6 h. 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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3 d. ago Streeting warns of ‘challenging winter’ for NHS and condemns use of cafe as ward

The Health Secretary told the Commons the NHS is ‘already running hot ahead of winter’, but said the Government is ‘not complacent about that’.

Events

3 d. ago Inside the UK's 'most beautiful town' set to star in new Christmas movie with Hollywood A

Surrounded by lush greenery and packed with characterful buildings, cobbled streets and history, it's not surprising the Yorkshire location has caught the eyes of film producers.

Culture

3 d. ago English universities can raise tuition fees if they meet ‘tough’ standards, says Phillipson

Measure, which will allow increase in line with inflation, is part of white paper on post-16 education and skillsUniversity tuition fees in England are to rise in line with inflation, but only for institutions that meet “tough new quality thresholds”, the government has announced.In an attempt to put the higher education sector on a firmer financial footing, all institutions will benefit from increased fees for the next two academic years, starting next September, the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, told MPs on Monday. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Isabella Rossellini breaks silence on Martin Scorsese's explosive 'rage' during marriage

Isabella Rossellini got candid about her marriage to Martin Scorsese and his struggles with anger in the new Apple TV documentary Mr. Scorsese.

Events

6 d. ago Sydney Sweeney is a vision in pink as she steps out in lace dress at the London premiere of her new film Christy

The actress, 28, made sure all eyes were on her as she attended the BFI London Film Festival on Friday.

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9 d. ago BREAKING: UK strikes 'heart' of Putin's war machine with major sanctions against Russian oil

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told MPs the government was directly targeting Rosneft and Lukoil - two of the world’s biggest energy companies - to ramp up pressure on Moscow

Events

1 week ago Sir Gavin Williamson: ‘Many mistakes made’ with Covid school closures

The former education secretary told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry things should have been done differently.

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1 week ago Prince Andrew secretly told Jeffrey Epstein they would 'play some more soon'

In the message, Prince Andrew said he was 'concerned' about the impact this paper's revelations would have on him, but reassured Jeffrey Epstein the pair would 'rise above' press scrutiny.

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1 week ago SAS operators warned over dating apps as Chinese agents offer sex for secrets

EXCLUSIVE: After it was revealed that a woman was allegedly seeking out former soldiers on dating apps to get wartime secrets, members of the SAS have been told to be on guard

Events

2 w. ago Freeman tells inquiry Government was ‘naive’ in hospital oversight

The former health secretary told the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry she felt NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde took a ‘nothing to see here’ approach.

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2 w. ago John Swinney accused of lacking 'urgency' over need to close schools when Covid

Swinney, who was serving as Education Secretary in 2020, told the UK Covid Inquiry that shuttering schools was "not our preferred scenario".

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2 w. ago Thousands of flight delays across the country could force Congress to break its deadlock on the government shutdown

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told air traffic controllers to ‘show up for work’ amid the government shutdown

Events

2 w. ago Labour is ‘complicit’ in abuse towards Jewish community, says Priti Patel

The shadow foreign secretary told Conservative Party members on Sunday evening that Labour has lost ‘any moral purpose’.

Events

2 w. ago Nigel Farage government 'would be disaster' for children, education chief warns

Daniel Kebede, the general secretary of the National Education Union, told The Mirror a 'failure to invest and deliver' was leading to a surge in support for Reform UK

Events

3 w. ago Hundreds gather to remember father, mother and son killed in Co Louth

Father Gerry Campbell described a ‘sorrow too heavy for words’ being felt by the community who knew them.

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3 w. ago Engineer used ‘secret’ toilet after trans colleague encounter, tribunal told

Maria Kelly is taking legal action against Leonardo UK.

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3 w. ago Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror review – musical mash

This new approach to silent cinema is like trying to watch a movie while your neighbour has their music on too loudHow should we watch silent films now? When they were first produced and consumed, they were after all just films, not “silent” films – any more than photographs or paintings or sculptures are thought of as “silent”. Yet of course they often had improvised piano accompaniment; Gert Hoffman’s autobiographical novel The Film Explainer (filmed with Armin Mueller-Stahl) remembered the prewar time in Germany when his father was employed in a movie theatre to stand next to the screen with a pointer and literally explain what was going on. When Abel Gance’s Napoleon was revived in the late 70s with a live orchestral accompaniment, there was a new creative excitement around the idea of early cinema’s musical reinvention – we recently saw the re-release of the special edition of Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin with the 2005 soundtrack composed for the film by the Pet Shop Boys.B...

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3 w. ago 'We need her back': Health Secretary dedicates care announcement to ex

The Health Secretary told the Labour Party Conference on Tuesday: ‘We need her back’

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3 w. ago Unite the Kingdom marchers dubbed the 'heirs to skinheads' by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood as she acknowledges some voters feel Britain is 'spinning out of control'

The Home Secretary, who was born in Birmingham to parents of Pakistani descent, told Labour party conference that in some demonstrators' view she 'has no place' in Britain.

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