On this week in history
1991: Giant of rock dies – Freddie Mercury dies aged 45, just one day after he publicly announced he was HIV positive. 1963: Kennedy shot dead in Dallas – The president of the United State ...
LIFESTYLE
The Hunger Games rambles and roars along to its satisfying conclusion
Joyce Glasser reviews The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (November 18, 2015) Cert. 12, 137 min. Too soon for fans and ‘at last’ for others viewers, we come to the satisfactory, if a bit over ...
Closely Observed Trains is a much-loved Czech film
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs CLOSELY OBSERVED TRAINS (Arrow). 28-year-old Jiri Menzel’s 1966 Czech film, which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1968, is set at a village railway station ...
The Chinese pay a quick visit to Liverpool and London
Robert Tanitch reviews Warrior Women of Yang at Sadler’s Wells, London EC1 2015 is the UK-China Cultural Exchange and what could be more appropriate than a Peking Opera performed by The National Pekin ...