| 单词 | fortnight |
| 例句 | “Get him off the street before he’s stepped on and give him food and water. He looks as though he has not eaten in a fortnight.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We passed through the border without a problem and arrived in Lobatse in the late afternoon, where there was a telegram for me from Dar es Salaam postponing my trip for a fortnight. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. It was my business to attend to his correspondence. The first letter came a fortnight ago.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z There was always the possibility, of course, that his suggestion of a fortnight ago may have been a whim of the moment, and he would no longer be approving of the idea. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She had been there, day and night, for close on a fortnight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He lay in bed for a fortnight in the airy bedroom with an ache in every bone, while Elaine kept herself outside the room. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun had returned to the sky after a fortnight’s absence, and to the south the Wall rose blue-white and glittering. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Once every fortnight there might be a fish, but not today. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A fortnight after the invitation to the Souls Night ball had been delivered, Lady Isobel and her daughters left Ash at Quinn House while they went into the City. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A wealth of rustling leaves still clung to the branches of the trees, all ignorant of the word the white raven had brought to Riverrun a fortnight past. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her captain had tried to sail a fortnight past, but Lord Balon would not permit it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As the black-skinned girl led him up the stairs, she said, "Poor Dancy. She has a fortnight to get my lord to choose her. Else wise she loses her black pearls to Marei." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Here’s the money for the fortnight and give me the paper or keep it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When there had been no sign of her behaviour abating after a fortnight or so, I think you will understand that I started to become a little impatient. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Then maybe a fortnight later, when I’d long reconciled myself to having truly lost my tape, she came and found me during the lunch break. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But even though everyone knew that no good could come of a union with a fairy woman, the King was so deeply in love with her that he arranged to be married within a fortnight. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z What are we to do when we have to pay rent in a fortnight? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Of course she runs to Mam and they agree the only way I can make up for my terrible sin is to deliver Bill Galvin’s dinner for a fortnight without pay. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z We have a father in England so that we can get all we want from Kathleen O’Connell’s shop and pay when he starts sending the money in a fortnight. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A fortnight passed before Littlefinger was strong enough to leave Riverrun, but her lord father forbade her to visit him in the tower where he lay abed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Bless me, Father, for I have sinned, it’s a fortnight since my last confession. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Almost a fortnight passes thus in eating, drinking and roaming about. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Napoleon himself was not seen in public as often as once in a fortnight. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z "I wish to be crowned within the fortnight. Today I shall accept oaths of fealty from my loyal councillors." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The last fortnight of their journey had been a misery. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet of canvas and enough colored lights to make a Christmas tree of Gatsby's enormous garden. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z "We left King's Landing a fortnight ago," Catelyn replied, answering the safest of his questions. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Franklin saw the model later that fortnight, and she too was quickly convinced. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z "Give me a fortnight to conclude my affairs and arrange for a ship to carry me to Gulltown." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the large and pleasant salon which extended across the width of the house, the Ratignolles entertained their friends once a fortnight with a soiree musicale,sometimes diversified by card-playing. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The first worry lines appeared within a fortnight; the first wrinkles within a month, and before the year was out, creases abounded. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He might shave but once a fortnight, but a shaggy beard does not make a man. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I walk in and buy a good fortnight’s worth of groceries and come out struggling with my bags. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But there was still a fortnight to go before he went back to school. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Then he had vanished for a day or two, because the trial was not to take place for a fortnight. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was invited to the Gateses’ house, but Cousin Fern just happened to be visiting for a fortnight. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A fortnight later, the old man came to Mac very excited. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “My aunt has invited us all for a fortnight to her villa in Seatown!” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His name day had come and gone, unremarked, a fortnight past. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And so the following weekend, Ron joined Hermione and the rest of the sixth years who would turn seventeen in time to take the test in a fortnight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “A week. Even then—” “It wouldn’t be more’n a fortnight. I give you my vow. I just got to write my brother.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Above it, a hundred to each floor, were the seven thousand rooms used by Solidarity Groups for their fortnight services. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I now busied myself in preparations: the fortnight passed rapidly. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps I looked a little surprised, for she went on: 'You will recall, Mr Stevens, we discussed this a fortnight ago.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Frank was here in February for a fortnight.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Vincent thought he’d be in the hospital only for a fortnight, but he doesn’t get better as quickly as he and the doctors had hoped, so the two weeks stretch into three and a half. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I haven’t heard from her for a while, so she must have at least a fortnight to a month’s worth of abuse to level at me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Ray stayed with me for a fortnight and provided me with a clearer picture of the problems the ANC was having in the eastern Cape. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Midsummer—and their appointment with the Fairy Queen—was less than a fortnight away, and they had no idea if they would arrive in time. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z This usually went on for at least a fortnight, by the end of which four or five items from each Junior and Senior year would have ended up in the billiards room. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z "The rest will come soon. A day, two days, a fortnight . . ." "And when he leams the truth, what will he do?" a second voice asked in the liquid accents of the Free Cit-ies. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z About a fortnight later she was able to sit out in the garden. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z "We have found the most splendid fool," he wrote Cressen, a fortnight before he was to return home from his fruitless mission. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She was a woman psychologist who came to Montclair every fortnight from New York to give us intelligence tests. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Ned had lingered scarcely a fortnight with his new bride before he too had ridden off to war with promises on his lips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Fly at me again. I rather liked it,” said Laurie, looking mischievous, a thing he had not done for a fortnight. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma’s comforts and hopes were most agreeably carried on, by Harriet’s being to stay longer; her fortnight was likely to be a month at least. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “And so nice of Annie Moffat not to forget her promise. A whole fortnight of fun will be regularly splendid,” replied Jo, looking like a windmill as she folded skirts with her long arms. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat in on Dr. Bright's service and heard the very sermon I had transcribed at Dewsbury a fortnight before. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘Of course not. But never mind. You can see me on my way. Tell Rose that you won’t be away very long, not more than a fortnight; and you’ll come back quite safe.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Prince Rhaegar was returning from Dome, and he and his escort had lingered here a fortnight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I had not played tennis with the professional at all, I had not once played since she had lain in bed, and that was little over a fortnight now. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In the large and pleasant salon which extended across the width of the house, the Ratignolles entertained their friends once a fortnight with a soirée musicale, sometimes diversified by card-playing. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z "Less than a fortnight past, they fought a battle in the hills below the Golden Tooth," Robb said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A fortnight of dubious calm succeeded my return to Thornfield Hall. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “A fortnight ago I saw two hummingbears. They were flying south. I watched them pass right over the riverfront willows and keep going.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z For a fortnight, Vanderbilt besieged him with wires, calls, and requests for private meetings. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It just seemed too good to be true that he was going to be rescued from the Dursleys after a mere fortnight of their company. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I spent about a fortnight drafting my address, working mainly in my cell in the evenings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was sick all the next day, and on Saturday went home, quite used up with her fortnight’s fun and feeling that she had ‘sat in the lap of luxury’ long enough. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not so far—happen three mile. He had been called away by the sudden death of his father: he was at Marsh End now, and would very likely stay there a fortnight longer.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z About a fortnight after my arrival in Cambridge, we went out to the local slaughterhouse to get a horse heart for a new myoglobin preparation. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The queen had her servants changed every fortnight, to make certain none of them befriended her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Over the next fortnight I moved back and forth between Qunu and Mqhekezweni, staying by turns with my mother and No- England, visiting and receiving friends and relatives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When nearly a fortnight had passed Frodo looked out of his window and saw that there had been a frost in the night, and the cobwebs were like white nets. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He says Patricia is a lovely girl the way she often gives him sweets from the parcel her mother sends every fortnight. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z "We may not have a fortnight. We may not have a day. The king mentioned something about seeing my head on a spike." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The following fortnight saw the best Quidditch practices Harry had known as Captain. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It had taken her a fortnight to marshal her courage, but finally, in bed one night, Catelyn had asked her husband the truth of it, asked him to his face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Within a fortnight, he was on his feet again—too late to be of any use in our command performance at Whitehall. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z "If I took it away, no doubt I'd find a momingstar hidden under your pillow within the fortnight. Try not to stab your sister, whatever the provocation." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “He was four-and-twenty the 8th of last June, and my birthday is the 23rd just a fortnight and a day’s difference—which is very odd.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z As a compromise, I suggested to Lilian that the women spend a fortnight in prison, after which we would bail them out. