5 d. ago SCO & Colin Currie, Edinburgh review: 'a concert of discoveries'

Under Colin Currie’s compelling direction, the SCO drew magical textures and colours from two recent scores by Steve Reich, writes David Kettle

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7 d. ago Powerful Iowa judge charged with OWI after witnesses say she drove wrong way on highway

An Iowa judge has been charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated after witnesses say she drove the wrong way on a highway Tuesday while passed out behind the wheel

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2 w. ago Snooker legend Steve Davis' 'interesting' new career after affair with 19

Steve Davis was the dominant force in snooker during the 1980s, but he has since reinvented himself in a way that few could have predicted

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2 w. ago Snooker icon Steve Davis' unlikely new career and affair with 19

Steve Davis gained a reputation as 'Mr Boring' of snooker during his playing career but the six-time world champion has had a very different life away from the table

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2 w. ago Snooker legend Steve Davis leaves fans stunned with new career after affair with 19

The snooker legend was once dubbed the 'Mr Boring' of his sport, but his life away from the table has been anything but dull

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2 w. ago ‘When I told him I’d secretly seen his films, his eyes filled with tears’: Isabella Rossellini remembers her father Roberto

The Italian director’s career was briefly derailed when his ‘scandalous’ affair with the Hollywood star Ingrid Bergman hit the headlines in the 1950s. Their daughter Isabella remembers a devoted parent and a brilliant film-makerIn June 1977, Roberto Rossellini died suddenly of a heart attack, home in Rome, less than a week after serving as jury president of the Cannes film festival. The director’s daughter Isabella – the fourth of his seven children – was then in her mid 20s. She remembers her mother, Ingrid Bergman, saying: “Dad left us quickly, just as quickly as he drove his Ferrari.”The story of Roberto’s last two decades is told in Living Without a Script, a new archive-based documentary, which premieres this week in Rome. While the film serves as a reminder of its subject’s status as one of the greats of world cinema – the key figure in postwar Italian neorealism – it also shows his life beyond movies. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago New snooker format backed by Ronnie O'Sullivan solves legend's pet hate

Ronnie O'Sullivan and Joe Johnson are among the legends to have thrown their weight behind a quickfire format of the game

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3 w. ago Why Ronnie O'Sullivan lived on £130,000 canal boat before finally leaving UK

Ronnie O'Sullivan has left the UK in favour of a glamorous new life in Dubai, but the snooker legend once lived on a narrow boat in London before opting to sell it after just a year

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4 w. ago Margaret Thatcher had two affairs outside marriage, book claims

Margaret Thatcher, who was married to her husband Denis for more than 50 years, is said to have had an affair early in her career as an MP and another with a separate politician

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