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Giles Smith, Andrew Robson, Mb, Matt Dickinson Chief Sports Correspondent, Janice Turner, Rory Newman, Christina Hardyment, John McNamara, David Adams, Ros Goodwin, Matthew Syed, Steve Kingshott, Chris Hobbs, Zahid Hussain, Louise Roddon, David Aaronovitch, Amanda Ursell, Simon Barnes, Charles Hope, Jane MacQuitty, Paul Hoggart, Claire McDonald, Catherine Boyle, David Rose, John Mulvey, Sarah Urwin Jones, Alexandra Frean Education Editor, Tony Turnbull, Emma Cook, Philip Howard, Julia Brookes, Meirav Micklem, Carol Midgley, David Chater, Kate Wighton, James Bone, James Ducker, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, Melissa Katsoulis, Duncan Bannatyne, Clive Davis, Pieter Breughel, Patrick Kidd, Gráinne Gilmore Economics Correspondent, Graham Stewart, Bob Stanley, Ricky Lock, Stanley Spencer, Wendy Ide, Jeremy Whittle, John Bungey, Kevin Eason, Peter MacDiarmid, Hack Coffin, Sam Banik, Joe Joseph, Andrew Norfolk, Alan Carr, Giles Coren, Caroline Hendrie, Peter Harrup, Sathnam Sanghera, Dr Copperfield, Graham Greene, Fiona Hamilton London Correspondent, Mark Barrowcliffe, Julia Mitchell, Nancy Durrant, A. C. Grayling, Stephen McClarence, Jane MacArtney, Chris Lambert, Hannah Fletcher, Rachel Sylvester, Robin Pagnamenta Energy and Environement Editor, Sara White, Andrew H Hooper, Dominic Walsh, Tom Bawden, Debra Craine, Les Webb, Alessandro Barbero, Tom Charity, Allan Simmons, Peter Stiff, Laura Lovett, Jonathan Romain, Kevin Maher, Richard Ford Home Correspondent, Peter Barnes, Jo Morris, J. A. Rentoul Managing governor, Rosemary Unsworth, Marc Chagall, Francesco Cossiga, Sophie Harris, John Bradley, Rhys Blakely, Andrew Ellson Personal Finance Editor, Richard Lloyd Parry, Adam LeBor, Charles Bremner, Alex Knisely, Jonathan Richards, Ben MacHell, Will Lawrence, Lucy Sweeney, Tim Teeman, Lilly Peel, Derwent May, James Hopkin, Hugo Rifkind, Angela Jameson, Sophie Hannah Hodder, Jessica Ennis, Aggie MacKenzie, Neil Bloomer, Nell McAndrew, Emma Mahony, Tom Whitwell, Ed Potton, Suzy Jagger, Oliver Kay, Matthias Grunewald, David Lister, Mark Atherton, Jane Wheatley, Lisa Armstrong, Patrick Hosking Banking and Finance Editor, Rick Broadbent, Sarah Vine, Tom Baldwin, Jill Sherman Whitehall Editor, Ida Staples, Sophie Gee, Sally Baker, David Robertson Business Correspondent, Ann Treneman, Rob Wright, Peter Jay, Nigel Hawkins, Christina Koning, Kevin Tipper, Alex Spence, Ajax Bardrick, Anne Barrowclough, Raymond Keene, Suzi Godson, Tony Glenville, Kate Saunders, John Russell Taylor, Matt Hughes, Rebecca O'Connor, Gordon Ramsay, Kaveh Solhekol, Andrew Drummond, Peta Bee, Roger Phillips, Rick Jones, Chris Campling, Alice Thomson, Melvyn Bragg, Patrick Hosking, Helen Nugent, Rebecca O'connor, Calvin Shulman, Ross Leckie, Gp Martyn Lobley, Roger Boyes, Marcel Berlins, Mick Hume, Tom Whipple, James Charles, Nick Hasell, Allan Mallinson, Tom Sykes, Lucy Powell, Royer Slater, Margaret Reynolds, Owen Slot Chief Sports Reporter, Tom Dart, Tony Cascarino, Julian Muscat, Paul Simons, William Wolff, Michael Herman, Nicholas Clee, Martyn Lobley, Ann Brady, Steve Jelbert, Nigel Kendall, Nick Szczepanik, Anthea Rowan, Joanna Pitman, Philip Webster Political Editor, Richard Ehrlich, Steve Hawkes, Jane Shilling, Jackle Clements, Jeremy Cross, Bruce Henderson, Kevin Eason Sports News Correspondent, Craig Lord, Anthea Wright, Dominic Maxwell, Harriet Addison, Anvil Press Poetry, Mary Hopper, Prue White, Mark Bridge, Amanda Craig, George Caulkin, Jane Lloyd, Alan Franks, Tim Wapshott, Neil Fisher, Sheila Keating, Celia Dodd, Iain Finlayson, Christopher Evans, Ben MacIntyre, Joseph Stephen Adams, Richard Beeston, Joe Clay, Emma Love, David Hutcheon, Kevin Downing, John Naish, Catherine Philp, Mark Henderson, Chris Ayres, James Jackson, John Mitchell, Kathleen Wyatt, Anna Shepard, Benedict Nightingale, Louise Cohen, Rick Broadbent Athletics Correspondent, Steuart Campbell, Dr Thomas Stuttaford, Stephen Dalton, Nicola Woolcock, Richard Morrison, Rob Moseley, Tom Chesshyre, Tony Halpin, Michael Holroyd, James Christopher, David Budworth, Pat Barker, S. E. Schwarz, Lisa Tuttle, Alan Jackson, Matt Roberts, Fiona Hamilton, Chris Irwin, Giles Oakley, Priya Elan, Grainne Gilmore, Annie Bell,
