American independent cinema owes much to Sundance king Robert Redford | Adrian Horton
Robert Redford at the Sundance film festival in Park City, Utah, in 2011. Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty Images Robert Redford at the Sundance film festival in Park City, Utah, in 2011. Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty Images Robert Redford American independent cinema owes…
New £22bn AI deal could rapidly boost UK economy, says Microsoft boss
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Madeleine McCann suspect freed from German prison
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China keeps tight grip on rare earths, costing at least one company ‘millions of euros’
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Robert Redford: the incandescently handsome star who changed Hollywood forever
‘A throwback to the era of Douglas Fairbanks and Tyrone Power, the Hollywood era of gasp-inducingly handsome matinee idols and swoonworthy dreamboats’ … Redford in 1979. Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd ‘A throwback to the era of Douglas Fairbanks and Tyrone…
MPs give Foreign Office fall guy a mauling over Mandelson | John Crace
Doughty did double duty in the House of Commons in the Peter Mandelson fiasco, first announcing his sacking then dealing with an urgent question about how he came to be appointed. Photograph: Parliament TV/PA Doughty did double duty in the…