Harry Potter aside, here are the best new books for adults
WITH THE recent furore about Harry Potter, one could be forgiven for forgetting that there are many other excellent new books coming out. To redress the balance for adults, this
Joe Cocker performs in Portugal
JOE COCKER started out with The Avengers, singing soul and rock in the rough pubs of Sheffield, England. One of the truly great rock voices of all time, Cocker was
Stone’s got soul
YOU WOULDN’T necessarily think it to look at her, but Joss Stone is the possessor of some of the music world’s most soulful pipes. It’s easy to forget that the
film review – WAR OF THE WORLDS
ET was cuter LEAVE IT to Steven Spielberg to turn the end of the world into a film about responsible parenting. War of the Worlds isn’t his worst, but it’s
UB mad to miss them
NAMED AFTER an unemployment benefit form, pop-reggae band UB40 was formed in 1978. The original eight band members, all from Birmingham, appealed to dissatisfied youths with their very own style
film review – MADAGASCAR
Mid life crises are a pain in the butt AFTER A tough couple of weeks, when parents may have been a bit apprehensive about taking their impressionable young tykes to
The July night sky
WELCOME TO the July night sky.This month gets off with a ‘bang’, as on July 4, NASA will try to blow a hole in a comet! This attempt is called
film review – BATMAN BEGINS
He is rescued from a Chinese prison by a mysterious warrior named Ducard (Neeson), who teaches Bruce the mental and physical discipline to fight his enemies. Ducard wants Bruce to
film review – MR AND MRS SMITH
The film opens with the two sitting side by side in separate chairs, facing the camera, enduring a therapy session with the familiar he-said, she-said dialogue. He forgets how many
first edition – The best of the latest paperbacks
Shooting History by Jon Snow in paperback at 12 euros Channel 4 News anchorman Jon Snow’s Shooting History is, like John Simpson’s acclaimed books, a foreign correspondent’s story: Snow has