Published on May,25 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
The Italian quake brings back memories of the life-changing power of Parmesan. I was struck by the skimped coverage of the magnitude 6 earthquake that hit northern Italy last week and devastated several heritage sites ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
Be it Barnet or Hackney, a town falls apart when too high a proportion of its citizens doesn’t work. We were invited to a party recently, a sufficiently rare event for us that I was perhaps overexcited beforehand, and t ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
Ahead of the opening of her major new exhibition at the Turner Contemporary in Margate, Tracey Emin reveals how ageing is making her work "more romantic". Emin's exhibition She Lay Down Deep Beneath The Sea opens on ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 50 people, including 13 children, were killed when Syrian forces tried to break into the town of Houla in Homs province on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and activists said ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by Reuters
...etches of Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah have forced the evacuation of several small towns and torched miles of forest, brush and grass since mid-month. The fires have taken hold in tinder-dry l...
Published on May,25 2012 - by ABC News Radio
Photo: Danny ClinchA new video for Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball tune "Rocky Ground" has debuted on the Boss' official website and YouTube channel. The black-and-white clip shows footage of the hands of a number of ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by Bloomberg
May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Twitter Inc. will be joined by one of its biggest investors soon after the company moves to San Francisco’s gritty Mid-Market neighborhood next month. Benchmark Capital, which bought a stake in t ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
Tim Robey rounds up a selection of this week's new films, including Barbaric Genius, a documentary about author John Healy. Barbaric Genius * * * (15 cert, 72 min) The author, chess wizard, and former homeless wino John ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
David Metcalfe, who has died aged 84, was a “man about town” celebrated by diary columns for his high society connections; the Duke of Windsor was his godfather, and his wives included the beautiful widow of a Bri ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
Lisa Watson, editor of the Falkland Islands' only newspaper, shares her favourite weekend. On Friday evenings I leave the offices of Penguin News, the Falkland Islands' only newspaper, at about 5.30pm, walk back home and ...