Because now that the aunt was gone, Ellen had reneged from that triumvirate of which Miss Rosa tried without realising it to make two. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realised that his loyalty to Maxim was such that he would not let himself be drawn into a discussion, even with me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I could make sure that my brother and sisters got all the education they wanted; I could compensate for my shattered dreams by helping them realise theirs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I did not realise. You have lived like us, the poor.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d already turned into the aisle—one with fluffy animals and big boxed jigsaws—before I realised Ruth and Chrissie were standing together at the end of it, having some sort of tête-à-tête. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve realised that our freedom will not come from a white man’s change of heart. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I realised it had been fastened upside down. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

And I realised then how desperately he didn’t want reminding. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even later that day, I realised this was a bad mistake. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realise what it was until I was signing for it, and I tore it open without even caring much what it was. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can’t realise, I thought, that the early train leaves in about an hour and a half. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, when I am gravely revolving the matter, it is almost impossible to realise that the cause of all our trouble is still existent. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As I left for the car I told him to be brave, to believe in himself, to set goals, to have faith, to strive doggedly to realise those goals. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the stupid brutes, too ignorant to realise what was happening, merely set back their ears and quickened their pace. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

We both understood what that meant—that she had realised to the full her mother’s death; so we tried what we could to comfort her. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

"They might turn you into a flea, and without realising what she was doing your own mother would get out the flea-powder and then it's goodbye you." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I had never realised, of course, that life at Manderley would be so orderly and planned. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Any wizard realising that one or more Ashwinders are loose in the house must trace them immediately and locate the nest of eggs. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor Wart realised that now he must choose between confessing himself a human, and learning no more of their secrets, or going through with this ordeal to earn his education. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the manuscript in his hand, and I knew that when he read it he would realise how much I knew; so I said to him:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Looking back now, I wonder how it came to pass that not until that fateful day did we realise the trouble that had been brewing. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realised I must have looked like a water buffalo, running in such a frenzy. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

In particular, they shaped the world around us to a much larger degree than most people realise. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am in a classroom, I realise, because every room with more than one Erudite in it is a classroom. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I realise the burden on your shoulders. When I’m gone it will be easier on you.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had once more laughed heartily, he became meek again, and told me that the moment he began to realise Capital, it was his intention to marry this young lady. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

It took me a long time to realise this. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was by then over two months since the Norfolk trip, but I realised as soon as I saw the notebook what this was about. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we crossed the great hall on the way to our rooms I realised for the first time how the house lent itself to the occasion, and how beautiful the rooms were looking. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“My tape? I didn’t realise you ever knew about it, Tommy.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realised for the first time that his head was shaved all over, and he had no hair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say a word, but I was desperate for her to realise I wasn’t with the girls behind me, and had had no part in whatever it was that had made her cross. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realised immediately this was Tommy’s way of putting behind us everything that had happened around his drawings back at the Cottages, and I felt relief, gratitude, sheer delight. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, on the very brink of certainty, I failed; yet still I clung to the hope which the next day or the next hour might realise. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I realised that for Ruth and the others, whatever the boys chose to do was pretty remote from us; whether we approved or not didn’t come into it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they saw the parcel he realised my meaning. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Here’s an idea: Do you know, I’ve realised I’ve never actually told you what I thought the first time we met? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

At last she realised that she was missing her star. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t realise you’d fallen out with her too,” I said. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

For my own part, I thought that if Mrs. Harker realised the danger herself, it was much pain as well as much danger averted. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

So I was looking at it admiringly, then caught Ruth’s eye, and realised she too was looking at it amazed, and we both burst out laughing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now with time to reflect, I realised why I was so bothered by what had happened in the car. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward and said: “Look, you fool, you’re not going to get many more chances. Don’t you realise, we won’t be here together like this much longer?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started, for I had not realised I was goggling at him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not seem surprised to see me, as, of course, she did not realise all at once where she was. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Would he stay out of trouble long enough to become a man, to realise his dreams, whatever they might be? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I realise now just how much of what occurred later came out of our time at Hailsham, and that’s why I want first to go over these earlier memories quite carefully. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this point in my life I realised that, willy-nilly, black people had to map out their lives, their future, with the terror of the police in mind. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed frightened and ill at ease, and somehow Jane and Michael realised that the two huge sisters were wishing that they were much smaller and less conspicuous. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

