Sunday 3 August 2014

Maxine Peake on gritty costume drama The Village: 'It's about the story, not who I play'





THE Silk actress is swapping the courtroom for the farmhouse as the Roaring Twenties and its tumultuous politics comes to BBC1's The Village


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Romeo and Juliet review: A disappointing head-scratcher from the Maryinsky Ballet





WITH disconnected dancers and repetitive choreography, the legendary Russian ballet company fails to live up to its reputation


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Opera reviews: Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur and Schoenberg’s Moses Und Aron





FRANCESCO CILEA's romantic melodrama is full of hothouse emotions, Dynasty-style cat fights, sumptuous music and a fatal bouquet while Schoenberg's 1932 Old Testament opera brings together a philosophical libretto and a score that’s not always easy on the ear


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Theatre reviews: Shakespeare In Love and The Two Gentlemen Of Verona





LEE HALL's stage version of Shakespeare In Love can't help being a pale imitation of the film, while it's easy to see why The Two Gentlemen Of Verona is one of the Bard's most neglected works…


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The Vanishing Witch by Karen Maitland: An atmospheric Medieval thriller





ENCHANTMENT, social unrest and superstition are woven together to create a rich and believable 14th century world


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The Incorrigible Optimists Club: A new legendary character is born





POLITICS, philosophy and the Algerian war provide the Parisian backdrop for Jean-Michel Guenassia's compelling hero Michel Marini


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EXCLUSIVE: Bake Off’s Kate already a star in her community





AS SHE sets out to become the Great British Bake Off’s Queen of Tarts, cake-maker extraordinaire Kate Pritchard has already become her neighbours’ Queen of Hearts.


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Elbow singer’s Olympic booze stash won him celebrity pals backstage





AS millions around the world watched a night of music and spectacle to celebrate the end of the 2012 London Olympic Games, a very different kind of party was going on out of sight.


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Lady Gaga goes for the Raquel Welch cavewoman look at Las Vegas show





Known for her flamboyant outfits, Lady Gaga did not disappoint when she performed in Las Vegas.


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'Mrs Fernandez-Versini? Just call me Cheryl'





NEWLYWED Cheryl Fernandez-Versini says friends and family are struggling to pronounce her new surname.


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Sex And The City actress discovers AXE MURDERER in the family





THIS is the tearful moment stunned Sex And The City star Cynthia Nixon discovers that her great-great-great-grandmother was an axe murderer.


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Saturday 2 August 2014

Over 50 and never had an orgasm: author Lucie Novak's sexual awakening





RELEASED from an unfulfilling marriage, Lucie Novak discovers love and lust in her memoir A Woman with no Strings Attached. Exclusively for Express.co.uk she reveals the top ten things she has learned about sex and the over-50's.


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Eva Longoria shows off her impressive bikini body on holiday with boyfriend Jose Antonio





EVA Longoria proved exactly why she's one of the most lusted after women in the industry this week after flaunting her incredible bikini body during a sunshine break with her boyfriend.


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Simon Cowell admits he would work with Tulisa again while reveals she was ready for prison





SIMON Cowell has revealed that he would be happy to work with Tulisa again, sparking rumours that she could be making a return to the X Factor panel.


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'They enjoy hanging out' Brooklyn Beckham and Chloe Moretz 'seeing each other'





BROOKLYN Beckham and actress Chloe Moretz have been seeing each other for three months, according to reports.


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'Things are about to get loud!' Mel B and Cheryl Cole go head to head in X Factor trailer





CHERYL Cole and Simon Cowell have made their much-anticipated comeback while Mel B is no doubt set to make quite the impression on the judging panel on this year's X Factor.


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Emma Watson protests against Turkish deputy PM who claims women shouldn't laugh in public





EMMA Watson has joined a protest against the claims of Turkish Prime Minister, Bulent Arinc, who said he believed women shouldn't laugh in public.


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Must have: Gold treasures we want this week





THERE'S something for every budget in this week's must-haves


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Mary Berry: 'Paul and I have some disagreements'





AS The Great British Bake Off moves to BBC1, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood reveal their recipe for success…


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Julie Walters: 'I hope there are a few skeletons in my family's past'





JULIE WALTERS is the first to trace her roots in a new series of Who Do You Think You Are?


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