The Independent (London, England) back issues from December 2007:
Beadle's miscellany A quiz by Jeremy Beadle (answers on page 63)
Dec 01, 2007 ... 1. In America why might it be cool to befriend Tony Curtis, TonyBennett and Tony Blackburn? 2. In the 76 years from 1924 to 2000 England played 223 gamesagainst 49 national teams at the old Wembley Stadium, plus which twoother representative teams? 3. Who's linked to the ...
These foolish things
Dec 01, 2007 ... Sophistication mixes with razzle-dazzle to bring back the Fortiesfeel. Styling by Beth Dadswell Photography by Katya de Grunwald Right: tweed embroidered dress, 3,695, by Christian Dior, 31Sloane Street, London SW1, enquiries 020-7172 0172; pearl clusterring, 810, by Mikimoto, 179 ...
Essential buys for an elegant look
Dec 01, 2007; ... Tray Sleek, with a smooth wood finish, this 'Mo' tray (35) is veryfirmly within the modern design tradition while reflecting the well-crafted understatement suited to an elegant home. It's equally asgood for decorative purposes as it is for everyday use (Do, ...
Food & drink notes
Dec 01, 2007; ... Mull it over Mortimer & Bennett is one of those small shops that seems biggerinside than it is outside; it's located in west London but it does agood trade on the web. Small independent shops should be cherishedfor their eccentric choices, and with Christmas and the New ...
Something for the weekend?
Dec 01, 2007 ... Under a Fiver 2003 Berberana Reserva Rioja This rioja does the business as a pre-festive party red with itscoconutty oak aromas and traditional sweetly strawberry-fruitedquality. 4.49, Tesco Under a Tenner 2007 Limar Sauvignon Blanc Until Monday, there's ...
Style notes
Dec 01, 2007; ... Art decadence 1 Black cuff 400 by Erickson Beamon from Net-a-porter, www.net-a-porter.com 2 Jazz shoes 325 by Rupert Sanderson from Net-a-porter,as before 3 Gucci by Gucci Eau de ...
Beadle quiz answers see page 9
Dec 01, 2007 ... 1. "Tony" - US slang word for "fashionable among the wealthy orstylish people" (from the noun "tone", North American informal). 2. The Rest of Europe and the Rest of the World. Out of the 223games they only lost 30 times. 3. Mack the Knife, according to writers Brecht-Weill in ...
Bridge
Dec 01, 2007; ... Zia Mahmood and Michael Rosenberg now play in partnership for theUSA. Zia previously represented his native Pakistan, while Rosenbergformerly played for Scotland and Great Britain, though he was bornin America. Many consider Rosenberg to be the world's best bridgetechnician, and Zia the ...
Backgammon
Dec 01, 2007; ... Live in London 2 In a match to 3 points my co-lecturer Adam Tansley (black) wasplaying your correspondent and the first game had reached thecritical position above. How should Adam play his 62? There are two choices: (a) 20/14, 6/4 and (b) 24/18, 20/18. Strategically one ...
Chess
Dec 01, 2007; ... Today, the SPICE Cup. I've always been a sucker for a goodacronym and readers will be relieved (or disappointed) to learn thatthis refers not to pop music but rather a chess tournament: TheSusan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence invitational at TexasTech Uni. Although Susan ...
Pets' corner
Dec 01, 2007 ... Your questions answered by Chamois Rose-Wood My seven-year-old Yorkie cross has started eating his own poo inour garden. Why is he doing this and how can I stop it? Ruby Collins, Bath Coprophagia (faeces eating) is a problem that most owners willhave to deal with at ...
Weekend work
Dec 01, 2007; ... What to do Terracotta pots that have been standing in saucers of waterthrough autumn should definitely now be liberated from them. Plantsare less likely to die and pots less likely to crack open in icyweather if the compost is well drained. Less water means lessexpansion if it ...
...and around the country
Dec 01, 2007 ... Carol Rhodes Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh A retrospective. Beautifully calculated landscapes, set in themiddle of nowhere, seen from above. To 24 Feb Wyndham Lewis Anniversary Exhibition Rugby School The only show to mark 50 years since the ...