And Judith looked once at the phaeton and realised what it meant and began to scream, screaming and kicking while they carried her back into the house and put her to bed. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were terribly tired and eventually fell asleep. When I woke up the next morning at about 5:00 A.M., and he hadn’t radioed, I realised we had lost him.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

There had not been time yet to find out exactly how brilliant the child was, but Miss Honey had learned enough to realise that something had to be done about it as soon as possible. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I’d finished, there was a funny sort of silence hanging in the dark, and I realised everyone was waiting for Ruth’s response—which was usually what happened whenever something a bit awkward came up. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the instant when we come to realise that tragedy is second-hand. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I simply grumbled, little realising that my entire future had actually depended on that one piece of paper she had fought so long and so doggedly to secure. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The song was almost over when something made me realise I wasn’t alone, and I opened my eyes to find myself staring at Madame framed in the doorway. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was fully realised that though the human beings had been defeated in the Battle of the Cowshed they might make another and more determined attempt to recapture the farm and reinstate Mr. Jones. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

This idea, consolatory in theory, I felt would be terrible if realised: with all my might I endeavoured to stifle it—I endeavoured to be firm. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It took me a moment to realise, so that by the time I turned back to her she was breathing over her fingers and looking down, engrossed by something beside her feet. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me realise Ruth didn’t trust me, and for all I know, maybe she herself hadn’t fully realised it until that moment. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three younger men looked happier at the moment as they seemed to realise the significance of her words; but Van Helsing and I, turning to each other, met each a grave and troubled glance. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Little did they realise that in our world, the black world, one could only survive if one played the fool, and bided his time. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stimulated by the sights and smells, you realise that you have arrived in a land of contrasts. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Good,” said the King pleasantly, realising that he would be in time for the Barber, after all. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

According to Ruth this was because quite a few of them had done things with each other when they’d been younger, before they’d realised what they were doing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing is to realise exactly what he has done as yet; we may, then, get a light on what his later task is to be. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I told her what we’d heard, the rumours about Hailsham students and deferrals; how we realised the rumours might not be accurate, and that we weren’t banking on anything. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She believes what she says; does not realise there is no going back for her. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to avoid looking at the faces surrounding me; I could not bear the expression of fear and anguish written on them, as they realised that yes, I was leaving. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, I realised that I was not a little boy any longer. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Far from it. I was tormented by the contrast between my idea and my handiwork: in each case I had imagined something which I was quite powerless to realise.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The first of us to speak was the Professor, as, realising the difficulty of following him through the stable, we moved toward the hall. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Nobody answered, and I realised suddenly what I had said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Rodney looked disapproving, and I realised Ruth and Chrissie were making a song and dance of it mainly to tease him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I was puzzled and did not understand, and it was only when I bent my head to avoid the low swinging branch of a tree that I realised what had happened. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My expectation was not realised, for, when he found that his appeal would not be successful, he got into quite a frantic condition. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I felt sad that I was growing up in South Africa, where I would probably never get the chance to realise my fullest potential in the game. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why dont they go on, before Benjamin comes out and makes a spectacle. Poor little boy. He doesn’t know. He cant even realise.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will suddenly realised that his tradition-minded family had been standing, patiendy immobile, waiting for five minutes while he read his letter. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I realised he too had his arms around me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even at the time, I realised this couldn’t be right, that this interpretation didn’t fit with the rest of the lyrics. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realised, too, that the car could climb no more, we had reached the summit, and below us stretched the way that we had come, precipitous and hollow. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then a few minutes later, when I’d forgotten all about Miss Lucy and was laughing my head off at something, I suddenly realised things had gone quiet around us, and that Miss Lucy was speaking. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got a glimpse of her face then, and that’s when I realised how upset she was. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

You do not realise what is going on. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

