Recently added articles from The Sunday Telegraph London:
Kelly Brook actress and model my perfect sunday
Dec 06, 2009; She was talking to Guy Stagg ... My weeks are pretty tiring, so my favourite way to start a Sundayis with a long lie-in. I think everyone likes to sleep in on aSunday, but I sometimes snooze until as late as 11, which is reallynaughty. I'd stay curled up in bed, watch some television and tuckinto my favourite breakfast ...
the noughtiesa fond (ish) farewell 2000 ~ 2009 It was a decade of fear, of dubious scientific breakthoughs, and of ever more dubious celebrities. Yet the Noughties were exactly what the world needed, says Toby Young
Dec 06, 2009; By Toby Young ... I was in a French ski resort on January 1 2000 and the firstthing I thought about, when the fog of the previous night began toclear, was the Millennium Bug. Deputy US Defence Secretary JohnHamre had predicted it would be 'the electronic equivalent of the ElNino'. Just how many planes had ...
I wouldnt say Im a conspiracy theorist, but St Nick is aliveand living in the US
Dec 06, 2009; Sandi Toksvig ... I hate to dampen any of the jolly rush to the festive season butI did think I ought to mention that today, allegedly, is the dayFather Christmas died. Now, I hate to bring up conspiracy theoriesfrom as far back as AD 346, but can I just say that personally Idon't believe it. I am ...
art The pain and the paint Wartime refugee Frank Auerbach's immense melancholy is demonstrated in a compelling exhibition showing the rebuilding of London after the war
Dec 06, 2009; ANDREW GRAHAM-DIXON ... Frank Auerbach: London Building Sites 1952-62 ????? CourtauldGallery, London WC2 (020 7848 2526) to Jan 17 Frank Auerbach was evacuated from Berlin to England in 1939, whenhe was seven, as the Nazis' persecution of the Jews spiralled intogenocide. He was still an evacuee ...
film Playing for keeps Academy winner resurrects a lust for life; while Rio dancers hold their lives in their feet
Dec 06, 2009; MIKE MCCAHILL ... Departures (12A) 130 mins ????? Only When I Dance (E) 78 mins ????? Me and Orson Welles (12A) 107 mins ????? Given the American Academy's spotty record when picking the BestForeign Language Film, eyebrows were understandably raised at thisyear's Oscars when ...
A Christmas cracker Poignant and polished, this is a festive treat to savour
Dec 06, 2009; LOUISE LEVENE ... The Nutcracker ????? ROH, London WC2 (020 7304 4000) to Jan 1 Christmas came hideously early at the Royal Opera House this yearwith yet another revival of Peter Wright's 1974 reading of TheNutcracker, which has just begun its fifth consecutive seasonal run.The full-blooded ...
Fun at the Ha Ka Ney Empire From Aladdin to Peter Pan - the best pantos this season
Dec 06, 2009; VERONICA LEE ... Aladdin ????? Hackney Empire, London E8 (020 8985 2424) to Jan 9 Jack and the Beanstalk ????? Lyric Hammersmith, London W6 (0871 22 117 29) to Jan 9 Writer-director Susie McKenna has created a fresh and wittyAladdin that reflects Hackney's (or, as it is ...
This Messiah transcends tradition Deborah Warner stages a modern meditation on Handel's oratorio
Dec 06, 2009; JOHN ALLISON ... Messiah ????? ENO, Coliseum, London WC2 (0871 911 0200) to Dec 11 The Dream of Gerontius ????? Festival Hall The Seven Last Words ????? Festival Hall Does Handel's most famous oratorio need staging -indeed, can itbe staged? The answers are 'no' ...
Keep smiling, Lily After a slow start, queen of pop finds her feet
Dec 06, 2009; BEN THOMPSON ... Lily Allen ????? Lily Allen has colonised such an expanse of 2009's entertainmentlandscape that the question of which showbiz terrain she's toconquer next must be a vexing one. As if her embarrassing encounterwith Test Match Special's overexcited Jonathan Agnew and that ...