ResumoIndex Russia in nuclear threat to Poland Refugees tell of arson, looting and atrocities Chain gang lead race for a golden weekend Juliette Binoche Love, intuition, dance, intimacy Pass? Fail? Party! Survival guide for post-exam parents Barack Obama Up close and personal Save £70 Taking a Pounding Leading articles The weakness of sterling may dampen the spirits of some holidaymakers but it rationally points to Britain's poor growth prospects Index After Musharraf Pakistan's feuding politicians are set to squander their chances — again Football Crazy The Premier League is back with its wit and wisdom Body&Soul The Knowledge Magazine Books Travel Money Chubby kids have tubby parents — that's the problem Sandals Timesonline Deadly facts Fat children 'should be taken into care' Council warning to families guilty of neglect Celebrating the many faces of China . . . but not a single child from an ethnic minority Rumours of cheating abound in clamour for tiny medals Timesonline The Workout Sally Clark regret Antigua arrests Pupils' many tongues Bullet lodged in nose EuroMillions draw Most read at timesonline. co. uk I tried to save girl after lifeboat launch was banned Holidaymakers attempted rescue before crew defied orders Lexus Humiliated Georgia forced to accept a Russian occupation Georgia Nato divided on American call to punish Moscow Timesonline A catastrophe in the making 'They came from the forest shooting and shouting - wild men with strange eyes' Bank Holiday misery looms as baggage and check-in staff threaten to walk out Boots Omagh relatives boycott service Benefit cheat referee Stepfather jailed Ancestry online delay Kayaker dies at sea Fish goes to dentist Picture Gallery Battle of the bins — residents' barricade forces dustcart crew to pick up rubbish Vauxhall DNA files on 40,000 cleared child suspects British Airways Exam firm sacked — now the tests may be dumped Five-year contract is scrapped after one summer More students than ever win second chance at university Norwich Union Carphone Warehouse Adopting penguins, dressing dolls: our children on the web Where they play Virgin atlantic For the world's 'oldest mother', a son at last — and a daughter Nationwide Surge in repossessions clogs up the courts 'Manacled-Mormon kidnapper and the three-legged horse' Currys John Lewis The Rich-ards are different. But only for now Names go in and out of fashion, but changing them is no guarantee of miraculously casting off our former woes Healthcare Commission £10 for a glass of house red? Call that a holiday? Timesonline Higher, faster, yes. More meritocratic? No Talent doesn't always triumph at the Olympic Games. They are a bastion of elitism where money can buy medals China's rush to ruin at warp speed From wing to wok A thrilling hobby Picture Gallery £10 for a glass of house red — that's no holiday Listen closely and you'll hear the euromoan from the eurozone. It's British tourists looking at the prices abroad An everyday tale of cleansing products More can hinge on choosing the right bathtime accoutrements than you might think Winds of change In my view The Old Bailey fell under her fragrant charm The art of naming the ennobled A level grade problems and their solutions Reconstructing history and Haig Timesonline Lifeboats save lives Consumer spending is to blame Folk feeling Archive detective Olympic medal bias More dandelions Why we can't always put you in the picture Northern rock Crossed lines Short fuse Not wrong Grievous error Time to visit Sunderland, before it comes to visit you City hits back at report on North's 'lost causes' Tory party no longer nasty, just grumpy Reasons to be cheerful Express Timesonline Dfs Dfs Grouse: when your £26.95 Harrods special becomes a two-pint turkey How to keep barter from becoming too taxing Fair exchange? In the chilling world of the Loyal Soldiers, no one is innocent and a stare gets you killed Gangs Two 'general's in an East London, gang tell Fiona Hamilton about their lives—the knifings, the shooting the cocaine dealing Halifax Inside today Timesonline Word on the street 'I'm living in dread that my son will be the next statistic' Currys Guardsmen know who's top of the pecking order Magnet Poor training blamed for 'blue-on-blue' death Batman protester causes chaos on M25 Inspectors tell pupils of 4 that they are failing BT Aston Martins and Martinis? We did our spying with Prescan Quick fire Sports exclusive My Week The Prince of Wales Bmibaby EmpirEdirEct Mfi Can we talk? Yes, Joan — but let's dump the drama Comedy Joah Rivers Udderhelly's Pasture, Edinburgh Home Staff: Laid-back film festival takes the biscuit Halfords Fists of fury: kung fu warriors fight over the future of their martial art China Hitting the spot Goddess wanted: should have a voice like a duck Novotel From priest to President: Paraguay hails new leader Paraguay (AFP): Troops fire on buses, 'killing 30 civilians' (AP): Dress code death (Reuters): Tropical storm gathers (Reuters): Sentences reduced (AP): Record producer dies Obama camp rushes to rebut election 'book of lies' United States Also by Jerome Corsi . . . AA Timesonline Dell Jessops Rushdie attacks censorship by fear over Muhammad's bride United States Timesonline Neo-Nazis march into property market in campaign to buy a place in the future Germany The Times The legal front 'Mr Swirly' paedophile jailed for three years (Reuters): Summit boycott (Reuters): Seven killed in blast Picture Gallery As Pakistan comes full circle, a light is shone on The Crash that killed a dictator 20 years ago