Two Titles that will suit the literary armchair traveller
TWO TITLES recently issued in hardback, but available here in large paperback, have caused a fair amount of comment. Set in Africa and India, these will suit the literary armchair
FILM REVIEW – THE ILLUSIONIST
THE ILLUSIONIST: Moved by sleight of hand Review by RUTH SHARPE THIS BIZARRE tale of intrigue, magic and murder follows Eisenheim (Norton), a stage magician with extraordinary powers, in turn
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Delicious favourites
By SHEENA RAWCLIFFE Vegetable Lasagne THE IMPORTANT thing for a fine vegetable lasagne is a good, fruity, well-flavoured sauce. Ingredients: Sauce • 2 tins tomatoes – chopped or buy them
Premieres (November 9) – PERFUME
PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER Drama/Thriller Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with no sense of smell, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world’s finest perfumes. His
Premieres (November 9) – THE DEPARTED
Crime Two men, from opposite sides of the law, are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and Irish mafia. Violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made and the moles
FILM REVIEW – THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Review by RUTH SHARPE THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA – Devilishly good WELCOME TO the dizzying world of New York fashion, the cut-throat industry that takes no prisoners. In The Devil
PREMIERES – November 2 – OPEN SEASON
Animation Boog, a domesticated 900lb grizzly bear, finds himself stranded in the woods three days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form
PREMIERES – November 2 – THE ILLUSIONIST
Drama In turn of the century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to a
A month of meteor showers
By CLIVE JACKSON WELCOME TO the November night sky. This is the month when the winter constellations start to appear in the evening night sky and the long dark nights