Sunday, 14 September 2014

'We live in a culture of fear': Charlie Higson talks zombies and Young Bond

FAST Show and Young Bond mastermind Charlie Higson is now as well known for his novels as his TV shows. He tells us about mixing page and scre...
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Dracula ballet becomes 'patchy melodrama' at the West Yorkshire Playhouse

UNLIKE its vampire anti-hero, the Northern Ballet's 15-year-old Dracula is showing its ...
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Theatre round-up: The Comedy Of Errors, The Dreaming, Fully Committed

IN THE Comedy of Errors, the twin comic mayhem is 'beautifully timed and uproariously funny'; Shakespeare is given a musical First World War makeover in The Dreaming and The Menier Factory celebrates its 10th anniversary with a tour-de-force performance in Fully Commit...
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The Wizard Of OZ 3D review: Dorothy's world is bigger, brighter and scarier

FROM terrifyingly real flying monkeys to the endless halls of the Wizard's chamber, Oz's digital makeover is a truly technicolour way to revisit the 1939 clas...
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Most Wanted Man review: Philip Seymour Hoffman is brilliantly burnt-out

IN HIS last major performance, Philip Seymour Hoffman perfectly inhabits his character as an exhausted spymaster in John le Carré's unnervingly topical t...
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TV round-up: Strictly Come Dancing versus X Factor

THE loss of Brucie hasn't affected Strictly's ratings, while Cheryl proves she's the queen of Simon Cowell's talent show. Meanwhile, ITV's cooked a turkey with Who's Doing The Dishe...
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Andrew Marr's debut novel Head Of State review

THE highly respected journalist Andrew Marr has produced his first novel, a political thriller that although funny and vividly written needs more satirical b...
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Poirot makes a muted return in Monogram Murders

SOPHIE HANNAH has revived Hercule Poirot in an amiable, but unbelievable, homage to Agatha Chris...
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Francis Plug: How To Be A Public Author review

AN INVALUABLE primer on the boozy Booker-fuelled life of the modern author and a work of invigorating original...
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New mum Kimberley Walsh is glowing as she encourages people to bake for Children in Need

KIMBERLEY Walsh only gave birth at the beginning of this month, but it looks as though motherhood is treating her we...
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Glow for it: The best exfoliating beauty products

EXFOLIATING is the key to a radiant complexion – so how do the latest products scrub up? Our expert repo...
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Style counsel: Designer Jonathan Adler's stunning home

LEADING potter and designer Jonathan Adler shows us around his stunning home on New York’s Shelter Isl...
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Bold and beautiful buys for autumn

DISCOVER the best beauty buys of the season with our beauty edi...
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In the Club's Hermione Norris: 'My husband is my best friend'

IN the Club star Hermione, 47, lives in Somerset with her husband Simon Wheeler and their children Wilf, 10, and Hero, se...
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Grantchester's Tessa Peake-Jones: 'I smile all the time, I'm very jolly'

WE loved her as long-suffering Raquel in Only Fools and Horses – but we’re about to see a whole new side to Tessa Peake-Jones, as Simon Button repo...
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How brisk walking can boost your health

BRISK walking has a host of health benefits – if you know how it’s done. Louise Robinson gets put through her paces on a leading training c...
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Empty-nest syndrome: What to do when the children move out?

WHEN your children move out, it can leave you feeling lost – but that “empty nest” moment is the perfect time to rediscover yourself, says Flic Ever...
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In the closet with Strictly dancer Karen Hauer

THE STRICTLY dancer sparkles on and off the dance floor – in designer dresses and an endless supply of sh...
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A childish friend and a problematic ex: Agony aunt answers your questions

OUR agony aunt gets to the heart of your sex and relationship probl...
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Bold and graphic: The best geometric print accessories for your home

GET graphic with these beautifully bold lo...
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