Sunday 5 October 2014

Life as I know it: Angela Griffin





ACTRESS Angela Griffin opens up about her family life, husband, Jason Milligan and her latest role in Lewis


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Comedian Billy Connolly: 'I didn’t tell anyone I had cancer as I didn’t want special treat





LIFE is imitating art for comedian Billy Connolly who tells Henry Fitzherbert that his new film character is a lot like himself


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Television round-up: Peaky Blinders is back, and no one’s feelings are being spared





THIS week we see the first violent act of dentistry in the new season of Peaky Blinders, an ancient ritual occurs in the wonderful Countryfile, while The X Factor continues on its merry way


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Draft Day review: Kevin Costner returns in an appealing sports movie





KEVIN COSTNER has still got it, if his latest role in Draft Day is anything to go by


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Insightful and refreshingly informative: Victoria: A Life by AN Wilson review





AN EXTREMELY entertaining and mischievous biography that examines the life and personality of Queen Victoria from a new angle


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'Giddy highs and sickening lows': More Fool Me by Stephen Fry review





STEPHEN FRY's third autobiography paints a picture of an extremely busy, but often lonely life


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Short story: Nothing to Declare by Hilary Boyd





WITHOUT David, life was difficult for Jenny, but surely a visit to see her daughter in France would help…


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Breakthrough drug sets body on cancer warpath means new future for patients





A DRUG which unleashes the body’s immune system against tumours has been hailed as a “new dawn in cancer treatment”.


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Tommy's saviours: A tribute to the often forgotten nurses of no-man's land





THEY endured bombings and male-chauvinism, they witnessed the true horror of war, watching men bleed slowly to death or choke on poison gas.


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Chas's Rock 'n' Roll Allotment: How to get rid of weeds and grow nasturtium





IF you want to get rid of weedy pathways, just keep mowing them


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Go with the faux with a fabulous fake furs





THIS season’s fabulous fake furs are almost too good to be true


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Short cuts: The Sixties' mini is back





TAKE a trip back to the Sixties with cute minis, hot colours and eye-popping patterns – and make it your brightest autumn ever


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Prime of your life: The best hi-tech primers for the first signs of ageing





TODAY'S hi-tech primers hold the secret of smooth skin, says our beauty editor – even when the first flush of youth is a fading memory


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Bringing up baby: Are you a tiger mum or a helicopter dad?





LAWNMOVER, helicopter, tiger – there’s no end of ways to bring up your child, but which one is the daddy? Rachel Carlyle investigates


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In The closet with EastEnders' Tanya Franks





THE EastEnders actress hits the shops each season but her style is forever autumn


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Neglectful parents and sexually indifferent husband: Agony aunt answers your problems





OUR agony aunt gets to the heart of your sex and relationship problems


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Rainbow colours and retro patterns: The best folk revival designs





WANT to join the folk revival? Bring it all back home with rainbow colours and cosy retro patterns, says Victoria Gray


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The Life of Eric: Monty Python star's unseen photos up for sale





FORGET The Life Of Brian, it’s The Life Of Eric that’s up for sale.


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Saturday 4 October 2014

Beyonce was always picked on at school! 10 shocking facts about the bootylicious babe





FROM Destiny's Child to Sasha Fierce, Beyonce Knowles has always been the hottest girl on the music scene. Here's 10 things you won't believe about the star


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Karl Puschmann: Almost Human, almost good

The best thing the makers of Almost Human (TV2, Sunday, 10:30pm) could have done is skipped straight to episode two after hitting 'delete' on episode one.What a turkey! The first thing you see is a screen full of words; future,...


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