Recently added articles from The Sunday Telegraph London:
An old head on Young shoulders MUSIC PROUDLY MIDDLE-CLASS, OPENLY GAY, PASSIONATE ABOUT KNIFE CRIME, TACTICAL VOTING AND POST OFFICE CLOSURES ... WILL YOUNG IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE POP IDOL.
Aug 31, 2008; SYLVIA PATTERSON ... Will Young, despite his unassailable and hard-earned reputationas the People's Pop Star, is expert at letting you know exactly whathe thinks. Throughout the time we spent together, the handsome 29-year-old, known for his polite demeanour as much as his uniquelysoulful voice, will ...
LISTEN, THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG
Aug 31, 2008; Sandi Toksvig ... SO WE SAID GOODBYE TO THE Olympics with a lot of Chinese people Mexican-waving and anexciting hint of the celebrations to come featuring the uniqueBritish skill for topiary work on public transportation. Not beingof a sporty inclination I can't say that a four-year wait for ...
Personally speaking Leone Magiera A full life of passion and pasta - my friend Pavarotti
Aug 31, 2008; Leone Magiera ... The lightning cracks outside the window were terrifying. We wereon a tiny 12-seater plane, from Romania back to Italy, and seemed to beflying straight into the middle of a storm. At one point, theturbulence got so bad that our air hostess gripped her rosary andstarted praying ....
The booker prize for friction BOOKS SQUABBLES, SUBTERFUGE, GIN- SWIGGING... TO SAY NOTHING OF 'SQUALID' NOVELS. AS THE BOOKER CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF LITERARY GONGS, JOHN COLDSTREAM RECALLS ITS TEMPESTUOUS OPENING CHAPTERS
Aug 31, 2008; John Coldstream ... It is not hard to imagine the scene. A hush descends onGuildhall. The clatter of cutlery on crockery is stilled. Brandyglasses hover in midair. Off-camera, Kirsty Wark adjusts herearpiece, and the nation feels it can momentarily turn up the volumeon its television sets. On six faces, a ...
THE ANTI-BIG BROTHER TELEVISION THE HUGHES FAMILY HAVE SO LITTLE TO HIDE THAT THEY LET CHANNEL 4 FILM THEIR EVERY MOVE FOR FOUR MONTHS. BUT WHAT WILL A NATION USED TO THE FREAKS AND FRACAS OF REALITY TV THINK OF A FAMILY THAT HAS NO PROBLEMS? PAUL KENDALL REPORTS
Aug 31, 2008; Paul Kendall ... Click. Whirr. The remote-control camera spins round and re-focuses. In front of an enormous plasma television, two teenagegirls are dancing to the latest hits on MTV. As they jump and slideacross the floor, their younger brother slumps on a sofa, smilingwhile they execute mock pirouettes ...
In a world of her own CINEMA Angel Times and Winds
Aug 31, 2008; Mike McCahill ... If there was one Elizabeth Taylor whose work you imagine beingdevoured by Francois Ozon, it'd surely be the Hollywood icon, notthe underrated novelist. Ozon's latest, Angel (15), provides thelatest twist in this film-maker's uneven but always surprisingcareer: an ...
he's in the attic DANCE HOPES WERE HIGH FOR MATTHEW BOURNE'S 'DORIAN GRAY'. THEY ARE DEFINITELY NOT REALISED, WRITES LOUISE LEVENE
Aug 31, 2008; Louise Levene ... Matthew Bourne's name on a poster is as good as a theatrical kite-mark: a Good Showmaking seal of approval that guarantees full housesfor the promoter and a nice night out for audiences of all tastes.His latest production, Dorian Gray, which premiered at the King'sTheatre last weekend, ...
instant life skills THEATRE 365: One Night to Learn a Lifetime Class Enemy Ruhe
Aug 31, 2008; Susan Irvine ... The most hotly anticipated theatre event of the EdinburghFestival has ended up being the most disappointing. 365: One Nightto Learn a Lifetime had everything going for it. It's written by thebrilliant David Harrower (Blackbird, Knives in Hens), directed byVicky Featherstone, who is ...
