The world of Victoria Wood collides with that of Ionesco, as a spoofy soap- opera trio of sixtysomethings (bickering married couple and sister-in- law) prepare for their daughter’s imminent homecoming from years spent in Australia.Acute to the fact that to wait nervously is also to imagine and to fantasise, Churchill keeps stopping, rewinding and restarting [...]
In my plays, I also try to communicate through humour.”I think I’ve done as much as anyone to bring in non-theatre-goers, to educate an audience in what theatre can be, rather than let them dismiss it as an exclusively middle-class art form.”Godber’s Midas touch, however, deserted him on Chalkface, the 1992 serial set in a [...]
The wine sold for pounds 11.20 and by the beginning of this month, the importer reported that it had all flown out the door. Hungarian Tokay, Sauternes, Barsac, Vendange Tardive Alsace wines, German Beerenauslen and Trockenbeer-enauslen, some of the sweet Vouvray from the grand house of Huet, – these make up the Post-Prandial Premiership. Moscatel [...]
We’ll see more of these for more lightly regulated aspects of our national economy, like gay chat-lines and liposuction clinics. AA clearly wondered whether to show us life’s distresses in close-up detail (our Bob in intensive care; our Bob on the recovery ward, etc) and decided against it, reckoning that the accident victim wants a [...]
Open 9.30am- 6pm Mon-Fri; 10am-6pm Sat.From a plastic fly for 1p to a rocking horse for pounds 595. A top stocking- filler is the miniature wooden village that comes in a net bag (pounds 2.95).What a Circus8-10 Kingswalk Shopping Mall, 122 King’s Road, SW3 (0171 584 0217) Sloane Square tube. Open 10am-6pm Mon-Sat.Kids will love [...]
Sigourney Weaver accepts that she intimidates some people:”Here’s my theory: producers are short I’m not the average producer’s sexual fantasy I am tall. Tall (five feet 11 inches in her bare feet), handsome, intelligent, articulate and hardly bashful, especially when she dresses seriously (she is one of the great dressers at the Academy Awards and [...]
Open 10am-7pm Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri; 10am-8pm Wed; 10am-7pm Sat; noon-6pm Sun.Known to all who love her as Harvey Nicks, this Knightsbridge store is primarily a fashion emporium It is however great for presents, whatever your budget. You could start with some small and perfectly packaged items from the New York-inspired food hall on the [...]
The UK, which owns 717 tonnes, is not joining the euro initially and is unlikely to participate in the ECB reserves decision.Copyright: IOS & Bloomberg. AT THE start of last week, most market participants had never heard of Larry Summers, or if they had, were not all aware of his significance in the US Treasury [...]
In opposition Mr Field described it as “the cancer within the welfare system”, while a cabinet colleague, the Scottish Secretary Donald Dewar, speaks of means-testing as a “very frightening prospect for many people”.The practical question is whether targeting can actually deliver the cash that Mr Blair wants to divert to education? If the ideology is [...]
“She wouldn’t have had all these high flyers who get these wonderful bonuses who line their pockets and destroy the company.”The name of Ann Iverson, the chief executive who was fired last November after failing to achieve the turnaround she had promised, was mentioned more in sorrow than in anger.”Ann Iverson, bless her little heart [...]
