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Stephen Fry

Preview: Stephen Fry In America – The New World

Stephen Fry was very nearly an American. Just before he was born, his father was offered, but turned down, a job at Princeton University. The writer and actor explores the country which he might have called home and which has...

Page Turner: Oh, for a beaker of the warm south with Felix

Dusk; a small village just outside Stratford-Upon-Avon. My taxi draws up at the gates of a manor house. "You here for the book launch?" asks the security guard. "Drive down to the gate, follow the lights, lady'll have to walk...

TV previews

Your account has been frozen. Published Date: 12 October 2008 PICK OF THE WEEK Storyville: Roman Polanski – Wanted And Desired BBC4, Monday, 10pm urvived the horrors of the Krakow Ghetto. Though it neither denies nor excuses...

Harry and Paul stir up a diplomatic incident

In 1986, three young comedians called Harry Enfield, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie hit Channel 4 in a new series: Saturday Live. Twenty-two years later, Fry is a national treasure, Laurie is an American national treasure and...

TV spy Hermione Norris on the mental turmoil that's haunted her life - and the surprising joy of...

A tortured spook: TV spy Hermione Norris on the mental turmoil that's haunted her life - and the surprising joy of late motherhood Punishing schedule: Working mum Hermione assassinates enemies by day and feeds her baby by night...

'McCain's friendlier than Obama'

STEPHEN FRY is hooked on the US election. The comic is watching every minute of the battle between Barack Obama and John McCain, to be decided on November 4. Stephen, 51, fell in love with America after travelling across the...

Best feet forward

Movie stars, athletes and television personalities have donated their shoes to raise money for good causes. Hollywood actor Robin Williams, Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and singer Elton John are among those who handed...

Dork talk: Stephen Fry explores the high-end of digital music technology

Mankind's hunger for what Emerson called "a better mousetrap" is unquenchable. When you rip from a CD or buy music online, it is usually saved as AAC, M4P or MP3: these are called "lossy" formats, a trade-off between memory...

16 Blocks

By Paul Whitington Saturday October 11 2008 Now a sprightly 53, Bruce Willis proved last year that he can still look plausible in a big budget action movie with the hugely successful Die Hard 4.0. Proof (2006): Rather glib but...

Words you love

Lots of sesquipedalians out there, judging by the response to our feature on the man who reads dictionaries for fun , Ammon Shea. I love this word because it immediately brings some interesting memories to the front, not to...

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