Whatever happened to? Arthur Fry, inventor of the Post-it Note
Dec 06, 2009; ALISON TAYLOR ... In church one day, Arthur Fry had an epiphany, but not of thereligious variety. Fry sang in his church choir in Minnesota andused slips of paper to mark the pages of his hymn book. When thebook was opened the makeshift bookmarks often moved around or fellout. 'What if they could be stuck ...
the list alternative capitals of the world
Dec 06, 2009; HORATIA HARROD ... 1 Castroville, California, is the artichoke capital of the world.Marilyn Monroe got her start there when she was crowned the firstMiss California Artichoke Queen in 1947. 2 Dalton, Georgia, is the carpet capital of the world. Ninety percent of the functional carpet produced in the ...
PS loves & hates Owen Sheers, poet and author
Dec 06, 2009; Owen Sheers was speaking to Guy Stagg ... EXCESSIVE FOOD PACKAGING It drives me mad, yet the United Statesand Britain seem to be in love with it. The height of my annoyancecame when I saw an orange, which has its own rather remarkable,natural packaging, in a large plastic packet that read: 'Freshcitrus snack'. PHONE ...
Vauxhall gets jobs security boost
Dec 06, 2009; LAWRIE HOLMES ... VAUXHALL'S 5,000 UK workers received a pre-Christmas boostyesterday in the form of job safeguards from General Motors'European head Nick Reilly. British-born Mr Reilly, who recently moved from Shanghai to runOpel and Vauxhall, said there would be no new job cuts at thegroup's two ...
Tory treasurer: 'If Labour win, loads will leave'
Dec 06, 2009; ANDREW CAVE ... ICAP, the world's largest inter-dealer broker, will considermoving its domicile from the UK to an overseas tax jurisdiction ifthe Labour Party wins another term of office and continues to raisetaxes, chief executive Michael Spencer warns today. In an interview with The Sunday ...
M&B pub group at war over sacking of directors
Dec 06, 2009; LAWRIE HOLMES and KAMAL AHMED ... MITCHELLS & Butlers' largest shareholder, Piedmont, is to demandthe reinstatement of directors Richard McGuire and Douglas McMahon,sacked by the pubs group last week. Piedmont, which is headed by billionaire Joe Lewis, will meet theTakeover Panel tomorrow to express its view there ...
UK 'faces decades of debt' fears over rising tax burden as icap threatens to quit britain
Dec 06, 2009; EDMUND CONWAY ... BRITAIN faces decades of rising public sector debt, increasingtaxes and, potentially, falling living standards unless it tacklesthe growing costs of its pensions and health bill, the Treasury willwarn this week. In a paper to be printed alongside the pre-Budget report (PBR),the ...
Gala Coral lenders move to block bid
Dec 06, 2009; LAWRIE HOLMES ... GALA Coral's mezzanine lenders will this week seek to blockprivate equity firms Permira and Blackstone's bid for control of thebetting and gaming operator. The lenders, which include Intermediate Capital Group and ParkSquare, are to meet senior debt lenders over the next few days ...
fast business on ebay
Dec 06, 2009; RICHARD TYLER ENTERPRISE EDITOR ... A BUSINESS created in just 24 hours by a group of young designersin London will be sold today on eBay. The website, called DrHue.com,lets customers shop by colour and its founders hope it will fetch asmuch as pounds 20,000. Rob Mosley, managing director of Nonsense, a London ...
British Gas aims to become top insurance provider
Dec 06, 2009; JAMIE DUNKLEY ... FIRST it was gas, and then electricity. Now British Gas isgearing up to become one of the UK's top 10 insurance companies andthe provider of choice to its 4.5 million customers. The Centrica-owned utility has been granted approval by theFinancial Services Authority to underwrite ...
4,000 retailers facing cash problems
Dec 06, 2009; JAMES HALL ... MORE than 4,000 UK retail groups experienced major financialdifficulty in November and early 2010 is expected to see a largenumber of chains collapsing, according to stark new research forTelegraph Media Group by Begbis Traynor, the corporate recoveryspecialist. Some 4,021 ...
