Keeley Hawes to play real-life detective in ITV drama BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Keeley Hawes will play a real-life detective in a TV drama about a woman murdered for “falling in love with the wrong man.” https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/keeley-hawes-to-play-reallife-detective-in-itv-drama-38247015.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/article38247012.ece/97698/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_88d13db4-34a6-4c6c-9ad5-5b4fbd388234_1 Email Keeley Hawes will play a real-life detective in a TV drama about a woman murdered for “falling in love with the wrong man.” The drama will tell the story of Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode’s “passionate search” to discover the fate of missing 20-year-old Banaz Mahmod. She disappeared in 2006 and her body was found 100 miles away buried in a suitcase in a garden in Birmingham three months later. Banaz was raped and tortured before succumbing to an agonising … [Read more...] about Keeley Hawes to play real-life detective in ITV drama
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Real life Narnia, your own island and New York fortress
Imagine waking up in your very own, real life Narnia every morning. Or living on your own island with just the waves and birds for company. Fancy something with a little more action - how about a bullet-proof luxury apartment in the heart of New York City. These are just some of the amazing homes currently for sale around the world. Rightmove has revealed the five most viewed overseas properties so far in 2019, and we think you'll agree that they're pretty amazing. Rightmove's property expert Miles Shipside said: "We’re very fortunate at Rightmove to have such a varied and diverse catalogue of properties for the British public to view and it’s always interesting to see which special homes have captured the hearts and minds of our users. "These properties, from right around the world, are all mesmerising in their own unique ways and it really is fascinating to peek behind their front doors to see how the rich and famous live away from the cameras." A real life Narnia … [Read more...] about Real life Narnia, your own island and New York fortress
Real-life catalyst for change comes at a high price
Napoli, Brooklyn | Oxford Playhouse | Tuesday, June 4 UNREMITTINGLY earnest, a plateful of angst served with side orders of pain and misery and very few laughs to season it — Napoli, Brooklyn felt like being back in church again and being told off for smiling during the communion ceremony. We’re in Brooklyn in 1960 in the home of Italian immigrants, and while they are now New Yorkers their old country is still with them. The father is a bullying brute, bemoaning having three daughters and no sons. He is the man and his will must be obeyed — that and the dogma of the Catholic church. Mid-20th century Brooklyn wasn’t exactly a melting pot of cultures — minorities gathered there, but not necessarily together. We are presented with a 16-year-old lesbian daughter, wanting an affair with her Irish schoolfriend, an Afro-American woman with massive potential but facing too much prejudice to realise it, an illiterate … [Read more...] about Real-life catalyst for change comes at a high price
Irish Times view on the Danish elections: real-life Borgen drama
Irish Times view on the Danish elections: real-life Borgen drama What price power for Social Democrat Mette Frederiksen? … [Read more...] about Irish Times view on the Danish elections: real-life Borgen drama
Athens’ youngest mayor: I’m interested in real life, not utopias
The mayor-elect of Athens says he doesn’t believe in grand projects, nor does he “do utopias”. What he prefers to focus on is “real life” – and seeing it by walking and talking with almost everyone he meets. It has paid off. After visiting 129 neighbourhoods across Athens since launching his campaign to become the capital’s youngest mayor, Kostas Bakoyannis, at 41, has been catapulted to the top office of City Hall with the widest margin of victory ever. With him comes a team of councillors that will be among the most politically diverse on record. “What interests me is real life, which is making sure everyone’s daily life is better,” the centrist politician said, having secured 65% of the vote, a 30-point lead over his nearest rival, in Sunday’s run-off local government elections. “That might mean focusing on cleanliness, garbage collection, lighting, things that Athens has fallen behind on, things that make a … [Read more...] about Athens’ youngest mayor: I’m interested in real life, not utopias