CLASSICAL BBC PromsBach: St John Passion Simon Preston organ recital Jana cek: Osud
Aug 31, 2008; Peter Reed ... THE CENTREPIECE of the Proms Bach day was the St John Passion,conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, with the Monteverdi Choir andEnglish Baroque Soloists. Gardiner's Bach has become ever more vividand pliant over the years, and although he flirts with extremes ofexpression, the music never ...
here, there, everywhere OPERA King Roger The Enchanted Wanderer
Aug 31, 2008; John Allison ... Valery Gergiev, the Russian conducting dynamo, is famous forapparently being everywhere at once. Indeed, the concept of aGergiev residency is one of the musical world's great oxymorons, sothe Edinburgh Festival has done well to enjoy so much of him thismonth. In addition to other ...
CDs Out this week
Aug 31, 2008; James Delingpole ... If you want something mellow, sad and rustic murmuring gently inthe background as you curl up somewhere remote and picturesque whilethe rain lashes down outside, Scottish folkie James Yorkston is yourman. His songs of drunkenness, regret, love and the sea fog (Haar)that rolls in off the ...
POP CHOICE
Aug 31, 2008; Alex Buttle ... 2008 Bestival The last great festival of the summer, with MyBloody Valentine, Amy Winehouse and Underworld. Isle Of Wight RobinHill Country Park (0871 220 0260) ...
a rock and a hard place POP The Raconteurs Bloc Party
Aug 31, 2008; Ben Thompson ... As the long summer season draws to an end, the familiar ritualsof the British festival circuit take on a trance-like rhythm. Peoplestart to have dreams in which they are denied access to their living-rooms because Edith Bowman or Zane Lowe are in there, conducting yetanother inconclusive ...
if it doesn't work, don't fix it TELEVISION My Zinc Bed Mutual Friends The Last Word: Before I Call You In
Aug 31, 2008; John Preston ... One of the many things that makes me such a stimulating dinnerparty guest is my ability to talk with inexhaustible gusto about thedecline of television drama, regardless of the interest-levels,wakefulness or vital life-signs of my listeners. But even armadillo-skinned windbags such as ...
POLITICS JUSTIN CARTWRIGHT ON HOW NELSON MANDELA UNITED SOUTH AFRICA THROUGH RUGBY
Aug 31, 2008; Justin Cartwright ... Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation BY john carlin ATLANTIC, pounds 18.99, 274 PP T pounds 16.99 ( pounds 1.25 P&P) 0870 428 4115 John Carlin's book takes as its starting point the moment in June1995 when Nelson Mandela hijacked ...
TRAVEL JEREMY SEAL FOLLOWS ONE MAN AND HIS NOAH COMPLEX UP MOUNT ARARAT
Aug 31, 2008; Jeremy Seal ... Ararat: In Search of the Mythical Mountain BY FRANK WESTERMAN HARVILL SECKER, pounds 16.99, 229 pp T pounds 14.99 ( pounds 1.25 p&p) 0870 428 4115 A perilous ducking, though not quite of the biblicalproportions his title suggests, opens Frank Westerman's ...
PUBLISHING ADAM SISMAN STEPS BACK INTO THE LOST WORLD OF GENTLEMAN PUBLISHING
Aug 31, 2008; Adam Sisman ... Grub Street Irregular: Scenes from Literary Life BY JEREMY LEWIS HARPER PRESS, pounds 20, 348 pp T pounds 18 ( pounds 1.25 p&p) 0870 428 4115 Jeremy Lewis has inhabited Grub Street for the past 40 years. Hisfirst job after leaving university was as a dogsbody at ...
TITLE DEED HOW THE BOOK GOT ITS NAME 'Wuthering heights' by emily bronte
Aug 31, 2008; GARY DEXTER ... Emily Bronte explained the origin of the word 'wuthering' in thenovel itself: 'Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr Heathcliffe's dwelling. "Wuthering" being a significantprovincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to whichits station is exposed, in stormy weather.' ...
PUBLICITY JENNY MCCARTNEY ENJOYS AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF HOW CELEBRITY GOT WHERE IT IS TODAY
Aug 31, 2008; Jenny McCartney ... The Fame Formula BY MARK BORKOWSKI SIDGWICK & JACKSON, pounds 16.99, 388 PP T pounds 14.99 ( pounds 1.25 P&P) 0870 428 4115 Look at Me: Celebrating the Self in Modern Britain BY PETER WHITTLE THE SOCIAL AFFAIRS UNIT, pounds 10, ...
LITERARY LIFE
Aug 31, 2008; Mark Sanderson ... It had to happen sooner or later: an American company is offeringwriters gobbets of praise with which to decorate the covers of theirself-published books. A plug from an unknown author is unlikely toencourage anyone to buy a book by another unknown author, but thishas not stopped ...