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Four ways to be a film buff in London

By Antonia Quirke, Friday, February 10, 2012

It's BAFTA time. Antonia Quirke celebrates the capital's big-screen style

Tags: arts-and-culture, London

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Ask the pilot: First Officer Dougal Douglass

By Ianthe Butt, Tuesday, January 31, 2012

British Airways pilots have had some memorable flights. This month First Officer Dougal Douglass on seeing nature’s bounty from the cockpit of a Boeing 777

Tags: pilot, interview

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Five big books for 2012

By David Sexton, Friday, January 6, 2012

David Sexton predicts this year's literary blockbusters

Tags: arts-and-culture

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Ask the pilot: First Officer Kate Laidler

By Ianthe Butt, Tuesday, December 6, 2011

British Airways pilots have had some memorable flights — and passengers.  This month, First Officer Kate Laidler on flying celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal

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Ask the pilot: Captain Stephen Riley

By Ianthe Butt, Monday, November 14, 2011

So what’s it like to fly a British Airways aeroplane? In the second of a new series, Captain Stephen Riley reveals his most memorable flights — and passengers

Tags: pilot, interview

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Roald Dahl Phizz-whizzing postcard competition: the winners

By Harriet Cooper, Wednesday, November 9, 2011

The winners and runners-up of our Roald Dahl children's postcard competition are displayed here

Tags: Roald-Dahl, postcard, competition, New-York

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Ask the pilot: Captain Steve Allright

By Ianthe Butt, Wednesday, October 26, 2011

So what’s it like to fly a British Airways aeroplane? In the first of a new series, Captain Steve Allright reveals his most memorable flights – and passengers

Tags: pilot, interview

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The Roald Dahl Phizz-whizzing postcard competition: the story so far

Friday, October 21, 2011

It's 50 years since Roald Dahl wrote his much-loved classic James and the Giant Peach. To celebrate, this summer we ran a competition asking children to send us a postcard about their own adventures

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