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Charlotte O'Sullivan

quoteThe film is full of cracking one-liners. Plus lots of silly dialogue that, for some reason, makes one glad to be alivequote

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Fay Maschler

quoteI rather wish that Angela Hartnett could find a sugar daddy who would back her in her own enterprisequote

Fay Maschler Murano Theatre

Fiona Mountford

quoteNot the love story to end all others, but pleasingly easy on the eyequote

Fiona Mountford Romeo And Juliet

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Cinquecento Film

Bob, Cheam

quoteThe final scene was too short and too obvious but other than that I highly recommend it.quote

Hellboy II: The Golden Army Theatre

Michael

quoteWhat a delightful frothy night at the theatre watching such a witty and wonderfully non pc musicalquote

Gigi

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Now it's the citizen snoopers: Councils recruit unpaid volunteers to spy on their neighbours

Councils are recruiting 'citizen snoopers' to report litter louts, dog foulers and even people who fail to sort out their rubbish properly. .. more |  Add your view 

 

Mother dies after family-of-three involved in horror 200ft plunge off mountain in Lake District

Chopper A 38-year-old woman airlifted to hospital has died after falling around 200 feet down a mountainside... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Father crushes son, 6, to death by accidentally running him over with JCB

JCB A six-year-old boy died when his father accidentally drove over him in a JCB. The child was playing on his family's farm when the tragedy unfolded... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

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Tarique Ghaffur Race-row police chief Tarique Ghaffur is facing a rebellion from fellow officers

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Thames barrier Boris Johnson warns city to prepare for future drought, floods and heatwaves

Have-a-go hero grandfather fights for his life after he is 'repeatedly run over' by burglars in getaway car

Barry Granger A grandfather was critically ill last night after being repeatedly run over by burglars as he tried to stop them escaping... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Gangmaster who raped journalism student in Calais may have fled to Britain

rape story A gangmaster believed to have raped a journalism student in a squalid Calais migrants' camp could be on the loose in Britain. Police say they think the people smuggler may have fled to the UK... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Man who doused cheating partner in petrol and turned her into 'human fireball' is jailed for 14 years

Scales of Justice, Old Bailey A man who turned his partner into a 'human fireball' after he doused her with petrol and set her alight has been jailed for 14 years and five months... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Daughter in mystery arson case 'had been chatting online' just before mansion went up in flames

Missing: Kirstie Foster was speaking on the Internet on Tuesday morning The daughter of missing millionaire Christopher Foster may have been chatting with friends on the internet shortly before their country mansion went up in flames... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Vicar guilty of downloading pornographic images of young girls is jailed for a year

Rev Fereday A vicar who downloaded child pornography from the internet was yesterday jailed for 12 months. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

More than a third of babies born in England and Wales are non-white

black baby Fewer than two-thirds of babies born in England and Wales are now registered as 'White British'. Of 649,371 babies born in 2005, 64.4 per cent were recorded as 'White British'... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Jail for Wren who cried rape after seducing her former lover

Erin Casson arrives at court with husband Tim Rankin A woman naval officer who seduced her former lover and then cried rape was yesterday jailed for 12 months.Communications officer Erin Casson invited Petty Officer Brian Eaton to her boyfriend's home three months after they had split up. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Father stabbed to death on his doorstep by a mental patient as he waited for his children to return home from school

Christian & Lisa Puttock on their wedding day A knife maniac today admitted stabbing a father-of-three to death on his doorstep as he waited for his children to arrive home from school... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

First university 'sexanomics' course arouses massive interest from applicants

sex A university is offering a course on 'sexonomics' - and it is deluged with applicants... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Twelve million more households face soaring fuel bills as two energy giants join the great price hike

Woman reading her gas meter. Families are being forced to pay nearly £400 a year extra on energy bills as a result of two rounds of ' disgraceful' price rises this year... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Divorce rate drops to lowest in 26 years as credit crunch forces couples to stay together

unhappy couple The credit crunch is preventing warring couples from divorcing because they cannot afford to separate, experts have claimed. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 
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Rooney A website has been launched which uses more than one billion records to show which countries, regions and cities have the greatest concentrations of a given surname. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Devastated mother reveals how her 16-month-old son drowned in garden pond

Kailin Tucker A mother has described how her 16-month-old son drowned in a garden pond. Kailin Tucker, pictured, was playing with his cousin in his grandmother's back garden... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Muslim man jailed for eight years for stabbing to death his neighbour - a BNP-activist

Habib Kahn A Muslim man has been jailed for eight years for killing his neighbour, who was active in the BNP, following a long-running dispute. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Judge admits he is frightened of being on the streets late at night

Judge Jeremy Carey A judge has admitted that he is too scared to walk the streets at night because of alcohol-related violence. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Last female veteran of the First World War dies aged 109

Gladys Powers A British-born woman believed to be the last surviving female veteran of the First World War has died, the Ministry of Defence said today... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 
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McCain picks woman running mate to woo Hillary supporters

John McCain and Sarah Palin John McCain launched a sensational attempt to woo disgruntled Hillary Clinton supporters last night by naming a woman as his vice-presidential running mate... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Karadzic refuses to enter war crimes pleas at UN tribunal

Radovan Karadzic Radovan Karadzic refused to enter pleas before a UN court preparing to try him on genocide charges and branded the tribunal a NATO proxy out to 'liquidate' him... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Pictured: The nine polar bears left to drown by the retreating ice

