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Gráinne Gilmore, Giles Smith, David Budworth Deputy Personal Finance Editor, David Wood, Andrew Robson, Janice Turner, David Almond, Philip Marsden, Christina Hardyment, John McNamara, Victoria Glendinning, Richard Ellis, Peggy Bazlinton, David Brown, Mark Stafford, Alexandra Frean, Caroline Stacey, Sam Pilger, Mark Atherton Personal Investor, Tom Whitel, Frances Gibb Legal Editor, Amanda Ursell, Simon Barnes, David Aaronovitch, Jane MacQuitty, Tom Dyckhoff, Magnus Linklater, Paul Bompard, Simon Hills, Neil Barraclough, Robert Lindsay, Catherine Boyle, David Rose, Carol Putnam, John Mulvey, Sarah Urwin Jones, Tony Turnbull, Emma Cook, Mike Harvey, Joe Beer, Philip Howard, Julia Brookes, MacKenzie Crook, Christine Seib, David Chater, Kate Wighton, James Bone, James Ducker, Melissa Katsoulis, James Alexander-Sinclair, Dominic Wells, Clive Davis, Carol Smillie, Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Patrick Kidd, Will Pavia, Graham Stewart, Lauren Thompson, Sam Marlowe, Henrietta Branwell, Wendy Ide, Jeremy Whittle, John Bungey, Polly Beard, Lucy Bannerman, Philippe Naughton, Chris Sullivan, Giles Coren, Rosie Millard, Vivienne Parry, Martin Fletcher, Dr Copperfield, Pat Gibson, Nancy Durrant, Jane MacArtney, Rob Crilly, Hannah Fletcher, Emma Magnus, Rachel Sylvester, Mill Millington, Hilary Rose, Francis Elliott, Vinny Lee, Jack Malvern, Tom Bawden, Steve Bird, Dominic Walsh, Debra Craine, Ruth Corbett, Dr Mark J. Walport Director, Gary Jacob, Tom Charity, Allan Simmons, Tim Reid, Jeanette Winterson, Angela Jameson Industrial Correspondent, Laura Lovett, Dalya Alberge Arts Correspondent, Tom Gatti, Jo Morris, Rosemary Duffy, Peter Millar, Doug Johnstone, Elaine Feinstein, Dr Rosalyn Proops Officer, Nick Wyke, Priya Elan, Sophie Harris, Ian Belcher, Rhys Blakely, Valerie Elliott Consumer Editor, Adam LeBor, Mark Wilkinson, Charles Bremner, Jonathan Richards, Donald McLaren, Ron Lewis, Ben MacHell, Lucy Sweeney, Graham Garton, Tim Teeman, Susan Thompson, Derwent May, Angela Jameson, Kate Muir, Sir Rodney Brooke, Aggie MacKenzie, Richard Hobson Deputy Cricket Correspondent, Russell Kempson, Lisa Byrne, Bee Wilson, Ed Potton, Stephen Anderton, Dr Patricia Hamilton President, Ann Longmuir, Justin Rose, Clive James, David Lister, Mark Atherton, Gerard Baker, US Editor, John Westerby, Sarah Vine, Lisa Armstrong, Jane Wheatley, David Lawrenson, John Hopkins, Sally Baker, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Pete Paphides, Simon de Bruxelles, Sheera Frenkel, Rob Wright, John Hopkins Golf Correspondent, Christina Koning, Neil Harman Tennis Correspondent, Raymond Keene, Suzi Godson, Richard Siklos, Kate Saunders, Billy Bowden, John Russell Taylor, Gordon Ramsay, Kaveh Solhekol, Richard Lloyd Parry Asia Editor, Roger Phillips, Rick Jones, Chris Campling, Alice Thomson, Adam Fresco Crime Correspondent, David Davis, Cathy Harris, Patrick Hosking, Laura Deeley, Rebecca O'connor, Ross Leckie, Erica Wagner, Marcel Berlins, Emily Diamand, James Charles, Ruth Gledhill Religion correspondent, Nick Hasell, Peter Dixon, Barbara Lantin, Thomasina Miers, Tom Whipple, Lucy Powell, Margaret Reynolds, Carolyn Asome, Kevin Maher, Julian Muscat, Paul Simons, Adam Fresco, Nicholas Clee, Barbara Gowdy, Steve Jelbert, Carla Bruni, Nigel Kendall, Anne Ashworth, Joanna Pitman, Dominic Kennedy, Mike Mulvihill, Bettany Hughes, Richard Ehrlich, Robert Crampton, Steve Hawkes, Thomas Catán, Professor Stephen O'rahilly Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, Craig Lord, Natasha Cooper, Dominic Maxwell, Prue White, Matthew Parris, Mark Bridge, Michèle Roberts, Chris Dillow, Amanda Craig, Sophie Yu, Tim Wapshott, Caitlin Moran, Michael Austin, Sheila Keating, Neil Fisher, Iain Finlayson, Peter Riddell, Bridget Prentice, MP, Maurice Lawson, Ben MacIntyre, Bess Twiston Davies, Joe Clay, David Hutcheon, Guy Barter, Philip Webster, Neville Jones, Jacqui Goddard, Lucia van der Post, John Naish, Herbie Knott, Martin Waller, Mark Henderson, Nick Owen, James Jackson, Patrick Foster, Mark Baldwin, Carl Mortished World Business Editor, Anna Shepard, Benedict Nightingale, Louise Cohen, Rick Broadbent Athletics Correspondent, Dr Thomas Stuttaford, Syd Lexis, Stephen Dalton, Richard Morrison, Tom Chesshyre, James Christopher, Alice Miles, Michael Evans, Alan Jackson, Matt Roberts, Steve Hawkes Retail Correspondent, Muhammad Abdul Bari, Kim Newman, Mike Atherton Chief Cricket Correspondent, Will Hide, David Robertson, Sir John Bell President, Bill Frindall, Miranda Bryant,
