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Holliday Grainger and her Hollywood debut

05.08.11
English beauty Holliday Grainger is about to play her first Hollywood lead but, she tells Liz Hoggard, she only became an actress by accident... more

Cave of Forgotten Dreams will send some to sleep

25.03.11
Cave of Forgotten Dreams feels overlong and padded out to justify that "feature film" tag... more

University shortages force students into part-time degrees

16.08.10
Tens of thousands of students are planning to study part-time degrees because of a shortage of full-time courses, universities say... more

Apple help us get educated from home

05.07.10
Every student’s dream of being able to attend lectures from the comfort of the sofa is finally here.... more

Muslim pupils taken out of music lessons ‘because Islam forbids playing an instrument’

01.07.10
Schools are allowing Muslim families to withdraw their children from music lessons because learning an instrument is forbidden according to some Islamic beliefs... more

Students are forced to study while they work

14.06.10
Growing numbers of students are choosing part-time courses so they can work while they study amid signs that the traditional three-year degree is on the wane... more

Mat Collishaw is art’s Mr Nasty

25.09.09
He was raised in a strange Christian cult and dates a taxidermist. No wonder, then, that Mat Collishaw is fêted as the most macabre of the YBAs... more

Students without a university place opt for part-time courses

21.08.09
Desperate sixth-formers are turning to part-time study as traditional universities warn that degree courses are full... more

Don’t panic if you miss A-level targets

19.08.09
Record demand for university places but plenty of options for school-leavers who fail to find the course of their choice... more

The bruiser handing out a battering to our greedy bank bosses

04.03.09
Treasury Select Committee chair John McFall is shrugging off the snipers as he earns his spurs tearing into those behind the financial crisis... more

Academics blast Science Museum’s Israel Day

03.03.09
The Science Museum was accused of promoting Israeli universities whose research was used in the military campaign in Gaza... more

Revealed: the £2.6m council house family

24.12.08
A mother of eight living on housing benefit in a £2.6million home provided by her London council has said: "I'm not going to pretend it isn't great"... more

'I watched fiancée dying after lorry crash'

12.12.08
A man has described the horror of running to help his dying fiancée after she was struck by a lorry... more

'I plunged into the cesspool of celebrity as an act of rebellion'

26.09.08
Someone is shooting at Toby Young. Every minute there is an almighty "thwack" at the window of his shed-office. "It's all right," he says, jumping visibly. "It's just conkers from the horse chestnut tree"... more

Andrea Riseborough is the new iron lady

09.06.08
Bright young star Andrea Riseborough, who depicts a young Maggie on TV this week, has Thatcher to thank for her success in more ways than one.... more

Tut, tut, tut

16.11.07
The Egyptian boy king, Tutankhamun, is back in town, this time supported by harsh theatrical presentation and breathtaking commerce.... more

Klass warrior

30.07.07
When Hear'Say split, Myleene Klass's career seemed in ruins. The mum-to-be talks about how sheer hard work, including her high profile M&S campaign, has got her life back on track.... more

Alternative Maria in Profumo musical

18.01.07
Emma Williams quit in August as The Sound of Music's alternative Maria to Connie Fisher - but she is back on stage now playing Christine Keeler.... more


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