Ion Fiscuteanu, a Romanian stage and film actor known to international audiences for his role in The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, died early Saturday in Bucharest. He was 70. "He…
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Screenwriter Ronan Bennett criticises Martin Amis for his questionable positioning on present day inter-cultural relations (and other commentators for essentially giving him a free pass): As a novelist, Amis is…
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Russell Brand on his experience at sex addiction rehab: In that situation, however, alienated from my normal surroundings, I realised that the outer surface of what I thought was my…
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Of course it’s about oil (Jim Holt in the London Review of Books): It has been estimated, by the Council on Foreign Relations, that Iraq may have a further 220…
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’Kin oath. LONDON (AFP) Regular swearing at work can help boost team spirit among staff, allowing them to express better their feelings as well as develop social relationships, according to…
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David Simon, producer of “The Wireâ€, in the New Yorker: Every single moment on the planet, from here on out, human beings are worth less. We are in a post-industrial…
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