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* Kenneth Branagh returns to the stage after an interval of 10 years to step into the shoes of Shakespeare's most evil king Richard III.
A role associated, in many minds, with the performance by Laurence Olivier, Branagh eshews the the image of the ugly crouchback and produces a Richard who is charismatic and, publicly, upright.
Richard III runs at the Sheffield Crucible Theatre until April 10 - it's sold out but a few tickets are made available each day.
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* Ian Hamilton thought that almost any text could do with a careful pruning. Not surprising given he was one of the most influential literary editors over the last 30 years. We look back at the career of one of the last gentlemen of letters.
Ian Hamilton's last book Against Oblivion - the Twentieth Century Poets is published by Viking
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* With the school holidays approaching it is no surprise that all the latest film releases are aimed squarely at the pocket-money audience. First among these are the successor to Shrek, Ice Age and teh sequel to Peter Pan, Return To Neverland.
Ice Age and Return to Neverland both open around the country on Friday: certificate U
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* Steady as she goes? From today ships are no longer female. At least that is the new practise at Lloyd's List, the daily newspaper of the shipping industry. David Crystal, Editor of the Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Language , examines the sexing of shipping.
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* Pop Idol Gareth Gates joins a 50 year pop music relay when he releases his version Unchained Melody this week. He joins an exalted company ranging from Elvis Presley to the Goons, via Jimmy Young, not forgetting The Righteous Brothers. Why has one song held such attraction for both singers and audiences?
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On tomorrow's Programme
two new biographies of Primo Levi and the latest hidden camera TV show Make my Day.
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