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The Tetra Pak heiress is baffled by how hard it is for UK businesses to ‘let people go’
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All eyes on the legacy of Big Brother
The reality show of shows leaves Channel 4 after next year’s 11th series, but John Lloyd sees it as merely the end of the beginning for the genre
Rocking all over the world
As the Berlin wall fell in 1989, households in parts of eastern Europe tuned in to MTV and found themselves part of a brash new world, writes Peter Aspden
Film releases: November 6
Nigel Andrews reviews Jane Campion’s ‘Bright Star’, ‘Paper Heart’, ‘Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno’, Robert Zemeckis’s animated version of ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats’ and ‘1 Day’
And nation shall speak unto itself
Andrew Marr, the new master of the genre of the expression of Britishness, has taken up the white middle-aged man’s burden with huge gusto, says John Lloyd
Good fella
The film director talks to Simon Schama about his new movie ‘Shutter Island’ and why he generously gives younger artists the chance to learn by experiencing a work in progress
Film releases: October 30
Nigel Andrews reviews the Nick Hornby-scripted ‘An Education’, environmental ‘gotcha’ movie ‘The Cove’, ‘Starsuckers’ and Cristian Mungiu’s ‘Tales from the Golden Age’
From soap in space to the most real TV of all
In drama, TV claims to portray a deeper-than-surface reality through fiction, while in documentary it selects scenes from life to illuminate a state of affairs, says John Lloyd
Film releases: October 21
Leo Robson reviews Wes Anderson’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’; ‘Johnny Mad Dog’, a film about child warfare in Africa; vampire films ‘Colin’ and ‘Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant’; and randy comedy ‘The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard’
Just what TV genres need – new blood
‘True Blood’ is a monstrously fine and funny piece of work, cleverly commenting on contemporary anxieties, fads and follies while telling a story at the same time, writes John Lloyd
The appeal of ‘Spooks’
As it returns for an eighth season later this year, John Lloyd explains why the British TV series about MI5 spies has such a huge fan base
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