John Huston

How Tennessee Williams made film a writer's medium

Proudly melodramatic, sentimental, manipulative - Tennessee Williams's plays are showcases for our wants. No wonder so many movie directors have attempted to conquer them. Wyatt Mason celebrates a dramatist who made film a...

MATTESON LEADS BY ONE

Troy Matteson: Leading after the first round Troy Matteson used a pair of eagles to vault to the top of the leaderboard at the Children's Miracle Network Classic after the first round. Matteson carded a nine-under-par 63 to...

Expansion plans upset residents near school

Council will hear appeal on matter SAN DIEGO – Eighty-three years ago, a Catholic private school took over a North Park property so grand it became known as a mini San Simeon. The Academy of Our Lady of Peace has educated...

Obituary: Eileen Herlie

Eileen Herlie, who has died aged 90, was a vivacious Glaswegian who found fame on the West End and Broadway stages in the 1940s and 1950s, but was known to a wider audience from 1976 as seen-it-all, truth-telling Myrtle Fargate...

Palmer clings to two shot lead at Ginn Classic!

Miami, Nov 05: American Ryan Palmer clung to a two-shot lead midway through the final round of Ginn sur Mer Classic on Sunday, closing in on his first PGA Tour win in four years. After opening his round with six straight pars,...

Cuixmala: A Mexican Xanadu

With its opulent domed mansion, nature reserve – with imported zebras – and wild Pacific beaches, the estate of the late Sir James Goldsmith is the quirkiest of retreats. From a sleepy backwater of 2,000 souls, Cuixmala has...

Children's Miracle Network Classic set to put cap on 2008 season

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- As has become the norm on the PGA Tour in recent years, the Children's Miracle Network Classic at Walt Disney World stands as the last chance for players to nail down their spots in the top 125 on the...

Allenby falls short

It was a case of so near yet so far for Robert Allenby once again on the PGA Tour as he finished two strokes behind Ryan Palmer at the Ginn sur Mer Classic in Florida. The Australian, who has not won a title in seven years on...

Golf-Palmer clings to two shot lead at Ginn Classic

MIAMI, Nov 2 (Reuters) - American Ryan Palmer clung to a two-shot lead midway through the final round of Ginn sur Mer Classic on Sunday, closing in on his first PGA Tour win in four years. After opening his round with six...

Golf-Ginn Classic suspended due to severe weather

MIAMI, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Final round play at the Ginn sur Mer Classic has been suspended because of severe weather on Sunday with five players tied for the lead. Americans Vaughn Taylor, Ryan Palmer, Mark Wilson, John Huston...