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Saturday, 28 November 2015
The X Factor host Caroline Flack: I feel incredibly lucky
AS The X Factor approaches its quarter finals, Caroline Flack looks back at her year on Britain’s favourite reality shows.
From Coronation Street to Eastenders: Christmas in Soapland
IT MIGHT be too much to hope for in Soapland. Sue Crawford reveals who can expect Yuletide joy this festive season – and who’ll be staying well away from the mistletoe.
Comedian Jack Whitehall is the youngest ever host of the Royal Variety Performance
HOSTED by comedian Jack Whitehall and with performances by Elton John, Kylie Minogue and One Direction, this year’s Royal Variety Performance is a TV night to remember…
What does a Damien Hirst Christmas tree look like?
It's been years now since Damien Hirst closed his famous restaurant "Pharmacy" and sold the decor of the restaurant for record breaking prices at auction. And although over a decade has gone by, the world has not forgotten the magic of the artwork created for this establishment. In fact, many more pieces from Damien Hirst have centered around this theme. So it wouldn't be surprising to see it pop up again in a public piece of artwork right? Well, one would think so, only today I'm writing about the pharmaceutical theme in relation to the season at hand - Christmas. Yes, people, we have our first Damien Hirst Christmas tree in front of the iconic Connaught Hotel in Mayfair. And, yes, this tree says Damien Hirst from start to finish and all with the theme of Pharmacy playing throughout.
The placard at the bottom of the Damien Hirst Christmas tree reads as follows:
"Designed by British Artist Damnie Hirst (b.1965), decorations for the Connaught's first Christmas tree allude to one of the artist's most enduring themes: the miraculous power of science and medicine and the hope it can offer."
Well, when you put it like that...
Hirst does have a bit of fun with the idea of combining pharmaceuticals and the holiday season, creating prescription names to honour the season and displaying them in pill and bottle decorations. Quite a first impression with the introduction of The Connaught's first ever Christmas tree. In a nutshell, it's a must visit for those of you looking for a bit of holiday cheer on the streets of London.
Endurance runners might be better drinking simple sugar and water instead of sports drinks
DITCHING some sports drinks for a spoonful of sugar could make exercise easier for weary marathon runners and long distance athletes, scientists say.
Polar Bear Dinner: An extraordinary documentary on Channel 4
A STRANGE thing happens in the village of Kaktovik on Alaska’s north coast in autumn. More than 80 polar bears gather on its remote shoreline to play and feast on the leftovers of bowhead whales that have been hunted by the indigenous Inupiat people.
BBC presenter Fern Britton: I haven’t cooked Christmas dinner for 17 years
CHRISTMAS in the Britton-Vickery household will be an easy affair this year. Fern and her husband of 15 years, TV chef Phil Vickery, who have four children between them, are relaxing all the rules on the big day.
Where are they now…? Dixon of Dock Green’s PC Johnny Wills
ACTOR Nicholas Donnelly played PC Johnny Wills, alongside Jack Warner as Sgt George Dixon, in the classic police series Dixon Of Dock Green .
Friday, 27 November 2015
My tip for a happy 60-year marriage? Just say ‘Yes dear’
A DEVOTED husband has revealed the secret to 60 years of marriage – saying “Yes dear” to his wife’s every whim.
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