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Italy's Right starts move towards ban on burkas

07.10.09

Italy is considering introducing a law which would make wearing a burka illegal... more

Away We Go is a smug�s game from Sam Mendes

18.09.09

Sam Mendes loves women. Or rather, he gives actresses lots of screen time and seems especially fascinated by louder-than-life mothers ... more

Calzedonia �22.9m Oxford Circus store deal

02.09.09

Italian fashion company Calzedonia today bought its flagship UK Tezenis store at Oxford Circus for �22.9 million � a 12.5% premium on its value at the end of March in a sign the London property market is turning ... more

If Carlo Ancelotti settles, then he will win everything at Stamford Bridge

01.06.09

Football: Carlo Ancelotti is a top manager and nobody in England should doubt that, says Franco Ordine, AC Milan Correspondent for Il Giornale ... more

Double-edged sword in Globe's Romeo & Juliet

01.05.09

The lovers are believable and authentic: their love, sadly, isn't quite in The Globe's Romeo & Juliet. ... more

Things aren't looking up for Romeo and Juliet

08.12.08

Neil Bartlett's Romeo and Juliet looks slick enough yet never do we feel caught up in a runaway maelstrom of passion hurtling into tragedy. ... more

'Sink or swim, it's all down to me,' Sheila Hancock after husband John Thaw's death

08.09.08

In our last extract from her inspiring new book Sheila Hancock revelas how she finally found peace after the death of her husband John Thaw - and made a life-changing decision.... more

Pomp and elegance in Romeo and Juliet

27.08.08

The grandeur of Middle Temple Hall, all carved wood and imposing portraits, beautifully conveys the pomp of fair Verona in Romeo and Juliet.... more

Innovative production of Romeo and Juliet

10.06.08

Timothy Sheader's Fifties Mafia-country production of Romeo And Juliet at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre is stamped with invention, surprise and imagination.... more

Zandra goes to the opera

07.11.07

Flamboyant designer Zandra Rhodes has created the costumes and set for Verdi's Aida. But can she make it the Christmas hit the English National Opera so desperately needs?... more

Off the record

14.09.07

On the verge of the 30th anniversary of Marc Bolan's death, David Smyth pays a visit to the memorial site, one of London's less well-known rock shrines.... more

Smiling in the face of tragedy

27.11.06

Mokhwa Repertory Company's excitingly fast and loose adaptation of Romeo and Juliet tells its tale with a noticeably sunny slant.... more

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