Five best London shows
Dec 01, 2007; ... Georg Baselitz Royal Academy The wild old German expressionist, famous for painting upsidedown and chainsaw wood-carving. A selection of his life's work. To 9Dec Millais Tate Britain A prodigy, and for a decade the most intense and inventive of thePre-Raphaelites; ...
The Weasel
Dec 01, 2007; ... Platform performance --the first Sunday after Eurostar's move to St Pancras Station,refurbished at a cost of 800m, I was admiring Martin Jennings'sstatue of John Betjeman near platform 5 when I was approached by anIrish gent. "Are you a relative?" said the genial chap. "You have ...
Five best London revivals
Dec 01, 2007 ... Swords in the Moonlight Thur 8.40 NFT2 One of the best films by the other great Japanese director ofSamurai-Western epics, Tomu Uchida. The Return 11am Thur Phoenix A Russian film so bleak that it becomes sublime, about twochildren who are getting to know their recently ...
Album of the week
Dec 01, 2007; ... Boban and Marko Markovic Orkestar: Go Marko Go! Brass Madness (Piranha) 12.99 Boban is one of the greats of Serbian brass, holding the recordnumber of wins at the riot that is Serbia's Gucca ...
Five best revivals
Dec 01, 2007 ... Les Demoiselles de Rochefort Sun 3.30pm Filmhouse, Edinburgh Jacques Demy pays homage to the Hollywood musical via Gene Kellyin this joyous song'n'dance. Catherine Deneuve and Franoise Dorleacco-star. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg today 3.30pm Filmhouse, Edinburgh Jacques ...
PICK OF THE DAY
Dec 01, 2007 ... This Is Civilisation 8pm C4 Matthew Collings continues with his ambitious attempt to chartthe way culture has shaped our world. Tonight, he looks at how artcreated by artists such as Jacques-Louis David and Francisco Goyabecame a means of exploring what it is to be human. The ...
PICK OF THE DAY
Dec 01, 2007 ... Earth: the Power of the Planet 9pm BBC2 How ice has shaped the planet. To find out, Dr Iain Stewartclimbs 150 metres up a frozen waterfall in Greenland to witness thespeed of the Arctic meltdown. Sex in the Noughties 10pm C4 Between 2004 and 2006, sales of men's ...
PICK OF THE week
Dec 01, 2007 ... Thriller: Michael Jackson's Masterpiece tonight 8pm Radio 2 What has happened to him since has tended to overshadow it, but25 years ago Michael Jackson created an audio-visual phenomenon.Trevor Nelson recollects the global frisson generated by Thriller. Drama on 3: Soldiers in ...
...and around the country
Dec 01, 2007 ... The Flint St Nativity Liverpool Playhouse Tim Firth, who wrote Calendar Girls, returns with his hilarioustake on the seasonal school play, as performed by adults. To 12 Jan Amadeus Sheffield Crucible Nikolai Foster directs Peter Shaffer's timeless tale ofobsession, ...
STAYING IN films on TELEVISION
Dec 01, 2007 ... Whale Rider 2pm BBC2 HHH (Niki Caro, 2002) Keisha Castle-Hughes (left) gives a veryunaffected performance as a feisty young thing determined to proveto her grandfather, the chief of their Maori tribe, that she's aworthy successor, and that modernity and tradition can co-exist ....
Five best London shows
Dec 01, 2007; ... War Horse NT: Olivier An extraordinarily fresh and moving production, adapted fromMichael Morpurgo's novel, about a farm horse sold to the cavalry andpitched into the thick of the First World War. To 14 Feb The Masque of the Red Death Battersea Arts Centre Punchdrunk's ...
TV film
Dec 01, 2007 ... Live and Let Die today 3.05pm ITV1 "There are moments of great luxury in the life of a secretagent," begins Ian Fleming's second James Bond novel, written in1954 with the working title of The Undertaker's Wind. By 1973, andthe eighth film in the franchise, the influence of ...
Radio
Dec 01, 2007 ... The Best DJ You've Never Heard in Your Life today 10.30am Radio 4 Two years ago, the journalist Martin Bashir moved to New York.Like so many of his adopted countrymen, he quickly fell under thespell of Howard Stern, the notorious shock jock, who provided asoundtrack to his daily ...