As we contemplated the fire, and as I thought what a difficult vision to realise this same Capital sometimes was, I put my hands in my pockets. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Will suddenly realised that his tradition-minded family had been standing, patiently immobile, waiting for five minutes while he read his letter. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have anything to compare it with at the time, but I realise now the café was tiny, with just three or four little tables. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I realised for the first time that Maxim had not gone away as I had feared. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’d not actually seen the slap on the elbow on the television, but I was pretty sure that’s where the idea had come from, and just as sure Ruth hadn’t realised it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realised the tape had gone on to the next track, and I turned it off and sat down on the nearest bed. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I realise now how you spent your days, and why you were so forgetful. Tennis lessons my eye. You might have told me, you know.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I realised for the first time since I had come into the room that my legs were trembling, weak as straw. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As I’ve said, it wasn’t until a long time afterwards—long after I’d left the Cottages—that I realised just how significant our little encounter in the churchyard had been. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had not realised how closely the trees grew together here, their roots stretching across the path like tendrils ready to trip one. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

For reasons still unclear, America, the land that had given birth to Ashe and nurtured him, loomed bright as the place to go to realise my fullest potential in tennis, in life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maxim tells me you only got back last night. I had not realised that, or of course we would never have thrust ourselves upon you so soon. Well, what do you think of Manderley?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She could not stand; he had to hold her up, aware of some feeble movement or intention in her limbs until he realised that she was trying to sit on the bottom step. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not move; it was only the hand, the hand gone before I realised that it had been removed. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the few seconds after he said this, I realised I wasn’t surprised by it at all; that in some funny way I’d been waiting for it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice was pleasant enough, though there was, Antain realised, a bit of a growl, buried so deeply in the voice that it was difficult to hear. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It’s not when you realise that nothing can help you—religion, pride, anything—it’s when you realise that you dont need any aid. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brought her hands to her eyes and realised that she was crying, though she had no idea why. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It’s even possible I began to realise, right back then, the nature of her worries and frustrations. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t even realise yet that his trouble, his impediment, was innocence because he would not be able to realise that until he got it straight. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How dreadful! I’ve just realised—that table’s down there and were up here. What are we going to do? We’re here and it’s there. It’s an awful tragedy—awful! But oh, it’s terribly comic!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Before I fully realised what was happening, the boys, now completely naked, had begun lining up along the three bunks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realised, with a little chill, that these questions had never been for me, or for Tommy, but for someone else—someone listening behind us in the darkened half of the room. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Good luck, my darling. Oh, by the way, you do realise you've got a tail, don't you?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as I said this—as soon as I mentioned Madame—I realised I’d made a mistake. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course you realise he has nothing to do with you...I mean he is not your grandchild.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or did she realise that it had not been me at all who had told Maxim about Favell, and this was her way of thanking me for my silence? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You may be right,” I said bitterly, “but you do not realise the shame of it. People have not spared us.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think that it took me an effort and a little time to realise where I was, and that it was Jonathan who was bending over me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But what these Victorian Age composers didn’t realise was that destiny was about to give them a tremendous jolt. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

My father must have realised the depth of my resolve not to stay in the tribal reserve, for he simply laughed; he never brought the issue up again during our stay. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was so lost in what she was doing, it took a while for her to realise I was there. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was when I realised they were back on the subject of this rumour. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had milked a goat, she realised with a start. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was like the split second before you step into a puddle, you realise it’s there, but there’s nothing you can do about it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I thought this was just the drugs, but then I realised his mind was clear enough. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they believed her story, and it was doubtful they would, they almost certainly would fail to realise what an astounding event it was that had taken place in the classroom that afternoon. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn't realised that Muslims can even eat meat that is kosher, but Jews cannot eat halal meat. My month of being Jewish 2010-04-08T07:00:00Z

No, I realised, that was not the question. When good TV goes bad: how Game of Thrones became a throng of dire old vice 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z

In fact, now that he thought about it, Christ realised that the stranger was unlike anyone he had ever come across. Philip Pullman: The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z

Even Don seems happy for her – "Don't worry, I'm not going to ruin this for you" – until he realises that Betty has been a pawn. Mad Men: season one, episode nine 2010-05-25T17:15:00Z

