6 h. ago Director Paul Andrew Williams on returning to EIFF with intense new film Dragonfly: ‘Brenda Blethyn was up for anything’

Writer/director Paul Andrew Williams is back at the Edinburgh International Film Festival with a quietly gripping film starring Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn. Interview by Alistair Harkness

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5 d. ago The truth behind Prince Andrew's rift with William... and why the scandal

The warring brothers are not talking to each other but are allegedly united in their disdain and distrust of the Duke of York, with both having X-rated nicknames for him.

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6 d. ago Prince Andrew bombshell claims from 'sex crazed hotel nights' to Prince William's 'plans' to evict him

A revealing new royal book exploring the lives of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, is set to be released, featuring a number of shocking allegations

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7 d. ago Prince Andrew bombshell claims from 'sex crazed hotel nights to William's outrage'

An explosive new royal book delving into the life of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson is set to hit the shelves, and it contains some shocking allegations

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7 d. ago How Andrew could be stripped of his 'Prince' title when William becomes king as scandal

Prince Andrew's scandalous and faux pas-ridden life has been outlined in extracts from a new book serialised in the Mail, prompting fresh questions over his titles.

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8 d. ago 'I thought I had the flu, but weeks later I was fighting aggressive cancer'

Andrew Williams, 50, thought he'd caught flu after he began feeling a little run down - but was soon diagnosed with a fast developing and aggressive form of cancer

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9 d. ago The Kingdom review – an intensely exciting and absorbing mob drama

Corsica-set mafia tale boasts outstanding performances from first-time actors as it follows a teenage girl discovering and revelling in her status as the blueblood daughter of a crime bossThere are fierce and overwhelmingly authentic performances here from first-timers in Julien Colonna’s terrific mob drama. The setting is Corsica, around the 1990s, in the coastal region of Ajaccio, famously the home of Napoleon. Lesia (played by nonprofessional Ghjuvanna Benedetti) is a moody 15-year-old girl living with her aunt, hanging out with her friends and boisterous extended family of cousins.School is out for the summer and Lesia appears to be getting into a romance with a local boy. Maybe because of this, or due to other reasons, she is ordered to leave her aunt’s house and go to the luxurious and fortified family compound of her widowed father. This is mob boss Pierre-Paul (superbly played by Saveriu Santucci), a heavy-set, slow-moving but intimidating patriarch who is perhaps displeased...

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