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Edinburgh hospital worker ordered to carry out 160 hours of unpaid work

Almost all of the films from Hitchcock’s American period, which began in 1939, are, for me, deeply dissatisfying. While those he had made in England – such as The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938) – display an unselfconscious storytelling style, his American films seem to lean too heavily on the director’s unfortunate reputation as a dirty old man, and his fetishised ideal of the perfect blonde, such as Grace Kelly, or Tippi Hedren. Some I find downright re...

The most annoying sidekicks in Disney history.

A FORMER Miss Scotland has been accused of assaulting two security guards by BITING them on the body at an Edinburgh rugby event last year.Lucy Thomso

An Adelaide Fringe Festival one-man performance channelling arguably the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green: Mystery, starring Basil Rathbone. Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green airs on Talking Pictures TV at 7:05 PM, Friday 23 February. Mystery, starring Basil Rathbone

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) wrote 56 short stories, including four novels of the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes

Suspicion: Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, starring Cary Grant. Suspicion airs on BBC Two HD at 8:40 AM, Wednesday 27 December. Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, starring Cary Grant

There are morning people and night owls, and we speak very different languages

As Doctor Who celebrates its 60th anniversary and hundreds of episodes return to iPlayer, here’s our highly subjective ranking of the best