It's pronounced valley - and OHP's revival of Alfredo Catalani's rarely performed Alpine love tragedy is a minor triumph, beautifully played, superbly cast and packed with oomph... more
Political leaders and police chiefs from both sides of the sectarian divide attended the funeral of a Catholic police officer murdered in Northern Ireland
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Security chiefs in Northern Ireland are braced for the risk of further attacks after the Real IRA claimed responsibility for a car bomb explosion outside MI5’s Ulster headquarters... more
These are the MPs who have so far disclosed all or part of the content of letters received from Sir Thomas Legg, as a result of his inquiry into additional cost allowances claimed between 2004-5 and 2008-9... more
NEW: Retired police officers from Scotland Yard and Northern Ireland are to travel to Libya to provide training for Gaddafi's police forces at the public's expense... more
As Northern Ireland responds to the first murder of a policeman for 12 years, only two days after two young soldiers were shot outside their Antrim barracks, the province's First Minister, Peter Robinson, and Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, travel to America... more
This Tosca reaches a totally different audience from the usual ENO or Covent Garden crowd - unpretentious and enthusiastic to enjoy a good show.... more
A breathless eroticism pounds through Montemezzi's L'Amore dei tre Re as violently and noisily as a stampede of horses over cobbles, says Fiona Maddocks.... more
There has been much debate about whether Madam Butterfly is racist or not but no one watching this production at the Royal Albert Hall could mistake where Puccini's sympathies lay. ... more
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