TV highlights 29/02/2012
The Food Inspectors | Live International Football | The Fisherman's Apprentice With Monty Halls | Skippy: Australia's First Superstar | Sons Of Anarchy | Grey's AnatomyThe Food Inspectors7.30pm, BBC1Picture the scene – Matt Allwright and Chris H...
Rewind radio: Spoony Meets Sir Alex Ferguson; It’s Not What You Know; Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show; London Chronicles – review
5 Live's Alex Ferguson interview was surprisingly engaging, wine anecdotes asideSpoony Meets Sir Alex Ferguson (5Live) | iPlayerCount Arthur Strong's Radio Show (R4) | iPlayerIt's Not What You Know (R4) | iPlayerLondon Chronicles (World Service) | iPla...
Rewind radio: The Art of Monarchy; Nature; Sport and the British; PM
Baby princesses looking at parrots? Radio 4's access to unseen royal art was a missed opportunityThe Art of Monarchy (R4) | iPlayerNature (R4) | iPlayerSport and the British (R4) | iPlayerPM (R4) | iPlayerRadio 4's The Art of Monarchy has been heavily ...
The Spirit of the Game: How Sport Made the Modern World by Mihir Bose – review
An ambitious history of modern sport is thoroughly entertaining but fails to go the distanceA royal anniversary is, in any normal year, one of the biggest events in the British cultural calendar. But in 2012 it will face stiff competition. England...
Seven days on stage – in pictures
The Stage's Alistair Smith rounds up the week in theatre – from protests in Hungary to a revamped theatre for Wales, Danny DeVito booking for the West End and Wayne Rooney's critical debutAlistair Smith
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Football focus: Queens Park Rangers’ Four Year Plan on film
Mat Hodgson's new film about the takeover of QPR is dynamite – a rare chance to witness the sparks that fly when business, football and machismo meetIt feels wholly appropriate to be talking to Mat Hodgson the day after Queens Park Rangers sacked the...
Inside the Divide: One City, Two Teams… The Old Firm by Richard Wilson – review
Kevin McKenna enjoys an insightful and wonderfully written account of the fierce rivalry between Glasgow's two football clubsI was 15 years old when, on 21 May 1979, I witnessed my first Celtic v Rangers match. My father, in common with other responsib...
The arts in 2012: television
Richard Vine picks his highlights of the year aheadNew GirlIf the words "pixie", "kooky" and "Zooey Deschanel" are a turn-off, then this is not for you. If you're a fan, however, this is a breezy riff on the apartment-sharing sitcom that should sit we...
Meerkat cult inspires hunt for quirky Christmas bestseller
Publishers wait to see which offbeat title heads the yuletide bestsellers listsWhen Meerkats Turn Bad; 101 Uses for a Dead Meerkat; Where's the Meerkat? – drawn by the success of last year's surprise Christmas hit, the fictional meerkat memoir The Si...
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