The first known selfie?
He has the immaculate hair and serious expression that appears in millions of teenage ‘selfies’ – but this is one of the first ever taken … in 1907. The photograph, discovered ...
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Paula’s Wines of the Week starting 31 March 2014
By 5pm this Saturday we’ll know which of the entered one hundred and fifteen racehorses has won their owner just over half a million pound prize money of the Aintree Grand National. If you’ ...
Long lost Aussie movie is at long last available in the UK
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs WAKE WITH FRIGHT (Eureka). Australian classic nihilistic thriller (1971) set in the arid Outback amongst the hard-drinking, hard-gambling locals with their aggre ...
Benjamin Britten’s one and only ballet score
Robert Tanitch reviews Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Prince of the Pagodas at London Coliseum, WC2 The Prince of the Pagodas, with specially commissioned music by Benjamin Britten, should work well as ...