ResumoIndex Dorian Leigh, the first supermodel, 1917—2008 Middle classes priced out of private schools The ecstasy and agony f Ian Bell Summer's best and brightest shades Picture Gallery Will Bush save Fannie and Freddie? Justice for Families Leading articles An enormous response to the articles in The Times highlights widespread concern over the secrecy that shrouds the family courts Who Would Crush a Hatter on a Wheel? Luton's almost certain relegation from the Football League is a kick too far Europe's Most Wanted After 13 years, time is running out to obtain justice for Srebrenica Body&Soul The Knowledge Magazine Books Travel Money Supermarkets and tobacco firm are fined £173m for price fixing Luxury Included Results for OFT You've got the power as you hit the floor of the hi-energy green disco The Workout Archbishop's appeal for Zimbabwe exiles Gurkha wins payout Times wine offer Most read at timesonline. co. uk Picture Gallery 'Foxy Knoxy' and two friends charged with sex murder of student Meredith Kercher Home Staff: Jail for the graffiti 'artist' who gave street cred to EastEnders The Bridal Collection Vacation? No, it looks like we'll The Economy Retailers start sales early to lure bargain hunters '£1,400 for a fortnight in Cornwall is too much' Case study Cut-price deals Restaurateurs turn to cheaper cuts for leaner times The lighter bite Timesonline Ba It's time to make do and mend Feeling the squeeze £3m stolen Shakespeare folio found after 10 years in hands of book dealer Boots Literary treasure Barclays David Davis heads for the back benches and freedom to challenge Tory policies Cameron may come to rue the maverick's return Timesonline Brittany Ferries Siemens Action pledged on knives after four killed in a day PC World Teenager guilty of murdering 14-year-old boy Ford The undeserving poor exist — just don't say so It is a common Tory urge to moralise about the lazy, the greedy and the dishonest. They should resist it at all costs Barceló Hotels & Resorts What is a nadal? Find out in the latest dictionary Timesonline Definitions coming to a dictionary near you As the English language nears its millionth coinage, here are some newcomers that might make it into the lexicon Badgers are like buses, you wait hours then . . . Game, sett and match Turning the tide Picture Gallery Even in our fantasies, we're all grunting fools Only in the bedroom can many of us be abandoned, silly, free from rational concerns. Sex is a mini-break from life What works best: the carrot or stick? Politicians are too optimistic in their faith in using financial incentives to change our ways Imagine no possessions . . . In my view Past Notes We must all help to fight against obesity Bogs and agriculture The public needs confidence in family courts Don't let red phone boxes vanish Timesonline Girls like trains, too Ethiopian treasure Cycle death Dangerous whistles Packing perils The same old tune? The letters page is a flowery meadow . . . Nissan Slippery slope Words worth Plain Honourable Over and out Tesco Toyota Drug case failure may be last straw for fraud office Pills that soothe NHS finances Virgin Currys Not bad for just a coat hanger: how the supermodel took over our magazines and wardrobes Fashion Faces of the decades Cool, fragile beauty was secret of aristocratic look Timesonline Dodge As Lambeth beckons, Anglican rebels don't know if they are coming or going Multiple Display Advertising Items Dfs Four treated after former student contracts TB Tory club bans women from sports room Accountant and wife kept girl, 14, as slave Polo players compete in first beach tournament P&O Ferries Storm brews as CCTV casts eye over Skye Zimbabwe, space travel, even the Saturday interview Bradford & Bingley Quick-fire CV Marksandspencer Halfords Shadow ministers given thousands Khyra parents face more charges Opera house turbine wins approval Long lost Land Rover found on eBay AA Mute boy's notebook has last word on 1660s dispute Discovery clears up mystery of who taught him to speak PC World 21/7 leader's fiancée is jailed for disguising him in burka Möben Screwball comedy that goes like the wind Theatre Moonlight and Magnolias Tricycle Theatre, NW6 Multiple Display Advertising Items Hilton Tough place to live, easy place to die: inside Glasgow East, where the voters can't escape and Brown's a cursed word The numbers 'iPocalypse now' as glitch keeps customers waiting KIA Timesonline Post Office When searing heat is a more deadly foe than the Taleban Afghanistan Struck down in temperatures of 50C himself, Magnus Linklater witnesses a desperate struggle by soldiers to save the life of fellow journalist Timesonline Killer on an epic scale Friendly fire inquiry to investigate messages from troops Multiple Display Advertising Items My Week Gatecrashers and no-shows are spoiling Sarkozy's Club Med party But he may get Syria and Israel to sit down together France 'I'm a modern Robin Hood. I provide homes for the The Times The families building hope from the rubble of despair Quake aftermath The earthquake may have stolen their loved ones, their homes and their livelihoods, but it could not take their spirit. Martin Fletcher and Sophie Yu report from Jiulong Which? The toll Police offer up to £50,000 for terror plot tip-offs China wary of disorder during Olympic Games China Multiple Display Advertising Items Model murdered in flat Olmert confronted with new corruption allegations (AP): Thousands attend funeral of dissident monk (AP): Attacks by pirates on the increase, says report Mammoth journey takes Ice Age beasts to Taiwan Nikon (AP): Frenchman admits trying to sell stolen paintings Housewife's death threatens Korea talks Tourist was shot after she 'ignored warnings' North and South Korea Multiple Display Advertising Items Rise of mobile phone forces letter writers to call it a day India Multiple Display Advertising Items But ear wax still provides work Case