“I’ve been a Durie fan ever since I saw him score three for East Fife against Hamilton Accies when he was a boy,” he said. “After he joined Hibs, I used him in tandem with Robert Fleck in a very good Under-21 side, and I followed him closely when he was at Chelsea and Tottenham.”I ...
GeneralI bet Terry Venables doesn’t have this to contend with.”The morning after, tournament title-holders Madrid were first up and the Spanish, masterminded by a superb midfielder called Ernesto Gomez, strolled to an 8-2 victory.Francisco Jimenez, the Real coach, said, somewhat unkindly: “The English were very weak. Not only did Elliott – an honorary participant in ...
GeneralThough few of the subsequent scenes have quite such a refreshingly adolescent sense of callousness, and while it is only fair to concede that it bored and irritated a fair number of more mature critics, Alex de la Iglesia’s film is an absolute hoot, with all the energy and unabashed daftness of a feisty graphic ...
GeneralHe crosses the round stage on Equus-style hooves, circling Beauty, who is trapped up to her waist. How can she ever love him? One criticism of this enchanting show is that Beauty gets too much advice on this score. If only she had discovered Beast’s qualities for herself, in the way Victor Hugo gets Esmerelda ...
GeneralThese are the over thirties who are trying to forget their matt black Eighties phase by going mad on natural fibres. They have Egyptian cotton duvet covers and barely there Christmas decorations. The General Trading Company, in London’s Sloane Street, is the spot for twig trees (which last for ever but will be too unfashionable ...
GeneralSuch is the demand for the fizzy stuff that the club has sold out six Saturdays running, 300 bottles between 500 clubbers, a ratio that even traditional champagne clubbing spots such as Tramp and Stringfellows have yet to match.Sun City’s promoters, Neil and Trevor, attribute the huge demand to their clients’ quest for the total ...
GeneralThe problem is that few artists would really like to define themselves as a middle-of-the-road crossover act. Finnigan says: “The Three Tenors wouldn’t see themselves like that. They think they just happened to bring opera to a wider audience.”Still, it’s unlikely that Anthony Way,or his “management structure”, will indulge in petty squabbles, as long as ...
GeneralAnother option is dancing salsa at the Salons de Balle, which close at four. Seedier versions, exlusively for men, are the Fricheras where men pay women to dance with them.LAGOS, NIGERIA: A big, cosmopolitan city based around money and nightlife in all its guises, often compared to New York. Shopping malls shut at 10pm, but ...
GeneralSenior Tories said last night that John Major had been persuaded to hold off the election until his favoured date of 1 May. The alternative, a snap election on 20 March, was being ruled out because it would smack of panic, and the voters would regard it as a piece of political chicanery to avoid ...
GeneralI planned the scenario for Conspirators in 1970, but the censors said sadomasochism had nothing to do with Socialism. They were wrong, of course, because all relationships are sadomasochistic, even if this isn’t manifested in a sexual form.TG It’s interesting that you’ve made a film about sexual aberration at the same time that David Cronenberg’s ...
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