has fuelled conspiracy theories. The Truth may be simpler, James Bone and Zahid Hussain report Staples The theories Army looks for way to let Musharraf bow out gracefully The Times Prime Minister fought to save friend dying on mountain Guide suffered heart attack on camping trip New Zealand The Times Alliance Leicester The Sunday Times Child goddess wanted: should have voice like a duck Nepal Inside today Multiple Display Advertising Items Less-than-excellent adventure for HSBC Standard cuts payouts Merrill losses hit UK Call for TNK-BP float Quote of the day B&B's muted response Business big shot Sterling's decline against dollar hits run not suffered since 1975 Analysts believe door may be open for rate cuts 'JLP has become retail's answer to Nelson Mandela The holiday is over for cheap travel abroad Stock markets Lehman in talks over sale of $40bn real estate assets The man who makes Maxwell look small-fry The more things change . . . Commodities Positively bad Timesmobile Cystic Fibrosis Trust Currencies Picture Gallery Need to know Multiple Display Advertising Items Bombs start falling, staff are called up, but Georgia is a 'walk in the park' for HSBC - compared with Iraq Business big shot The best-laid plans . . . Now there's an asset without liquidity problems City Diary If TUI Travel's mooted £24 million bid for City Diary Sudarghara Dusanj, head of Cains, the Liverpool brewer, City Diary Herbie Frogg Picture Gallery Introducing Esko, the talk of the town in Nokia-land City Diary Ingenious chaps, the Chinese City Diary Standard Life endowment holders face home loan shortfall as fund declines Merrill will avoid UK tax for 60 years by charging $29bn losses to British arm Institutions take fifth of B&B rights issue John Lewis sales up Homebase changes Liechtenstein reform Wachovia repurchase BP prepares itself for further battles as oligarchs line up joint-venture flotation Stelios to take easy Jet to court in row over branding Unit-linked insurance investments Full funds service at timesonline. co. uk/funds British funds It's so easy to be agreeable when the well-heeled beat a path to your door Timesmobile Timesonline London Financial Futures Wall Street 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 Glow of satisfaction at LSE over Turquoise's pale debut Market report Profit causes queue for Lo-Q Smaller companies Gilts Rumour of the day Profits found in translation as rising dollar boosts US earners Chrysalis Deal of the day Bet of the day Tiddler to watch Equity Prices Prostate UK Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Reader Offers Ltd Simone Mirman Parisian milliner who moved to London and was highly esteemed by the Queen and Hollywood stars Simone Mirman, milliner, was born on April 18,1912. She died on August 1,2008, aged 96 Young love and the upheaval in German marriage laws Joan Campbell Lives remembered Thomas M. Disch Professor William Bennett John Esmonde Time and chance in the hurdle race of human life Faith Bismarck will be turning in his grave A small change in Germany's law may have huge implications for the country 's Jews and Muslims Timesonline Church of England 'must remember Newman and its ancient traditions' Smoking neighbours, Ms or Miss and buying furniture from a friend Modern times Feather report Readers reply Timesonline Countries that end in "a" and the Moon Questions answered What to look out for Court Circular Birthdays Anniversaries Latest wills Births Forthcoming Marriages Timesonline Golden Anniversaries Deaths Multiple Classified Advertising Items Public Notices Multiple Classified Advertising Items Weather Timesselects Weather Eye Multiple Display Advertising Items Kneed-It Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Digital Hearing Aid Information Service Ltd The Sunday Times Paco Boy can continue Hannon's excellent run Newbury Totescoop6 Sunday best Newmarket Cycling victory sets pace for Team GB's golden weekend New Approach, the Vodafone Derby winner, worked well Ripon Lingfield Park Natagora seeks return to winning ways in Marois Racing Bangor Look Here, the Juddmonte Oaks Winner, will miss the Market Rasen Racing next week Course specialists Scoreboards and results Cricket Newbury Yesterday's racing results Nottingham Golf Kempton Park Rugby league Shooting Tennis Catterick Fixtures Today Football Cricket Football Tomorrow Newmarket Warren puts paid to free viewing of Khan Dougherty dominant Stoner sets pace Leicester pick Chuter Ponting sits out series Leeds sign off in style Pettini hoping to receive belated birthday gift on Cook's return Cricket England opener can come to the party against Kent Sports Staff: Ramprakash double century puts brakes on Somerset's rise LV County Championship Yesterday's results from Beijing Bulldog spirit conquers sinking feeling The gold rush Medals table: leading nations Fencing Swimming Games in numbers GB target Barclays Hodge unleashes