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For near a fortnight there had been so many comings and goings that Robb ordered both portcullises kept up and the drawbridge down between them, even in the dead of night. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Stannis has sworn that the garrison might go free, unharmed, provided they yield the castle within the fortnight and deliver the boy into his hands, but Ser Cortnay will not consent." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At supper, a fortnight before Yule, Lady Isobel informed Ash that she would be going with them into the City again, to spend the week at her sister’s house. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Her stepmother looked up at her and said, “In a fortnight. What interest do you have in it?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Bless me, Father, for I have sinned, it’s a fortnight since my last confession. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They had been a fortnight on the way when the weather changed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z An hour or two sufficed to sketch my own portrait in crayons; and in less than a fortnight I had completed an ivory miniature of an imaginary Blanche Ingram. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z In a fortnight I have the Mass in my head and it’s time to go to St. Joseph’s to see the sacristan, Stephen Carey, who is in charge of altar boys. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I then spent about a fortnight on a sugar plantation in Natal living with a group of African laborers and their families in a small community called Tongaat, just up the coast from Durban. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then about a fortnight after Lenny had gone, the two of us were sitting in my attic room some time after midnight chatting over mugs of tea, and Ruth got me really laughing about Lenny. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It's topped the US box office for the past fortnight, been hailed as the film that defines the decade, and is a shoo-in for Oscar nods. Privacy settings engaged 2010-10-14T21:00:00Z He has a room at the Croisette and a film in the directors' fortnight – a rambunctious sidebar away from the Palais. Alejandro Jodorowsky: 'I am not mad. I am trying to heal my soul' 2013-05-23T15:47:54Z The film, released on Amazon Prime less than a fortnight before the election, ends with an instruction for viewers to vote. Rudy Giuliani faces questions after compromising scene in new Borat film 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Kids' Return was in the directors' fortnight – that's a very much smaller part of the festival than the main competition. Cannes film festival: Takeshi Kitano, director 2010-05-18T21:15:00Z KaZantip is more than just a dance festival – it's a temporary republic that occupies an area of the Crimean peninsula for a fortnight every year, with its own president, foreign ministry and wedding ceremonies. Music festivals guide 2012: festivals in europe 2012-05-25T23:27:00Z He also angrily rejects the idea that his views are "defending" Gaddafi in a curious echo of the argument about "excusing" rioting a fortnight ago. The Sunday Papers with ? Dreda Say Mitchell 2011-08-28T12:42:00Z Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard, the most celebrated detective of his day, reaches Road Hill House a fortnight later. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale 2012-11-30T16:48:58Z Record your sleep habits over a fortnight: when you go to bed, how long it takes you to sleep, whether you wake in the night. Seven ways to address insomnia 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Then he bombarded me with texts and chased me round Edinburgh for an entire fortnight. Claire Walker stands up to her stand-up comedian husband Ed Byrne with humour 2013-03-03T00:07:03Z This year, two murders within a fortnight in Dallas have shaken the transgender community. For trans people, birth certificate battle is a fight against discrimination 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z A fortnight on: "We need an enormous number of wigs, which are not available." Cleopatra and Heaven's Gate: the last of the great Hollywood stinkers? 2013-07-19T13:00:00Z The last fortnight has been great fun but I must now hand back to Mr Mac. Readers recommend: Songs with great opening lines 2010-03-26T00:01:00Z The wild coffee bushes took a fortnight to produce enough for one cup. Eight go mad in Arizona: how a lockdown experiment went horribly wrong 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z "If you do the maths, factoring in my 8 million listeners, I cost the BBC about 2p a fortnight. I think I'm cheap at the price." Obituary: Sir Terry Wogan 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z For the last fortnight curious tourists have watched scientists trundling what look like large lawn mowers around the nearby field. Stonehenge twin discovered stone's throw away 2010-07-22T09:52:00Z Oneworld; £20. Buy from Amazon.com; Amazon.co.uk The three protagonists saw themselves as “living exemplars of prophetic tradition” and for a fortnight subjected each other to mind-numbing speeches about the rightness of each of their causes. Page turners 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z In the past fortnight, English Heritage archaeologists have peeled back the thin layer of turf covering the site, which has somehow escaped being ploughed for more than 4,000 years. Was Marden Henge the builder's yard for Stonehenge? 2010-07-28T16:28:00Z Cure and Simple, for example, offers “artisan bacon through your door” every week, fortnight or month, so you can properly pig out. Cake, bacon and condoms: eight unlikely subscription services 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Although the ceremony is still some six weeks away, Hart said promotional commitments for new film The Upside meant he would only have a fortnight to devote to the Academy Awards. Kevin Hart rules himself out of Oscars hosting return 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z The film reels are delivered once a fortnight by his supplier, of whom he is now the only customer. Paris porno cinema makes lone stand against the Web 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The singer had a whirlwind fortnight in the UK, being photographed in several nightclubs in between his concerts in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Nottingham and London. Justin Bieber - Growing up disgracefully? 2014-01-23T18:10:17Z Universal pulled it from screens after a fortnight, and the director claimed to have received death threats. From Trolls to Transformers: toy films – ranked! 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Then, for the next fortnight, my concerns over the practical, physical and psychological effects of SRS intensify by the day. My transgender journey: I cry for 30 years of feeling like an outsider, but I know that I’m ready for this 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z “All the principal ingredients were extemporized off the top of my head. It was about a fortnight before I finished telling it to them the first time.” Richard Adams, Author of ‘Watership Down,’ Dies at 96 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z A fortnight ago, they responded to Wilkes and Turnbull's pleas with a press release from Partridge himself. Alan Partridge goes back to Norwich roots for Alpha Papa movie premiere 2013-07-24T19:54:43Z Although no one seems sure when the woman embarked on the restoration project, news of the incident first surfaced on the blog of the Centre for Borja Studies a fortnight ago. Mal fresco! Botched Ecce Homo restoration woman has 'anxiety attack' 2012-08-24T16:40:32Z Production will begin at the start of December 2018, with the film released in the UK on 25 October 2019 and in the US a fortnight later. James Bond: Danny Boyle and Daniel Craig confirmed for 007's 25th outing 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z “In reality, the cows must have trampled that one valley flat for a fortnight as the camera covered them from a compass of angles.” The Film That Yields Nothing on a Second Viewing—or a First 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Yet Maizels’ participants seem genuinely devoted, and set aside time each fortnight for their projects. Drawn to success: how to bring out your inner artist 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z After a decade of parties, which ran every fortnight on alternate Saturdays in Asylum at the Mint club, Technique ceased, and promoter-DJ David Martin moved on to start the club Modern Amusement. Clubs picks of the week 2012-06-01T23:06:12Z Two decades later, it takes over the blooming Luna Cinemas in Leederville each year for a full fortnight, spending its spare time as a streaming service and international distributor. 20 years of Revelation: the Perth festival taking on the mainstream film industry 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Over the next fortnight, hundreds of historic sites, excavations, archaeology stores and museums will welcomethe public, with events including re-enactments, lectures and a chance to try skills, from flint knapping to dowsing. Relic of Harpocrates, the god of secrecy and silence, found at Silchester 2010-07-16T13:06:00Z And, of course, it’s possible to do both in a fortnight, as we did, flying on afterwards to spend a few days at Cusco and Machu Picchu. Peru: take the high road to Inca glory 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z This week the public is getting the chance to see them up close, along with his first ever paintings, at a career-spanning exhibition in Holt, Norfolk, a fortnight before he turns 10. Artist, 9, hosts career gallery 2012-07-20T05:01:15Z They had ousted his friend, Salvador Allende, from the presidency less than a fortnight earlier. Pablo Neruda's importance was as much political as poetic 2013-04-10T09:42:31Z The Zincbar, staged every fortnight at the Basement Club in the city, was a gloriously unpredictable crucible into which both gold and rubbish were thrown: comedians, poets and situationists alike. Adrian Bunting obituary 2013-05-20T14:34:02Z You can also do more, which might, counterintuitively, make the original task easier: Instead of writing One Card for the Ages, plan to write, say, a card a week/fortnight/month. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: What to say to a co-worker who has a fatal disease? 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z But money wasn’t the only storyline to emerge from the Sundance fortnight. Sundance 2016: six things we learned from the film festival 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The news conference was the last time the five-women, four-men jury will speak to the media until the end of the fortnight. Bardem and Cruz walk the red carpet to open Cannes Film Festival 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Laura Solon is writing a daily column for the next fortnight. Laura Solon: My Edinburgh 2010-08-08T20:45:00Z At any rate, at the end of a fortnight the valley was a desert, and honour was satisfied.' Winston Churchill, war correspondent: His early military years shaped his political ambitions 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z On our last fortnight’s holiday, we looped our way round 300 miles of rural France, none of it more than 20 miles from home. Beware jeans, avoid the gutter, keep your saddle dry … 10 tips to make cycling a delight 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z But heavy rainfall over the past fortnight has seen harvesting grind to a halt. Brunchers smashed by avocado prices amid Australian shortage 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z IT HAD been the last interview of a long day of raps, zaps and varied craziness, and I was keeping David from an immediate departure to enjoy a fortnight's holiday. David Bowie on Ziggy Stardust, white funk and other theatrical matters – a classic interview 2012-06-12T15:57:34Z It takes an entire chapter to outfit a large rowing boat for three bumbling chums about to row up the river Thames for a fortnight. Celeste Ng, Ann Patchett, Min Jin Lee and Others on the Books That Bring Them Comfort 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Jauhiainen believes the ensuing media attention was the reason she was released after a fortnight in a United Arab Emirates jail. I tried to help Dubai’s Princess Latifa to escape – a year on, I dream of her release 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z It was car-crash telly, the second blow to national pride in less than a fortnight. What Jamie Oliver's Brazilian gaffe tells us about our deep emotions over food 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z The BBC Philharmonic's first concert after their return from Japan opened with an unscheduled performance of Grieg's Last Spring, a tribute to the victims of the devastation there a fortnight before. BBC Philharmonic/Mena ? review 2011-03-28T20:45:01Z A fortnight ago Strictly's rival talent show on ITV, , was forced to concede it had been beaten in the ratings war. How Strictly waltzed its way to the top of the Saturday night ratings 2012-12-22T18:21:12Z Maths biopic The Man Who Knew Infinity is out in a fortnight and this Friday sees the release of his first blockbuster in 20 years: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Jeremy Irons: ‘I have the natural tendency of a benign dictator’ 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z When he leaves the ROH in a fortnight, it will be a return home. New BBC director general Tony Hall: 'It's about setting the conditions whereby artists flourish' 2013-03-02T09:01:06Z Shakespeare and Cervantes probably died or were buried almost a fortnight apart, mostly because Catholic Spain preferred the Gregorian calendar, which ran 11 days behind Protestant England's. The secret connection between Cervantes and Shakespeare 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z What the professional filmmakers, businessmen and critics might agree on is that the 2012 fortnight has been mostly dreary — cinematically and meteorologically. Second Annual Edition: If I'd Been Tweeting from Cannes... 