Film review: Behind the Candelabra
Was there ever anybody quite as stereotypically gay as Liberace? The man with the tiny poodles, the sometimes purple wig,
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Leisure
Film review: Before Midnight
Anyone who has seen the story of Jesse and Céline develop over two decades, in 1995’s Before Sunrise and 2004’s
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Poland has more problems with Boeing Dreamliner aircraft
Polish airline LOT had to cancel one trans-Atlantic flight and postpone another because of technical problems on two of its
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The road less travelled in the Rhodope
Fleeing an unseasonably cool and wet July day in Sofia, we headed south to Kurdjali on an organised tour* –
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Film review: Prince Avalanche
Prince Avalanche, which is being screened at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), marks a triumphant return for David
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Film review: World War Z
The opening credits of World War Z are ominous, to say the least. Actual news footage, in which news presenters
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Britain urges holidaymakers to be cautious on balconies
Britain’s foreign and commonwealth office (FCO) issued a travel advisory to British holidaymakers to “take care on balconies in popular
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Film review: Monsters University
Monsters University is having a hard time fitting in. Director Dan Scanlon’s first picture for Pixar Animation Studios simply does
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Film review: The Bling Ring
Three of Sofia Coppola’s five films have been about teenagers. The Virgin Suicides, her début feature, was a poetic period
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