Recently added articles from The Independent (London, England):
SCARE TACTICS
Oct 31, 2009; ... Hammer made some classic British horror movies. But as a newexhibition reveals, it was the posters that had real bite "Tit and fang" is how the poet Philip Larkin summed up HammerFilms' output and, give or take the odd ill-fated deviation from theformula, he wasn't wrong. Cobwebs, ...
Bridge
Oct 31, 2009; ... There was a record 59-team turnout for the Midweek Seniors Teamsat the 2009 Brighton Summer Congress. If you have never participatedin a bridge congress, the 10-day Brighton event is definitely theplace to take the plunge, as there are events catering for allstandards. Fourth in ...
Talk of the town
Oct 31, 2009; ... Halloween has always been big in our house. Not as big asChristmas, obviously - and I probably buy into the wholecommercialism of the festive season more than anyone else I know,including my children - but big enough. In fact I've always lovedit, in spite of being unceremoniously ignored ...
Five best new films
Oct 31, 2009; ... The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (1A) Terry Gilliam presents a magical travelling sideshow run by thetitular doctor, whose pact with the Devil fires this adventure intoa colourful digital landscape. Up (U) This ranks alongside Pixar's very best films. It's imbued ...
THEATRE REVIEWS
Oct 31, 2009; ... The Rise and Fall of Little Voice Vaudeville Theatre, London WC2 X Factor finalist Diana Vickers brings neither lustre norplausibility to Terry Johnson's energetically mediocre revival ofLittle Voice, Jim Cartwright's lovely blowsy-yet-poetic Northerntragicomedy. Vickers is ...