the animal lurking within Beijing 08 Rowing The power of ten Morrison and Rhodes tread water as they wait for tide of fortune to turn Sailing Showdown in Qingdao The Times Korean loses medals after testing positive Downie raises the bar Wills misses out Learning experience Britain trio enjoy the ride of their lives Cycling Master and his conductor ready for grand finale Swimming Timesonline Chain gang work like a well-oiled machine to lead the race for gold Good Wood Unsung pair in hot pursuit Proud Radcliffe races into the unknown Athletics 'Appalled' Reed attacks order to run enervating time-trial Golden shot: your guide to Team GB's quest for glory The Times Sotherton fights way to third after opening day of tears and torment Athletics Edgar to seize his opportunity alongside the elite Why Kelly must put 'bad' start behind her Bolt effortlessly glides towards his destiny A goddess in disguise? Only one way to silence doubters Frustrated Moyes pledges his loyalty Football Everton manager in a hurry to reinforce depleted squad Barclays Rovers reject £5m pursuit of McCarthy Window watch Sunderland v Liverpool Today 5.30pm, Setanta Sports 1 Bolton v Stoke Today 3pm West Ham v Wigan Today 3pm Arsenal v West Brom Your guide to the weekend's Barclays Premier League matches Today 12.45pm, Sky Sports 1 Everton v Blackburn Today 3pm Aston Villa v Man City Tomorrow 3pm Hull v Fulham Today 3pm Chelsea v Portsmouth Tomorrow 1.30pm, Sky Sports 1 Middlesbrough v Spurs Today 3pm Man United v Newcastle Tomorrow 4pm, Sky Sports 1 Where will your team finish in The top four are set in stone and the top two cast-iron certainties, but the season promises much — and Stoke can survive Benítez pins the blame on Parry Hughes pleads for time in getting City up to speed Wenger happy to shun money and put faith in young guns Engaging Diouf springs surprise as he makes his own headlines Sunderland's pantomime villain has soft side Ladbrokes Roy Keane, the Sunderland manager, has shaken up his Brown banks on calm heads to maintain Hull's status First the world, then the league title as Ferguson sets his targets United managers tells Terry: we can improve Keegan regains his vigour after a rare good week Timesonline Scolari promises it will be just like watching Brazil Redknapp hopes to make rich clubs pay Paul Ince, the Blackburn Rovers manager, took a thinly Times Crossword 23,994 The Times Barry fiasco took Benítez to brink of Anfield exit Spaniard unhappy with board's lack of backing The Times Friends Provident Sotherton giving it her best shot as Britain's finest … Fantasy Football: pick your XI before the The Times Inside Free guides Isa transfer tribulations Savings Watch Rock solid Money Letters Currency clash Case Study Six-Month Halifax Saga Dogged traveller The Week in Brief A Word to the Wise Five-step plan to boost the PM's waning popularity Abbey Old-fashioned home economics As household bills soar, Rebecca O'Connor turns to the Women's Institute for some valuable lessons in thrift Multiple Display Advertising Items DIY enthusiasts can save a small fortune Let them eat cake Halifax Timesonline Watchdog has been put down in its prime Mark Atherton fears for consumers as Energywatch is wound down despite having helped thousands Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Case Study Essential Service Balfour Beatty is built to last Multiple Display Advertising Items Unit trust and open-ended investment company prices Full funds service at www. timesonline. co. uk/funds Fidelity Currency Watch Ing Direct Pension annuities Motor insurance Level-term assurance Overdrafts Personal loans Savings accounts National Savings & Investments Timesonline Credit cards Mortgages Permanent interest-bearing shares You do someone a favour . . . Post Office Your Shout House Price Figures The Times People Also this Week Next Week Fertility — where we're at David Rose Stories behind the News The lengths couples go reflect patchy provision of help Need to Know? Eat your way to 2012 You're collared Kate Wighton BREAKTHROUGHTs, Tips and Trends Timesonline Well, Well . . . How a spoonful of soda speeds you up Baking soda is coming out of the larder as a sports performance enhancer. Peta Bee reports The White Stuff Kitchen Cupboard Power Demand and supply pains Junk Medicine Drugs Rationing 'You have to write to be alive again' The Poet Dannie Abse tells John Naish how he survives after loss and grief Lachrymae The Times Malady of Broadway Inside the Mind of a GP 'i need what, doc?' These procedures sound scary, but don't panic, says GP Martyn Lobley Mummy, do I look fat? Anthea Rowan always tells her two daughters that they look just right. She explains why . . . A good day's menu Results? Party on Pass or fail, Celia Dodd guides parents whose teenagers are off the leash and on the lash The Times If celebrations are at your house If celebrations are elsewhere For Families in