histories Life Scan Leader's genocide charge is threat to UN force in Sudan Darfur Omar al-Bashir An endless conflict between peace and justice — and justice has the upper hand Out of the sky and out of the shadows: how death keeps its cold grip on Darfur Darfur Abortion reform provokes new battle with bishops Spain Multiple Display Advertising Items If this millionaire invited you to his $5,000-a-head birthday bash, would you wear your glad rags or your wellies? Clue: this is the venue Americas Doctor is declared 2,751st twin towers victim (AFP): Thousands remember Srebrenica massacre (AP): Warplanes warning (AP): Murderer executed (Reuters): Guerrillas 'betrayed' (AFP): Berlusconi sentence (AFP): Shark-infested pool Picture Gallery The Sunday Times Mysterious disc that confounded science is simply a clever fake, claims scholar Europe Multiple Display Advertising Items Gamers are lined up for high-flying role John Lewis sales fall In cider trading fears Citigroup disposal Quote of the day InBev set for victory Business big shot Bush moves in as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lose half their value 'In the context of Silicon Valley and Web 2.0, Carl Approaching the buffers fast Behind the news Stock markets Amec group scoops deal to clean up Sellafield site Financial nightmare will end - just not yet Commodities Hardys Currencies Picture Gallery HBOS was guity of it and now Bradford and Bingley is … Need to know Multiple Display Advertising Items Business big shot Raytheon creates a new rule of thumb as computer game generation prepares to defend the skies John Lewis admits the market is tough after posting a new fall in weekly sales UK Stores notch up eighth decline in nine weeks The downside The Times Tchenguiz guests can't agree what was on menu City Diary The publicity-shy chap in the tank is City lawyer Ronnie Fox, principal at Fox Solicitors Mars, maker of the eponymous chocolate bar, is City Diary Yet more proof that Google is taking over the world City Diary For sale: one becoming rare VW, not many dents City Diary Picture Gallery Banks confident of extension to liquidity scheme UK Cyprus talks fail to resolve stand-off at TNK-BP RBS slips to ten-year low as ABN assets go on the block around world Magners cider hit by poor weather and downturn UK The Times Timesonline Shares in Oxford Biomedica plummet on drug trial failure Painful results The Times Icahn shows the web generation that he still has a deal or two up his sleeve Timesonline Harley-Davidson thunders in to snap up MV Agusta World Leonard Cheshire Disability Citigroup sells German business to Crédit Mutuel Milestones Timesonline InBev looks poised to take control of Anheuser-Busch with higher offer Belgian brewer lifts bid to $70 per share Thomas Cook and German group ground proposed airline merger Timesonline Tasters sue Cadbury in US over reaction to additives Unit-linked insurance investments Full funds service at timesonline. co. uk/funds British funds 'Why was I going after the 10% who exercise when there is another 90% who do not?' Martin Waller talks to a man who started selling a gym product then found a bigger market among the office couch potatoes CV London Financial Futures Wall Street Markets Major indices Commodities Eurotop 100 Money rates % Sterling spot and forward rates FTSE volumes European money deposits % Gold/precious metals Baird & Co Goldline. co. uk Dollar rates Other sterling Exchange rates Talk of new backing builds up hope in Taylor Wimpey Market report Sign of decline at Dawnay Day Smaller companies Gilts Rumour of the day Magners falls flat amid summer downpours and tighter wallets Thomas Cook Deal of the day Bet of the day Charlemagne Tiddler to watch Equity Prices Christian aid Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Reader Offers Hugh Mendl Decca executive who produced Lonnie Donegan and the Moody Blues and signed Genesis and Bowie Hugh Mendl, record producer, was born on August 6,1919. He died on July 7,2008, aged 88 'Catnip for men — to whom she in turn was attracted' Noriaki Tsuchimoto Film-maker who documented the struggle between communities and industrial powers Noriaki Tsuchimoto, film-maker, was born on December 11,1928. He died on June 24,2008, aged 79 Dorian Leigh Photo model who became the face of Revlon and inspired Beaton and Avedon with her cool allure and sceptical intelligence Dorian Leigh, model, was born on April 23,1917. She died on July 7,2008, aged 91 Ira Tucker Gospel singer whose powerful baritone and theatrical delivery provided the backbone of the Dixie Hummingbirds for 70 years Ira Trucker, gospel singer, was born on May 17,1925. He died on June 24,2008, aged 83 In search of the wisdom between the extremes On the eve of a Lambeth conference overshadowed by harrowing global turmoil, controversy and dark talk of schism, leading churchmen share their hopes and fears for the future of the Anglican Communion Timesonline British Muslims plan a summer vision Faith Feather report Manners of parents, queuing, loo roll positioning and tipping Modern times Readers reply Timesonline What to look out for Court Circular Appointments Legal News Births Forthcoming Marriages Multiple Display Advertising Items Golden Anniversaries