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Swedish soprano whose perceptive singing and vivid acting made her a great heroine in operas by Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss and Janacek One of the most perceptive and admired sopranos of the postwar era, Elisabeth Söderström,...
Any coastal town or city worth its salt has a Grand Hotel; those that host political shindigs – Eastbourne, Scarborough and Brighton, for example – seem to be particularly partial to them. All too often they are grand in size,...
Ferdinand Mount Andrew Brown has spent a lot of his life writing about religion, not least for The Spectator. He has never written anything remotely like Fishing in Utopia (Granta, £8.99), but then nor has anyone else. The book...
Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom, considered one of the most versatile opera stars of the postwar period, has died. She was 82. Soderstrom died in Stockholm early Friday of complications from a stroke, according to her...
By Daniel McDonnell Saturday November 21 2009 SWEDISH referee Martin Hansson is still on course for the World Cup finals despite his terrible error in the Stade de France on Wednesday night. But Hansson has been warned that he...
AFP/POOL/File – Former South African president Nelson Mandela (L) and his wife Graca Machel, pictured in May 2009, have … STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Former South African president Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel have been voted...
Bullying should be treated as a public health problem, says the Canadian lead researcher of an international study. (istock) Bullying should be considered a public health problem and governments should adapt national strategies...
Sweden's Sophie Gustafson climbed within two shots of overnight leader Lorena Ochoa at the LPGA Tour Championship on Friday as rain wreaked havoc on the second round. Rain drenched the Houstonian Golf and Country Club before...
COPENHAGEN, Nov 20 (IPS/IFEJ) - Whether a new internationally binding treaty to reduce greenhouse gases and forestall climate change will be signed next month remains to be seen. What is clear though, is that if there is a...
Vancouver Canucks' Christian Ehrhoff, left, of Germany, celebrates his goal with Alexander Edler, back left, of Sweden, and Mikael Samuelsson, right, of Sweden, during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the...
