Hints and tips:
...When Henry Higgins agreed to transform Eliza Doolittle from “guttersnipe” to “duchess” in George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, his first command was a new wardrobe from Whiteley’s....
...Exactly how the happy ending will arrive is given a teasing question mark. That it will is not in doubt....
...We’ll be back for Dr Doolittle, among others, next summer....
...This year marks the 75th anniversary of the second world war’s most deadly air attacks — Dresden, with the deaths of 25,000 in one night; Tokyo, with an estimated 80,000 dead; Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroyed...
...The quintessentially English phonetics professor might have been talking about Marks and Spencer, the quintessentially English retailer....
...Wanting to sound like your audience is the classic mark of someone craving acceptance....
...Then Delius's Sea Drift, conducted by Mark Elder, wafted away on clouds of endless grey that not even Bryn Terfel's bold bass-baritone could rescue....
...There will be space for 20,000 festival-goers, including campers, and the music line-up will include Eliza Doolittle and The Feeling....
...Given a more complex piece she would probably have become the Eliza Doolittle of conductors, tripping up on her lack of background....
...Mark Zachares, who was described in an indictment released on Monday as apersonal and professional acquaintance of Mr Abramoff, was allegedly bought off by the former lobbyist with promises of future employment...
...In California, Republican incumbent John Doolittle similarly accuses his challenger of being pro-paedophile because he is an ACLU member....
...Neil Stern, at McMillan Doolittle retail consultants, argues that Gap has become a victim of its own success....
International Edition