It’s the moment, when director George Miller shifts gears from Mad Max to Mad Maximum, and you realise you are watching an action film determined to push things as far as possible. Mad Max: the story behind the flame-throwing, scene-stealing guitar guy 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

The hardest part of the shoot, though, came when she realised she would have to ruin the skilled work of Pinewood Studios' carpenters. Set designer Eve Stewart: 'Get me nine tons of Scottish seaweed!' 2013-02-03T20:00:03Z

A few weeks earlier, he realised that "people are more interested in hearing about my regrets than my achievements". Nihal, Nick Clegg and Armistead Maupin – radio review 2013-02-08T07:00:00Z

"It was very emotional to realise we had a copy of one of the most famous books in the world," said Mr Cordonnier. Shakespeare Folio found in France 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

Stopped clocks, rooms paused in time, a name that literally translates as "enough": Satis House is home, prison and memorial – a wonderfully realised expression of the contradictions of being at home. Stuart Evers' top 10 homes in literature 2012-07-18T15:10:43Z

The story continues a decade after the first instalment, which concludes with the unnamed narrator realising his manipulative and aggressive companion, Tyler Durden, is his own alter-ego. Fight Club sequel due in 2015 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

We no longer suffer from rigid and risible affiliations to a single genre: we have realised that having both Animal Collective and Beyonce on your iPod isn't going to split your psyche asunder. Silibil N' Brains: California Schemin' ? the end of authenticity 2010-04-17T23:09:00Z

It was only when I found myself writing things I didn't realise I knew that I said, 'I'm a writer now.' The American dream 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

I'm enjoying it, then, for all of these very good reasons – but also, I realised this morning, because of its worshipful attitude towards food. Food writing, glorious food writing 2011-07-15T11:53:01Z

Remember that lurch in your stomach when you realised that Donald Trump had been elected as US president? Vote your cast: who is the greatest fictional US president? 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

Someone does realise this, and has tried to do something about it. TV review: Henry VIII's Enforcer: The Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell 2013-05-25T07:00:27Z

The problem is so glaring, even the Smurfs themselves realised they needed to do something. The Smurfette Principle: why can’t Hollywood accept gender equality? 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z

Suddenly I realised that Tom had walked into the crowd and stood over the guy. 'I was gutted that I'd been such a coward': photographers who didn't step in to help 2012-07-28T00:48:00Z

When realising he would 40 minutes late for the gig at the Engine Shed in Lincoln on Saturday he announced a free drink for the 835-strong crowd. Delayed comedian buys audience drink 2014-03-30T12:29:46Z

What's most amazing, now, is realising how young Morris was when he made the work. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato 2010-04-15T20:30:00Z

“It does become emotional because you realise these women were operating, dreaming and engineering in a matrix that was filled with racism, sexism and discrimination,” Williams said. Hidden Figures offers crowd-pleasing biopic of historic women of colour 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z

I realise your only cultural references are novelty records you've produced, and probably a biography of Louis B Mayer you got a quarter way through in 2005, but you may be assured this is serious. Simon Cowell and the Witches of Eastwick 2010-07-15T18:59:00Z

A blessing in that he was able to so completely realise his own vision, but a curse in the sense that his vision is often so astonishingly cock-eyed. The 101 strangest records on Spotify: Luie Luie – Touchy 2012-11-06T10:54:01Z

He'd even warned us, we realised: "It is not marked on the map." Robert Macfarlane: rereading Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male 2013-03-15T12:03:22Z

Back at home, Danica had realised something was very wrong and had surreptitiously started to research symptoms on the internet. Jason Russell: Kony2012 and the fight for truth 2013-03-03T00:05:34Z

The moment he tried stitching a ball to an Airblade, before realising that his ball addiction was spiralling dangerously out of control. After Lincoln, who's next for the Hollywood biopic treatment? 2013-01-25T13:00:00Z

It was only when Israel Folau began posting “hell awaits homosexuals” on social media that I realised I had to tell the story of the club – and my own story. Joining the world's first gay rugby team changed my life. So I made a film about it | Eammon Ashton-Atkinson 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

