Friday, 3 October 2014

Hidden passions of a Rose Queen – Behind the Mask: The Life of Vita Sackville-West review





LORD knows what today’s celebrity-driven red top papers would have made of Vita Sackville-West.


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Contemporary plotline that proves a little thin: Us by David Nicholls review





FOLLOWING 2009’s bestselling One Day was always going to be a tall order.


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Little Women, The Glass Palace and Winter In Majorca: Diane Keen's six best books





DIANE KEEN, 68, is familiar to TV viewers for her lead roles in The Cuckoo Waltz and Rings On Their Fingers in the 1970s and more recently The Ruth Rendell Mysteries and Doctors.


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Top 10 facts about... mushrooms





OCTOBER is Mushroom Month and plenty of recipes and tips may be found at http://ift.tt/1puEEFk.


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Lynsey de Paul: The Seventies songbird who couldn't find love





SHE MAY have gained plenty of attention for her pert blonde features – one TV presenter called her ‘the Basque Separatist’ because of the singer-songwriter’s penchant for tightly-waisted dresses – but Lynsey de Paul, who had a string of hits in the Seventies including Sugar Me, was not always so confident of her charms.


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Pampered Pets: What's the cause of my Boxer's lumps?





OUR vet David Grant works his animal magic.


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Stationary, Chanel No 19 and earrings: Five things Kirsty Wark can't live without





JOURNALIST, presenter and writer Kirsty Wark, 59, lives in Glasgow with her husband Alan Clements, 53, a television producer. They have two children, Caitlin, 23, and James, 22.


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Top 10 celebrity dog adopters revealed





FROM Robert Pattinson to George Clooney, the Top 10 celebrity dog adopters list has been revealed.


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Exercise can be vital for a healthy baby! Here's some top tips for pregnant women





MANY women are too nervous to exercise when pregnant but fitness instructor Charlie Gilmore explains why it's probably the best thing for you and your baby


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Stars such as Abbey Clancy and Sir Tom Jones become superheroes for Children In Need





A RANGE of well-known faces have been turned into animated superheroes for this year's BBC Children In Need fundraiser.


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Celeb victims of leaked nude pics threaten to sue Google for millions





FEMALE celebrities recently targeted by hackers are threatening to sue Google in a multi-million pound lawsuit over leaked nude photos and “blatantly unethical” behaviour.


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Paloma Faith admits she 'struggled with the reality' of moving out of home for university





SHE'S ONE of Britain's quirkiest pop stars to date, but Paloma Faith has opened up on her struggle to fit in at university and coping with moving out of home.


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Thursday, 2 October 2014

Maroon 5 slammed for promoting sexual violence

Maroon 5 have been heavily criticised for their Animals music video, with support groups claiming it promotes violence against women.In the video, frontman Adam Levine's wife, Victoria's Secret supermodel Behati Prinsloo, is stalked...


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Netflix signs Adam Sandler to four-film deal

In its bid to upend the movie business the way it has television, Netflix has secured one of the big screen's biggest box-office draws and most irreverent comedic talents.Adam Sandler has signed a four-film deal with Netflix, the...


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NZ on Screen: Antarctica in pictures

Antarctica has long been a mecca for our filmmakers - pictorially splendid, remote, and with so many great stories of courage and hardship. There have been a number of films and television shows made about the legendary continent...


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Speed the Plow: Lindsay Lohan is not a car crash on stage





WHAT a difference the billing makes.


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Thousands of mountains measuring up to 2,000 metres high found on seafloor





THOUSANDS of mountains measuring up to 2,000 metres high have been discovered on the seafloor, it emerged today.


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Comedian Ewen Gilmour has died

New Zealand comedian and Variety NZ Ambassador Ewen Gilmour died suddenly overnight.His agent, director of Creeping Charlie Productions Ltd Hilary Coe said Mr Gilmour's death had come as a shock."He is a true comedian legend and...


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Karl Puschmann: If cartoon icons get back on form I'll eat my shorts

Have you given up on The Simpsons or Family Guy yet? I long ago checked out on both. The Simpsons Movie was an anomaly, a surprisingly successful 90-minute return to form, but the series ... well, d'oh!Ever the believer, I've...


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Album review: Leonard Cohen, Popular Problems

Although he long had the reputation of a "one-man Joy Division" or "Laughing Len" in reference to his gloom-soaked melancholy, Leonard Cohen always had a self-deflating streak. Here the 80-year-old starts with Slow : "It's not because...


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