TV round-up: The Jump, Our Guy In India, Inside The Commons, Wolf Hall Reviews

ANOTHER day, another reality show. I’m always hearing people say, “Why aren’t there more reality shows on TV?” Well, just for you... here’s one floundering in snow. It’s called The Jump , and it has returned for another year, against all popular expectation, and the laws of entertainme...

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Music, drama, and saucy humour: Cavalli's L'Ormido at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse Review

KASPAR HALTEN'S production, returning to the Jacobean-style Sam Wanamaker Playhouse after less than a year, is gorgeous to look at and stylishly High C...

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Ridiculously campy sci-fi blockbuster: Jupiter Ascending Review and trailer

A GRANDIOSE, eye-popping tale with a pick and mix plot from The Matrix, The Terminator, Star Wars and countless classics of the ge...

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A melancholic study of forgotten lives: Still Life Review and Trailer

UBERTO Pasolini is best known as the producer of The Fully Monty but he’s proving a skilled and sensitive director as evidenced by quietly haunting British drama Still L...

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A study of Martin Luther King Jr: Selma Review and trailer

AN URGENT, thought-provoking and timely history movingly brought to l...

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A baa-rnstorming treat: Shaun The Sheep Review and trailer

A DELIGHT of visual storytelling Shaun The Sheep Movie makes a virtue of its limitations with a simple but energetic story brimming with inventive set-pieces, comic touches and cheeky hum...

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Hotel-style star ratings for care homes, hospitals and surgeries

CARE homes, hospitals and GP surgeries will have to display a hotel-style inspection rating at their entrance or in waiting rooms under new rules that are expected to come into force in Apr...

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3million patients go private if they need an operation, study reveals

PATIENTS spend £2billion a year from their savings to pay for private medical treatment, a study sho...

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Victoria Pendleton: 'At my lowest I cut myself to feel something. Sport helped me recover’

DOUBLE Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton is pushing hard to get more of us up and exercising, for the sake of our bodies... and our min...

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In with the old...chapels and churches upcycled

TRANSFORMING old agricultural buildings or deconsecrated chapels and churches is nothing new in Britain but the idea of “upcycling” interesting old buildings is more popular than ev...

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Roses, hearts and jewellery: Best Valentine's Day gifts

THERE'S something for every budget in this week’s must-have Valentine select...

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Sweet temptation: Seductive lingerie for Valentine's Day

WITH this season’s most luxurious lingerie, you can set the scene for seduct...

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Meet the couples who got back together with their childhood sweethearts

EVER dreamed of getting back together with your childhood sweetheart? Kim Jones meets three happy couples who did just t...

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Seeing red: The best red lipstick for your skin tone

WANT to be a scarlet woman? Read my lips, says our beauty editor- there's a shade for every skin t...

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Golden glow: The best heart-shape jewellery for Valentine's Day

TAKE heart with these gorgeous Valentine’s gi...

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John Lewis, Debenhams and George: The best bud vase designs

DISPLAY your Valentine’s blooms with love in one of these delightful desi...

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Sharon Stone in two-year battle to talk again after tragic stroke

HOLLYWOOD star Sharon Stone has told for the first time how she struggled to make a comeback after a devastating stroke left her unable to walk or talk properly for two yea...

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Coloured certainly ain't the new black

When Murray Deaker ordered a black coffee on a recent flight in the US, he was not expecting a confrontation. The former TV and radio sports commentator was thrown a withering look by the flight attendant before she angrily asked...

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Bruce Jenner unhurt in 3-vehicle Malibu crash that killed 1

MALIBU, California (AP) " Los Angeles County sheriff's officials say former Olympian Bruce Jenner was in one of the cars involved in a three-vehicle crash on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu that killed one person.Sgt. Matt Dunn...

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Bruce Jenner involved in fatal car crash

Bruce Jenner was involved in a three-car pile-up at noon on Saturday that left one person dead and seven injured.The 65-year-old former Olympian rear-ended a white Lexus and sent it flying into a Hummer on the Pacific Coast Highway...

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