the Times 'Mummy, can I have a toy gun like Alfie's?' Timesonline My wheely big adventure Salad's cereal thrillers Forget stew, grains like pearl barley are perfect partners for summer produce, says Annie Bell Tabbouleh with Feta Serves 4-6 Roasted Pepper and Spelt Salad Serves 6 Barley Salad with Honeyed Tomatoes and Dates Serves 4 Nutritionist's verdict Can you become addicted to cheese? Timesonline Buzz off, you pest Eco-Worrier The Times Greenie Points Timesonline Green shoots of recovery Sara White overcomes the pain of losing her father by taking up gardening, his lifelong passion Clearing the air Matt Roberts Coping with Pollution Back to basic pulling power From tyre flipping to kettlebell swinging, the new functional exercise trend will make you fit as a Spartan, says Mark Barrowcliffe Go take a running jump Timesonline Slow, steady, and ready for more David Aaronovitch celebrates his day at the London Triathlon Bonjour jeunesse Ann Brady finds her inner Frenchwoman on an anti-ageing retreat Reality Boff Prevage Eye Anti Aging Moisturising Treatment £75-105ml Timesonline Aesthera PPX: for acne, sun damage and hair removal Feedback Love it or hate it — write in and tell us Multiple Display Advertising Items What's happening in the Times Health Club Timesonline Agony and Ecstasy Sex Advice The Times Mum's the word TV presenter Nell McAndrew, 34, on joys of exercise, motherhood and breast-feeding her two-year-old son Not Just Anybody How the Fit and Fabulous Stay that Way Tru Diamonds The Times Flying without a wriggling, noisy child is like getting a free upgrade Correspondents Inside/online Arrivals Will Hide Citizen Traveller Week 2 BAA Timesonline Look out, I think we've been spotted King of the Jungle? Well, if you're going to meet a baboon in your bedroom, you want to look your best, says Alan Carr Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Need to know Cape safaris Oman Air Take me to the river . . . For summer swimming, fresh is best. Louise Roddon suggests seven favoruites Reader Offers Ltd Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items At the wheel of the little Grado, all the lagoon was Les Webb and family find the perfect escape from the crush of St Marke Square — on a houseboat the were happy to call home Cheltenhamfestivals Noble Caledonia Need to know Cities from the water Archers Direct On a Cook's tour One of Britain's oldest operators is displaying artefacts from the earliest days of organised travel, says Tom Chesshyre 'Don't let a war spoil your holiday' Travel in Brief Bellboy Your Say Julia Brookes Answers your Travel Queries Contact us . . . Timesonline Bank Holiday Deals Multiple Display Advertising Items Snuggle up in a smugglers' cove Boutique B&B beach strolls a Cornish idyll is just a ferry hop from Plymouth for Kathleen Wyatt The Times Need to know Cruise Saver Travel Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Travel Aide Mystery Guest Staying Cool, Birmingham Timesonline Our Woman in . . . Stockholm Purplehotels Late Rooms Books Index Reader's Block Erica Wagner First word 'Wow, a chance to use the word sesquicentennial' 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 Timesonline Multiple Display Advertising Items TLS David Baddiel His word 'Sod it, ' Shakespeare seems to say. 'They'll all just have to die' Find the connection Vintage Chart Top six fiction titles, August 17,1975 Critic's Chart You're readings . . . Benedict Nightingale's top theatre biographies Reader Chart Ricky Lock picks his favourite six titles Top 50 Bestsellers The indie top 10 They're reading . . . Life on a knife edge Required reading In One Blood, John Heale's account of Britain's street gangs, Carol Midgley discovers a bleak yet mundane world of casual violence and petty drama Extract From One Blood: Inside Britain's New Street Gangs Hot type Join Nick Hornby at the keyboard A quiet curiosity Michael Holroyd tells Jane Wheatley that he keeps the relationship he has with his subject secret for a long time before before letting others in on his findings Extract From a Strange Eventful History On Monday Word aloud Edinburgh Book Festival dates Mindful of the gap Nicola Beauman tells Amanda Craig how Persephone Books has pounced on lost or forgotten women's classics to fill the void left by bigger publishing houses Georgia on my mind Russia's recent invasion of its former subject state on the Black Sea prompted James Hopkin to take a brief journey throught Georgia's literary heritage and writing about the area Timesonline The Times The Times Fast track to oblivion Nonfiction Music Twenty Thousand Roads The Ballad of Gram Parsons and his Cosmic American Music by David N. Meyer A search for redemption Religion Between the Monster and the Saint: Reflections on the Human Condition by Richard Holloway The British Army's greatest day History The Day we Won the War Turning Point at Amiens, 