2012-05-24T15:10:01Z I was taken to Venice by the painter Michael Wishart, who was a relation of Peggy’s, and saw her often that fortnight. The day I shared a gondola with Peggy Guggenheim 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z It seemed a world away from the clean and orderly Minneapolis of a fortnight earlier. Mississippi yearning 2010-12-04T00:05:15Z I headed up a team of fundraisers on Twitter, each of us sponsored to do something tricky or unusual for a fortnight. Kitchen confidential 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z From 29 January, a fortnight of special performances will feature comedians such as Ross Noble and Alan Davies. Cutty Sark to become theatre venue 2014-01-21T11:16:30Z A fortnight later we got home and my first impression was I'd been sold a pup. Old music: ZZ Top – Master of Sparks 2012-10-04T08:42:22Z There were extra rolls of flesh that seemed to have sprouted within a fortnight. My swimming odyssey: ‘It felt like a last chance to prove what I was capable of’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z You've got a fortnight to think about it and ask questions in the comments below. Not the Booker prize 2011: Nominate now 2011-07-27T14:53:49Z He wants to see Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom and he's also intrigued by Room 237, a documentary on Stanley Kubrick and the making of The Shining that is playing in his own directors' fortnight sidebar. Ben Wheatley's Sightseers brings English tourist trail to Cannes 2012-05-17T19:00:03Z She admitted that she was “bewildered and befogged” by Joyce, who was “about a fortnight younger than I am.” The Unsaid: The Silence of Virginia Woolf 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z He emailed me a fortnight ago, saying that he was hoping to be out walking around the village again by the end of the week. Iain Banks: the final interview 2013-06-15T07:07:55Z It was fitting that Gatsby kicked off festival fortnight, given that this is Fitzgerald country, the stretch of coast around Cannes memorably caught in the writer's next-most-famous novel, Tender is the Night. Cannes 2013 roundup 2013-05-18T15:00:06Z A distraught Miller went to stay with his family for a fortnight then returned home. How to train your dinosaur: meet Jurassic World's animal wrangler 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z She is saving herself for the Gallic equivalent, the Césars, in a fortnight. Emmanuelle Riva, 85, star of Amour, tells of her extraordinary life 2013-02-10T08:00:07Z The bright red racing bike he bought but never rode – it arrived a fortnight after his death – hangs on a wall. ‘I knew my son’s heart was out there’: why the families of organ donors would love a thank you 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Cinema lost a giant – a Titan, no less – a fortnight ago with the death of Ray Harryhausen, unparalleled pioneer of movie special effects. This week's new film events 2013-05-18T05:00:10Z A forbidden city overtaken by greed and geared to the very wealthiest .1% who will stop for a fortnight. Hudson Yards Is Manhattan’s Biggest, Newest, Slickest Gated Community. Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves? 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Absent from Manchester city centre for almost a year now, Naïve Melody is returning for two special parties this fortnight. Clubs picks of the week 2012-05-25T23:05:21Z He had two options: spend another fortnight in a jungle-based episode of Loose Women or run for hills while he still had his sanity. I'm a Celebrity: what effect will Nigel Havers' exit have on the show? 2010-11-22T13:37:00Z A fortnight before that there were 16 men and four women. Bidisha: I'm tired of being the token women 2010-04-22T21:00:00Z The funeral rambled on in the background like a Test match, with none of the extreme emotion that has made the last fortnight unbearable. Rewind radio: Jon Ronson On… Being Normal; The Funeral of Baroness Thatcher; Jeremy Vine – review 2013-04-20T21:50:01Z It seems to be on about once a fortnight. Notes & Queries: Which is the most repeated TV episode? 2012-12-19T16:55:02Z The Bond franchise is too big to fail, plus "indefinite" doesn't mean much any more; when Tiger Woods announced his indefinite withdrawal from golf, he was back club in hand about a fortnight later. What makes a perfect Bond? 2010-04-20T10:24:00Z Spitting Image could destroy some of these people in a fortnight. Katy Brand's favourite TV 2012-12-15T00:05:19Z Oscar Wilde wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray in about a fortnight, so imagine how much better Jordan B Peterson’s Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief is going to be. Pity Jordan Peterson. Can a giant lobster analogy ever replace a sense of humour? 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z And some genuinely thrilling race sequences, and it almost got me all flag-wavy about the incoming fortnight. Rewind TV: Bert and Dickie; Amy Winehouse – The Day She Came to Dingle; Absolutely Fabulous; Line of Duty; Twenty Twelve 2012-07-28T23:06:01Z He was eventually haggled down to a fortnight. Ang Lee: 'I am Hulk! I am the hidden dragon!' 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Now she's going back to her roots to spend a fortnight in Kabul. The Delicious Miss?Dahl | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds | The Man Who Cycled the Americas | Women, Weddings, War and Me | Watch this 2010-03-23T06:45:00Z It opens in a fortnight at the Apollo. Sweeney Todd triumphs at Whatsonstage awards 2013-02-18T15:07:26Z “I always thought the Stones would last a week, then a fortnight, and then suddenly, it’s 30 years.” Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at age 80 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The two films - released within a fortnight of each other in the UK - could hardly be more different. Waltz: From Nazi Basterd to Zero hero 2014-03-14T06:33:14Z “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” will be the only Hollywood blockbuster screened during the fortnight, and even that will have already premiered in Los Angeles. In a film festival far, far away, Cannes puts art over commerce 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z They played a few more rounds of tennis over the next fortnight, and Tom asked her out to see the movie Room with a View. How we stay together: 'There is no magic cookbook of relationships' 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z That fortnight was more fun than watching Batman v Superman, but I don’t remember anyone saying that movie was going to undermine the future of films with white men saving the world. Can we all just stop banging on about diversity in films? 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z Then there’s the question of energy efficiency: If “efficiency” is the word for a product that requires 16 hours of recharging to clean your teeth for two minutes twice a day for a fortnight. Design: A Brush With Mediocrity 2010-02-22T03:37:00Z Moretz had pulled out of promotion a fortnight before, when she first heard the allegations. Chloë Grace Moretz: 'People said: You're going to lose your career over this' 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Two revealing Cruise moments, both screened on British television in the last fortnight, testify to the extent to which his image has been corroded. Two men. One dream 2010-08-05T07:00:00Z The previous film in the series, Avengers: Infinity War, made almost $200m in China, where it opened a fortnight later than in most other countries. Avengers: Endgame fever set to make it first $1bn film in under a week 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Most other studios have avoided releasing films at the weekend for fear of competition, and even the previous fortnight has been strikingly light on major titles. Avengers: Endgame fever set to make it first $1bn film in under a week 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z A fortnight ago, an inquest into the suicide of 18-year old Hannah Carpenter revealed that she killed herself after becoming obsessed with achieving the “perfect” figure. From social media to the catwalk, is fantasy beauty failing young women? 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z I wouldn’t say I’m an introvert, I’m pretty sociable, but there are maybe two or three days throughout the fortnight when I just don’t speak to anybody. How to be alone: ‘I feel most alive when I'm with my own thoughts’ 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z Just a fortnight ago I wondered whether the Paternoster Gang were becoming a one-note gag. Doctor Who recap: The Name of the Doctor – series 33, episode 13 2013-05-18T18:45:00Z “That kid is 15, clearly a teenager, sounds like he showers once a fortnight and never uses deodorant,” someone wrote. Woman tells friend her teen son smells 'like rotting meat,' sparks online debate 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z A fortnight later, the results came in: the chance of the baby having Down’s was vastly reduced, to one in 10,000. How the hardest year of my life ended my catastrophic thinking 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Actual sonic youth is, perhaps, just a little under-represented this fortnight. Yoko Ono's Meltdown – review 2013-06-22T23:05:41Z It was not until nearly a fortnight after the murder that the milkman noticed a noxious smell and raised the alarm. Boys’ own 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z But when asked about it again a fortnight later, instead of calming the waters, she went in with a whisk: doubling down on her argument with some PhD-level Disney princess knowledge. Keira Knightley: 'I can’t act the flirt or mother to get my voice heard. It makes me feel sick' 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Despite a swift apology from NATO, the incident caused nationwide protests and less than a fortnight later the anger in Kapisa was still palpable, neither forgiven nor forgotten. Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia 2012-05-24T15:04:00Z But such quilts earned for Miss Nixon and her friends nothing more than the equivalent of a miner's wage for a fortnight. Quilts 1700-2010 | Art review 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z Be it a midweek break in Paris, a fortnight by the sea or three months on a J-1 visa in New York, summer is the time for travel. Poster poems: Journeys 2013-07-05T08:56:07Z Sometimes Just Sometimes Fest is a multimedia fortnight built around one of my favourite movies, The Crow. Jay Baruchel's fantasy festival: deep-diving into The Crow with Ian Curtis and Oreos 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Cut through the noise with a carefully curated selection of the latest releases, live events and exhibitions, straight to your inbox every fortnight, on Fridays. The strange history of ice cream flavors, from brown bread to Parmesan and paté 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Or the difficulties posed by one resident, ultimately expelled: “I think she would corrupt a Nunnery in a fortnight.” Exhibition Review: Morgan Library?s ?Charles Dickens at 200? - Review 2011-09-22T21:48:27Z But it has been an uncomfortable fortnight for many men, forced either to reconsider their own behaviour or confront what was hiding in plain sight all along. How Harvey Weinstein’s accusers gave women worldwide a voice 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z "There's only one thing for it," said the Earl as he considered Baum's news over dinner a fortnight later. Digested read: Habits of the House by Fay Weldon 2012-08-12T18:00:00Z Think extravagant and irresistible afternoon teas; one of those washed down with a bottle of champagne extra brut should undo your workouts from the previous fortnight. 2010-01-07T14:25:00Z So, yes, mindfulness: bring it on, in that five-minute window she gets once a fortnight. Forget being positive and take note of what makes you angry 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z The track, which called for president Hosni Mubarak to step down, had less than a fortnight earlier transformed this unknown Egyptian singer-songwriter into one of the stars of the revolution. Ramy Essam ? the voice of the Egyptian uprising 2011-07-19T20:31:01Z A fortnight later, Nicky and I visited the set in Paris. Killing Eve: how my psycho killer was brought to life 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z But the most obvious and inevitable choice was always Biden’s home state of Delaware — and potentially splitting the fortnight between two different locations. Vacation interrupted: Biden’s getaway plans shift by the day 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Speaking at the start of the ceremony, Miller described the previous fortnight as “exhausting, but one of the best experiences of my life”. Ken Loach stuns at Cannes 2016 with Palme d'Or win for I, Daniel Blake 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z It only opened in US cinemas a fortnight ago, but already space ranger Buzz Lightyear and his ragtag assortment of toy pals have already trashed box-office records in that seemingly effortless Pixar way. Living dolls 2010-06-30T19:00:00Z On Feb. 6, 1788, a fortnight after the male prisoners arrived, the first female convicts were delivered from their ship, triggering pandemonium. Sydney?s Convict Past 2010-12-31T19:55:08Z Filming finally began in late April, but was put on hold again a fortnight later, following a serious ankle injury sustained by Daniel Craig. Phoebe Waller-Bridge: new Bond film must 'treat women properly' – even if he doesn't 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Director Martin Scorsese was presented with the Bafta fellowship So where does all this leave the Oscars, now less than a fortnight away? Baftas 2012: France takes on Hollywood on British turf 2012-02-13T04:28:46Z What does set them back is when a cold puddle of North Sea cloud sits on top of us for a fortnight just when they are ready to fly. Notes & Queries: What was the funniest TV comedy? 