In imperial China a surfeit of floods, famines and earthquakes was usually taken to signify that the mandate of heaven, a more conditional version of Europe's divine right of kings, had been withdrawn from a particular emperor. Many Americans felt that way about the Bush dynasty after it abjectly failed to protect New Orleans from hurricane Katrina in 2005. For Gordon Brown the dynastic connotations...
M y body deceives me, it seems. The moment I reckon I've overcome yet another major buzz-killing head-cold, I feel an uncontrollable urge to catch-up on all the boozing/dancing/necessary-evil-academic-endeavour I've missed out on. Then, just hours later, it re-emerges and I'm left frog-throated for another day. If I were the type that used such expressions, FML would be the only appropriate one in...
I sense growing detachment, alienation and indifference where the monarchy is concerned The Westminster neighbourhood should be back to normal this morning after the Queen's golden coach and all those metal railings have been put back into storage. "The captains and the kings depart," as Kipling put it in Recessional, his prophetically melancholy poem of 1897. Three melancholy exchanges...
Penelope Cruz was busy in NYC yesterday, first making a stop by The Late Show to chat with David Letterman. She was out to discuss Broken Embraces before it opens in limited theaters this Friday, but Dave was a little more concerned with asking about her rumored engagement to Javier Bardem. She stood her ground and didn't reveal anything about her personal life - check out the video of her interview...
The bill is designed to improve the UK's resilience to future flooding threats that are likely to be intensified by climate change The flood and water management bill is designed to improve the UK's resilience to future flooding threats that are likely to be intensified by climate change . The government said the bill will continue implementing the recommendations of Sir Michael Pitt's report after...
A shake-up in planning could centralise power and weaken the say of local people BRITAIN, and especially England, is occasionally compared to North Korea (only half-jokingly) as one of the most heavily centralised states in the world. Whitehall bureaucrats micromanage schools and hospitals; local government is dependent on the Treasury for most of its funding. But one bastion of local power has for...
It's no wonder environmentalists are sceptical about a planning system set up to facilitate roads, airports and power stations Yesterday saw the announcement of the country's first national policy statements . Once finalised, these will guide the decisions of the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) on new developments, starting with energy infrastructure such as nuclear plants , large wind farms...
tonight i sat sipping hot chocolate from a very tiny cup in a heavenly shop ('charlotte en l'ile') the size of a closet to one who is not even a millionaire. the furniture consisted of one piano and three round tables with three chairs each (la menage!). we sat and swooned over the taste and talked of two beautiful films, both directed by bertolucci. i was firmly holding on to 'last tango in paris'...
John Saunders has been named chief executive of the new Infrastructure Planning Commission ( IPC ) . a body set up by the Department for Communities and Local Government whose aim is to speed up the planning process. Saunders spent 20 years working in the banking industry and has recently held posts including chief executive of the Security Industry Authority. The IPC , has taken the multiple planning...
Watch Eva Green nude video and sextape HERE! Eva Green was born in Paris, France. For 3 years, she studied acting in Paris and also had a polishing course for 10 weeks at London's Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. In 2001, Green started her professional career. She acted in 'Jalousie En Trois Fax,' a play, portraying the role of Iris. Her performance gave her critical acclaim, and she was nominated
As if building the body charged with speeding up Britain's planning system was not enough of a challenge Sir Michael Pitt now has just months to persuade the likely winners of the next election not to kill off his organisation in the year of its birth.
You know what I want to see? A TV show starring Steve Buscemi based on a pilot directed by Martin Scorsese. Guess what we'll all get to see very soon: a 1920's period show set in Atlantic City, starring Buscemi, based on a Scorsese pilot. Everybody wins, or at least everyone with HBO. Variety reports that HBO has picked up eleven episodes of Boardwalk Empire, which features Buscemi as Nucky Johnson...
Welcome to your Wednesday morning television briefing. The Chicago Tribune's Maureen Ryan is reporting that former Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles star Lena Headey has signed on to star in HBO's fantasy drama pilot Game of Thrones, based on the novel series by George R.R. Martin. Headey, who toplined the now-canceled Terminator, would play Cersei Lannister, described by Ryan as "a woman...
"Mad Men" gets another season - how do you like this season so far? AMC's "Mad Men" has been picked up for another season (big surprise) - how are you enjoying what's happening so far this season? --- Martin Scorsese is heading to HBO as the network orders a pilot series of "Boardwalk Empire" to premiere in 2010. Set in Prohibition Era Atlantic City, the series will star...
Watch Eva Green nude video and sextape HERE! Eva Green was born in Paris, France. For 3 years, she studied acting in Paris and also had a polishing course for 10 weeks at London's Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. In 2001, Green started her professional career. She acted in 'Jalousie En Trois Fax,' a play, portraying the role of Iris. Her performance gave her critical acclaim, and she was nominated...
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