The ObserverTheatreReviewMenier Chocolate Factory, London
Best shines as a flirtatious widow in Trevor Nunn’s update of a Terence Rattigan rewrite
Love in Idleness is second division Rattigan, a 1944 rewriting of Less Than Kind. Trevor Nunn offers a hybrid of the scripts (to preserve the political grist of the first) and directs with verve. Rattigan was such a master craftsman that, even with an uneven play (its creakiest timbers are in the third act), there are many plotted pleasures and the first act is a triumph of squirm-making comedy.
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Joanna Bell, who also writes for the London Evening Standard, was escorted from the premises after interrupting a speech by the Irish ambassador to the UK, Adrian O’Neill, on Monday, it has emerged.
PhotographyMark Hogancamp nearly died after being jumped by five men in 2000. After waking from a coma with no memories, he developed an extraordinary coping device: he built a miniature town in his garden where he reimagines the horrors of war
Mark Hogancamp woke up one day in terrible pain in an unfamiliar room. His memory was gone. He looked up at the ceiling and tried to piece together what had happened.
‘The conspiracy has migrated out of the dark shadows of the internet and on to Facebook, where it is now spreading among an audience of frightened and credulous parents.’ Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP‘The conspiracy has migrated out of the dark shadows of the internet and on to Facebook, where it is now spreading among an audience of frightened and credulous parents.’ Photograph: Matt Rourke/APOpinionQAnon This article is more than 3 years oldQAnon conspiracists believe in a vast pedophile ring.
Mobile phonesThe lowdown on handsets, networks and parental controls, if your child is ready for a first mobile or an upgrade is required
If you have decided it is time for your child to have their first mobile phone, or they are due an upgrade, the choice can be bewildering.
There are various things to consider, from the handset and the mobile service to go with it, to parental controls and how well the phone fits in with the devices you already use.