at least partly written about heroin and orgasm, respectively.
Terence Blacker: The awkward ecology around eating meat
Tuesday 12 October 2010
Social Studies: Sadly for meat-lovers, the environmental case against a carnivorous diet is stronger than ever
Rich Fulcher: An Evening with Eleanor the Tour Whore, Udderbelly's Pasture, Bristo Square, Edinburgh
Thursday 26 August 2010
At the end of Rich Fulcher's flawed show some members of the audience give him a standing ovation. They're probably the same people that started a Mexican wave before it even began. Such slavish behaviour is typical of fans of The Mighty Boosh, in which Fulcher famously stars.
Acrobatic troupe Spelbound wins 'Britain's Got Talent' final
Sunday 06 June 2010
Simon Cowell described winners Spelbound as 'the 'most astonishing thing' he'd seen on live TV
Election Highlights of the Day: 01/05/2010
Saturday 01 May 2010
Show of the day
American TV audiences are getting a taste for "frumpy old English women."
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