Deaths Funeral Arrangements Multiple Classified Advertising Items Windsor Products Multiple Display Advertising Items Stauer Digital Hearing Aid Information Service Multiple Display Advertising Items Timesselects Weather Eye The heat wave — something long forgotten? Weatherquest The Times Weather Line Weather The Sunday Times Marchand D'Or arrives late and fast to snatch July Cup spoils Newmarket Yesterday's results Ascot York Newbury Racing next week Bell rings up Test best but misses out on double Chepstow Chester York Salisbury Proponent can make light of heavy ground Racing Ascot Racing Nottingham Aidan O'Brien will saddle six fillies as he bids to Hamilton Park Chester Course specialists Kent v Yorkshire Cricket Flintoff eases back into the groove before battles to come LV County Championship Derbyshire v Leicestershire Sport Staff: ICC concerned after Sri Lanka attempt to reschedule tour Gloucestershire v Middlesex St. James's Place Yorkshire's appeal blurs cup vision Cricket Nottinghamshire v Surrey Twenty20 Cup semi-finals Worcestershire v Northamptonshire Athletics Results Bowls Cycling Halsall making early start on her fast track to London — via Beijing Swimming Golf Rugby league Engage Super League Swimming Tennis Cricket Fixtures Today Football Rugby league Other sport Cricket Tomorrow Jackson gets set for Games with win over main rivals Rugby league Other sport Leeds Rhinos' hopes of a first-place finish in the Dashing Anderson puts seal on Wolves fightback Rugby league Globrix Inside today The Sunday Times Chambers puts focus on courts and remains in Games running Athletics Shamed athlete makes speedy start Battles for promised land Pistorius left with one more shot at Beijing Athletics Beltrán withdrawn from Tour after testing positive for EPO Tour de France Aviva Timesonline Birkdale hopes are raised of another Rose-coloured spectacle ten years on Golf John Hopkins on the return of the Hampshire professional to the course where he stole a nation's hearts with that pitch Most extraordinary four days of my life Pro's view The Times Lexus Donald setback adds injury to insult for Faldo after Europe hopefuls fluff lines Golf Montgomerie misses the cut after a 75 Timesonline Westwood discovers the secret to major success Advantage no one as authorities fail to serve needs of Nadal generation Tennis Woman draws line under 'rape' charge Harrison delayed St Helens given boost Passport to Games Thomson victorious Williams delivers wrong punchline with Audley gibe Writhing from a kick to the testimonials Comment Squiggle formerly known as Ronaldo The Sunday Times Moscow's transport authority says that Manchester United fans turn their backs on Ronaldo after outbursts Football Club urged to cash in on Portugal winger Q&A This judgment is unjust, mean and fails to understand how supporters feel Luton in crisis Club come out fighting after 30-point penalty threatens future Ups and downs of the Hatters League expresses sympathy for fans but will not relent on punishment Luton in crisis Inside today Premiership Rugby Academy Camps Ruling body Top four to go live on season's first weekend Football Arsenal secure Nasri Sheffield eye payout Cup runneth over Brown settles dispute Portsmouth fit the bill as Crouch downsizes to save England career N'Zogbia casts rod in direction of North London Window watch Anfield exodus will continue in effort to raise funds for Keane Football The Times Ince takes a gamble with trial for old friend Fowler How 2010 could look 'Once in a generation chance' led by fear of losing out to IPL riches Cricket Twenty20 Cup The proposal Batting for the opposition New ideas threatening county balance Cricket The game within Maturing Bell steps out of shadows and into the limelight Cricket First npower Test Concept 2 Timesonline Scoreboard from Lord's MCC brigade's new ball game The umpire's verdict Times Crossword 23,964 The Times Twenty20 puts Indian sign on the county set Controversial plan involves only nine teams The Times Inside today Caught short: brilliant Bell misses out on double century … Exclusive Rose's hopes hit fever pitch again at The Times Inside Free guides Slow progress on broadband It doesn't add up Money Letters Case Study Virgin Media Way off the pace Rock shock The Week in Brief A Word to the Wise End these needless Isa delays Alliance Leicester The mortgage waiting game Rosemary Duffy helps a couple aiming to save a deposit that will bring a family home within reach Kaupthing Bank Rich and Sarah: what the experts say Financial CV ING Direct Will you dig deep for begging banks? Amid the flurry of rights issues, James Charles asks whether it is worth investing in this ailing sector Halifax Investment Club Expert Analysis Lloyds TSB Timesonline Share Case Study Taking the Long View Multiple Display Advertising Items Souvenirs that will pay for your stay Mark Bridge goes in search of the top ten buys to make a handsome profit from your holiday shopping spree Surrenda-link And what to avoid Norwich and Peterborough Building Society Why can't I take up HBOS share offer? Multiple Display Advertising Items Your Shout Timesonline Multiple Display Advertising Items On the bright side Readers to the Rescue Staywarm Tariffs Duffield can reignite