Month: August 2009

Tracey Emin on a year of living dangerously

12 August 2009 by Ginny Dougary

Endometriosis, tapeworm, and an on-off love affair — the bad girl of Brit Art says she has had a tough time, but is now bouncing back. Tracey Emin is serene. That is not a sentence that comes naturally. She has emerged from her year of living dangerously — nothing to do with wild antics and …

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Goldie’s Bittersweet Proms Symphony

12 August 2009 by Ginny Dougary

Raised amid violence, fostered at the age of 3, addicted to cocaine… Goldie has had his fair share of demons. Which makes it all the more extraordinary that, in his forties, the drum ’n’ bass pioneer enthralled the nation as he took up the baton in Maestro, the television conducting competition. As he prepares to …

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