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...Soprano soloist Lucy Crowe floated ineffably angelic top notes and baritone Roderick Williams touched the heart with his solo from Milton....
...Disaster strikes in Santa’s New Sleigh (Faber & Faber, £6.99) by Caroline Crowe and Jess Pauwels: it’s Christmas Eve and Santa’s old, clapped-out combustion-engine sleigh has broken down....
...Lucy Crowe’s soft, luminous soprano is as delectable as ever, though the flirtatious Poppea ideally calls for a sharper-edged glitter....
...In 1980, he took on what became his own Garden School, at Denmans in West Sussex, a landscaped garden made by the indomitable Joyce Robinson....
...In spite of the challenges, Mr Joyce believes Qantas can adapt....
...Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe play field agent and station chief, the first a whiz at unearthing terrorists, the second a pen-pusher carrying his portliness into briefing scenes that also need to lose...
...Joyce Carol Oates admits to looking at a portrait of herself. Superstition and solipsism apart, there are more practical methods and motivations. A.L....
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