Born in London, Vanessa Redgrave, 81, made her professional stage debut in A Touch Of The Sun. She went on to win an Olivier in 1984 for her role in The Aspern Papers, and a Tony in 2003 for Long Day’s Journey Into Night. In 1978 she won an Oscar for Julia. She appeared in the film Atonement (2007) and since 2012 has narrated Call The Midwife. From 21 September she reprises her role in The...
Anna Jones’s cherry poppy seed wafflesLike bottomless coffee and inch-deep maple syrup and waitresses with name badges, waffles are very American territory to me. I started making them at home last year – I bought a £20 waffle iron and I haven’t looked back, as there is something so good about their crispy chequered exterior. They are quick and easy to make and more consistent than pancakes, and...
Check all of the cables are plugged in: obvious, but try it.Replace the batteries in the keyboard and/or mouse.Reconnect the devices by pressing the reconnect button on the wireless receiver, and on the keyboard and mouse. Failing to reconnect wireless devices after changing the batteries is the most common cause of wireless keyboard and mouse failures.If nothing is working still, restart your...
Igrew up in the black-and-white section of Brooklyn, New York. The men in my family wore black hats, black coats and white shirts, they studied black-and-white books and said bright colours were the work of the devil. I read books, too, but they were in English, not Hebrew, and they came from the forbidden public library, and in their black-and-white pages I was introduced to a foreign, exciting...
This works both ways — not only are families sometimes blind-sided by unexpected content in games, but they may also be unaware of some great games they could play together. Destiny is case in point here. Ask a parent what the game has going for it and most (if they have heard of it) will talk about an experience solely focused on shooting, drawing a blank on why gamers are so excited about it...
Motivational quotes are endemic on social media, with Facebook and Instagram in particular riddled with “profound” messages, often set against a whimsical background. You know the type – those pictures of waterfalls and sunsets with sayings like “You can’t have a rainbow without the rain” that your aunt keeps sharing with comments like “So true”. They might make many cringe, but so popular are...
Like most girls do at least once in their life, I used to stuff my bra with tissues, desperately hoping to fake some boobage. Only thing is, most girls do this when they’re 12 and I was doing this when I was 18 and going to frat parties. Much to my dismay, my boobs stopped growing when I was 14. (Actually, I’d argue they never really started in the first place.) I bought every Victoria’s Secret...
The residents of Mayfair are misnamed: they do not really live here. They live in Mayfair like I live on the A30 roundabout near Morrisons or in dreamland. I am sometimes on the A30 roundabout near Morrisons and sometimes in dreamland but only -sporadically. It would be ludicrous to suggest that either is my permanent address, even if pretending it means that the people I stole my money from...
WACOM BAMBOO SPARK An electromagnetic resonance board concealed within this neoprene folio records the position of its companion pen – so you can scribble, safe in the knowledge that your notes are being digitally backed up. The Spark’s internal memory holds up to 100 pages of doodles, which can be synced to the Bamboo Paper app via Bluetooth. Folio options include dedicated slots for smartphones...
Electronic and optical glass specialists Polytron Technologies are putting their expertise towards creating a transparent smartphone. A very early incarnation of the phone was shown off to the Mobile Geeks website and reveals a completely see-through handset with a microSD card slot, battery, speakers and microphone. Current technology means the latter selection of parts remain opaque so, as a...