Vicar quits amid whispering campaign over 'happy clappy' services
A vicar has quit after elderly parishioners mounted a whispering campaign against him because of his “happy clappy” services, despite growing attendances. Rev David Dickinson Photo: CAVENDISH 3:34PM...
View Article'The Americans' episode two 'The Clock' review: Have your say
TV pilots can be a funny thing. Setting up a brilliant premise and squeezing in all your best ideas, lines and action into that first hour of telly to get a programme made is one thing. Being able to...
View ArticlePossums, and the Mystique of Baby Watching
Baby Bob, just 3-months old, looks like he can't wait to walk. At least that's what I see when I see him squirm in his mother's arms and when he holds his arms out as if he wants to give the whole...
View ArticlePay TV: Tuesday, June 11
Marion's Thailand, LifeStyle Food, 8.30pm It's not often that a cooking show has the potential to spark a big diplomatic row. Tonight, however, Marion Grasby risks ratcheting up regional tensions...
View ArticleGeorge Scialabba: The Best Since Gore Vidal
There’s a special place in my heart for writers whose day job is unconnected from their art. Whether it is Charles Bukowski sorting mail by day and writing profane short stories in the evening or...
View ArticleGillian Anderson grateful for English accent
Friday, June 7, 2013 CommentsComments(1)Comments() | E-mail | Print (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images) Former “The X-Files” star Gillian Anderson is grateful for the English accent she once...
View Article'Game of Thrones' star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau defends King Joffrey
Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has offered a defence of King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson), one of the show's most hated characters. The actor - who plays Jaime Lannister - joked to Access...
View ArticleSuburban North all-conference
Suburban North 2013 all-conference girls soccer team: Player of the year: F Ashanti Carey, so., Pattonville FIRST TEAM G Kayla Benoit, sr., Pattonville G Emma Chiodini, jr., Ritenour F Nikki Baker,...
View ArticleReviews in brief: Young adults
Gillian Vine reviews the latest books for young adults. With his first book, Itch, Simon Mayo introduced science-mad Itchingham (Itch) Lofte, whose passion for collecting every element he could caused...
View ArticleFinger 'hanging by skin' in dog attack
Two women and their pet dogs were mauled in separate attacks by a pack of three dogs in Melbourne's east that left one woman in hospital fighting to save her finger. A police spokeswoman said the...
View Article'Britain's Got Talent' final watched by 10.6m on ITV
The final of Britain's Got Talent topped the ratings on Saturday (June 8) with 10.56m, overnight data suggests. An average of 48.9% of the available audience saw Attraction win the competition and...
View Article'The Walking Dead' season four is best yet, says Norman Reedus
The Walking Dead's fourth season has the show's "best scripts" yet, star Norman Reedus has claimed. The zombie drama's next run - which debuts in the US in October - is "super intense", the actor told...
View ArticleNavy officer embraces Air Force family (USAF - United States Air Force)
(Source: USAF - United States Air Force) Photos Domenico Andruilli (left), a contracted construction manager, talks with Navy Lt. Christopher Allen, Naval Facilities Engineering Command project...
View ArticleFree-to-air TV: Wednesday, June 12
Arrow, Channel Nine, 8.30pm With absolutely no regard for original storytelling, the writers of Arrow continue to draw inspiration from famous stories that have come before them. For example: A...
View ArticleAlan Carr, Rylan Clark to hijack adverts for Channel 4's 'Comedy Gala'
Alan Carr has filmed a new set of 'hijacked' adverts for this year's Comedy Gala on Channel 4. Open Mike has teamed up with Channel 4 for another set of sketches to appear during the ad break at this...
View ArticleMedia Owners Stand Their Ground On Free to Air Content
[The Star]You will no longer be able to...
View ArticleBerkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital Complete Acquisition of H.J. Heinz Company
Tweet Send to a Friend PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- H.J. Heinz Company (“Heinz”) today announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition by an investment consortium comprised of...
View ArticleBerkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital Complete Acquisition of H.J. Heinz Company...
(Source: HJ Heinz Company) PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--H.J. Heinz Company ("Heinz") today announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition by an investment consortium comprised of...
View ArticleThree Poems by Robert Davies
Ethan’s Sadness by ROBERT A. DAVIES From a tiny space somewhere above his ears emerges a persistent whisper You are a failure always/ nearly always in the solitude of night. in everything you have...
View ArticleWhy you should be watching 'The Wanted Life'
In 1992, MTV’s The Real World introduced all of us to the concept of watching seven strangers live in a house, argue, make countless questionable decisions, “work” by day and party by night. More than...
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