New Star Multiple Display Advertising Items Unit trust and open-ended investment company prices Full funds service at www. timesonline. co. uk/funds Fidelity Savings Watch The Times Pension annuities Motor insurance Level-term assurance Overdrafts Personal loans Savings accounts National Savings & Investments Chelsea Credit cards Mortgages Permanent interest-bearing shares New Star The Times This Week Next Week Off the cuff theories Stories behind the News Sadomasochism is probably a behaviour we're born with Need to Know? Sleeping on the job Fun runners John Naish Breakthroughs, Tips and Trends Blood-suck boon Beetle mania Scrooge rules Twist on ankles Fore play Antibody Well, Well . . . Double the trouble Junk Medicine IVF Multiple Births Wrong kind of shrink Slimming via surgical procedures is increasingly popular, but the underlying emotional problems are often harder to shed than the weight, says John Naish What happens when you have weight-loss surgery David Nieper 'I'm not your average bod' Apprentice Lucinda Ledgerwood talks to Emma Cook about brains, beauty and the power of herbs PERIproducts What midlife crisis? Mil Millington is not having a male middle-aged moment. Definitely not. There's no such thing, he says. It's prejudice, pure and simple, and it makes him boil . . . The Sunday Times Male Midlife in Numbers All a matter of choice Dr Copperfield inside the Mind of a GP New dental drill for the perfect smile The Times A wood of my own The actor MacKenzie Crook is one of a growing number of people who have heard the call of the wild and now own a slice of the English countryside. He says his woodland is the perfect green bolthole Standard Life Getting started The great British foodie summer holiday Whether you're self-catering in Norfolk, Yorkshire or Devon, England is full of healthy, tasty, regional goodies. Caroline Stacey goes on a gastronomic tour Intercontinental Hotel & Resorts Where to find Timesonline For Families in the Times Pork chops with thyme Thomasina Miers Fresh Takes on Old Favourites Pick the right cut and pork is low in fat. Pick the right way to cook it and you're in for a treat Thomasina's pork chops Nutritionist's verdict Pack a punch when you make your own lunch A furry friend for little ones Perfect Pets Pick the Right Pet for your Family What you need The Times Timesonline Nintendo DS Lite Long way to Brighton To get into shape for the London Triathlon next month, David Aaronovitch has been testing his mettle Is David on track? Going to extremes Joe Beer, a sports trainer and the author of Need to Know Triathlon (Harper Collins, £9.99), gives the lowdown on taking part in triathlons How to stay in the zone Timesonline And God created spas Rosie Millard joins the beautiful people in Brigitte Bardot's favourite hangout Best of the rest Beauty Boff Body Shop Almond Nail & Quticle Treatment £7,18ml Do the scientific claims on your cosmetics add up? This product was suggested by Deborah Stoplar, from London Feedback Love it or hate it — write in and tell us Multiple Display Advertising Items So Organic Timesonline Agony and Ecstasy Sex Advice He dresses like a tramp Deeley's Deal-Breakers Dates that Make You Go Eeeuuuw! Fairway to heaven Not Just Anybody How the Fit and Fabulous Stay that Way England's rising golf star Melissa Reid, 20, on fitness, sporting gods and keeping her eye on the ball Alpro soya The Times Hitch - hiking? It's fun, it's free and it's easy. There's just one hitch . . . Correspondents Inside/online Arrivals Win a fine art digital print every week Multiple Display Advertising Items Timesonline Citizen Traveller Week 2 Walking among the barbarians As Scotland's Antonine Wall gains world heritage status, Ian Belcher follows in the footsteps of the Roman legions — and finds that some things haven't changed since AD142 Mark Warner Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Ebookers Timesonline Need to know Cruise Saver Travel Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Volcanoes, glaciers and mountains of sweets Iceland surprises Julia Brookes and family with real-life Jules Verne thrills The Times Noble Caledonia Need to know Book now My Shanghai shopping list From one-stop bazaars to warehouses full of modern art, Lucia van der Post's hunt for her favourite outlets reveals another side to a brash 21st-century city Waterstone's Need to know Timesonline Multiple Display Advertising Items Luxurycollection 'Marvellous' Kashmir Tom Chesshyre reports on an undiplomatic compliment Get Ready to Rock and Rollercoaster Your Say Bellboy Menorca Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Travel Aide Mystery Guest Bailiffscourt, West Sussex Timesonline Our Man in . . . Eindhoven Post Office Reader Offers Index Index Reader's Block 'The best books, surely, defy categorisation' First word Contributors The wrong blurb Ever wonder if the person who wrote a book's blurb actually read it? Sometimes they seem like wild guesses — is Last of the Mohicans really about haircuts? Melissa Katsoulis imagines potential blurb blunders: see page 19 to discover the classic in question Your say Timesonline 'The genies in the Arabian Nights were right; there are worlds piled on worlds' Her word Times Literary Supplement Critic's