What I know about womenMoviesInterviewWhat I know about womenInterview by Rosamund WitcherWillem Dafoe 54, actor, married, one sonI've never had any close male friends. The most important relationships in my life have always been with women. My five sisters raised me because my father was a surgeon, my mother was a nurse and they worked together, so I didn't see either of them much. It was a sexual education, because my sisters were the horniest little girls. Read More...
Whitney Houston – a life in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email US singer and actress Whitney Houston, one of the most decorated female artists of all time who sold more than 170m albums during her life, has died in Beverly Hills aged 48 Sat 11 Feb 2012 22.31 EST First published on Sat 11 Feb 2012 22. Read More...
Book clubCharles DickensWeek two: the novellaMost years, when a shortish novel finds its way on to the Man Booker shortlist, there is a debate over the distinction between a novel and a novella. The Sense of an Ending? On Chesil Beach? Novels or novellas? One can surely use a simple principle to see the difference: a novella is a work short enough to be read comfortably in a single sitting. Indeed, short enough to invite such an uninterrupted reading. Read More...