2012-08-01T11:41:48Z Three weeks later, after a fortnight in hospital with no answers, Matthew’s wife wheeled him into my office. 'You think I'm mad?' – the truth about psychosomatic illness 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z I am sorry your mother-in-law’s weakness, and the others’ even weaker weakness in the face of her weakness, mean your heroics are being undermined, possibly someday negated, once per fortnight. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: During a pandemic, keeping your distance is an act of love 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z For more: Mr McClelland’s Finishing School are hosting parties every fortnight; find out more here. Arts in lockdown: I curated my own three-day online festival. Now it’s over, and I am wrecked 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Yet once upon a time, a man who was accused merely of being unfaithful to his wife went from being a frontrunner to a joke in roughly a fortnight. The ballad of Gary Hart: “The Front Runner” raises timely questions about sex, power and the... 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z However, amid ongoing health concerns, he postponed two performances a fortnight ago and was admitted to hospital with a fever and irregular blood pressure shortly after. Singer George Jones funeral held 2013-05-03T09:12:18Z Not so: with under a fortnight left until we find out what's in store for Batman and Bruce Wayne, fresh footage is still turning up on the internet. The Dark Knight Rises: will Blake be the new Batman? 2012-07-06T15:47:21Z It's unclear how a blizzard from a fortnight ago postponed the event. There's no business like Broadway's: lessons in ticket pricing from New York 2011-01-17T12:02:54Z Shellac delivers chip-free, glossy nails that last at least a fortnight. | Shellac Is Still Going Strong 2010-10-22T13:04:00Z A fortnight later, in early June, Ezra also returned to playgroup. Lockdown has been a bumpy ride towards rediscovering the joy of our marriage 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z They planned to launch a shuttle every fortnight, deploying and repairing commercial satellites to defray costs. Last night's TV 2011-04-11T08:33:13Z Just over a fortnight after I was born, Glasgow's first smallpox case was diagnosed. Family life 2012-07-27T23:04:01Z That was about a fortnight before she was killed. ‘We’d been denied a personal life’: Northern Ireland’s long road to equal marriage 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z What mattered was the fortnight of frenzied promotion that was then planned for six months hence. Then and now: Granta's best young British novelists 2013-04-06T07:00:20Z The presenter was in a coma for a fortnight but left hospital after five weeks and eventually made a full recovery. Richard Hammond airlifted to hospital following car crash in Switzerland 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z Her first trade, as conceptual artist, is represented on screens and in various happenings throughout the fortnight. Yoko Ono's Meltdown – review 2013-06-22T23:05:41Z This social staple is the subject of The We and the I, Michel Gondry's polemic against the wisdom of the herd, which opened the director's fortnight at the . Cannes 2012: The We and the I ? review 2012-05-18T14:52:56Z That film is out next week; a fortnight back saw the release of The Expatriate, which has Eckhart doing the world-saving himself, rather than just watching from the sidelines. Aaron Eckhart: 'You're giving me a heart attack' 2013-04-11T17:34:07Z As the actor discusses the frustrations of movie auditions, and radiates enough charisma to light the whole Croisette for a fortnight, you can figure that Toback is writing him into the script as they chat. Seduced and Abandoned: The Dirty, Funny Business of Movies 2013-05-21T01:10:47Z Casting our minds back to the last blog started a fortnight ago, here are some highlights from that thread, including what you were reading and what you thought of your choices. Tips, links and suggestions: What you are reading, today? 2012-07-03T16:04:36Z "This opening fortnight sets the agenda for Cutty Sark to become a unique new venue in the heart of Greenwich and London." Cutty Sark to become theatre venue 2014-01-21T11:16:30Z Monae impressed him when the two spent time in the studio together a fortnight ago. Chic song to feature Elton and Miley 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z This year it's been expanded from a weekend to a fortnight, and embraces three different formats. This week's new dance 2013-06-22T05:00:21Z Over the next fortnight, her arms and legs were recovered separately from the water. Former EastEnders actor killed after row about overflowing sink, court hears 2013-01-14T13:48:33Z Then, a fortnight later, I moved to South Korea. 'I barely breathed': Tilda Swinton, Emma Thompson, Steve McQueen and more on their most memorable moments at the movies 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Care home deaths are included alongside deaths in hospitals after a sharp rise of more than 4,300 deaths over a fortnight in England and Wales. Anger after Johnson appears to blame care homes for their high death toll 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Yes, schedules have been rejigged over the past fortnight to enable all the nominated productions to take part in the Tony awards, meaning that there weren't any evening shows planned for Sunday night. Tony awards: Hollywood invasion provokes Broadway stage whispers 2010-06-14T10:13:00Z He said it was an inspiration that fans raised £70,000 in a fortnight. Orchestra head resigns after appeal 2014-01-19T13:02:29Z Embodying the second is 39-year-old Ben Wheatley, camped out in the rowdier, less salubrious setting of the directors' fortnight section, far up the Croisette. Ben Wheatley's Sightseers brings English tourist trail to Cannes 2012-05-17T19:00:03Z Totter out of the Palais and proceed up the Croisette and one arrives at the films of the directors’ fortnight, an unruly Cannes strand that prides itself on punching well above its weight. Cannes 2019 week one roundup: zombies, babies and a sleeping Bill Murray 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Pero, a four-year-old working sheepdog, will now remain with his previous owners after turning up again on their farm near Aberystwyth, a fortnight after making a break from Cockermouth on 8 April. Sheepdog Pero travels 240 miles to former home near Aberystwyth 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Each is about five feet high and turned mechanically five times a fortnight. Why you should use compost, even if you don’t have a big garden 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Byrne had a fortnight between agreeing to take the part and the start of filming. Joanna Hogg and Honor Swinton Byrne: ‘We should tell whatever stories we like’ 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z I worked a fortnight, fastened to my seat, Until these jigsaw puzzles were complete. Style Invitational Week 1382: For us, it’s still Post Time — it’s our annual foal name contest 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Bellingham said her memoir There's Something I've Been Dying To Tell You - which was released less than a fortnight ago - was "for everyone". Lynda Bellingham on Christmas hopes 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z In addition the main crew visited every fortnight – this would make most of us scatter to all four corners of Taransay to evade them. How Castaway made my life hell 2010-08-11T19:00:00Z Back then, the cinema industry’s most famous “fortnight” lasted a full two weeks; the winners were announced in a brief press release the final afternoon; and the lingua franca was actually French. Cannes 2013: 20 Films for Our 40th Festival 2013-05-15T17:10:56Z Sadly, the fortnight of women watching tennis is over for a while. Women watching tennis: the media's true champions of Wimbledon 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z In fact, there was a monsoon every hour, on the hour for about a fortnight, but no one got wet. Immersive theatre: take us to the edge, but don't throw us in 2010-04-07T15:28:00Z I would be swollen and numb, bruised and bedridden for at least a fortnight. Operation smile: how jaw surgery changed my life 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z My guess is that it will keep re-releasing Endgame once a fortnight until the end of time, with a new scrap of unused DVD extra footage bolted on at the start. So extra: how the director's cut became Hollywood's best ruse to milk fans dry 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z I was a wreck for weeks beforehand, pumping and storing enough milk to last a fortnight when I was only gone for a few days. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Maybe nursing mom’s RSVP could have been expressed better 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z I remember being in the Virgin Megastore in Times Square back in 2008, and pausing to look at a screen showing Coppola's The Godfather, which had been released on Blu-ray a fortnight earlier. The devil is in Blu-ray's detail 2010-08-31T08:15:00Z London landmarks featured prominently in the BBC's Olympic promos For the media, as for the nation as a whole, it was a remarkable fortnight - and it wasn't just in the sports arenas that records tumbled. London Olympics give media boost 2012-08-14T10:32:17Z I had barely been outside for a fortnight, though I did get my hair cut a few days before lockdown was declared. My four miscarriages: why is losing a pregnancy so shrouded in mystery? 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Four of the paper's trustees resigned within a fortnight. Suez crisis 2011-02-13T00:10:00Z An animation of a Grimm fairytale is due to hit our screens in a fortnight. Tangled: ironically ever after 2011-01-14T15:00:18Z Further up the Croisette, for instance, the rival “directors’ fortnight” sidebar finds space for The Florida Project – a heart-stopping portrait of child poverty, evocatively played out around Orlando’s flophouse motels. Cannes 2017 – the best of week two 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z It was intended to run for a fortnight but was repeatedly extended due to public interest – and the free cafe – and by the time it finally did close had attracted more than 35,000 visitors. Genius or grotesquery? The arrestingly strange world of Walter Potter 2010-10-08T17:37:00Z Loafing about on the Cote d'Azur for a fortnight, eyeing arthouse films while stroking our collective chins has never held much appeal for us. Close up: It's all kicking off at Cannes 2013-05-16T15:42:24Z Every fortnight one winner will get a cash prize and become a finalist to win "an amazing grand prize". Star maker Simon Cowell heads to YouTube to find new talent 2013-03-18T17:06:34Z Soon, Roger is kneading a plan that just might save humanity — or get them all killed: “Pack enough chicken treats for a fortnight,” he meows in his Vincent Price voice. The fur flies in Lynne Truss’s witty novel ‘Cat Out of Hell’ 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Even after nearly a fortnight of eating more than is sane or healthy, there's still so much to discover. Portland à la cart: the city's brilliant street food scene 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z In their first fortnight in power they cut important programmes like child trust funds. Ed Miliband at Hay festival: Coalition was betrayal of Lib Dem principles 2010-05-30T19:04:00Z The problem is, it turns out she's been dead for a fortnight and needs his help. TV highlights 07/08/2012 2012-08-06T19:00:01Z Ms. Baldwin goes through extended jags of Tylenol PM only to cut herself off after a fortnight to avert dependency. Mothers and Sleep Medication 2011-11-04T21:17:55Z Was dead for another fortnight since none of them bother their hole with me for a minute. Sinead O'Connor Found Safe After Suicidal Facebook Note 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z The website boycotteurovision.net went live a fortnight before the Eurovision finals, which are to be staged in Tel Aviv from May 14 to 18. Israel counters Eurovision boycott campaign with Google ads 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z He mastered a language a fortnight, but would not stoop to include an Indian tongue in his repertoire. Macaulay by Zareer Masani – review 2013-07-22T09:00:00Z There’s normally a fortnight’s gap between the British and US yearly shindigs, but the American show – the big dog of the awards season – is two weeks earlier than usual, forcing everyone else to shuffle up. Oscar predictions, timetable and all you need to know 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z In a fortnight the nurse and the DJs will all be forgotten, but the show will run and run. Royal pranksters have gone from hunter to hunted 2012-12-09T20:30:06Z Just a fortnight until Prometheus lands in cinemas, and Ridley Scott's team at 20th Century Fox clearly don't believe we've been hammered with anywhere near enough advance hype. Prometheus: are you ready to take Ridley Scott's leap of faith? 