Admittedly, Americans seem to have a soft spot for books about faraway places that end up reminding them of themselves. Hansen’s, though, is in many ways too rich and complex to provide an easy parallel. Erdogan often gets lumped in with other 21st-century strongmen, but on migration, for example, he has taken an idiosyncratic tack….
Kodak Black was arrested in Orange County, Florida, earlier this week, on suspicion of drug trafficking, according to a search of Orange County Inmate Records. The records show that authorities have accused the rapper, real name Bill Kahan Kapri, of trafficking an amount of MDMA greater than 10 grams in mass but less than 200…
It is 1483 and 10-year-old John Collan is living on a farm outside Oxford with his father, Will, and waging war on an aggressive goat that keeps trampling him. His mother is long dead and his older twin brothers, Oliver and Tom, have left home to begin apprenticeships. One morning John overhears the dairy maid…
Thirty-five years ago, two films about the legend of Robin Hood – stealer from the rich, giver to the poor – met and duelled in cinemas; we all know who won, Kevin Costner’s big-budget blockbuster, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. But what about the other one? It was titled simply Robin Hood, directed by John…
Bonnie Tyler has been hospitalised at Faro hospital after undergoing emergency surgery for a perforated intestine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Welsh singer, 74, who has lived in the Algarve, Portugal, for several years, had been in hospital since 30 March following complications after the surgery. Local source Correio da Manhã says that her condition had been…
French independent music giant Believe has teamed with former 300 exec Az Cohen for a new joint venture, called AZTEC, that will mark Believe’s first U.S.-based record label, the company announced Thursday (May 7). Cohen, the son of industry legend and current YouTube global head of music Lyor Cohen, will spearhead the new venture as…
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Few conductors have a more quintessentially English résumé than Ed Gardner. He was a boy chorister at Gloucester Cathedral, then followed a familiar route into British musical society, through Eton College, Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music. Many of Gardner’s big breaks were in England: as an assistant to Mark Elder at the…
Forget the generic title – this Netflix thriller should really be called “unsung legends”. Back in 1990, a handful of UK customs employees were plucked from their humdrum jobs searching suitcases or tracking down illegally imported porn mags, and transformed into undercover agents. Their mission was to bring down an international heroin-smuggling ring that was…
Open All Hours: Inside Out 8pm, U&GoldThe shop doorbell tinkles as David Jason steps on to the set of Open All Hours a whopping 50 years after the sitcom first aired. Diane Morgan narrates this two-hour special that looks back at the show with Jason, along with fans such as Johnny Vegas and cast members…