...and around the country
Dec 01, 2007 ... Carol Rhodes Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh A retrospective. Beautifully calculated landscapes, set in themiddle of nowhere, seen from above. To 24 Feb Wyndham Lewis Anniversary Exhibition Rugby School The only show to mark 50 years since the ...
Five best London shows
Dec 01, 2007; ... Georg Baselitz Royal Academy The wild old German expressionist, famous for painting upsidedown and chainsaw wood-carving. A selection of his life's work. To 9Dec Millais Tate Britain A prodigy, and for a decade the most intense and inventive of thePre-Raphaelites; ...
Five best films
Dec 01, 2007; ... The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (15) A long, slow, picturesque Western about characters who barelyunderstand their own actions. Superb, so long as you don't mind notunderstanding either. The Darjeeling Limited (15) Three American brothers ...
Le Case del Borgo Tuscany
Dec 01, 2007 ... 24-HOUR ROOM SERVICE The only thing out of place at Le Case del Borgo is the oddruffled and muddied patch of otherwise manicured lawn - evidence ofthe wild boars that roam in the surrounding countryside. And whatcountryside: the main building at del Borgo and its satellite ...
Oz Clarke
Dec 01, 2007 ... 'When we could see France from Dover, Dad said, "That's where itall begins"' First holiday memory? At Hunstanton in Norfolk, where I was kidnapped for the firsttime when I was two and a half. It was a wonderful summer week andthe beach was glistening. I asked my dad for an ...
Scratch that: the Pounds 792 'free' holiday
Dec 01, 2007; ... QUESTIONS OF CASH --n n My family won a holiday in Mallorca through winning on ascratchcard in Skymag magazine. To claim it, we paid 156, as well asspending a long time on premium-rate phone calls. But instead ofbooking us to Mallorca on the date we chose, we were sent on ...
Where to log on for the best yuletide bargains
Dec 01, 2007 ... Shopping on the internet can save you cash. But you must becareful, says Kate Hughes The numbers say it all. We will spend some 14bn shopping onlinein the run-up to Christmas this year - that's around 370 for everyadult in the UK. Over the past five years, the number of ...
48 HOURS IN LAS PALMAS
Dec 01, 2007 ... Simon Calder and Doreen McInerney leave the gloom of Britishwinter for the sand, surf and shopping of the Canary Islands' mostexciting city Why go now? The build-up to Christmas has begun in the largest city in theCanaries. Las Palmas, which has a fair claim to be the ...
Prezzo's off the menu as diners tighten their belts
Dec 01, 2007; ... NO PAIN, NO GAIN The No Pain, No Gain portfolio has, at least for the time being,enjoyed its last meal at Prezzo, the successful Italian restaurantchain backed and run by the entrepreneurial Kaye family. The shares have slipped below 60p, thereby triggering the sellorder I ...
Why I'm not still laughing all the way to the bank?
Dec 01, 2007; ... PRIVATE INVESTOR Are banks a bargain? I think you can see why they might be.They've all tanked (and I'm leaving Northern Rock out of thereckoning for the moment). Even if they're off their year lows,they're pretty bruised and are well down on previous peaks. Hardas it may be ...
Really go places in Hennessy Gold Cup
Dec 01, 2007; ... GAMBLER'S CORNER One of the consistent attractions of the jumps is the guaranteeof a big race every Saturday, something that betting-shop puntersand bookies much appreciate. The more that see a race, the greaterthe betting turnover. Today's feature is the Hennessy Gold Cup ...
It's going to be a bumpy ride in 2008
Dec 01, 2007; ... THE ANALYST We are getting close to the time when stock-market pundits willbe asked for their forecasts for 2008. My first piece of advice forall of you is to take them all with a huge pinch of salt. Theforecasts are usually wrong and, given the current uncertainty inthe markets, ...
Something to declare
Dec 01, 2007 ... Bargain of the week: flying around South Africa The first no-frills airline in South Africa, Kulula(www.kulula.com), has begun services from Johannesburg's secondaryairport, Lanseria. Kulula promises that this gateway has "lesstraffic, less stress" compared with the main airport, ...
More trouble in store for Big Yellow
Dec 01, 2007 ... THE WEEK IN REVIEW Big Yellow Group has had a torrid year. After hitting all-timehighs of more than 700p a share on the first trading day of 2007,the stock has been in permanent decline ever since. So what is it that investors don't like about the group? It hasmaintained a ...
