Ways to save for retirement
With the economy now at risk of recession, it’s very difficult to predict how the future will go and what state pensions will be worth to us when we’re ready to stop working. Putting money aside for r ...
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It’s great to be able to see famous works for free
Robert Tanitch reviews Royal Opera House’s Così fan tutte on line Two young officers boast that their fiancées would never be unfaithful. Their friend, Don Alfonso, an older and wiser man, bets them t ...
DVDs: The Elephant Man, The Windsors, Nights of Cabira and White Sheik reviewed by Robert Tanitch
THE ELEPHANT MAN (SudioCanal). David Lynch’s disquieting 1980 film is notable for its compassion. In 1886 John Merrick, body and face, hideously deformed was admitted to the London Hospital. Dr Freder ...
More Opera and Ballet – and it’s on YouTube and it’s for free!
Robert Tanitch reviews Royal Opera House’s Acis and Galatea on line Galatea and Acis are in love. Galatea is a semi-divine nymph. Acis is a simple shepherd who has such a crush on Galatea he has been ...