José Manuel Calleja, 62, was one of the five patients whose condition was described as serious. His wife is still in intensive care along with three other people at a hospital in the northern Spanish city of Santander. Seventeen British schoolchildren were taken to the same hospital yesterday morning following […]
Daily Archives: September 22, 2017
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KINGSMAN THE GOLDEN CIRCLE (Cert 15; 141mins) The plot is convoluted, the running time is excessive and the cast is top heavy with underemployed Oscar winners but fans of the original may still enjoy the ride. Taron Egerton’s Eggsy is still an engaging presence as the spy who came from […]
Borg Vs McEnroe (Cert 15; 108mins) In the one corner stood the ice-cool four-time champion Björn Borg (Sverrir Gudnason), in the other, brash young contender “Super Brat” John McEnroe (Shia LaBeouf). Borg Vs McEnroe focuses on that all-important final but also explores why it mattered so much and reveals that […]
In Between (Cert 15; 101mins) There is a freshness and sincerity to this tale of three women defined by the expectations of their families and trying to be true to themselves in a world moulded by men. Muslim lawyer Laila (Mouna Hawa) and Christian DJ Salma (Sana Jammelieh) work hard […]
OUR LAST TANGO (Cert 12A; 84mins) This absorbing documentary tells the story of Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, two of the greatest exponents of the tango. Long after their love died and their marriage ended, the pair continued to perform together. The film reunites them for one last […]
TEAM OF RIVALS by Doris Kearns Goodwin Penguin, £14.99 One of the best books written about politics. It brilliantly tells the story of Abraham Lincoln’s remarkable rise and how he built his administration around his rivals for the Republican nomination. It is a horrible thought that Donald Trump could now […]
Two months after her diagnosis, she underwent a mastectomy. She filmed a video diary from her hospital bed, showing her bandaged chest just hours after the operation. The film was uploaded to YouTube and garnered more than 50,000 views. Over the next few months, viewers from around the world followed […]
Their handshake sealed an agreement that had been negotiated in secret over the previous nine months in Oslo through the intervention of idealistic Norwegian Terje Rød-Larsen and his more pragmatic wife Mona Juul. JT Rogers’ intriguing play delivers a forensic account of the protracted negotiations that led to the Oslo […]