• Yuri Grigorovich – a tyrannical focus on beauty

    Yuri Grigorovich, known as the greatest living choreographer in the world of ballet, for his leadership of the Bolshoi from 1964 for thirty years, has died. He was a tough operator who was accused of being a tyrant but was clearly talented and able to put his stamp on Soviet ballet as it came to prominence as the showpiece of the classical dance world. Born 2 January 1927, he started dancing young but was too short in stature to become a leading man. What is wonderful about his chart i
  • BBC, Lineker and Israel – another blunder

    Gary Lineker, the former footballer and  highest-paid on-air BBC star, presenter of Match of the Day for 26 years, will leave this weekend without a payoff. He apologised after it emerged he had reposted a pro-Palestine video on Instagram that criticised Zionism and included an illustration of a rat,  which was a Nazi anti-semitic trope. Two years ago he was temporarily suspended over comments he made criticising the Conservative government’s asylum policy. And earlier this

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