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger In short An escape from procedure Fiction Crime In the Dark In the Dary by Mark Billingham The Turnaroudn by George Pelecanos All the Colours of Darkness by Peter Robinson Angels Unaware by Mike Ripley A vigorous imagination in full flow Science Fiction Now and Forever by Ray Bradbury Miss Margit's feeling for snow Historical fiction Spellbound by Margit Sandemo Witch-Hunt by Margit Sandemo Transplanted and displaced Novel In short Classics The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Penguin Great Ideas) by Walter Benjamin translated by J. A. Underwood The Death of Sigmund Freud Paperbacks Nonfiction Fascism, Psychoanalysis and the Rise of Fundamentalism by Mark Edmundson Bloomsbury, £8.99 £8.54 (free p&p) Life Class Fiction By Pat Barker Penguin £7.99 £7.59 (free p&p) The Time Traveller A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality by Ronald Mallet with Bruce Henderson Corgi, £7.99 £7.59 (free p&p) The Scandal of the Season By Sophie Gee Vintage, £7.99 £7.59 (free p&p) The Day of the Barbarians The Epic Battle that Began the Fall of the Roman Empire by Alessandro Barbero Atlantic Books, £8.99 £8.54 (free p&p) The Point of Rescue By Sophie Hannah Hodder, £6.99 £6.64 (free p&p) Dazzling take on the future Children's The Times Audiobooks In this books TLS 'Who could resist the temptation of a plate of worm pig stomach?' Next week in Books Small town tragedy Jumbo Crossword 771 Picture Gallery Chess Winning move Scrabble Word watching Two brains Answers Polygon Literary quiz Times2 Crossword 4608 The Listener Crossword 3995 The Workout The Wrong Blurb Bridge PictureLine Win a PSP console today KenKen No 181 — Medium Su Doku No 2094 Killer No 906 — Deadly (1 hour 5 minutes) Su Doku No 2091 Index Wendy: A message from Wendy The Times Reader Offer Why book with Wendy Wu Tours A China Experience 10 Days from £1,490 per person Full Incllusive from the Uk Majestic Yangtze 14 Days from £1,890 per person Full Incllusive from the Uk China and Eclipse Experience Classic China 22 Days from £2,390 per person Fully Inclusive from UK Magnificent China 21 Days from £2,290 per person Fully Inclusive from UK Classic China 22 Days from £2,390 per person Fully Inclusive from UK China Highlights 27 Days from £1,990 per person Fully Inclusive from UK Grand Tour of China 27 Days from £2,390 per person Fully Inclusive from UK Glories of China 14 Days from £1,790 per person Fully Inclusive from UK Hong Kong Extension Our Hong Kong extension packages are becoming an increasingly popular addition to our China tours Dubai Extension A big attraction of flying with Emirate is the option for a stopover in this fascinating city Eclipse and Shanghai Spectacular 8 Days from £1,690 per person Fully Inclusive from UK Index Peugeot Barclays Contents 16.08.08 NoËl Coward at Home in Jamaica Contacts Canon The Dark Ages Coca Cola This week: Arab drift Microtrends I Didn't Get where I Am Today without . . . Wisdom Moby, 42, Musician, Dj and Producer Lexiconfusion No. 197 of Bennett & Teed's Illustrated Homographs Slummy Mummy Advice for the Domestically Challenged Lucy Sweeney Ford Shop Retail Therapy Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Bargainhunter Out There Denim Leather Forecast How to Get Dressed Obama Uncut The Photographer's View Orange Mastercard Liverpool Something in the way she moves . . . Artists don't come more free-spirited than Juliette Binoche. As she abandons film for a year to pursue an audacious new dance project, the Oscar-winning actress talks, in inimitable style, of art, love, intuition and intimacy Volvo Gone to the Dogs For 20 years, Mick Hume has been going to Walthamstow Stadium to bet, dream and shout with the crowds. With the last race running tonight, he laments the passing of a gaudy, glamorous institution Walthamstow Stadium D-Rink Aware Ecco Ecco Indian Summer The season's dying days are made for weekends in the country — team pretty pieces with scarves and sweaters to keep it cosy Amoré One Good Deed . . . Keeping up Appearances Cancer charity LGFB deserves your support in September Dear Sarah Q I am having difficulty obtaining grey mascara. Would you be able to help? Counter Intelligence Keeping up Appearances Genius products to combat oily skin Salon Spy: Posthotel Achenkirch Riviera Now is the Time to Make Use of All the Fresh Fruit around Food Elderflower Pannacotta with Greengage Compote Serves 6 Roast Duck Legs with a Sweet-Sour Damson Sauce Serves 4 Robert Mondavi Iconic Wines Who on Earth Wants to Cook and Eat Underground? We only Just Came out of the Caves Restaurants The Green Kitchen Purina Spier Nicolas Proves that we British Know a Lot, Lot More about Wine than our Gallic Neighbours Wine Six . . . Kitchen Greats Strawberry Jam Food Detective A Rum Business Foodie at Large No longer just for pirates, this spirit is finding a new popularity Taste Test . . . Tinned