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John Wayne's eye patch to be auctioned

07.09.11
Cowboy hats, costumes and saddles from actor John Wayne's estate will go up for auction in Los Angeles next month.... more

Police arrest 35 at Wikileaks demonstration

21.03.11
Hundreds of people rallied outside the base where army private Bradley Manning is being detained on charges of providing classified data to Wikileaks ... more

Mass Second World War grave found on Iwo Jima

22.10.10
Two graves that may hold the remains of up to 2,000 Japanese soldiers are discovered on the island of Iwo Jima, scene of one of the Second World War’s bloodiest battles... more

Why do we have to team-build the teams? They’re sportsmen, not photocopier salesmen

01.10.10
How do you motivate a sportsman? There are different schools of thought, all with their own merits... more

An unseemly fight for the Astor family fortune

28.04.09
New York's social royalty is set to testify at the trial of Brooke Astor's son, accused of fiddling the Alzheimer's-stricken heiress out of millions... more

DVDs of the week

10.07.07
Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima, Sandra Bullock has a Premonition and Eddie Murphy dons the prosthetics again in the week's top DVDs... more

Eastwood's All-Star line-up

02.05.07
Kyle Eastwood, The eldest son of Hollywood star Clint Eastwood performs a one-off gig at Ronnie Scott’s on Thursday.... more

Explosive tribute to heroes France forgot

29.03.07
Terrific performances and dangerously real battle scenes in Days of Glory reveal the vital role of North African soldiers in the Second World War.... more

Clint's bold tribute to a heroic defeat

22.02.07
Clint Eastwood may have made more impressive films than Letter From Iwo Jima - but he has surely never made a braver one, says Derek Malcolm.... more

Fake notes, French jokes and a funny Hitler

15.02.07
Derek Malcolm takes a look at the films which have been making headlines this week at the Berlin Film Festival.... more

The Queen leading British Oscar charge

23.01.07
Three British stars - Helen Mirren, Judi Dench and Kate Winslet - will battle it out for best actress at this year's Oscars.... more

Brits sweep the Globes

16.01.07
The Brits are celebrating their biggest ever haul of Golden Globes. Helen Mirren led the way at the Beverly Hills ceremony seen as a forerunner to the Oscars.... more

Clint's war movie packs a punch

21.12.06
Clint Eastwood puts the drama into politics and propaganda in his audacious WW2 film, Flags Of Our Fathers.... more

Will the Brits get the gongs?

21.12.06
British actors have put in some prizewinnning performances this year. They'll get Oscar nominations, just don't expect them all to win.... more

Crowds roll up for a Banksy

18.12.06
Hundreds of art lovers queued overnight to be the first to buy limited-edition prints by street artist Banksy.... more

Clint's not a cowboy after all

12.10.06
Clint Eastwood, Hollywood's most famous Republican, used to make gung-ho movies, but his latest is anti-war. As he tells Mike Goodridge, he didn't mean it to be unpatriotic.... more


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