I've realised that there are two subjects at the centre of everything that I do: the first is the waywardness of the human mind. Mark Haddon: 'What I love about theatre is that it's like being a kid again' | Interview 2010-03-28T00:06:00Z

We didn't realise there was a following in Europe. How the midwest won over the dancefloor 2011-03-03T22:10:01Z

It feels as though streaming’s phase one – a wild west where scrappy underdog services attracted big-league talent by offering to realise all their weird ideas that television would not touch – is over. I Love Dick, Lady Dynamite and the death of 'quirky' comedies 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z

It was the look of someone realising that her family would be homeless in a matter of hours. No place like home: America’s eviction epidemic 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z

Indeed, we were going to call it summer sports, until we realised that being a world-wide online camera club, it's not summer for everyone! New assignment: Photographing texture 2010-06-25T13:53:00Z

The report also stated it took Stone a few days to realise the extent of the injury. Emma Stone denies injury caused by fall at Spice Girls concert 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z

After Boris Johnson announced a nationwide lockdown on 23 March, they realised that would be impossible. ‘We grieve’: the anguish of not seeing a new grandchild amid the pandemic 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

One of the delightful discoveries of travelling in India with her was realising that we never seemed to tire of each other. Lockdown has been a bumpy ride towards rediscovering the joy of our marriage 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z

Jack and Sam realised that was not just unexpected, it was momentous. You ain’t heard nothin’ yet: the moment Al Jolson sounded the birth of the talkies 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z

There were some good moments - the hour was over before I realised! ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z

Here he is after his wife's death when he realises the futility of existence. Something wicked: the best Macbeths in clips 2013-02-28T12:09:09Z

It was only after I became successful that he realised I was more disciplined than he’d thought. Tommy Hilfiger: 'I've been buried under an avalanche in Austria' 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

Oh, how he laughed himself to sleep every evening, realising the studio’s error in granting him sole ownership of merchandise rights. May the farce be with you: the Star Wars Holiday Special they want us to forget 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

The hyperbole that accompanies much of today's output – "expansive", "immersing", "emotive" – was first fully realised in its shadowy, cyberpunk world. Deus Ex: Human Revolution ? review 2011-08-20T23:05:24Z

I realised there is a universal youth culture. Haifaa al-Mansour: 'It's very important to celebrate resistance' 2013-07-13T23:05:04Z

A company based in San Francisco, Gravel & Gold, has been selling breast-adorned products since 2011, starting with a top, until it realised the print worked on everything from pillows to shower curtains. Is that a breast on your kettlebell? Why 2018 is the year of boob merchandise 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z

Baylis's vision of opera, sung in English for the people of the capital, continues to be realised at the English National Opera company. Rivers of babble on: how word became the servant to music 2013-06-28T17:59:00Z

"She's about to get married and realises last minute it's the wrong thing to do," she added. EastEnders Sharon defends return 2012-08-13T05:31:53Z

When she looked at his profile on academia.edu, she instantly realised that his bio was a copy of mine; the papers he’d supposedly written were actually by me. Experience: I tracked down my impostor 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z

"I knew that I loved singing, but I didn't realise that other people loved my singing," says Georgia. Broods: New Zealand's next pop export 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

Ever since I realised that finding myself meant finding her, and accepting and loving her the way I did as a child, I have felt soothed. Elena Ferrante: ‘One morning I looked at myself in the mirror and recognised my mother’ 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z

I got sick, had surgery and woke up in intensive care, and realised I couldn’t keep swinging from branch to branch. Lena Dunham on Love Island: ‘I'm asking the same question they do – can you love after hurt?’ 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z

But if you look again, it's alarming to realise how thoroughly the legend of escape becomes a new kind of prison. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood & the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright – review 2013-01-30T12:00:02Z

His PR representatives seem to have been disappointingly slow to realise that, if you're an actor hunting for widespread approval, you don't do Scientology. Two men. One dream 2010-08-05T07:00:00Z

