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The one line that proves brevity is the soul of wit

24.08.10
The success of Tim Vine's succinct and deliciously silly gags show the timeless power of the one-liner... more

David Cameron draws on the values of the village fete

04.05.10
Explaining his old friend David Cameron’s reserve towards a journalist, Michael Gove says that Cameron is English... more

All surface, no feeling in A Single Man

12.02.10
Fashion designer Tom Ford’s debut as director in A Single Man is so immaculately stylish that the tragedy that lies at the centre of the story is lost.... more

Working doesn’t work in the country

09.04.09
I am in the greengrocer in Dulverton buying rhubarb and bump into Somerset’s literary lion, Alexander Waugh... more

Trudie Styler speaks out to revive the lost art of oratory

03.04.09
The art of oratory is being killed off by computers, according to Trudie Styler... more

Uncut version of controversial Helen Mirren film Caligula to be released

26.08.08
It was banned in the 1970s for its graphic scenes of incest and real sex, but now controversial Roman epic Caligula is set to go on sale in the high street.... more

All change! What the new buzzword really means

01.08.08
From David Cameron to Barack Obama, everyone's using the the new political buzzword. Here a historian asks what it means, and four writers explain how change affects us all ... more

Giving peace a chance

07.12.06
Yoko Ono says that, of all the documentaries that have been made about John Lennon, The U.S. vs John Lennon is the one he would have loved.... more

Terrorist's duel on Death Row

17.08.06
The theatrical sensation of the Festival, Terre Haute deals with that terrifying contemporary creature, the home-grown terrorist. It is enthralling, tense and highly astute.... more


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