Tuna Multiple Display Advertising Items Each to their Own Interiors … have cleverly styled their lofty London … everyone has a personal space. Yet it's in the …-plan basement that family life really happens LG Ask Aggie Home Help Each week, Times Magazine readers put their own domestic goddess queries to our houseproud expert, Aggie MacKenzie Polly Beard Do Try this at Home Entertaining ideas for modern families This week: Garden variety BrandAlley Mary was a bit ho-hum about the medal at first. Now … Valley Girl Lost and found Gardens Novelist Wendy Holdens' new Derbyshire home came with a once grand Victorian garden turned to jungle. And as she restored it, she unearthed a passion for plants she never knew she had . . . The Times The Sunday Times SmileTrain Amdega Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Dwell Much as I like the idea of being incommunicado, it goes against all my instincts. Checking one's e-mail is what hunting and gathering has evolved into Beta Male Multiyork Bupa Index Amazon Index Blood and chunder Starts If you're not a doctor, and your enjoy watching real-life medical procedures, you must be sick, says Hugo Rifkind Culture club Come out Unlock your artistic potential at a creative summer school, says Richard Morrison It's time for Tyler to Liv another life Screen Recently separated and with a young son in tow, Liv Tyler is getting her career back on track, she tells Will Lawrence Lars and the Real Girl DVD Reviews Director: Craig Gillespie, 12,2007 Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider Atlantic City Director: Louis Malle, 15,1980 Stars: Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Robert Joy Leatherheads Director: George Clooney, PG, 2007 Stars: Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski Also out Only skin deep Panel of Experts Each week, we show DVDs to the real experts. Here, a group of beauty therapists wax less than lyrical about Caramel Top Films in Rep You Don't Mess with the Zohan New Film Reviews Director: Dennis Dugan, 12A, 113min Stars: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Rob Schneider On general release A spoonful of sugar The Big Film Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is pure, unadulterated, escapist fun, says Wendy Ide Wild Child Director: Nick Moore, 12A, 98min Stars: Emma Roberts, Natasha Richardson On general release Little Box of Sweets Director: Meneka Das, tbc, 90min Stars: Das, Joe Anderson Mohini Mathur On selected release Jimmy Carter Man from Plains Director: Jonathan Demme, PG, 125min On selected release Amazon The Banishment Director: Andrei Zvyagintsev, 12A, 150min Stars: Konstantin Lavornenko, Maria Bonnevie On selected release Films on Release Volkswagen Podcast of the Week Ed Potton tunes in for a pleasing mix of music and mirth Radio Helicopter Games Reviews 505 Games/Will (£24.99,3+) Hellboy: The Science of Evil Konami/PSP, PS3, Xbox 360 (£29.99-£49.99,16+) Summer Athletics Eldos/all consoles, PC (£14.99-£39.99,3+) We Love Golf Capcom/Wii (£39.99,3+) A light in the dark Samuel Beckett's plays are not all doom and gloom — far from it, the actress Kathryn Hunter tells Lucy Powell Top Five Comedy Top Five Theatre Career Highlights Top Five Opera Top Five Dance Multiple Display Advertising Items On a lighter note As the music industry struggles for cash and confidence, Sophie Harris suggests ways for artists to reach new ears Rock/pop Music Reviews All albums out on Monday unless otherwise stated Stereolab Chemical Chords (4AD, TMS £9.99) The Bookhouse Boys The Bookhouse Boys (Black, TMS £9.99) Times Music Service Hamfatter What Part of Hamfatter Do You Not Understand? (Hamfatter, TMS £9.99) New Kids on the Block Greatest Hits (BMG, TMS £11.99) Pivot O Soundtrack My Heart (Warp, TMS £10.99) Jazz/world Saxophone Summit Seraphic Light (Telarc, TMS £12.99) Various Artists Big Blue Ball (Real World, TMS £11.99) The Week That Was The Big CD John Mulvey on The Week That Was Classical Heemie JÄrvi Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky (Chandos, TMS £7.99) Daniel Norman Britten: Winter Words (Bis, TMS £12.99) Claudio Abbado Mahier (DVD) (Medici Arts, TMS £24.99) Top Five Classical Top Five Clubs Top Five Gigs Taking the baton Richard Morrison meets the man behind the reconstruction of Mahler's 1904 Cologne concert Top Five Jazz The painted face of Christianity Sights His new show about religion and art focuses on 10 paintings. Here, Melvyn Bragg explains which ones made the final cut The Resurrection, Cookham The Massacre of the Innocents The White Crucifixion Anon: The Wenhaston Doom The Crucifixion in the Isenheim Altarpiece And the Other Five Paintings Top Five Galleries Timesonline Top Five Events National Portrait Gallery Cutting out a niche of his own Rob Ryan is famed for his intricate paper cut-outs. Emma Love meets him at his new gallery cum shop Top Five Museums Threadneedle Top Five for Kids