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Susannah Straughan

Are You Sitting Comfortably?

Finally, on The Apprentice: business plans, elevator pitches, and one long seduction lesson. Week Twelve of The Apprentice found the “entrepreneurial elite” whittled down to the Not So Fantastic Four. Brainy Tom would be a shoo-in for the role of… Continue Reading →

Food for Thought

This week on The Apprentice: hot pies, cold nachos and a lukewarm reception. “Melody was lost for words,” shrieked recapper Mark Halliley at the beginning of Week Eleven of The Apprentice. Just moments after we relived Ms Hossaini’s crushing disappointment,… Continue Reading →

Frozen Assets

This week on The Apprentice: blarney in the market, a coup in the kitchen and bluster in the boardroom. Pay attention, because Week Ten of The Apprentice was a bit difficult to understand. According to Lord Sugar it was all… Continue Reading →

The Princess of Montpensier

My knowledge of French history between Joan of Arc and the Reign of Terror is, I must confess, rather limited. Bertrand Tavernier’s sweeping romantic drama The Princess of Montpensier, isn’t going to make anyone an expert in 16th-century politics. But… Continue Reading →

Ova Kill

“Are we in danger or focusing on the negatives of Murray and not accentuating the positives of Nadal, who is brilliant.” (John Inverdale, Today at Wimbledon, 1 July 2011) For a country that’s been losing at tennis for so many… Continue Reading →

A Recipe for Disaster

This week on The Apprentice: snapping from Zoe, sharing with Jim and “innovating” from Melody Week Nine of The Apprentice looked as though it might be a new spin on the (Not-So-) Great British Bake-Off. Instead of the perky Sue… Continue Reading →

Fed Up with Wimbledon

Good news for EastEnders fans: Andy Murray’s 4th-round match against Richard Gasquet at Wimbledon is scheduled first on Centre Court today. So unless the 4th seed and his French opponent get involved in a contest of truly Isner-esque proportions they… Continue Reading →

French Rejection

This week on The Apprentice: Susan is immature, Melody is intractable and Leon is impressed. In last year’s series of The Apprentice Stella English showed us that “taking one for the team” can involve donning a bikini and turning a… Continue Reading →

24 Carat Sold

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpTIoOPA_CI] This week on The Apprentice: Jim passes the buck, Susan sits on the fence and Natasha avoids the booby prize. It’s Week Seven of The Apprentice and I’m still pining for Stuart Baggs and his much-vaunted “field of… Continue Reading →

The Halfway House

A young girl tries to bring her estranged parents back together by contriving a mini-break at a charming Welsh inn. It might sound a bit like The Parent Trap, but The Halfway House is an intriguing but uneven wartime fantasy… Continue Reading →

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