THE BEST FILMS, BOOKS AND GREAT DAYS OUT TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Think of the Cote d’Azur and you think of refined opulence; F Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night, Brigitte Bardot, Cannes Film Festival; glitz, glamour. The reality if you actually drive there is v

ONE OF THE MOST GRIMLY FUNNY POEMS OF the past century is Philip Larkin’s “This Be the Verse,” with its opening salvo about how our parents invariably mess us up. Larkin used a saltier word for “mess,

THE INTREPID STAR ON HIS STORIED CAREER

The red carpet was rolled out yet again last week, to honour the nation’s real heroes at the Pride of Britain Awards. Taking place at London’s Marriott Grosvenor House in Mayfair, the awards ceremony

On-set snaps routinely give us a sneak peek of films and shows long before they hit screens. Nikki Peach speaks to the sleuths stalking the action