2012-05-18T10:11:42Z On the final day of the Capital Fringe Festival, one of the most popular shows of the fortnight announced that it will return for another round of boozy fun with the Bard. Curtain falling on American Century Theater, with 2014-2015 its final season This fortnight alone we see the emergence of over 16 new projects. For theatres, experimentation is a necessity, not a luxury 2011-01-21T11:47:02Z In a fortnight we're at the Overlook Hotel, confusing ourselves about what was King and what was Kubrick, for The Shining. Rereading Stephen King: week two – Salem's Lot 2012-06-11T10:58:12Z And the American models were not confirmed until a fortnight before the show. ‘Battle of Versailles’: How African American models reshaped fashion 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z The fair maiden, plagued with a rare illness, has but a fortnight to live. Let the Beautiful Sick Girl genre die: Why “Everything Everything” should be the end of a tired trope 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z And at the end of last month, a fortnight before it was due to appear in bookshops, Room was longlisted for the Man Booker prize. Emma Donoghue: 'To say Room is based on the Josef Fritzl case is too strong' 2010-08-13T06:00:00Z The costume award was won by Jenny Beavan – the woman described as a “bag lady” by host Stephen Fry at the Baftas a fortnight ago. Oscars 2016: Spotlight shocks as DiCaprio takes actor and Mad Max scorches competition 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z And it's a movement that is not going unnoticed: Gangs was the first mainstream Indian film to compete in the director's fortnight at Cannes last month. The new Indian cinema: sex, crime and censorship 2012-06-21T19:30:01Z I only like one of their songs, but it was only 30 quid and it was my first bottle of wine in a fortnight. Drunk online shopping: readers’ regrets 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Then one afternoon, in the frenetic fortnight before Christmas, I wove my way through the hordes of shoppers and tourists to meet him in the Kings Arms, a half-timbered and beamed riverfront pub. My grimly inappropriate boyfriend dumped me in the pub | Emma Beddington 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The rest of us should rejoice in that rarest of things: an album to play on drives to the in-laws' place, or during the quiet hour you maybe get once a fortnight. Dodgy's fifth album is a musical reunion worth celebrating 2012-02-09T20:00:02Z There are maybe two or three days throughout the fortnight when I just don’t speak to anybody. How to be alone: ‘I feel most alive when I'm with my own thoughts’ 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z The writer, almost certainly high on drugs, spent a fortnight in jail before bribes led to his release and he was later given a two-year suspended jail sentence. Jean-Michel Basquiat's Burroughs triptych to be sold at London auction 2013-01-22T12:01:04Z A fortnight ago, the actor told Jonathan Ross his take on Heimdall was "Norse by way of Hackney, Canning Town". Idris Elba defends Thor film role 2010-04-27T16:36:00Z It's a long, dreary road from Kiss Me Kate, and light years inferior to almost anything on the box this last fortnight. Living in a television time warp 2011-01-03T07:00:01Z Why you shouldn't: His tantrum at Alesha Dixon's criticism a fortnight ago wasn't very edifying, and nor was the endless whining on about wanting to get a 10. Strictly Come Dancing: who will make the final? 2010-12-10T14:50:00Z I don’t fancy a fortnight of arguments, and sometimes I do feel rather distressed and confused by the clutter, disarray and accumulation of dreck in my home. The life-changing horror of extreme tidying: was it a good idea to Marie Kondo my house? 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Out of rehab, still in some degree of turmoil, Strauss got back together with Ingrid, but managed just a fortnight together before splitting again. Neil Strauss: 'My thinking was: If this woman’s going to be naked with me – I must be OK. It doesn’t last’ 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z A tweakment is a minor cosmetic procedure, one that doesn’t involve being cut open or going under general anaesthetic or hiding from the world for a fortnight. ‘I’d rather spend £300 on fillers than face cream’: the rise of tweakment face 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z Agatha Christie was just beginning her career when the overnight success of her first Hercule Poirot novel caused her to disappear for a fortnight. Monsters Unleashed 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z At the beginning of the narrative, she and Carrère have known one another for a fortnight. A Russian Novel by Emmanuel Carr?re ? review 2010-10-15T23:15:00Z Most papers ran special supplements and souvenir issues throughout the fortnight, packed with photographs. London Olympics give media boost 2012-08-14T10:32:17Z But as for the real skill that landed her for a fortnight on the stage of the Lyric Theatre on West 42nd Street, well, on that count we’re in far more scintillating territory. Misty Copeland brings star power to ‘On the Town’ 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z A fortnight after Argyll was battered, it was the turn of Angus and Aberdeenshire to break rainfall records as Storm Babet left three people dead and hundreds of homes flooded. Sailing to school and the daily issues of climate change 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The final fortnight of conference play carries plenty of unknowns across the Pac-12, but this much is clear: Washington would qualify for the College Football Playoff as an undefeated conference champion. Pac-12 bowl projections: Where will UW end up? 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Doctors have warned for at least a fortnight that the number of available incubators was being reduced due to the power shortage amid the ongoing Israeli siege. Gaza hospital crippled as fighting rages nearby 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z The win, which avenged West Ham's loss to the same opponents in Athens a fortnight ago, marking the end of their impressive 17-match unbeaten run for David Moyes' side in Europe. Hammers beat Olympiakos to edge closer to knockouts 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z After clarifying his “few weeks” comment with McAfee, Rodgers then joked — presumably — that he’d be back in “a few fortnights,” which roughly equates to as soon as six weeks. Aaron Rodgers said he'd return from Achilles tear in 'a few weeks.' He was kidding 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Celtic's solitary point came against the Spanish side in Glasgow a fortnight ago. Atletico Madrid hit 10-man Celtic for six 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Young midfielder Alex Scott only made his debut a fortnight ago after arriving from Bristol City in the summer with an injury. Doku shines as Man City thrash Bournemouth to go top 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z Newly married Katie Walters, 33, from Port Talbot, was at the park with husband Stephen and three children as part of celebrations for their wedding a fortnight ago. Wales weather: Tenby caravan site evacuates as Storm Ciarán hits 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z But on 31 October, just over a fortnight after the exchange, the government did announce another lockdown in England. Covid inquiry: Read the private WhatsApp messages from inside Downing Street 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Australian journalist Cheng Lei returned home to Melbourne a fortnight ago, released after three years in jail in Beijing. Sons of Australian Yang Hengjun ask for his release ahead of PM's visit to China 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z There are also 26 flood warnings in place, less than a fortnight after Storm Babet caused widespread damage. Storm Ciarán: England prepares for further disruption 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z If you were to take the SNP's responses at face value, you would be forgiven for thinking they were almost glad to have lost an MP and an MSP ins just over a fortnight. How challenging are SNP defections for Humza Yousaf? 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Unison now plans one-day strikes in a total of eight council areas over the next fortnight. School strikes announced in more Scottish councils 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z She was diagnosed aged 11 in 2020 and while undergoing tests, and even before the treatment began, her aunt Stella Chepchirir says they had to make an arduous journey to see doctors every fortnight. Ugandan teenage cancer patient: How a bed saved my life 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z "A ground siege is seen as a potential trigger for widening the Israel-Hamas conflict into the Middle East region, the factor behind crude's risk premium over the past fortnight," Hari said. Oil eases as aid convoys arrive in embattled Gaza Strip 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z As the past fortnight has demonstrated, marathons are becoming as much about brands as they are the runners. 'Super-shoes' and the race for a sub two-hour marathon 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z They beat South Africa there a fortnight ago, they beat Scotland there on Saturday and they will play New Zealand there at the weekend. A northern hemisphere shutout? - Dawson's quarter-final predictions 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Wales had not played in a fortnight but there was little sign of rust in the afternoon sunshine as they dominated early possession and territory, with Costelow showing little sign of nerves and kicking intelligently. Wales top pool with bonus-point win over Georgia 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Given that Ireland have won every match since, including that rousing victory over the Springboks a fortnight ago, a lot of people aren't giving Scotland much hope. 'Complacency not an issue as Ireland gear up for Scots' 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z The apology comes a fortnight after a row in Canada's parliament over an invite to an elderly Ukrainian man who had fought with Nazi Germany. Canada Nazi row: Governor General apologises for honour given to man who fought in Waffen SS unit 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Captain Jamie Ritchie returns to lead the team after going off with concussion in the first half of the Tonga match a fortnight ago. Price starts for Scotland in Ireland showdown 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The latest Guardian Essential poll shows the yes vote rose two points to 43% over the past fortnight, while the no vote slipped two points to 49%. Support for Australia Indigenous referendum gaining slightly, poll shows 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z “I sincerely think the key to the next fortnight is those one-on-one conversations with people to accept this request of the overwhelming majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.” Early voting begins in New Zealand’s general election and in Australia for Indigenous ‘Voice’ 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z But they have been known to blind some - in the last fortnight a cyclist made the news after revealing a serial dive-bomber had left him needing major surgery and a prosthetic eye lens. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Shefte: Indeed, the first two fortnights are dark and full of terrors. Three thoughts on Kraken as they prepare for beginning of season 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z It is now nearly a fortnight since the legendary political photographer Steve Back managed to get a picture of a government document held under the arm of a government official in public. Chris Mason: Big decisions await as HS2 row simmers on 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z England's next and final Pool D game is against Samoa in a fortnight. 'Smith could be a quarter-final starter - but he won't be' 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z It did not overwhelm them, but there is still a lot of work to be done before they return to the Stade de France to face Scotland in a fortnight. 'Epic Irish win gives World Cup shot in the arm' 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z But with a fortnight until their next game, and a few days off at the start of next week, a performance streaked with running and ambition was a perfect way for England to wind down. Smith revels in England's child's play rout 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z In one of the bloodiest incidents, 49 people died when a river boat in the north-east of the country was ambushed a fortnight ago. Timbuktu siege: Two killed in Mali mortar attack 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z His side conclude their Pool D campaign against Samoa in a fortnight's time before a potential quarter-final against Wales, Australia or Fiji. Smith starts at 15 as Farrell returns to face Chile 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Police said Sunday's attack was the fourth incident at the same premises within the past fortnight and they are treating them all as racially-motivated hate crimes. Belfast: Racist attacks to force Syrian businessman to move shop 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Parents of children at an east Belfast primary school have been told they will have no hot meals for a fortnight and no hot water for at least four weeks. Gilnahirk Primary: No heat or hot meals for weeks at Belfast school 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Strikes are due to take place in a fortnight that could close schools across most of Scotland. Unison rejects latest school workers pay offer 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z It leaves her with around £400 every fortnight - which quickly goes on bills and essentials, leaving her with no choice but to rely on food parcels. Families on reduced benefits face tough winter, charities warn 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Strikes by staff including school janitors and pupil support staff are due to take place in a fortnight. Cosla makes council staff new pay offer ahead of strikes 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z During previous attacks within the past fortnight, a fire was set in front of the shop, damaging the shutters and cracking the shop window, Belfast: Racist attacks to force Syrian businessman to move shop 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Mr Kemp said he was at his "wit's end" and he had been told a pest controller would have to make two more visits over the next fortnight to clear the bugs. Bed bug infestation forces Northampton man to sleep in his car 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z A fortnight will pass before we see them again. 