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Russian military doctrine 'does not reflect reality'
Sunday February 07 2010
NATO said yesterday that a new Russian military doctrine identifying Nato expansion as a threat did not reflect the real world and undermined efforts to improve ties between the western military alliance and Moscow.
Melua 'fine' after diving fright
Thursday December 03 2009
Singer Katie Melua is "absolutely fine" after her breathing apparatus failed while she was diving, a spokeswoman for the star has said.
from armenia to galway, i love the tootin' flute...
Saturday November 14 2009
Shoes off, radio on, the weekend supplements strewn around me, it was the whirling flute that caught my ear. The tune was familiar, as attractive as ever, but there was something unusual about it. Leading the orchestra with its exuberant flights into the upper register, punctuated by a subtle shift into the calm of a lilting counterpoint, this was music that suited the woodwind to a tee. But I still couldn't place it.
conductor scores perfect 10 for his mentoring skills
Saturday October 03 2009
Every artistic arena has its stars, and they come from all the various areas of activity. In soccer, we love a number 10; but Pele, Maradona, or even Wayne Rooney wouldn't get by if there wasn't a significant defender or a top goalkeeper involved as well. So it is in music. From James Galway on the flute to Maxim Vengerov on the violin, from Alfred Brendel -- recently retired from public performance on the piano -- to the sublime cello-playing of Yo-Yo Ma, they've been the musical equivalent of the players whose replica shirts have sold the best. Music, unlike football, does not depend upon men alone. If I was compiling a league table, I'd be in difficulty. Helene Grimaud is one of my favourite pianists. I could listen all day to Anne Gastinel on her cello, and nobody has brought more to the Mozart violin concertos than Anne-Sophie Mutter. But just like in sport the great performers need a manager, for want of a better word, and that's where Valery Gergiev fits in.
Putin eyes up Kremlin again
Saturday September 12 2009
Vladimir Putin has given his strongest hint yet that he is considering a return to the Kremlin, a move that could allow the Russian leader to stay in power until 2024.
Lippi feeling strain ahead of precarious Georgia test
Saturday September 05 2009
World champions Italy come into tonight's match against Georgia in Tiblisi as a team whose search for an identity is just as important as the points that would help the Azzurri along the road to the World Cup finals in South Africa next summer.
Are we kidding ourselves or are we the real deal?
Monday August 31 2009
As a wise sage mused a long time ago, the man on top of the mountain did not fall there. The doughty attempts of Giovanni Trapattoni's Ireland to scale their World Cup qualification summit have fluctuated wildly, even if the path remains, stubbornly, onwards and upwards.
Giorgi: 'The hackers want me to stop writing the truth'
Monday August 10 2009
Giorgi doesn't seem like the sort of man who'd be at the centre of a massive internet meltdown.
Millions locked out after hackers target one blogger
Saturday August 08 2009
RUSSIAN hackers are believed to have been behind a "single, massively co-ordinated attack" on some of the world's leading websites last week -- all in a bid to silence a pro-Georgian blogger.
Putin's determined to kill me, says Georgian leader
Saturday August 08 2009
GEORGIA'S pro-Western president said yesterday that Vladimir Putin remained determined to kill him as part of ambitions to restore Russia's former Soviet empire.
