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The last hellraiser

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

EVERYBODY loves John Hurt. It has been said before but rarely has an actor's name better suited his appearance. His face is a map of suffering, a physiognomist's dream on which every line tells a story. As if that were not enough, he has the voice to go with it as he'll no doubt display when he accepts a prestigious award from Bafta on Sunday evening.

I'll make you a millionaire! (But you need to pay me thousands first)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

IT IS Saturday morning and I'm standing on a chair trying to touch the ceiling of an office in Elstree with 24 strangers around me attempting the same feat. This is not how I usually choose to spend my weekends but today is special.

Tough love or torture?

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

YOU can't help being reminded of that iconic image of a wailing, naked girl running down a road in the Vietnam War. This little boy's back isn't burning with napalm but he is also from South-east Asia and he's about the same age. Like her, he is squeezing his fists in pain and his near-nudity is just as shocking as he runs down the snow-covered street in New York dressed only in childish yel- low underpants and a pair of trainers.

Productivity Reduced By Sitting For Too Long

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Hungry youngies to golden oldies

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

How 1952 was the year that set the Queen's quintet of jubilee VIPs on their road to fame...

Why baking helps me beat the blues

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

MY fists pummel and knead a pile of bread dough as the oven timer beeps to tell me my first batch of fairy cakes is ready.

How many friends do you need?

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

DAVID Beckham says he has only three really good friends.

Helen Skelton: I prayed I'd get warm but I never did

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

GLOSSY haired and rosy cheeked, Helen Skelton looks as if she has spent a fortnight relaxing on a beach .

Finally it is my turn to sparkle like the stars

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

I HATE to break it to you but there is little glamour in editing the showbiz section of a daily newspaper.

Ignore Karl's snarls Adele, you're a very modern pin-up!

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

KARL LAGERFELD obviously never had a mother who told him: "If you can't say something nice don't say it at all."

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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

We fell in love because of our dogs

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

IF YOU'RE looking for romance it might be worth buying or borrowing a dog.

The mormons are coming... and it starts with Mitt Romney

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

WOULD you elect a Mormon?

So who are Prince William's schoolfriends?

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

LOOK across the line-up of posh smiling faces and one of course is instantly recognisable. The youthful figure of Prince William, confident and relaxed with his hands in his pockets, is easily spotted at the far right of the top row. Taken 12 years ago but just released this week, the picture depicts the members of that year's Eton Society, more colloquially known as Pop and is the most powerful group of prefects at the elite public school, Eton College.

The mormons are coming

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

WOULD you elect a Mormon? That's the question for US voters, as it becomes increasingly likely that Mitt Romney will be the Republican challenger to President Obama in November. But if you live in Cheshire or Aberdeen you may have done so already. Did you know that the Tory MP for Macclesfield is a Mormon, as is Donside's member of the Scottish Parliament?

Mindy Hammond: Young Willow has aspirations of a medical career

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

SORRY, everyone. Several times lately I've warned you of an impending blizzard.

Long Live The Queen

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

JOHN STAPLETON was just a schoolboy when Princess Elizabeth ascended the throne. Sixty years on to the day, he recalls how it was the start of a brave new world for the monarch and her nation.

The Victorian Poisoner

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

AT 8am on March 24, 1873, a small, frail woman was taken from her cell at Durham prison and led across the chilly yard by two women wardens. Though declaring her innocence of the crime for which she had been convicted. Her destination was a gallows where her executioner William Calcraft and a small crowd of 50 onlookers were waiting for her.

What's happened to Billy Connolly's sense of humour?

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

HE'S A big hairy man with a brilliant mind, shambolic dress sense and, it appears, an increasingly short fuse. Twice in the past week Billy Connolly has stormed off stage during his current tour after being heckled by audience members.

Long Live The Qyeen

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THE infant school in the pretty Pennine village of Diggle is not a natural venue for momentous announcements. So when on this day back in 1952 the headmaster Mr Farrar interrupted lessons I suspect that even as young children we realised something unusual was happening.

How I shaped up the Shaolin way

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

IT IS 6am on a freezing cold winter morning. The sky is dark and the house quiet except for the muted panting of a seriously unfit woman. I am trying to follow a Shaolin disciple's elegant movements on an exercise DVD. To be honest I'd rather be in bed.

Secrets of a natural facelift

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

SHE may be 83, but Eva Fraser barely looks 60. Even observing her closely there is hardly a line or wrinkle on her face. Has she had extensive cosmetic surgery or Botex injections? Quite the contrary.

TV: A Meek role for the Lord

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

SHAMELESS is no stranger to shock. Many would argue that the success of Channel 4's drama on the fictional Chatsworth Estate relies on it. Well, prepare yourself once again.

TV: Women doing hard time

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

IT grieves me to say that Prisoners' Wives (BBC1, Wednesday) is no Prisoner Cell Block H. For many, this will be construed as a recommendation. For me, though, the show wasn't trashy enough and, unlike Footballers' Wives, no one was named after a bottle of wine. How could we forget Chardonnay?

A very precious queen

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

For 60 years she has reigned supreme as one of the world's most important women. Unwavering in her duty and stalwart in her service to the Crown, the Queen has earned respect around the world for her unfaltering conduct as Britain's head of state and constitutional monarch of 15 Commonwealth realms.