Sunday 3 August 2014

Absolutely Fabulous? Mother and daughter spill the beans on their reverse relationship





ACCORDING to all the figures, today’s teens are behaving better than their parents ever did – or do. Which has to be good news, but is the younger generation missing out? One fun-loving mum and her sensible daughter tell all…


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Who’s that girl? We meet The Village actress Phoebe Dynevor





THE fresh-faced looks are familiar, and the name will soon be everywhere. Phoebe Dynevor is following in her famous mother’s footsteps


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Black fly, cod liver oil and family recipes: Chas Hodges passes on his tips





THIS week, the Sunday Express gardening columnist shares his trick for keeping pests off his carrots and making unforgettable pigs' trotters


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Choose barbecue wine from our selected list for the perfect match





CHILLING out round the barbecue? Our expert fills your glass...


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Filmmakers join forces to turn Terracotta Warriors into Hollywood super heroes





FILMMAKERS from Britain, America and China are joining forces to create one of the biggest blockbusters in cinema history, based on the ancient Terracotta Warriors.


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New museum devoted to the 'pop pirates' who changed radio





FIFTY years after they rocked the nation the “pop pirates” who ruled the airwaves and changed broadcasting for ever have got their own museum.


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The dance company bringing ballet to the people





IF YOU thought that only privileged children became ballet dancers, think again. As the English Youth Ballet scours British towns for the new Billy Elliot, it helps gifted children of all backgrounds to fulfil their dreams…


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'We don't want to be a museum piece,' Jim Kerr on Simple Minds' stadium revival





SIMPLE Minds are selling more gig tickets than they have since the Eighties. Frontman Jim Kerr explains why…


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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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