I, Claudia

In an era when cinema was 'so important', a deep-voiced Tunisian became Italy's on-screen It-girl. Philippa Hawker meets Claudia Cardinale.

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INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (152 min) MA

We need the comics who walk the edge

WHAT if the Chaser's "Make a Realistic Wish" skit had ended before that crushing final line that "they're going to die anyway"? For me, it might just have skidded over the line of what's tolerable and missed much of the resulting communal outrage.

What You Know

1 Which writer lived on Dunk Island, Queensland?

Hamburgers In Paradise

Anne Chisholm is happy to find that paradise still has a sting on Dunk Island, Queensland's most sturdy island resort. FOR MOST of us, the fantasy of escape to an island in the sun retains a deep, indestructible power. Just off the plane from a dank London winter, struggling to adjust to a stick

Dunk Yourself On A Tropical Island

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Taste The Exotic Delights Of Dunk

AS well as our major prizes, each week, we are giving away a short holiday for two to a destination in Australia. Today's prize is a five-night holiday on Dunk Island, off the coast of Queensland, one of Australia's premier island resorts. Simply fill in the coupon below and you and

Idyllic Island Interludes

THE restorative powers of Queensland's tropical islands were being written about as early as 1897 when the English-born journalist Edmund James Banfield went to live on Dunk Island in search of a new lifestyle. Suffering from nervous exhaustion, Banfield recovered his health and was to stay on D