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David Lister: 1972: The end of the age of innocence
It was the year of the Ford Cortina, Gay Pride and power cuts. But when Bloody Sunday tore through 1972, Britain changed: the Sixties were finally over
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Pizza perfection, here I come
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Forty acres of wheat rising in the middle distance behind the cheese factory: I worked out a little while back that with the wheat and the cheese situation in hand I was in control of two of the three vital ingredients for making my favourite thing in the world, from scratch: All I needed for the perfect pizza now was a source of tomatoes.
John Walsh: A film fails if the viewer turns away
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
I don't know when a mainstream film sparked off so much argument as The Killer Inside Me, the noir thriller by Michael Winterbottom. I've had so many heated conversations about it, my head is spinning.
Brian Viner: Cock-ups all round as ITV yield early advantage to BBC in broadcasters' battle
Monday, 14 June 2010
View From The Sofa: To miss one goal may be regarded as misfortune; to miss two looks very much like carelessness
Dom Joly: World Cup calls but Dubya's on a mission to stay out of Africa
Monday, 14 June 2010
Weird World of Sport: "I knew a guy went to Cape Town and he got his ass chewed off by a baboon. Africa is a real dangerous place – it's where lions come from..."
Dom Joly: New York, New York, so trendy it hurts
Sunday, 13 June 2010
I love meetings – free coffee, lots of talk about potential projects without actually having to do anything there and then. When the meeting in question is in New York and you have been flown there for that sole purpose, it doesn't get much better.
Brian Viner: Flags, food, feelgood factor – and the football has only just begun
Saturday, 12 June 2010
The Last Word
David Lister: It was not Corden's stomach you could see. It was the generation gap
Saturday, 12 June 2010
Something very unusual happened at an awards ceremony this week. There was a moment of genuine drama. At the Glamour Women of the Year evening, Sir Patrick Stewart turned on the host James Corden accusing him of discourtesy, and the two actors then verbally slugged it out.
Richard Ingrams: It's galling when the rich tell us to tighten our belts
Saturday, 12 June 2010
Notebook
Dylan Jones: 'I became obsessed with ‘Wichita Lineman’ – I even wrote about the song for this newspaper'
Saturday, 12 June 2010
For years I thought I was the only person who liked Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman" (Capitol Records, 1968); in truth I thought I was the only person who had heard of it. The song was as much a part of my childhood as the other records my parents filled the house with, and along with Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Matt Monroe, Nina and Frederick and John Barry (whose "Vendetta" was my co-favourite song as a boy), the work of Campbell saturated my life.
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How long will this government keep their trick going?
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