CITY water polo players Connie McGregor and Rachel Ward have taken their first steps towards a place on the Great Britain team – after only a year in the game. The two Devonport Royal players have been invited to join the water polo national talent progr

The first time I read Colleen McCullough's The Thorn Birds, I was about eleven years old and volunteering as a library-cart-girl at an old folks' home. Please save your praise on the latter point; even at the age of eleven I knew I wasn't going to get in

It's been well documented that TV is a time-suck. One reason: the repeat showings of movies, some of which, even if you've already seen them a hundred times (and you might even own on DVD), you will stick with for the duration, through commercials, bad c

Calling all patriotic Australians! In this proud Australia Day week, Woman’s Day has joined with the National Trust of Australia to launch a nationwide search for seven new National Living Treasures. Here’s your rare chance to vote for your favourite out

MANILA, Philippines — It's easy to think of this society as one that does not understand the value of a book. After all, this is the generation that goes to sleep not with bedtime stories but with primetime teleseryes. This is the generation that knows o

PARENTS, governors and guests were invited to a Gainsborough school to mark its achievement at becoming the only ‘outstanding’ junior in Lincolnshire. Rated in the top echelon by Ofsted inspectors last month, White’s Wood Way Junior School celebrated Chr