Polar Struggling against the waves, this polar bear faces almost certain death after becoming lost at sea in the Arctic. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Dramatic pictures reveal damage caused by mid-air explosion on Qantas jet - and how passengers were lucky to survive

xygen cylinders Dramatic new photos have been released which show just how close the Qantas jet which had to make an emergency landing last month came to catastrophe... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Mother's pleas after burglars steal precious gold medal footage of son's Beijing triumph

Sara and Zac The mother of Olympic rowing gold medalist Zac Purchase has pleaded with burglars to return the camcorder they stole containing pictures of her son's Beijing triumph... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Obama's promise: 'I'll cut tax, end dependence on foreign oil and get the U.S. out of Iraq'

Promises: Senator Barack Obama yesterday Democrat challenger Barack Obama brought his campaign roaring to life early today with a raft of specific promises to cut taxes and end America's dependence on foreign oil... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Gaddafi son accuses Lockerbie families of being 'very greedy' for seeking compensation

Lockerbie disaster Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi's son sparked fury by saying the families of Lockerbie victims had been 'very greedy' by seeking compensation... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Obama launches his historic bid to become America's first black president ... and tells 80,000 supporters: It's time for change

Obama Barack Obama threw down an historic challenge to his Republican rival John McCain early today as he staked his claim to become the first black president of the U.S. in a hail of red, white and blue confetti. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Pope's fury as crucified frog statue goes on display at Italian museum

'Zuerst die Fuesse' (Feet First), condemned as 'blasphemy' by the Vatican, has gone on display in an Italian museum An Italian museum has defied Pope Benedict by refusing to remove a statue of a crucified green frog clutching a beer mug and an egg... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Obama God! Democrats build a temple for Barack

Obama Barack Obama was mocked in the American press today for making the most important speech of his life on a set decked out like a Greek temple... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

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Horror at 'Clockwork Orange' attack on elderly Italian monks

A still from the film 'A Clockwork Orange', 1971. Italian media have compared the shocking attack on the monks to the movie Italian police are investigating a brutal attack on four Franciscan monks in a monastery in northern Italy. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

New Orleans braces for Gustav to become 'powerful hurricane'

Hurricane Officials were preparing to order a mass evacuation of New Orleans as the nightmare spectre of a killer storm returned to haunt the American city... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Alistair Darling's shocking admission: British economy is at a 60-year low - and it's only going to get worse

Darling Alistair Darling gave an astonishingly bleak assessment of the economic crisis facing Britain last night. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Two million could be out of work by Christmas, Bank of England warns

David Blanchflower Around two million people will be unemployed by Christmas as the credit crunch bites, a key Bank of England policymaker has warned... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Give family carers £110 a week wages, MPs demand

sandersfam Relatives of the sick and elderly should be paid a salary of up to £110 a week for looking after them, MPs are demanding... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

House prices plummet by more than 10% in a year... the biggest drop since 1990

Housing The average house price has plunged more than £21,000 since last October as the market enters a 'housing crash'. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Judges attack Home Secretary over Briton's claim of U.S. torture

Binyam Mohamed Judges yesterday criticised David Miliband for not treating seriously enough claims that a Briton was tortured in Guantanamo Bay. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Brown ushers in new era of council houses with councils given powers to buy repossessed properties

Gordon Brown Gordon Brown is preparing to unveil the first measures of his economic recovery package with emergency moves ushering in a new era of council housing... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Billionaire Tory party treasurer faces Britain's biggest divorce settlement after split from wife

Michael Spencer, Conservative Party Treasurer, and his wife Lorraine Billionaire Tory Party treasurer Michael Spencer has separated from his wife after 25 years of marriage... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

George Osbourne calls on Darling to cut taxes to stop UK firms fleeing the country

George Osborne MP (left) said Alistair Darling has 'caused confusion', and asked the Chancellor to adopt policies of reducing corporation tax as an initial step The Tories last night demanded an immediate cut in business taxes to prevent an exodus of firms from Britain and slash the main rate of corporation tax from 28p in the pound to 25p... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Hard men who live hard lives in camp they call 'The Jungle'

aslyum seekers in 'the jungle' The queue of foreign men waiting on the French dockside as the huge town hall clock in Calais chimes one each day does not look a particularly dangerous sight... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Unlock the real you: The mystical symbol that can lead you to the path to happiness

enneagram graphic Do you yearn to stop making the same mistakes in life? Do you want to fulfil your full potential in your job, your relationships, your love life?.. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

A pair of Titians anyone? Yours for a mere £100m

Diana And Actaeon With the country in the middle of a credit crunch, should Britain's national galleries really have launched a campaign this week to raise £100million in order to save two pictures by Titian? .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Satnav is robbing us of our rich heritage, warns map expert

road maps Britons are losing touch with their cultural heritage because they rely on satnavs and internet maps, which lack the rich detail of conventional maps... more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

MAIL COMMENT: Is there any substance to Obama's style?

Obama On the 45th anniversary of a momentous speech by Martin Luther King, this was Barack Obama's chance to prove he was 'The One'. But this was no Martin Luther King 'I Have a Dream' moment. .. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

PETER MCKAY: Obama is the young, black, family man with a tear-jerker past - but is he really The One?

Barack Who is this Barack Obama underneath the flim-flam, the showbiz razzmatazz, the tear-jerking 'back story'? How much substance is there really behind the week's schmaltz?.. more |  Add your view 
 
 
 

Christopher Skaliotis

INTERNAL Further to an article headlined 'Royal tailor attacked by colleague with cricket bat' (29 May), we have been asked to clarify that the weapon used by Christopher Skaliotis in the attack was, in fact, a wooden spirit level. .. more
 
 
 
 
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