'Russell and Scotland get lost in South African maze' 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z Gauff has followed in the footsteps of her idol this fortnight and became the first American teenager since Williams in 1999 to win the US Open final. Why Gauff is 'burning so bright' after US Open win 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Georgia will have a fortnight to review and reassess before taking on Portugal, while Australia face Fiji, two places above them in the world rankings, next. Australia ease to opening win over Georgia 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z A Northern Ireland businessman who attended a Westminister reception this week claimed to have been told by a senior DUP politician that "something could happen in the next fortnight". DUP boycott: Will champagne corks pop for end of stalemate? 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Our dates were limited to once a fortnight, which was the perfect frequency, given our respective scheduling needs. L.A. Affairs: I wanted an open marriage. Would my husband agree? 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The 36-year-old plans to travel to Oxford for three days every fortnight. Cost of Living: Oxford lecturer commutes from Dublin 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The Refugee Centre in Montreal says it helped four families in one day last week who had been in hiding for a fortnight after crossing overland into the country. Canada shut its land border to asylum seekers. More refugees came anyway 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Nearly a fortnight on, he remains critically ill in intensive care. Palestinian shot in back of head puts Israel's use of force under scrutiny 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z A mere fortnight before Brandy’s tragic death, an episode of gun violence unfolded right before our cancer center. Our false sense of security and how it can shatter in seconds | Op-Ed 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Everyone knows the aircraft flew from the Egyptian capital, Cairo, and landed a fortnight ago in Zambia, but that is where the certainties stop. Zambia-Egypt plane seizure: The cash and fake gold that no-one is claiming 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Fast forward a fortnight and Ana is heading to the University of Aberdeen to continue her philosophy and physics degree. Virgin Galactic: Student Ana Mayers on going to space with her mum 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Ireland, who secured what Andy Farrell described as a "clunky" win over Italy a fortnight ago, were subdued in the opening exchanges despite the head coach restoring several of his key players. Vunipola sent off as five-try Ireland beat England 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z The petition, lodged a fortnight ago, was signed by 29 lawmakers, enough to topple the prime minister. Vanuatu prime minister to face no confidence vote in parliament 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z O'Connor died aged 56 after being found unresponsive in her London home a fortnight ago. Sinéad O'Connor's funeral, in pictures 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z The sentencing comes a fortnight after Connor Gibson, 20, was convicted of attacking his sister Amber in Caddo Glen, Hamilton in November 2021. Man jailed for raping Amber Gibson months before her murder 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Minor measures to help property markets have been delivered in the past fortnight, but no broad stimulus has been outlined. Asian markets softer as investors look to key inflation readings 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, Boutier is hard to ignore given the quality of the golf she has demonstrated over the past fortnight - a lucrative period that all players have been targeting for success. 'In-form Boutier the one to beat at Women's Open' 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z BMA committees will meet within the next fortnight to decide whether to enter a dispute with the Welsh government and ballot for industrial action. NHS Wales: Doctors reject Welsh government 5% pay offer 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z When the police were provided with access to footage that may have been relevant - more than a fortnight after the incident - it had been automatically deleted. Child sexual abuse probe 'obstructed' by asylum hotel staff 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z If its owners do not make contact in the next fortnight, a new home will be found for Noodles. Snake on a train shocks passengers heading to Leeds 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z As with Blur's Wembley Stadium shows a fortnight ago, it's a reminder that Britpop wasn't all about beers and blokes. Pulp: Jarvis Cocker celebrate the band's comeback at Latitude 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Blur's Wembley gigs took place in front of 180,000 fans a fortnight ago, and the group were suitably overwhelmed by the occasion. Damon Albarn felt 'quite lost' writing new Blur album 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Xi Jinping himself vanished from view for a fortnight shortly before becoming China's leader in 2012, prompting rumours about his health and possible power struggles in the Chinese Communist Party. Qin Gang: China's 'missing' foreign minister sparks guessing game 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z For the last fortnight of the summer holidays the family are going away together. Warning summer childcare nearly £1,000 per child 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Djokovic, who turned 36 in May and claimed "36 is the new 26" in the build-up to Sunday's final, has no plans to retire yet and showed again this fortnight his powers are not waning. Has Alcaraz finally signalled changing of the guard? 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z Stepan, who works in IT after his tennis career was ended by injury aged 18, was at home in Prague for most of the fortnight - because he had to look after their sphynx cat Frankie. Tattoo fan Vondrousova etches name into history 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z The matchup on Centre Court at the All England Club to close the fortnight is absolutely the one both men expected. Carlos Alcaraz will face Novak Djokovic in a Wimbledon men’s final for the ages 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z Jabeur needed to get through quite a list of opponents over the past fortnight. Ons Jabeur and Marketa Vondrousova are 0-3 in Grand Slam finals. One will win Wimbledon 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z In northern India, authorities say almost 100 people died in the past fortnight due to landslides, flash floods and property collapses. Asia floods: Death toll climbs in severe monsoon season 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Alcaraz had only played two senior tournaments on the surface going into this summer, but showed his potential by winning the Queen's title and continued to impress this fortnight. I'm still the favourite for Wimbledon - Djokovic 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z This fortnight she has certainly defied expectations by becoming the first unseeded woman to win Wimbledon, on a surface on which she had little pedigree. Tattoo fan Vondrousova etches name into history 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z Been talking about it over the past fortnight. Carlos Alcaraz will face Novak Djokovic in a Wimbledon men’s final for the ages 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z Svitolina certainly did not expect to still be around this deep into the fortnight. 'War made me stronger': Ukrainian Elina Svitolina upsets No. 1 Iga Swiatek 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The past fortnight has seen extreme rain that has caused floods and landslides across several countries including India, China and Japan. Asia floods: Death toll climbs in severe monsoon season 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Instead, he didn’t take the court to play his first point of the fortnight until about 17 1/2 hours after Novak Djokovic already had made his way into the third round. Rain finally stops to end Wimbledon’s marathon first round 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Wimbledon is always the fortnight of the season where British tennis has the biggest opportunity to showcase the talent we have. 'Brits must invest Wimbledon money into careers' 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z As is the use of “fortnight” to describe the two weeks. You can watch Wimbledon on TV outdoors in Brooklyn. It’s part of a bid to blend the past and present 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z A fortnight ago they blew up an Israeli jeep and fought hard to repel an Israeli raid, in which the Palestinian dead included a a 15-year-old girl. Israel's Jenin operation reignites Palestinian anger 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Novak Djokovic is famous for his dedication and meticulous preparation, so it is surprising to learn he might let some of his strict routine slip as he tries to make more tennis history this fortnight. Brain games and conscious breathing - the secrets of Djokovic’s success 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Daytime temperatures of at least 25 degrees Celsius lasted for over a fortnight and, with high humidity, the nights provided little respite. June 2023 likely to be the UK's hottest on record 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z However, Australian assistant trade minister Tim Ayres said on radio on Friday another meeting could be held in the next fortnight. Australia, EU trade ministers spoke as hopes of free trade deal rise - source 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z He said the defence's acknowledgement that Mrs Hunter went to the hairdresser every fortnight until her death demonstrated that she still took care of herself and had a social life. David Hunter: Final arguments in British man's Cyprus murder trial 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Finally, June came and the list went up, announcing who had been deemed fit and smart enough to head to London to mix with top tennis players, royalty and the public for a fortnight. 'Your life changed' – Wimbledon's ball boys from Barnardo’s 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The BBC has seen surveillance photographs, taken within a fortnight of the murder, which snapped White coming out of a house that was being watched. Stephen Lawrence: How the Met Police failed to spot suspect Matthew White 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z The national weather bureau also issued a heat stroke alert last week - a fortnight earlier than in previous years. Beijing heatwave: China capital records hottest June day in 60 years 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The report said this decision would increase hardship and food insecurity for about 96,300 children, who it said have lost £27 a fortnight. Cost of living: Women 'bearing the brunt' of rising prices 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Borrowers are already facing big increases after lenders hiked rates over the past fortnight. Mortgages to go up by £2,900 a year for 800,000, says Resolution Foundation 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z "You did actually get paid for it," says Hill, adding that wages were up to £14 for the fortnight when he was used to 50p a week pocket money for being a prefect. 'Your life changed' – Wimbledon's ball boys from Barnardo’s 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The couple revealed they were expecting a child a fortnight ago. Al Pacino welcomes fourth child at 83, with girlfriend Noor Alfallah 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z More than 90 people have spoken out in the past fortnight, accusing people across the island. Taiwan sees MeToo wave of allegations after Netflix show 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Those drivers who fail to pay up will receive a PCN of £180, although this figure is reduced to £90 if paid within a fortnight. ULEZ: Charges and fines raised nine-figure sum in 2022 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z It was second time lucky for Ms Scott, who visited Strumpshaw a fortnight ago without a sighting. Swallowtail butterfly enthusiasts flock to Strumpshaw 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z From the moment the French Open draw was made almost a fortnight ago, the tennis world licked its lips at the prospect of one blockbuster match. 