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NO SEX, PLEASE — WE’RE VAMPIRES

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:49:00 GMT

IT WAS F Scott Fitzgerald who said everybody’s youth is a dream, “a form of chemical madness”. When you r e a d S t e phenie Meyer’s Twilight books, you see how that madness can be forced to conform to a creed of abstinence. Meyer is a skilled storyteller with...

ONEWILLADOR REBERMUDA!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:01:00 GMT

HAVING spent eight days on the island of Bermuda, I thought it would be helpful to jot down a few thoughts as you prepare, for the first time in 14 years, to touch down at LF Wade International Airport, the gateway to this most charming of British overseas territories...

New ‘ Twilight’ sillier, sloppier

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:50:00 GMT

Along with eyeliner, the heroes of New Moon share a dark, ancient secret. Could they be cursed with — gasp! — shirtlessness?
Twihards will be OMG, OMG, OMG. The rest of us? ROTFL.
True, last year’s adaptation of the phenomenally popular novels about virginal mortal Bella Swan ( Kristen Stewart) and brooding vampire Edward Cullen ( Robert Pattinson) elicited its share of guffaws....

BIG FEET TO FOLLOW

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:19:00 GMT

IT’S a long way from anywhere, the Whanganui Inlet, a lonely, windswept world of sand, rock, tide and mud tucked into the west coast of Golden Bay.
Surrounded mostly by native forest with just a few settlements on its edges, it is home to a handful of people and popular with more enthusiastic tourists, and once, we now know, it was a land of dinosaurs....

Westwood can take the heat but McIlroy wilts after super start

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:49:00 GMT

LEE WESTWOOD today set the pace ahead of a faltering Rory McIlroy as the Race to Dubai reached a critical stage in the season climax Dubai World Championship at Jumeirah.
The Englishman, who was crowned European No1 back in 2000, shot a second-round 66 to take the lead on nine under....

Lucy Mangan

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:34:00 GMT

Durga Pokhrey is a Nepalese man who speaks four languages, adores Shakespeare and has a masters degree in Sanskrit literature. He has come to England because “in England there is the value of human beings. The English people are amiable . . . kindhearted, courteous...

Moss motto promotes anorexia, critics say

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:02:00 GMT

LONDON — Eating disorder campaigners criticized British model Kate Moss on Thursday for saying she backed the motto “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels,” a slogan popular with pro-anorexia websites.
Health experts said 35-yearold Moss, renowned for her waif-like appearance, had been irresponsible to make the comment, arguing girls could be influenced by the style icon....

Noteworthy neighbours

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:30:00 GMT

Ashley MacIsaac was sold on Windsor the moment he saw flowers sprouting on Valentine’s Day. Johnny “V” Mills, the great Canadian blues guitarist, couldn’t get over running into his plumber at the local pub in Colchester.
John and Michele Law spend up to two hours when they’re back from the road driving from one south Essex County farm produce stand to another....

DEPP IS SEXIEST MAN ALIVE

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:21:00 GMT

Hugh Jackman has passed the Sexiest Man Alive crown to Johnny Depp, who has claimed the title from America’s People magazine for a second time. Depp, 46, headed a list of 15. Depp caught People’s attention not so much for his swashbuckling antics in the Pirates franchise or his freakish charm in Edward Scissorhands, but his softer side as a family man...

Boyle’s star keeps rising

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:02:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES — The upcoming debut album by British singing sensation Susan Boyle has become the largest global CD pre-order in the history of Amazon. com.
Boyle’s album I Dreamed a Dream will be released Tuesday by Sony Music Entertainment. It is the dowdy 48-year-old...

Ireland demands replay of playoff

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:34:00 GMT

Angry Ireland called on Fifa to allow its World Cup playoff with France to be replayed, as a dispute over Thierry Henry’s blatant handball threatened to become a diplomatic row.
Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said he supported the Football Association of Ireland’s request, and raised the issue with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at a European Union summit....

Power of the people

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:36:00 GMT

WHEN Bryce Courtenay began his writing career at the age of 55, he had a big decision to make. Would he become a literary author analysing every word or would he become a storyteller who simply let the tale tell itself?
After much agonising, Courtenay decided to follow his heart, a decision that has led to him becoming Australia’s alltime bestselling author....

CRASH COURSE HIGHWAY 401

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:49:00 GMT

WIDE enough to land two Jumbos side by side, Toronto’s Highway 401 makes the M25 look like a village bypass. At its widest, near Toronto Airport, it’s 22 lanes across. It’s why we’re there to test Mercedes’ new anti-collision technology, on sale in the UK on its new E-Class....

Philip Morris ordered to pay $300 million to smoker

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:00 GMT

A Florida jury ordered cigarette maker Philip Morris US to pay $300 million in damages to a 61-year-old ex-smoker named Cindy Naugle who is wheelchair-bound by emphysema.
The Broward Circuit Court jury assessed $ 56.6 million in past and future medical expenses against the company, part of Altria Group Inc., as well as $ 244 million in punitive damages....

Meet the prophet of the apocalypse

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:52:00 GMT

If you don’t think things are going badly — that is, if you think they’re going badly, but you don’t think they’re going badly enough — meet Michael Ruppert. He’s a former Los Angeles policeman and sometimes investigative reporter, a lucid, well-spoken and possibly paranoid prophet of the apocalypse. Michael Ruppert makes Michael Moore sound like Mr. Rogers....

Mercedes chase Schumacher coup

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:49:00 GMT

MERCEDES GP are understood to have stepped up their interest in bringing Michael Schumacher back to Formula One next season,
The seven-time world champion, 40, was due to make a comeback for Ferrari as a substitute for the injured Felipe Massa last season before a neck injury forced him to stand down....

'The Oprah Winfrey Show' to end in 2011

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:45:00 GMT

CHICAGO — `` The Oprah Winfrey Show,'' an iconic broadcast that began as a local Chicago talk show and grew over two decades into the foundation of a media empire worth billions, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production company said Thursday night....

Get in line for a change of a dress

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT

TROUSERS AND their skinny counterparts, leggings, jeggings and treggings, may be in the ascendant on Planet Fashion, but in the real world, the Little Day Dress (or LDD) is what we are all reaching for this autumn if we want to look fabulously pulled together and on-trend....

Comic relief

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:29:00 GMT

As this decade sinks towards an end, its frothy beginnings now feel like a dream. Did all that really happen? Did, for instance, a gifted, earnest and precociously erudite young writer able to ride the twin waves of fiction and criticism with the aplomb of...

Small price, big ride

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:05:00 GMT

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Let’s cut to the chase: Volkswagen is launching its Polo this weekend at $63,300 (with COE). That is quite a bit cheaper than the usual European suspects, notably the Peugeot 207 and Renault Clio. It even compares favourably with the Japanese offerings....