We all know two things about the mountainous and spectacularly beautiful Mediterranean island of Sicily. It's where the Corleone family comes from in The Godfather, and Inspector Montalbano solves crimes there. ...read
EVENT COLUMNISTS
- PIERS MORGAN: I don't love Beyoncé because she's palatably black; I love her because she's a great singer and performer. I don't care what colour she is
- CHRIS EVANS: Yes, off-read-style SUVs might be sweeping the nation. But when it comes to ferrying the family around... I want my MPV
- DEBORAH ROSS: Nerves: shredded. End: proper. My life: bereft... Last week's episode of Line Of Duty may have been the most nail-biting hour of my TV life
GOING OUT - 1st May 2016 - CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
Blinding TV returns for the Peakys and Veep - plus Frankenstein gets a ballet makeover
Wed to May 27, Royal Opera House, London
Wed to May 14, touring with Mead until Sep 18
Until Aug 29, Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts, Norwich
Until Sat, London Coliseum
Out now
Touring until Jul 10
STAYING IN - 1ST MAY 2016 - CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
STAYING IN - 1ST MAY 2016 - CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
From Mon, Sky Store
Thu, BBC2, 9pm
Out now
Wed from 6am, also available on demand
Wed, Radio 3, 7.30pm
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Mon, Sky Atlantic, 10.10pm and 10.45pm
Out now
TOM PARKER BOWLES ON FOOD
A legend in his own lunchtime... Food lovers rejoice! The mighty Rowley Leigh is back in business at Soho brasserie Café Monico
The legendary chef is 'consulting' at Café Monico, a Soho House Group-owned brasserie sitting plum on that part of Shaftesbury Avenue you usually scuttle past on the way to somewhere else. But it's comfortable and buzzing and open all day. More importantly, it has Leigh's flour-dusted fingerprints all over the menu. ...read
OLLY SMITH ON WINE
Greece is the word... Big fat Greek reds. Whites packing 'eruptions of citrus powder'. This troubled land still conjures up magic
There is a wealth of Greek wine grapes, but the big four are Assyrtiko and Malagousia for whites, Agiorgitiko and Xinomavro for reds. Producers to look out for include Agyros, Hatzidakis and Sigalas. ...read
TECH
Let it glow... Thought TVs were big enough already? The picture on Philips' brilliant 65in giant Ambilux spills all over the wall behind it too
Last week, Radio 4's Justin Webb said that disdain for large-screen TVs was 'the last refuge of the snob'. Frankly, I feel a little bit disdainful myself, and I'm perfectly willing to have an Xbox on open display in my front room, which I pretend is for the children (although in reality they're not allowed anywhere near it, on pain of death). ...read
CHRIS EVANS ON CARS
Yes, off-read-style SUVs might be sweeping the nation. But when it comes to ferrying the family around... I want my MPV
It is the very purposefulness of this good old-fashioned people-carrier that should be celebrated rather than shied away from. Why don't the otherwise astute Helmuts and Ottos at Volkswagen realise this? She is big, ugly and does a sterling job, which is entirely how and why we like her. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: MY LIFE AND OTHER CELEBRITIES
I don't love Beyoncé because she's palatably black; I love her because she's a great singer and performer. I don't care what colour she is.
I wrote a column for DailyMail.com recently about Beyoncé's politically and racially charged new 'visual' album Lemonade, sparking a global furore so intense that I was trending worldwide on Twitter for a few hours.
My 'crime' was to suggest that I preferred the old Beyoncé who studiously avoided getting too political and once told me she liked being judged on her talent rather than her race.
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LAST WEEK'S EVENT
'Marry someone you love and someone who you like. I am incredibly lucky.' Helen McCrory shares the secrets behind her successful marriage to Damian Lewis
She's the feisty star of Peaky Blinders with forthright views on nudity, politics and why actors aren't role models. He's the Homeland heart-throb with an OBE. So who's boss in the McCrory-Lewis house? The actress reveals all to Event... ...read
'Annie is wonderful but she's tortured' Eurythmics star Dave Stewart on Lennox, Jagger and waking up next to Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks
Jagger's a mate, Bono is his spiritual brother and Springsteen is a barbecue buddy... but Dave Stewart tells Event, it's the intense and complex relationship with Eurythmics sidekick Annie Lennox that's had the biggest impact on his life. ...read