'The match people want to see' - Djokovic v Alcaraz 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Mr Coltman said his great-uncle had travelled back to Hawick in 1917 to see his mother when he got a fortnight's leave and it was later that year that he died. Langholm soldier Richard Musgrave laid to rest more than 100 years on 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The straight-set victory over sixth seed Gauff means she has not lost a set this fortnight, dropping just 15 games in her five matches so far. Swiatek beats Gauff to set up Haddad Maia semi-final 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Speaking to the British media at Roland Garros on Sunday, he admitted he had "no idea" how this fortnight would go as he "figured out" how to get his body right. I hate being the guy who's injured a lot - Draper 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Inside it the scientists had everything they needed to live there for up to a fortnight. The Welshman who aimed for space but was sunk at sea 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Speaking about the latest break-in a fortnight ago, the church called it "saddening and unbelievable". Security offer for Doncaster food bank burgled seven times 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Following a fortnight overshadowed by heavy rain, Covid-19 withdrawals and crashes, the battle for the maglia rosa took centre stage on Tuesday as Thomas made a statement with five stages remaining. Thomas reclaims Giro overall lead on stage 16 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The festival "is a place that is protected for the fortnight but is at the same time a target for certain people to make demands because it projects them more strongly," Fremaux said. Cannes director open to letting green activists onto red carpet 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z "You can reach me again in about a fortnight," another joked. Tears of the Kingdom: Fans react to Zelda sequel launch 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z In another clip, recorded less than a fortnight before the deaths, Nash accused his wife of being "a schemer" who causes chaos to get attention. Great Waldingfield man found guilty of murdering wife and daughter 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Founder Kerry Whitney said she had been "running around like a headless chicken" over the past fortnight to complete more than a thousand orders for crowns, bandanas and bow ties. Bunting, biscuits, beer - Brits spend on Coronation 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z But around a fortnight after her daughter was born, Eleanor began to have intrusive thoughts - these could be "violent thoughts of purposefully harming" her baby. New mums missing out on mental health services, report finds 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z What forced him to move a fortnight ago was a militia attack on his village that killed many people. Sudan crisis sparks fresh wave of Darfur refugees into Chad 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z This was the fifth Old Firm meeting of the campaign, with Celtic well on top in the head-to-heads, winning four, with one league draw at Ibrox, where the Glasgow rivals meet again in a fortnight. Jota sinks Rangers to send Celtic to final 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z There was no sign of the illness which caused him to drop out of key events for three days this week - just a fortnight ahead of critical elections. Turkey's President Erdogan back on campaign trail after illness 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z It took me a fortnight to summon the strength to tell my wife. 'I was told my heart might fail within a year' 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The latest figure says it is now 22% of pupils - so nearly a quarter of a class is missing at least day of school every fortnight. Laura Kuenssberg: What is really going on in our schools? 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Nearly five million patients each month in England wait more than a fortnight for a GP appointment, NHS figures show, which Labour is calling "unacceptable". Millions wait more than a fortnight to see a GP in England 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z “We would get one day off every fortnight on a Sunday.” Look at you, now look at the road: Blackpink takes over 'Carpool Karaoke' 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The SNP's NEC met on Saturday following a turbulent fortnight. Sturgeon should not be suspended from SNP - Blackford 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z In a motherly appeal, a fortnight ago, President Samia told university students to be careful with foreign traditions. Viewpoint: East Africa's battle over culture and homosexuality 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z He wrote it in the first two weeks, typed it up in the second two weeks, then touted it to agents in the final fortnight. Eurovision hits meet Liverpool humour in Jonathan Harvey's A Thong For Europe 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The image of the smiling couple intimately holding the orb and cross together suggests a well-worn intimacy - but in fact, George III had met his bride just a fortnight earlier. Coronation invitations through the ages 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Heading into the first fallow week of the 2023 competition, all six teams have plenty to ponder before the tournament resumes in a fortnight. Aitchison shines as Wales and France keep building 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Brighton and United face each other again in a fortnight's time in their FA Cup semi-final. Man Utd thrash Brighton to go three points clear 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z By virtue of the WNIT’s Fab Four moniker, the fortnight has been a period of fabulous growth for the Huskies. Washington women see run in WNIT end vs. Kansas in semifinals 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Search teams had been set up across the region the past fortnight, as the baboon zig-zagged through various districts. Baboon's death after two week hunt sparks outcry in Taiwan 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Especially when they fire a weapon almost every other day, as we have seen over the past fortnight. North Korea: What to make of Kim Jong Un's barrage of weapon tests 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Short bets on the Indonesian rupiah and the Indian rupee rose slightly from a fortnight ago, while sentiment toward South Korea's won improved. Investors cut bearish bets on most Asian FX as policy rate bets shift 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Atsu's body was recovered a fortnight after the quake from the rubble of his apartment building. Christian Atsu: Ghana funeral for footballer killed by Turkey earthquake 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The protests intensified after the military has stepped up operations and soldiers destroyed 13 excavators in the last fortnight, aiming to clamp down on illegal and informal gold mining. Colombian president accuses criminal group of breaking ceasefire 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Voting in the SNP leadership election is set to open as the race to replace Nicola Sturgeon enters its final fortnight. SNP leadership: Voting opens as race enters final fortnight 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Within a fortnight, 17 men were executed on such charges. Saudi Arabia executes Jordanian man after allegedly giving forced confession 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z "We have been good sometimes as a pack and individually," he said after Ireland beat Italy in Rome a fortnight ago. 'Ireland's best ever meet Scotland's best since '99' 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z The resulting samples are posted to an NHS-accredited laboratory, which provides results within a fortnight. Haemochromatosis: Calls for more testing for 'Celtic Curse' in NI 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z European legislative action within a fortnight would propose to unleash European aid and funds so far not used for the green transition at home, she said. EU's von der Leyen says she will tackle US green subsidies, overcome e-fuels impasse 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z They want to give it the once over, and they reckon that will take around a fortnight. How is the government's Brexit deal with the European Union going down? 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Jeremy Hunt told me a fortnight ago that all the help was "under review". Customers to be warned of energy bill rises from April 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Simon has been sleeping rough in Bristol for the past fortnight, having recently lost a hostel place. Homelessness: Rough sleeping up more than a quarter in a year 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z At present, Universal Credit claimants normally only meet with a work coach once a week for the first three months and once a fortnight after that. Job centre staff to get bonuses for getting people work 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Ireland, who visit Murrayfield in a fortnight, would probably not have made the same mistakes. 'Scotland falter in margins but title still alive' 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z But since, the team has looked refreshed, energised and confident, their joy amplified by the numbers of young fans and families that have filled Newlands, Paarl and Gqeberha over the last fortnight. Underdogs South Africa face Australia's juggernaut 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z In the first half of February, consumer prices were forecast to have risen by 0.38% compared to the previous fortnight, while the core index likely rose 0.39%. Mexico headline, core inflation both seen dropping in early February - Reuters poll 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Denizens drove ATVs up museum steps, climbed cars and drank the city dry in a fortnight. Tyler Tynes: Slow death in the desert. Inside Eagles fans' painful Super Bowl. 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z The pilot will also make it compulsory for Universal Credit claimants who have been on the benefit for thirteen weeks, to visit a job centre every weekday for a fortnight for "intensive support". Job centre staff to get bonuses for getting people work 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Several reported that they had yet to hear from inspectors or officials nearly a fortnight after the derailment. Ohio town rues chemical train derailment as 'our Chernobyl' 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Then in a fortnight, most schools are likely to be closed for two consecutive days. Scotland's largest teaching union rejects latest pay offer 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z In a fortnight they go to Paris and a fortnight after that they have Ireland in Edinburgh. 'Russell reminds us why we fell in love with rugby' 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z France to come in Paris in a fortnight. Scotland beat Wales to end Gatland hoodoo 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z A fortnight ago, lawyers representing victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence called on lawmakers to pass the bill urgently. South Korea stalker jailed 40 years for killing woman in subway 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z India is home to thousands of religious gurus, but a controversial new "godman" has been making headlines for the past fortnight. Bageshwar Dham Sarkar: The Indian guru making headlines over 'miracle' cures 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Less than a fortnight later, Ms Truss sacked Mr Kwarteng, something she said she was "deeply disturbed by". Liz Truss: I was never given 'realistic chance' to enact tax-cuts 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z Oh the irony, after an horrendous past fortnight for the governing body, which has faced a raft of allegations that led to the chief executive standing down and intervention by the Welsh government. Back to the future for Wales as Gatland returns 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Within a fortnight, 17 men were executed for such offences, the UN said. Secretive Saudi executions leave families in the dark 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Hugh Adams, head of stakeholder relations at charity Brain Tumour Research, said once a fortnight a child was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Cannock twin's tumour awareness bid after brother's death 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Jess said there had been "total silence" from Royal Mail for about a fortnight apart from their local postmaster. Royal Mail: Businessman takes parcel to US to beat ban 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Another was grassroots admiration for six prisoners who tunnelled their way out of an Israeli jail - before being caught within a fortnight. Israel-Palestinian conflict: Fears of wider flare-up after deadly Jenin raid 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z At least 124 people died in freezing temperatures in Afghanistan in the past fortnight, Taliban officials say. Afghanistan: Freezing weather kills at least 124 people 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Riseborough is excellent in To Leslie, which follows an alcoholic mother who wins the lottery but squanders the money, but her awards momentum has only materialised in the last fortnight. Oscar nominations 2023: Top Gun leads sequels surge 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z A fortnight of festivities kick off this Sunday to mark the Lunar New Year, celebrated by millions in China, East Asia and across the world. Lunar New Year celebrated officially for the first time in California 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z “There followed a fortnight of political indecision … about the degree of suppression that would be tolerated to bring protesters back under control.” Opinion | Xi’s course correction reveals an agile autocrat under pressure 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Borthwick, appointed four weeks ago as Jones' successor, will have a fortnight with the players in camp before hosting a buoyant Scotland - who have won three of the last five Calcutta Cup encounters. Important to recognise special Farrell - Borthwick 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Seven men and one woman are in the race to succeed him, and a second-round run-off is likely in a fortnight's time. Czech presidential vote: All to play for after 10 years