Gino Bartali (1914-2000), the renowned Italian cyclist, was a local Tuscan hero as well as a national figurehead. He won the Tour de France twice. Immensely popular, his fame was second only to Mussol ...
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85-year-old George Takei, famed for his role of Mr Sulu in Star Trek, makes his London stage debut in Allegiance, a musical based on his memories of a shameful episode in America’s history over eighty ...
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James Jones’s best-selling 1951 novel, which won the US National Book Award, drew on his wartime experience in the Hawaiian army base just before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 7 December 194 ...
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“If you write a play with a strong female role,” said Tennessee Williams, “it is likely to surface repeatedly since female stars of a certain age have a rough time finding vehicles s ...
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