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On Monday we went to the National Theatre to see Alan Bennett's new play, The Habit of Art, about a fictional meeting between WH Auden and Benjamin Britten. It was the performance before press night, so there had been no...
Gordon Brown rejected advice from Lord Mandelson to seek one of the big economic posts in the European Commission for Britain once it was clear that Tony Blair could not succeed in becoming Europe’s first president, The Times...
It was not boredom but anger that tempted me to leave a play in mid-show – but I lacked the courage In the middle decades of the 20th century, when theatre was testing the limits of taste, an off-stage sound-effect was...
West Wing, Planet Earth, the Doctor and The Office – plus a big dose of reality. Martin Sheen, Richard Schiff and Rob Lowe in The West Wing, one of our top 10 choices Photo: AP The two most important television trends of the...
C4 documentary drama to portray the monarch in key moments since the 1950s Playing the Queen brought Helen Mirren international fame and enough awards to fill a trophy room. Now five more British actors are taking on the role...
London is about to host its biggest chess tournament in 25 years. Check it out: chess is popular in primary schools where there is growing recognition of the game's educational role as a 'brain-accelerator' Photo: PHILIP HOLLIS...
Abelard Abelard was a brilliant early-medieval theologian and rhetorician who agreed to take on Héloïse as a pupil. The two began an affair, and when it was discovered, she was sent to a nunnery and he was castrated. The story...
Swine flu and Jose Mourinho all in the same week – it could be a very difficult few days for Barcelona's European champions. Eric Abidal and Yaya Tour_ miss today's visit to Athletic Bilbao because of the virus and Barça are...
With Christmas nearing, the EPL season is in full swing. It’s been too long… The Bacon (as in Bringing It Home) Liverpool vs. Manchester City (Anfield, November 21st, 7:45 a.m. ET, ESPN2) There are must-win games, and then...
One can only fear for Tony Blair after last Thursday's European summit at Brussels. For the truth is that evidence continues to amass that, under the Blair premiership, the British state was responsible, at times, for some...
