Austria forfeited the tie.Muster was left blinking again yesterday, partly by Kuerten’s impressive shot-making but chiefly because of his own inability to close out a match at the French Open after leading 3-0 in the fifth set.The 1995 champion, a former world No 1 and undisputed king of the clay courts, was eliminated in the [...]

Start and finish points have yet to be named, as have stopovers, with one plan calling for the yachts to take only a 24-hour break from racing at three “pit stops” and completing the course in less than 100 days.At the centre of negotiations has been Sweden’s Ludde Ingvall, who recently skippered one of the [...]

Tomorrow night they dish out the Tony awards, New York’s Oliviers, and he has been nominated as best actor for his performance as Stanley Spencer. The Tonys will be almost indistinguishable from a British awards ceremony, because Broadway seems to be importing most of its decent theatre from here these days. Sher is up against [...]

It might be thought that one of Ms Jackson’s first priorities was to stop Loughborough University running its new degree course in car salesmanship But no: selling new cars can be good for the environment. Sure, they use a lot of energy to make, but their emissions standards are higher. Planning permission for out-of-town shopping [...]

But if Mr Smith wants to make changes to the lottery then he should start with the way it is regulated by Oflot and the way money is handed out via the National Lottery Distribution Fund. Only 5 pence in every pound spent goes to Camelot – 4p to fund its own costs and 1p [...]

She did the film to please Arthur Miller, yet he was having an affair – this made poor Marilyn very unhappy.” Singin’ in the Rain (1952) and Ben Hur (1959) were among Guilaroff’s favourites of the films he worked on. “I did them all – I think my favourites were Clark Gable, Tyrone Power and [...]

Only a Russian would exhibit such intensity of emotion, make Dostoyevsky’s profession of faith his own, that “beauty will save the world”, and create minor characters that linger in the mind – like Pashka, the school dunce and loner from a poor home, who “climbs the trees to watch the stars”.. The “sad-eyed dandy” first [...]

True, there are no stores selling over-priced speciality foods in designer surroundings. It will house the Gap, an HMV store and the relaunched landmark jazz venue Minton’s – investors in which include Robert De Niro. A Magic Johnson movie theatre is planned further along on East 125th Street. New York Governor George Pataki announced last [...]

This was about the time of the end of the miners’ strike, and the play was not well received by the critics: it was probably too far to the left But Denise got very good no- tices. She gave a dazzling performance.That was when I met her parents, just briefly At the end of Pasionaria [...]

If necessary, reheat the griddle and apply another coat of oil.A proved griddle should not need to be washed again, but straight after use wipe it clean with kitchen paper and a sprinkling of salt. A baking griddle needs to be moderately, but not searingly, hot before you use it – whether you grease it [...]