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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.

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.

Jason McAteer was the central figure intwo of Ireland's campaigns as the hero against Holland in 2001

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.

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.

EU report on Georgia war delayed as tensions rise

Monday July 20 2009

A European Union report into the origins of last year's war in Georgia, which may implicate leaders of the former Soviet republic in starting the fighting, has been delayed to avoid provoking fresh tensions.

Russia warns rivals against military risks

Sunday May 10 2009

President Dmitry Medvedev warned yesterday that Russia would "decisively rebuff" aggression, as troops who defeated Georgia in a war last year took part in the annual Victory Day parade.

Georgia claims to have foiled Russian coup bid

Wednesday May 06 2009

GEORGIA claimed last night to have foiled a Russian-backed plot to stage a military coup on the eve of joint exercises with Nato troops.

It's war on the Russian front

Saturday May 02 2009

War, revolution, terrorist threats, fascist dictatorships and transgender pop stars warbling abo-ut the Israeli-Palestine conflict.

Putin gets a 'euro-trashing' in Georgia song entry

Friday February 20 2009

In an act of disco defiance, Georgia has chosen a song that mocks Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as its entry for this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow.

Keane's shot at redemption

Thursday February 12 2009

One wild night in February, one man's sweet redemption song.

Israel does not value Palestinian lives

Wednesday December 31 2008

How much more evidence do we require that Israel does not seriously want peace with the Palestinians? The unprecedented attacks by Israel on the Gaza Strip in recent days are further testament to its desire to do whatever the hell it likes -- regardless of international opinion and what could be considered rational thinking and action.