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The Lover/The Collection: David Morrissey shines and stumbles in Pinter’s tales of betrayal
While there’s a lot of gloom about regional theatre at the moment, it’s worth amplifying the fact that it’s booming business as usual at the Theatre Royal Bath, which has just unveiled its summer season.
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How to get around Japan without upsetting the locals
“If you see a step up, it’s time to change your shoes,” said Llew Thomas, our tour leader, as we entered the guesthouse. Wooden geta sandals were lined up in a row but slipping into them was no easy feat. It required balance and dexterity to remove our boots and step up without touching the mud-flecked entrance floor again. Wearing the right footwear in the right place is huge in Japan; there are even special plastic sliders for the lavatory.
10-min read - LifestyleThe Guardian
Gill Watkiss obituary
Other lives: Artist whose paintings portrayed the people, places and windswept beauty of Cornwall
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Latest snow report: Easter snowfall prompts resorts to extend the season
Easter has arrived and with it fresh snow in the Alps. Snow has been falling all week in European resorts and many other mountain ranges across the northern hemisphere, with North American resorts doing particularly well this week too.
5-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
Pictured: Walls of snow seven metres tall dwarf visitors on Japanese mountain route
Every year, snowfall in the northeast of Japan around Aomori city is so heavy that smaller roads are abandoned until springtime.
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‘I took holiday inspiration from Kate Winslet – and saved £10k’
In the cult 2006 film The Holiday, starring Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz, two women swap homes – and lives – finding love in the process.
10-min read - EntertainmentThe Guardian
John B Hobbs obituary
Producer-director of many BBC television sitcoms who also ran evening classes and mounted musicals and pantomimes
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