Recently added articles from The Independent on Sunday (London, England):
Felix Barrett
Jun 28, 2009; ... Close-up The genius behind theatre's hottest troupe on breakingand enteringFew theatre companies could describe using a linear narrative as"taking a risk". But defying convention is the norm for Punchdrunk,the group behind a string of "immersive theatre" events that ...
Tips & deals
Jun 28, 2009 ... The cause Help the National Trust preserve the Giant's Causeway, off thecoast of Northern Ireland, for future generations. The new appealhopes to raise more than 2m towards its upkeep. To donate or adopt avirtual stone, go to agiantcause.com. The guide Independent ...
CONCISE CROSSWORD No. 1011
Jun 28, 2009 ... SL FOR 13/21 By Mass The entries marked "?" are linked and suggested by the uncluedanswer(s) forming the puzzle's title Across 1 ? (4) 3 Woodwind instrument (4) 9 Sightseer (7) 10 Cindery grey (5) 11 Ballroom dance (5) 12 Curled ...
The filth and the fury
Jun 28, 2009; ... Fiction This short-story collection is vintage Irvine WelshReheated Cabbage By Irvine Welsh Cape Pounds 18.99 It's a safe bet that an author who uses the title ReheatedCabbage for a miscellaneous collection of mostly old and out-of-print stories isn't taking himself too seriously ....
ALSO SHOWING
Jun 28, 2009; ... Year One (97 mins, 1A) Jack Black and Michael Cera bumble through the Old Testament.Like Life of Brian, it's essentially a series of biblical sketches,but unlike Life of Brian there's no satirical angle, nor much of astory to link the sporadically funny gags. Tenderness One ...
A cardboard box? You were lucky ...
Jun 28, 2009; ...... we got stuck in this morally confused TV project. It turnedout it wasn't about the plight of the homeless at all TelevisionFamous, Rich and Homeless BBC1 James May at the Edge of Space BBC4 Hang on a minute, this can't be right - we're barely past theopening credits of Famous, ...
Cash, shares, child trust funds... What's the best way to invest for grandkids?
Jun 28, 2009; ... Everywhere grandparents turn, it seems, they are being told thatthe financial future of their grandchildren is uncertain. They facerising university fees, house prices out of reach, minusculeinterest on savings and shrinking pension provision. All in all,growing up and moving through ...
This 'desert island' is a Danish artist's muse
Jun 28, 2009; ... Charles Darwent travels to Laeso to see why it inspires PerKirkeby, this summer's star of Tate Modern Until this spring, I knew exactly two things about Laeso: that itwas home to a mythological Norse giant called Aegir, and that PerKirkeby has a studio there. Neither was entirely ...
BAE to sign Navy deal by recess
Jun 28, 2009; ... BAE Systems, the Ftse 100 defence giant, and the Government, areaiming to secure a 15-year shipbuilding agreement by Parliament'ssummer recess next month. It is understood that the parties want to sign the deal by 17July. The contract would see BAE supply the UK's naval ...
Xstrata ready to dig deeper to win over Anglo
Jun 28, 2009; ... Xstrata, the mining giant, is digging in for a two-year battle inits attempt to merge with Anglo American, its Ftse 100 peer. Mick Davis, the Xstrata chief executive, announced a proposal fora "merger of equals" with Anglo last Monday. Cynthia Carroll,Davis's Anglo counterpart, is ...
Entering China was like a heady burst of freedom
Jun 28, 2009; ... It's a weird state of affairs when you find entering China to besome heady, exhilarating burst of freedom. Yet, last week, as I leftNorth Korea and crossed into China by train, I felt just that. Youbecome institutionalised remarkably quickly in a totalitarian state:what you find peculiar ...
Glad to be 'more Wagner than Wenger'
Jun 28, 2009; ... Jane Merrick meets Ben Bradshaw The Secretary of State forCulture, Media and Sport is delighted with his long-awaited place atthe cabinet table under a 'warmer' PM than Tony Blair Ben Bradshaw isn't wearing any shoes. He's not barefoot, but ispadding around his new office in navy ...
First female gondolier passes her test
Jun 28, 2009 ... NEWS IN BRIEF :: VENICE Venice got its first female gondolier, bringing an end to ninecenturies of male monopoly, when Giorgia Boscolo, 23, the daughterof a gondolier, passed the gruelling test to become a trainee. MsBoscolo ...
Hunt for bodies from Air France crash ends
Jun 28, 2009 ... NEWS IN BRIEF :: BRAZIL Brazil has ended the search for bodies from the Air France jetthat crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last month, calling the task"impossible". The search for the jet's flight recorders will go on.Brazilian and ...
We know fame ruins children, but we're too talent-hungry to stop it
Jun 28, 2009; ... Michael Jackson was not born 'wacko', says Carol Sarler, who meta bubbly, confident 12-year-old. That was before he sold 750 millionrecords, and everything changed As fact chased rumour across the United States on Thursday,ending with the confirmation that Michael Jackson was ...
Jacko was off the wall, but I'll rock with him
Jun 28, 2009; ... Sophie Heawood on why no one can beat the king of pop's music "But he was a creepy paedo," said my flatmate on Friday, lookingappalled that I was getting dressed up to go to a Michael Jacksontribute karaoke night, called The King is Dead. "I've been on publictransport for three ...
'I don't want to be judged on my looks'
Jun 28, 2009; ... The President of France caused a furore last week when hedescribed the head covering worn by Muslim women as 'a sign ofsubservience'. But is the issue as simple as Nicolas Sarkozy thinks?Here 10 British women explain to Andrew Johnson why - to varyingdegrees - they choose to cover up ...
Superior BBC bosses take the biscuit over pay
Jun 28, 2009 ... I can't waste energy getting worked up about BBC executivesclaiming for parking meters, bunches of flowers, hotel rooms andtaxis - it's their smug sense of superiority that makes me nauseous.Pushed into revealing the pay and expenses of their top staff, wewere told it was because the ...
Victim of British torture tells of his life of suffering
Jun 28, 2009; ... Rebel talks to the IoS about the Mau Mau court case against theUK Government. Emily Dugan reports Wambugu Wa Nyingi is smiling. He has survived torture, beencrippled and left for dead. Now he is jubilant. "I'm happy that I'mcoming to seek justice from the people who took away my ...
Memories of Michael
Jun 28, 2009 ... Family, friends and colleagues on the King of Pop PAGES 48 & 49 Katherine Jackson On her son, the child performer "Every time I'd go to a concert I'd worry, because sometimes thegirls would get on stage and I'd have to watch them tearing atMichael. He was so small, and ...