Chart You're reading . . . Kate Saunders on mothers and daughters Find the connection Vintage Chart Top six paperbacks, July 10,1977 Reader Chart Clive James selects six enduring favourites Top 50 Bestsellers The indie top 10 They're reading . . . Mommie dearest part two Required reading Sarah Vine is moved by Jenni Murray's examination of a complex relationship in a Not So Dutiful Daughter The Times Extract From Memoirs of a Not so Dutiful Daughter Hot type Shaken but not stirred over 007 Your chance to become a published author The Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition To launch the second year of our writing competition, the author and judge David Almond argues that children's books are at the heart of storytelling culture The publisher's story: Barry Cunningham of Chicken House How to enter the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition Barry Cunningham's Top Tips 'That daydream of holding my own book has become a reality' Midnight's Children, Best of the Booker Victoria Glendinning, chair of the judges, explains how the winner was chosen Word aloud Mr and Mrs team up at South Bank Rhyme and reason back for more Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival at Harrogate Jeffery Deaver has laboured long and hard over his new novel featuring his feisty disabled sleuth. He tells Peter Millar how falling victim to identity theft provided the inspiration Harrogate highlights Timesonline Where are the rewards for women? Natasha Cooper despairs at the lack of recognition for female authors when it comes to crime-writing awards End of the line for a fishing tradition Nonfiction Ecology The Last Fish Tale The Fate of the Atlantic and Our Disappearing Fisheries by Mark Kurlansky The Times Like a kid in a candy store Choc-lit Sweet Dreams The Story of Green and Black's By Craig Sams and Josephine Fairley Cadbury's Purple Reign The Story Behind Chocolate's Best-Loved Brand By John Bardley Look out, nosy parker about Psychology Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You by Sam Gosling In short In Cold Ink On the Writers' Tracks By David Robinson Maclean Dubois, £9.99 £9.49 (free p&p) Landscapes of the mind Fiction Anthology French Tales Translated by Helen Constantine Secrets and lies Novel Disguise By Hugo Hamilton In short Worldwide Adventures in Love By Louise Wener Hodder & Stoughton £11.99 £10.79 (free p&p) A little restraint goes a long way Novel Crime By Irvine Welsh Racked with self-doubt Crime Building an empire Novel Warrior of Rome Part One: Fire in the East by Harry Sidebottom Classics The Secret of Laughter Magical Tales from Classical Persia by Shusha Guppy Diamonds, Gold and War Paperbacks Nonfiction The Making of South Africa by Martin Meredith, Pocket Books, £9.99 £9.49 (free p&p) Fault Lines Fiction By Nancy Huston Atlantic, £7.99 £9.49 (free p&p) Queuing for Beginners The Story of Daily Life from Breakfast to Bedtime by Joe Moran Profile Books, £8.99 £8.54 (free p&p) The People on Privilege Hill By Jane Gardam Abacus, £7.99 £7.59 (free p&p) Wildwood A Journey Through Trees by Roger Deakin, Penguin, £8.99 £8.54 (free p&p) Addition By Toni Jordan Sceptre, £7.99 £9.49 (free p&p) A laundry list of infant hits Amanda Craig rounds up the best summer reading to keep smaller children entertained The Times Audiobooks Helpless The Books group The author tells Alyson Rudd about the sharply differing reactions of men and women towards a grown-up character with feelings for young girls Fiction, biography, politics, poetry, art: The txt db8 The Key Questions Timesonline Games Jumbo Crossword 766 Picture Gallery Chess Winning move Scrabble Word watching Two brains Answers Find the Connection Polygon Literary quiz Times2 Crossword 4578 The Listener Crossword 3990 I Know My Place by Syd Lexis The Workout Bridge PictureLine KenKen No 126 — Medium Samurai Su Doku No 099 — Medium Su Doku No 2014 — Fiendish Killer No 876 — Deadly (1 hour 10 minutes) Solution to Last Week's Samurai Su Doku Friday Solutions The Times Bupa Contents 12.07.08 Porsche Fairytale Glamour as JFK Marries Jackie Contacts Smirnoff Richard urges us to . . . The Dark Ages Ford This week: Car tattoos I Didn't Get where I Am Today without . . . Wisdom Lesley Garrett, 53, Soprano Lexiconfusion No. 192 of Bennett & Teed's Illustrated Homographs Slummy Mummy Advice for the Domestically Challenged Lucy Sweeney Dfs Retail Therapy Fit for Nothing Bargainhunter Out There Clashing Prints Better by Design How to Get Dressed The Male Room Men's Stuff Alfa Romeo Women on top Beijing Bound Britain's men usually bring home the most medals. But this summer, it's our female Olympians who are the hot tips for glory in Beijing Coca-Cola KIA Boots War and Peace In 1978, Chris Steele-Perkins went to Belfast to photograph the lives of Catholics caught up in the Troubles. Thirty years on, he finds a generation born of violence adapting to peace Panasonic Boots BMI Magnet Reasons to Be Cheerful Aimee Mann's songs, are often angry and bleak. But in person this purveyor of supremely intelligent, grown-up pop is all smiles Opodo White Mischief A restrained palette, sleek shapes, classic accessories — keep your cool when the heat is on with a new take on colonial chic Six Great . . . Sunglasses Shop Window Big Yellow Self Storage Dream Trip Keeping up Appearances A holiday washbag is all about packing for a fantasy Q Please advise on a tinted moisturiser for over-fifties … Counter Intelligence Keeping up Appearances For the purest of products, max out on minerals Salon Spy: Scin Boots The Sunday Times There is Far More to Japanese Food than Just Sushi Food Chilli and Miso Beef Ramen Serves 4 Lemon and Lime Tuna with a Daikon and Rocket Salad Serves 4 Tempura of Whitebait with Wasabi Remoulade Serves 4 Jordans Yes, I Know, who in the World Would Expect to Get a Hot Breakfast for only £800 a Night? Restaurants The Green Kitchen Bag of Tricks Purina Robert Mondavi Iconic Wines Even the French, who so Hate Screwcaps Have Embraced Wine Cartons with Gusto Wine Six . . . Kitchen Greats Raspberries Food Detective Holy Smokery Foodie at Large A pilgrimage to a Somerset smokehouse celebrated for its eels Taste Test . . . Mozzarella McCain Summer Wedges The Sunday Times The Times Barnstormers Richard and Elaine Graham took two Surrey barns and turned them into a stunning, open-plan family home The Times Smiletrain Six Great . . . Garden Lights Pinboard Bosch Ask Aggie Home Help Each week, Times Magazine readers put their own domestic goddess queries to our houseproud expert, Aggie MacKenzie Do Try this at Home Entertaining ideas for modern families This week: Breakfast like kings Amdega When you've kept an animal for as long as you've had teenage children, you have a relationship with it Valley Girl Top Seeds Self-seeding plants save you all the trouble of trays, pricking out and watering. And there'll be lots to give away, too Thomas Sanderson Weekend Tips 12.07.08 Readers' Queries Vegging out Expert Advice Multiple Display Advertising Items Kitchen Magic It's a wonder Brunel got Beta Male The Times Creative thinking Mercedes-Benz The Times Warren Evans Timesonline. co. uk/theknowledge Doctor, do carry on What woman can resist dashing doctor Paul Nicholls as he throbs manfully on Harley Street? Caitlin Moran for one Closer look Going out It seems like a perfect arts festival, but Richard Morrison reads the small print The Batman story In the Sixties he was a panto turn; in his latest film he's a twisted loner. Dominic Wells on the many faces of Batman Hmv Top Films in Rep Journey to the Centre of the Earth New Film Reviews Director: Eric Brevig, PG, 92min Stars: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem On general release Savage Grace Director: Tom Kalin, 15,97min Stars: Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Stephen Dillane On selected release The Apartment Director: Billy Wilder, PG, 125min Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray On selected release Abba get drabber The Big Film Even the solid gold Abba hits can't save Mamma Mia! the movie, says Wendy Ide The Putin System Director: Jean-Michel Carré, 12A, 97min On selected release Films on Release The Spiderwick Chronicles DVD Reviews Director: Mark Waters, PG Stars: Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Sarah Bolger, Nick Nolte Rental/retail DVD The Cottage Director: Paul Andrew Williams, 18,2008 Stars: Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith, Jennifer Ellison Rental/retail DVD Love in the Time of Cholera Director: Mike Newell, 15,2007 Stars: Javier Bardem, Glovanna Mezzoglorno Rental/retail DVD Wrong Move The X-Files Essentials Jason King (PG) Don King Presents: Prizefighter Games Reviews Take-two Interactive/Xbox 360 (£39.99,15+) Bad Company Battlefield EA/Xbox 360, PS3 (from £39.99,16+) The Times The great escape We show DVDs to the real experts. Here, past and present members of The Association of Dunkirk Little Ships assess Dunkirk Podcast of the Week Chris Campling goes down the local for the Cobra Pubcast Amazon Murder most torrid A taut thriller with deviant sex? Well you have to laugh, the girls of Donkey Punch tell Kevin Maher Multiple Display Advertising Items Click your heels . . . As Siân Brooke dons the famous ruby slippers, she tells Lucy Powell how she will play Judy Garland's role her way Top Five Comedy Top Five Theatre Top Five Opera Top Five Dance Turn up the heat They may be the carefree sound of summer but CSS have come through some tough battles, Priya Elan discovers Pop Levi Music Reviews All albums out on Monday unless otherwise stated Rock/pop Never Never Love (Counter, TMS £10.99) Leon Jean Marie Bent Out of Shape (Island, TMS £9.99) Micah P. Hinson Micah P. Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra (Full Time Hobby, TMS £9.99) Sharleen Spiteri Melody (Mercury, TMS £11.99) Walter Becker Circus Money (Sonic360, TMS £11.99) Various Artists Jazz/world Afrobeat Nirvana (Vampisoul, TMS £6.99) Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Two Men with the Blues (Blue Note, TMS £11.99) The Hold Steady The Big CD John Mulvey on Stay Positive James Bowman/andrew Swait Classical Songs of Innocence (Signum, TMS £10.99) Lisa Batiashvili Mozart (Signum, TMS £12.99) Robert Spano/atlanta Symphony Chorus Brahms: German Requiem (Telarc, TMS £12.99) Top Five Classical Top Five Clubs Cheers, this one's on us Duran Duran, Mark Ronson and lots of the sponsor's vodka — is this the future of music, asks Ed Potton Top Five Gigs Top Five Jazz No place like dome We know Emperor Hadrian for his wall, but a new show celebrates his grandest designs back home, says Tom Dyckhoff Top Five Galleries National Portrait Gallery The bone people A display of ancient skeletons shows the grim time many Londoners had of it, says Jack Malvern Top Five Museums Top Five . . . Top Five Events Square Meal: Top hotel restaurants After more than just room service? Square Meal checks in to the best hotel eateries in the South East The Big Eat Run Meeting Mr Kubrick A new documentary on Stanley Kubrick prompts John Russell Taylor to recall his meetings with the reclusive director Radio Head Chris Campling on a proper Mandela tribute Curiously Kubrick Music, maestros After months in the TV backwaters, the Proms return classical music to the limelight. Neil Fisher takes his pick Chater's Choice Saturday 12 Main Channels TV Choice Variations Sweet Smell of Success (1957, b/w)/Birdman of Alcatraz (1962, b/w) Main channels Saturday 12 Film Choice BBC Two, 12.20pm/1.55pm Red Eye (2005) BBC One, 10pm Alien Resurrection (1997) Channel 4,10pm The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) Multi Channel Sky Movies Premiere, 8pm Fitzcarraldo (1982)/Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972) BBC Four, 8pm/10.30pm Saturday 12 Prime-time multichannel Bella Figura Digital Choice Sky Arts, 8pm Tour de France Live 2008 British Eurosport/ITV4, 2pm/2.30pm, 7pm T in the Park BBC Three, 7pm/10pm Time Team Special: Swords, Skulls and Strongholds/The Real Knights of the Round Table More4,9pm/10pm Centre Stage: Eric Clapton — Sessions for Robert Johnson Sky Arts, 9pm Werner Herzog Night BBC Four, from 8pm Radio listings Radio Saturday 12 Sunday 13 Main channels Billy Joel: The South Bank Show TV Choice ITV1, 10.45pm Variations Vertigo (1958) Main channels Sunday 13 Film Choice ITV1, 12.45pm Pulp Fiction (1994) BBC Two, 10.20pm Watership Down (1978) MultiChannel Film4,7.15pm Shadowlands (1993) ITV3, 9pm The New Age (1994) Film4,1.15am Sunday 13 Prime-time multichannel Dexter Digital Choice FX, 10pm World Rally: Greatest Drivers Dave, 6pm One Night in Bhutan BBC Four, from 8pm Son of Sam: David Berkowitz Crime & Investigation Network, 9pm Greek BBC Three, 9pm Great Britain: Top Ten Olympic Moments ESPN Classic, 10.10pm Brass Eye More4,12.10am Radio listings Radio Sunday 13 Monday 14 Main channels TV Choice Variations Life or Something Like it (2002) Main channels Monday 14 Film Choice BBC One, 11.15pm In Her Shoes (2005) MultiChannel Film4,9pm Summer of Sam (1999) ITV4, 1.05am In the Valley of Elah (2007) New to Sky Box Office Monday 14 Prime-time multichannel Liz Smith Night Digital Choice BBC Four, from 9pm ITunes Festival 2008 ITV2, 7pm Chris Boardman: The Final Hour ITV4, 8pm Sasha: Beauty Queen at 11 BBC Three, 9pm Make Me a Supermodel Living, 9pm Silent Witness UKTV Drama, 9pm Radio listings Radio Monday 14 Tuesday 15 Main channels TV Choice Variations 25th Hour (2002) Main channels Tuesday 15 Film Choice BBC One, 11.25pm The Day of the Fight (1951, b/w) MultiChannel More4,11.05pm Taxi Driver (1976) Film4,11.20pm L. I. E. (2001) Film4,1.30am Tuesday 15 Prime-time multichannel True Stories: Stanley Kubrick's Boxes Digital Choice More4,10pm Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire UKTV History, 1pm/8pm Britain's Missing Top Model BBC Three, 9pm In Search of Mozart Sky Arts, 9pm Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards 2008 MTV2, midnight Radio listings Radio Tuesday 15 Wednesday 16 Main channels Tribal Wives TV Choice BBC Two, 9pm Variations What's Love Got to Do with it (1993) Main channels Wednesday 16 Film Choice BBC One, 11.10pm Tombstone (1993) MultiChannel BBC Three, 9pm The Bothersome Man (2006) BBC Four, 10pm Barry Lyndon (1975) More4,1.10am Wednesday 16 Prime-time multichannel Diet on the Dancefloor Digital Choice Living, 9pm The Thirties in Colour BBC Four, 9pm Elite Forces Discovery, 9pm Drama Trails ITV3, 9pm Dying to be Beautiful Crime & Investigation Network, 9pm Lewis ITV3, 10pm Radio listings Radio Wednesday 16 Thursday 17 Main channels Harley Street TV Choice ITV1, 9pm Variations Ministry of Fear (1945, b/w) Main channels Thursday 17 Film Choice Channel 4,2.55am Paths of Glory (1957, b/w) MultiChannel More4,11.50pm Keane (2004) Film4,1.35am Thursday 17 Prime-time multichannel Private Practice Digital Choice Living, 9pm Redgrave's Raw Recruits ITV4, 8pm Peter Gabriel: Growing Up Live Sky Arts, 8pm The Unseen Alistair Cooke BBC Four, 9pm The Unit Virgin1,10pm Radio listings Radio Thursday 17 Friday 18 Main channels BBC Proms 2008 TV Choice BBC Two, 8pm Variations Rumble in the Bronx (1995) Main channels Friday 18 Film Choice BBC One, 11.20pm Lolita (1962, b/w) MultiChannel More4,9pm Emperor of the North (1973) Sky Movies Classics, 9pm The Sand Pebbles (1966) ITV4, 10pm Friday 18 Prime-time multichannel Nelson Mandela Night Digital Choice BBC Four, from 8pm Live Test Cricket Sky Sports 1 (HD), 10.30am Alfie Boe Night Sky Arts, from 8pm World's Worst Venom Nat Geo Wild, 9pm Live from Abbey Road More4,11.50pm Jimmy Rosenberg: The Father, the Son & the Talent Sky Anytime Radio listings Radio Friday 18 Mazda
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