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Over lunch at Glyndebourne's staff canteen, the soprano Danielle de Niese, who is heavily pregnant, is telling star-studded anecdotes. Recently, en route to a charity gala with her tell-tale bump disguised beneath the drapes of a Vivienne Westwood gown, she changed trains at Clapham Junction. A hand on her arm, an "Excuse me, but…" – and there on the station platform, she declares, was Dame Vivienne Westwood herself: "She spotted her dress first and then said – 'Oh, it's you!'" De Niese giggles.

David Cameron has told his new Cabinet that the Government’s approach to public services must be rooted in true social justice and genuine compassion. However, after Theresa May’s announcement that Britain will not participate in the EU’s plan to resettle migrants from North Africa throughout the member states, it might reasonably be wondered whether Conservative compassion extends any further than Britain’s borders.

Elizabeth: Defender of the Faith. Charles: Defender of the Patagonian Toothfish. Even the most determined republican might not object too violently to the Prince of Wales voicing his anxiety about endangered species or badger culling. His knowledgeable contributions about the crisis in the beef industry were impressive, in their own way. In these letters, not meant to see the light of day until George VII was on the throne, Prince Charles comes across as a slightly cranky but well meaning, middle-aged... Читать дальше...

The chairman of English Heritage received a letter from Charles in which he urged the conservation charity to step in to protect buildings in London’s Smithfield Market which were earmarked for demolition.

For fans of comedy this is no laugher matter; comedian Richard Herring has announced he will boycott Edinburgh Fringe Festival because its over-crowded, over-priced and he resents paying £3,000 to live in “student” flat with stained chopping boards and no toilet brush.

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I want to love Rambert’s new Dark Arteries, which puts a brass band on stage and frames it with a large cast of dancers. The playing of Tredegar Town Band is sonorous and splendid, but Mark Baldwin’s choreography is full of gestures that don’t connect. When the curtain goes up on all those gleaming instruments, standing out from Michael Howells’ shiny set, the audience oohs with pleasure – something the work doesn’t tap into.

Geoffrey Macnab on how Steve McQueen's film 'Le Mans' was the beginning of the end for the King of Cool.

Not everything the NHS does is worth doing. Prescribing antibiotics for sore throats is one example. Pressed by anxious parents, GPs faced with a complaining child often find it simpler to reach for the prescription pad than explain that nine out of 10 sore throats are caused by viruses, not bacteria, will resolve naturally and antibiotics will not help. But that casual attempt to reassure with a pill costs the NHS around £10m a year.