Top restaurants for decor Feast your eyes (and mouths) with Square Meal's guide to the best-looking eateries in the South East L'Anima The Big Eat The real hustle TV&RADIO From domestic neuroses to go-karting with Brad Pitt, Marc Warren has many faces, says Ed Potton Me and my football mad dad The sad dads in a new football comedy are all too real, reveals Emma Mahony Radio Head Chris Campling on 20-minute indulgences Hoggart's highlights Saturday 16 Main channels TV Choice Key Variations Battle of Britain (1969) Film Choice Channel 4,4.20pm The Mummy Returns (2001) ITV1, 4.45pm The World is Not Enough (1999) ITV1, 9.30pm A Hard Day's Night (1964, b/w) BBC Two, 11.45pm The African Queen (1951) Multi Channel Film4,5pm Atonement (2007) Sky Premiere, 8pm Saturday 16 Prime-time multichannel Live Premier League Football Digital Choice Sky Sports 1 (HD)/Setanta Sports 1,12.30pm/5.15pm Live Cricket: Friends Provident Trophy Sky Sports 2 (HD), 10.30am Cadfael ITV3, 7.20pm Sleepers BBC Four, 8pm Low Winter Sun More4,9pm Queen and Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions Sky Arts, 9pm James May's Top Toys Dave, 10pm Radio listings Radio Saturday 16 Sunday 17 Main channels Pacific Abyss TV Choice BBC One, 8pm Variations Carry On Cleo (1964) Film Choice ITV1, 3.50pm Envy (2004) Five, 4.55pm Hellboy (2004) Five, 8pm Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006) BBC One, 11.15pm The Jerk (1979) MultiChannel ITV4, 10.35pm Educating Rita (1983) BBC Four, 11pm Sunday 17 Prime-time multichannel Dexter Digital Choice FX, 10pm Live Premier League Football Sky Sports 1 (HD), from 1pm Proms on Four 2008 BBC Four, 7.30pm Elvis Presley Night Biography, from 4pm Spooks: Code 9 BBC Three, 9pm Jonathan Creek UKTV Gold, 9pm Brass Eye More4,12.15am Radio listings Radio Sunday 17 Monday 18 Main channels The Man Who Cycled the World TV Choice BBC One, 10.35pm Variations Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) Film Choice BBC One, 11.05pm Dead Man's Shoes (2004) Channel 4,11.40pm Gumshoe (1971) MultiChannel BBC Four, 11.05pm 10,000 BC (2008) New to Sky Box Office Monday 18 Prime-time multichannel Liverpool on the Box Season Digital Choice BBC Four, from 8pm Natural World: The Bear Man of Kamchatka UKTV Documentary, 7pm Planet Carnivore: King Bear Nat Geo Wild, 9pm Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial UKTV History, 9pm The Wire FX, 10pm Crime Thriller Awards Season ITV3, from 9pm Radio listings Radio Monday 18 Tuesday 19 Main channels Maestro TV Choice BBC Two, 9pm Variations The Martins (2001) Film Choice BBC One, 11.05pm The Fountain (2006) Multi Channel Sky Indie, 8.20pm Suspiria (1977) Film4,11.30pm Deep Red (1975) Film4,1.30am Tuesday 19 Prime-time multichannel Stargate Atlantis Digital Choice Sky One, 8pm Liverpool on the Box BBC Four, 8pm Backstory: Touch Me Someplace I Can Feel Sky Arts, 9pm Money Makers: Beach Break Live BBC Three, 9pm Call the Cops BBC Four, 10pm True Stories: The Devil and Daniel Johnston More4,10pm Consenting Adults BBC Four, 10.30pm Radio listings Radio Tuesday 19 Wednesday 20 Main channels Who Do You Think You Are? TV Choice BBC One, 9pm Variations The Hollywood Mom's Mystery (TVM, 2004) FilmChoice Five, 3.15pm The Descent (2005) MultiChannel Film4,10.45pm Private Parts (1997) ITV4, 12.15am The Blair Witch Project (1999) Film4,12.55am Wednesday 20 Prime-time multichannel Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery DigitalChoice BBC Four, 9pm Live Twenty20 Cricket Sky Sports 1,4pm Live International Football Setanta Sports 1,7pm/Sky Sports 1,7.45pm Drama Tralls ITV3, 9pm Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman BBC Four, 10pm Radio listings Thursday 21 Main channels The Cup TVChoice BBC Two, 9.30pm Variations Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) Film Choice BBC One, 11.05pm Coach Carter (2005) MultiChannel Film4,6.25pm Sherrybaby (2006) Film4,9pm I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname (1967) Sky Movies Classics, 10.45pm Thursday 21 Prime-time multichannel Fossll Detectives DigitalChoice BBC Four, 7.30pm Morning in the Streets BBC Four, 8pm Intervention Fiver, 10pm The Nominees FX, 10.30pm Lou Reed Live in Montreux Sky Arts, 11pm Funny Cuts E4,11.25pm Radio listings Radio Thursday 21 Friday 22 Main channels Richard and Judy TV Choice Channel 4,5pm Variations Copycat (1995) Film Choice BBC One, 11.20pm Mayerling (1968) ITV1, 1.50am Syriana (2005) Multi Channel Sky Indie, 7.50pm 28 Days Later (2002) Film4,10.45pm Friday 22 Prime-time multichannel Andy Burnham Night Digital Choice Sky Arts, from 8pm Live International Cricket: England v South Africa Sky Sports 1,2.30pm Reading & Leeds Festival BBC Three, 8pm/10.30pm Valery Gergiev: Portrait of a Maestro BBC Four, 8pm Elizabeth I More4,10pm Play for Today: Our Day Out BBC Four, 11.20pm Radio listings Radio Friday 22 Alton Towers
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