DEALS OF THE WEEK
Dec 01, 2007 ... --Save Bradford & Bingley has launched a trio of bonds including a one-year fixed rate product at 6.25 per cent which matures on 15 January2009, and a two-year fixed rate bond at 6 per cent per annum, whichmatures on 15 January 2010. The online one-year eBond offers a fixedrate ...
'I want to buy a home and start a business'
Dec 01, 2007; ... WEALTH CHECK Mike Ord, 33, works in the construction industry and is self-employed. He lives with his girlfriend in Leeds, has a 10-year-oldson, and is planning big things for the next few years. He wants tostart his own business and buy a home, but is concerned that he hasyet to ...
Is home emergency insurance worth it?
Dec 01, 2007 ... From boilers bursting to rodent infestation, you can pay forcover. But is it cost-effective, asks Helen Monks When the temperature drops, marketing budgets at companiesselling boiler and domestic emergency cover tend to soar. These sorts of policies can cover everything from ...
THRIFTY LIVING
Dec 01, 2007; ... WANT TO PAY LESS FOR LECCY? ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR WATTSON i can tell you what I'll be doing this Christmas - drinkingorange squash, eating salad and listening to one of the juniorMillards playing a musical instrument. By candlelight. The reason? The arrival in the Millard ...
Secure, yes, but way too much hassle
Dec 01, 2007; ... If you're a customer of Barclays Bank, you may have been confusedto receive something resembling a pocket calculator in the post sometime in the past few weeks. In fact, this device isn't designed tohelp you do your sums; somewhat surprisingly, it's the latestinnovation in online banking ...
THE MAN WHO PAYS HIS WAY
Dec 01, 2007; ... Existentialism aboard the longest no-frills flight in Europe If you subscribe to the Sartrean view that "Hell is otherpeople", do not book yourself aboard Ryanair flight 3153. Thisparticular departure is, as far as I can tell, the longest flight toor from the UK by a short-haul, ...
Made to measure
Dec 01, 2007 ... You're going to spend hours on the slopes in them, so it makessense to have ski boots fitted to maximise comfort. Stephen Woodbuckles up - top first, of course After 17 years on the slopes, I thought I knew the first thingabout skiing. But I didn't. Asked by boot-fitter Phil Vass ...
THE INSIDER
Dec 01, 2007; ... TECHNOLOGY Dot.com boon Mr Site's Takeaway Website is an idiot-proof kit that helps youcreate your own dot.com website. Priced at 34.99 and including asecure shopping cart, the kit can be bought from Borders, Heals, PCWorld, WH Smith and Amazon.co.uk. And if the site does ...
Choc tactics
Dec 01, 2007 ... Celebrate the festive season with a luxurious box of chocolates.Charles Campion selects the best 1. Hotel Chocolat Hotel Chocolat was set up 10 years ago and nowhas 24 stores around Britain. The shops are temples to chocolate andyou can buy everything from particular bars - such as ...
101 star bars
Dec 01, 2007; ... The Fumoir, Claridge's I don't know if there were exclusive gentlemen's clubs in 1920sParis, but if there were I'm sure they would have looked exactlylike the Fumoir bar on Claridge's ground floor. A darker, moresensuous sister of the gold and velvety rose red Claridge's bar, ...
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO FESTIVE GETAWAYS
Dec 01, 2007 ... Suddenly want to spend Yuletide anywhere but home? Whether you'redreaming of a white-sand beach or a snowy resort, let HarrietO'Brien be your little helper Can I still get away for Christmas and the New Year? You could find yourself in a one-horse open sleigh on ChristmasDay, ...
Side orders
Dec 01, 2007; ... Marylebone marvels Ishtar Upmarket Turkish specialising in marinated meats, skewered andgrilled over hot charcoals. Main courses include grilled chicken ontoasted bread with yogurt, tomato sauce and butter (11.50); or lambsaddle stuffed with pastirma and served on aubergine ...
Rail entrepreneur on track for a romantic venture
Dec 01, 2007 ... Howard Trinder plans a luxury 'hotel on rails' service to theDanube, but first he must face a Hungarian works canteen. By JamesMoore A day in the life of ... 5am Howard Trinder's feelings about air travel are deeply ambivalent.The rail entrepreneur needs to be in ...
