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THE article ‘Remembering Fazal Mahmood — The Oval hero’ (May 30) made my day. It was one of those pieces that...

When international cricket resumed after the dark hiatus of the Second World War, the queues were already snaking early on the morning of the first of the Victory Tests at Lord’s. Gates were closed an

Lady Antonia Fraser, pictured here in 1966 Credit: Jerry Schatzberg/Getty Like so many of us, Lady Antonia Fraser – “Please, just Antonia” – has spent most of the past year at home. Today, the sitting room of the house in Holland Park where she has lived for “62 and a half” years, is bathed in sunlight, streaming in through the French windows, but there is a hint of perturbation in the air. Last night, as she was watching television, the bulb in the lamp next to the sofa exploded, showering glass everywhere. An electrician has been summoned. Happily, the television remained on. �...

Ever a surprise, Beauty And The Beast The Musical, based on the much-loved animated film which won two Oscars for its soaring score and title number, will tour the UK and Ireland, with stars new and old. The Disney hierarchy in New York and London have cast Courtney Stapleton, 27, as Belle, the independent young woman (and bookworm) who discovers, in a tale as old as time, that she and the enchanted Beast can be more than just friends.  Stapleton has previously appeared in Six, Dear Evan Hansen, Les Miserables, Mamma Mia! and Bat Out Of Hell. Courtney Stapleton and Emmannuel Kojo who will be...

By Rex Clementine Cricket contests between Sri Lanka and West Indies generally have been good natured but on Wednesday the teams were involved in an ill-tempered game as opening batsman Danushka Gunathilaka was given out ‘Obstructing the Field’ during the opening ODI at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. He became the first Sri Lankan cricketer to be dismissed in that fashion. Obstructing the Field is such a rare dismissal in cricket and only Len Hutton has been dismissed in that fashion in Test match cricket while there are less than handful of such incidents in all international cr...