of Zeman 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z And France's second-largest health union has called an "unlimited walkout" this week, following a fortnight of strikes by French GPs. France's health system under pressure of increasing demands 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z FTX, once deemed a white knight for the crypto industry, crumbled in less than a fortnight due to a liquidity crunch. U.S. securities regulator probes FTX investors' due diligence -sources 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z The troops will also help dig out tribal members trapped in the snow, which began dumping on the region a fortnight ago. US winter storm: Stranded Native Americans burn clothes for warmth 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z The Israeli peace activists have come to show solidarity with Palestinians after a fortnight of growing violence and intimidation. Palestinian fears heightened as Israeli far right takes power 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z The crisis came to a head in the last fortnight, when the Zambezi River Authority ordered Zimbabwe's Kariba South power station to shut due to dangerously low water levels. Zimbabwe power outages hit businesses and families 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z The new Westminster leader has been installed just a fortnight after the Supreme Court ruled that the Scottish government cannot hold a second independence referendum without the UK government's consent. SNP split claims are complete fiction, MP insists 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The pay offer made by employers before the EIS strike a fortnight ago has not been improved or amended. Thousands of pupils miss school as teachers strike 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Pembroke has since apologised to Sweeney, who has had a challenging fortnight - having also been cross-examined by MPs following the demise of Premiership clubs Worcester and Wasps. England boss Jones set to learn fate next week 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The march comes a fortnight after critics of the president's plan to reform the country's electoral system came to the streets in tens of thousands, the largest demonstration against his policies so far. Tens of thousands march in Mexico City to support president 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z "We married a fortnight ago during half-term and we have photos of us wearing bucket hats on our special day," Mrs Thomas said. World Cup 2022: Newlyweds watch Wales on honeymoon 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z England women's players, who beat Germany in the European Championship final, this summer, only had a fortnight break before heading into pre-season with their respective clubs. Harder is irreplaceable for Chelsea - Hayes 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z He was replying to Labour MP Rushanara Ali who quipped that she hoped he lasted a week, or a fortnight, in the new role. No whisky for chancellor giving his Autumn Statement 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Before putting pen to paper, Hennessy spent a fortnight wading through 1,200 pages of transcripts, bought by the play's producers. Wagatha play won't punch down at Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney, writer says 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z After more than a fortnight at sea, it arrived in Fiji. Inside the capture of a Russian oligarch's superyacht 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Any strike action by teachers would now require a fortnight's notice. Teachers in Scotland vote to strike over pay 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z That's not atypical - national leaders come and go from this gathering, which lasts, in total, for a fortnight. What are Rishi Sunak's instincts as a world leader? 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z New Zealand, who ruthlessly dismantled Wales on Saturday, lurk in a fortnight. Jones strikes upbeat tone despite puzzling defeat 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z She has been back in touch with Mr Yousaf in the past fortnight to ask for his help but has been referred back to the health board for answers. Damning report on surgeon Prof Sam Eljamel's botched operations 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z The CWU said it had decided to withdraw industrial action notices for the next fortnight following a legal letter from Royal Mail. Royal Mail staff call off planned strike action 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z An overtime and rest day working ban, also put in place by the union, has led to cancellations across the rail network over the past fortnight. Rail services disrupted by latest ScotRail 24-hour strike 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z ScotRail RMT members previously went on strike on 10 October, with an overtime and rest day working ban, also put in place by the union, causing cancellations across the rail network over the past fortnight. RMT union says ScotRail strikes will continue 'as long as it takes' 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z An initial review of the findings that led to the bridge's closure could take up to a fortnight. Anglesey: Britannia Bridge access warning due to strong winds 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z There was barely time to draw breath in the final 20 minutes, but Celtic were able to see out victory as they showed fantastic perseverance for the second time in a fortnight. Celtic 'find way' to edge Hearts in VAR-laden epic 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko announced the formation of a joint military unit almost a fortnight ago. Zelenskyy warns Russians plan to blow up dam in Kherson region 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is to fast track many billions of pounds worth of tax and spending measures from his debt plan, announcing them a fortnight earlier than expected. Chancellor to fast track tax and spending measures 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z The new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will hold talks this week with Conservative backbenchers about the tough decisions he says he will have to make in the next fortnight. How long can Liz Truss survive as prime minister? 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z In a fortnight, he'll be the front man for the government's economic statement that could determine whether we end up with another new prime minister before Christmas. Chris Mason: Many Tory MPs are doom-laden - what will they do next? 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z His response had been at odds with Dr. Jha’s statement at a White House press briefing less than a fortnight earlier. Biden extends COVID public health emergency after declaring pandemic ‘over’ 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The question, then, for some, is why the markets are being kept waiting for more than another fortnight, when they are clearly so jittery, if she knows the solution. Analysis: Has Liz Truss driven herself into a cul-de-sac? 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z The Irish foreign minister added he will also be meeting parties in Northern Ireland again next week and that the next fortnight represented "the best chance" of making significant progress. NI Protocol: Efforts needed to avoid Stormont election - Coveney 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z That would give the government at least a fortnight. How long can Liz Truss survive as prime minister? 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Most of the launches in the past fortnight have been short-range missiles, which landed in the sea between North Korea and Japan. North Korea says missile launches were nuclear attack simulation on South 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The payments of £27 each fortnight were made to families during the break to take the place of free school meals. School meals: Holiday payments made for a third of NI pupils 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z During a fortnight of captivity in the sweltering heat, 13 people died of dehydration, while at least one was shot trying to escape. UK apology sought for British war crimes in Palestine 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z They are slowly starting to return - there were 3,961 products a fortnight ago, now there are 2,430 - but have become more expensive on average. Kwasi Kwarteng to meet bank chiefs as mortgage rates soar 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z And, indeed, there is then the reverse risk in the short term: that the turbulence of the past fortnight could have a permanent effect on perceptions of the UK's macroeconomic stability. Faisal Islam: Truss plan must tackle more than taxes 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z In less than a fortnight's time, the two warring parties were due to face each other in court because by this point, Twitter had done its own U-turn and wanted to force the sale through. Elon Musk, Twitter and the mysterious X app 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z A fortnight ago at the top of the Empire State Building in New York, the prime minister told me she was willing to do things that were unpopular. Chris Mason: Kwasi Kwarteng's U-turn won't be forgotten 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z She had already spent much of the past fortnight locked in a bare room, with little more than a mattress on the floor. Hospital seclusion: ‘I’ve been treated like an animal’ 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z A fortnight ago, they travelled to Bulgaria, where Bidnenko's sister lives, to meet their family for the first time since the outbreak of war. 'We are running for our country, our people' 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force said Prince Abdul Mateen had spent the past fortnight with 64 other trainees completing the initial training to begin his parachuting career. Sultan of Brunei pins RAF wings on son at Brize Norton 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z A decision to lower the Aboriginal flag to half-mast in her honour - in line with other official flags - drew some criticism, as did the decision to suspend parliament for a fortnight. Queen Elizabeth II leaves complex legacy for Aboriginal Australians 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z The health secretary said he hoped to set out an NHS action plan to parliament within the next fortnight. Humza Yousaf expects to see immediate A&E improvement 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z And while it may be difficult for some fans to stomach a noncompetitive roster for the next fortnight, manager Dave Martinez believes these games can be vital for a rebuilding club. Nationals’ season may be lost, but ‘progress’ can still be made for rebuilding club 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z After a difficult fortnight, Rangers manager Van Bronckhorst got the response he would have wanted from kick-off, as his side turned in a much better performance. Ten-man Rangers succumb to dramatic Napoli defeat 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Parliament itself has been suspended for a fortnight. Queen Elizabeth II death: What comes next for Australia? 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Iga Swiatek, the world No. 1, was not featured in a prime-time match on the tournament’s premier show court this fortnight until she faced an American in the semifinals. Iga Swiatek, a model of efficiency, beats Ons Jabeur for U.S. Open title 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z The coffin will then travel to London, where she will rest at Buckingham Palace before lying in state at Westminster Hall ahead of her funeral, which is expected to take place within the next fortnight. Castle gun salute as Scotland mourns Queen's death 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The Queen's first public appearance at a race meeting came a fortnight after the end of the war in Europe, in May 1945, when she first accompanied her parents to Ascot. Horses were Queen's lifelong passion 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z After more than a fortnight of searching, they were close to giving up. How the ‘man in black’ was exposed by the Russian women he terrorised 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The Wimbledon semi-finalist had not previously dropped a set this fortnight, but was far from his best. Norrie's run at US Open ends in last 16 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z They have suffered repeated disconnections due to shelling over the last fortnight. Ukraine nuclear plant disconnected by shelling after UN watchdog exits-Energoatom 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Sunday was the second time 1,000 migrants crossed the Channel in a single day in a fortnight. Migrant Crossings: More than 2,000 people cross Channel at weekend 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z One, who is quite optimistic, quotes the 18th century writer Samuel Johnson: "When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." New PM's political challenge is to unify a divided Conservative party 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Within a fortnight, she said hundreds of responses had come in, which included bystanders intervening in just 1% of cases. Campaigner calls for more action over sexist abuse on Tube 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z At the beginning of the month, the government allocated an extra £140m to help settle the dispute which has seen bin workers in many parts of Scotland on strike over the past fortnight. Scottish government 'cannot offer' more money to end pay dispute 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z |
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