'I was mugged by a friendly mugger. He hopped off the bus and waved'
Dec 01, 2007 ... The 5-minute Interview Ardal O'Hanlon Comedian, actor and writer Since playing Dougal in 'Father Ted', Ardal O'Hanlon, 42, hasgone on to star in 'Blessed' and 'My Hero', and voiced Robbie theReindeer in 'Hooves Of Fire'. His new DVD, 'Ardal O'Hanlon: Live inDublin', ...
A nail-biting advent on the high street
Dec 01, 2007; ... OUTLOOK Now that door number one on your advent calendar is open, it'stime to start playing everyone's favourite Christmas game: chickenon the high street. Who'll lose their nerve first this year? Willretailers really be prepared to wait for a last-minute rush ofChristmas ...
Classic from smoothie Yank and salt-of-the-earth Manc
Dec 01, 2007; ... SPORT ON TV Ricky Hatton, Britain's greatest-ever boxer in the eyes of manywho know about these things, might be even more of a national heroif his fights were on one of the terrestrial stations, but they'dfind it difficult to match the commitment shown by Sky. There, ...
The heirs of Zidane break down barriers to claim birthright
Dec 01, 2007; ... Most Fridays I collect my 13-year-old daughter from her athleticsclass, just outside the Paris ring road or Boulevard Peripherique.She runs and jumps in a stadium which is within the dreaded suburbs,or "banlieues" (a source of cosmic dread to many Parisians and thescene once again this ...
Hopkins swaps movies for music with piano tour
Dec 01, 2007 ... By Emily Dugan Not content with an Oscar-winning career playing characters fromthe cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter to Richard Nixon,Sir Anthony Hopkins has revealed his talents as a concert pianist,and is preparing to embark on a world tour. In a series of shows ...
Main movers
Dec 01, 2007 ... ATullow Oil 671p (up 35.5p, 5.6 per cent) Buoyed by mid-capcorporate action. AStandard Chartered 1,914p (up 118p, 6.6 per cent) Bounces afterWednesday's big placing. AAlliance & Leicester 730p (up 44p, 6.4 per cent)Buying on backof Thursday's encouraging ...
Gaunt is a racist, claims MEP after stormy debate
Dec 01, 2007 ... By Delta Monk The radio presenter and newspaper columnist Jot Gaunt has beenpublicly accused of racism by an MET after an on-air debate onimmigration descended into an acrimonious row in the EuropeanParliament. The talkSPORT presenter, known for his trenchantly populist ...
Wild about you
Dec 01, 2007 ... As safaris go, it was fairly luxurious, but for Arabella Weir andfamily, getting up so close and personal with the magnificentwildlife of Kenya was the real privilege One of the chief benefits of having a privileged childhood isforeign holidays, but as a result, there's a danger of ...
Golden wonder
Dec 01, 2007 ... Any road trip in California has to take in its celebrated parks.Margaret Campbell hit the highways for the drive of her life California blazing: images from earlier this year of the GoldenState in flames might have dampened the enthusiasm of some for theultimate road trip, yet ...
Teacher moved to secret location as Sudanese demand stiffer sentence
Dec 01, 2007 ... By Cahal Milmo Hundreds of Sudanese demonstrators brandishing swords and sticksdemanded the execution of the British teacher Gillian Gibbonsyesterday as diplomats sought her early release from the prisonwhere she is serving a 15-day sentence for allowing a teddy bear tobe named ...
Only 21, but she's already the toast of the West End
Dec 01, 2007 ... By Ciar ByrneArts and Media Correspondent At the age of 19, when most people are wondering what to do withtheir lives, Polly Stenham was busy writing her first play. Thisweek, the young writer, now 21, was named most promising playwrightof the year for her tale of a dysfunctional, ...
'I don't think I would have liked being coached at an early age'
Dec 01, 2007 ... Kevin Doyle, Reading's low-maintenance striker, did not fancy theacademy route and preferred to learn his trade at home in Ireland.It has not done him any harm, he tells Glenn Moore The Premier League Interview There appears to be near universal agreement that the ...