Older Together appears to be a cloying step too far until you realise it's about Jack's mother. New band of the day – Black Light Dinner Party (No 1,469) 2013-03-12T16:11:55Z

Occasionally, you even see people do a short bunn- dip when they leap to their feet too quickly and then realise that no one else is following. Standing ovations: what makes you leap to your feet? 2012-12-17T16:34:22Z

After she gets out, Qiao realises Bin has moved away from Datong and abandoned her, and she tries to confront him. The best movies of 2019 that you haven't seen 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z

“At some point I realised my mom had gone. I don’t know where she went and I didn’t really register her leaving but she was no longer there. Then he molested me,” she added. Roman Polanski accused of sexually assaulting 10-year-old girl in 1975 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z

"We are enormously excited at the prospect of working together to realise our shared vision for epic drama of a truly spectacular scale." Sky extends deal to air HBO shows 2014-01-31T11:36:18Z

One morning, around six weeks in, I reach over to stop my 5.50am alarm and realise I’m actually looking forward to the session. Mind, body and soul: the rise of the holistic wellness makeover 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z

Eventually, his family realise he is working in a bookshop in Sheffield, his former ambition to become a journalist remaining unfulfilled. The View on the Way Down by Rebecca Wait – review 2013-04-13T10:31:01Z

When I got back to London, I started listening to the songs I'd played with her and I realised the magnitude of them and I fell in love with her voice. Patti Smith: how she rocks our world 2012-05-26T23:15:26Z

It was only as he fought back the urge to write a suicide note while simultaneously transported by the deeply felt beauty of it all that the reporter finally realised Roy Harper's great originality. Roy Harper: 'I'm not very communicative' 2013-07-17T16:49:47Z

Hawks had been spot on about her career, as was the playwright Moss Hart, who told her: "You realise from here you have nowhere to go but down." Lauren Bacall obituary 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

Delmonte’s family – and IC Corp’s agricultural backers, who have experience in soy among other commodities – also realised that if this was a success it could open opportunities abroad. Uruguay to test world’s first state-commissioned recreational cannabis 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

She wants authors to realise that "the power of picture books is to not only reflect childhood, but to influence it". Are children's books too materialistic? 2013-04-22T13:01:10Z

I came to realise he is not just fun but a truly kind soul. 'She's 85 and can out-dance me': the joy of the age-gap friendship​ 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z

Everybody realises that councils have difficult funding decisions to make. Urgent warning over cuts threat to libraries 2010-10-19T14:48:00Z

On most dates, we would get around to talking about our stories of coming out: when did we first realise, how did our parents react, what did we call ourselves. 'Meeting new women became an addiction': one woman, 30 dates 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z

This could help us realise we are all passengers on Spaceship Earth. Gloria Steinem: ‘Go too far, or you’re not going far enough’ 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z

Because I had been under tremendous pressure all those months, I didn't realise that I was pregnant. Free at last... and they all owe?their lives to Amnesty 2011-04-02T23:11:34Z

I scrolled through an image search and soon began to realise that if anything, I was the creepy one. How I married a world-champion air guitarist who turned up on my doorstep 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z

Fetching the wine from the garage, where she stores it, she realised with dismay that the 36 bottles she had ordered online had almost gone. ‘I was hammered for the first month of lockdown’ – meet the people who quit alcohol in the pandemic 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z

What I can do is think about how I responded 10 or 20 years ago when people died, and realise that, I wasn't often very good with it either. Julian Barnes 2013-03-30T07:00:25Z

It wasn't until then that I realised that was exactly what I wanted to do – move into a field that was quite new to me. Scientists and their emotions: the highs ... and the lows 2013-02-10T00:04:02Z

It's definitely something parents should talk about, but you also have to realise that your child is going to experiment. 'Your child is going to experiment': what teenagers really think 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

Or, as she realised: “There are no miracles, there’s just undiscovered science.” Jennifer Gunter: ‘Women are being told lies about their bodies’ 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

“You realise there is a face to terrorism that is not the face you think.” Borat director Larry Charles: why I asked terrorists to tell me a joke 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

I hadn't realised it until I said it," he says, "but once I saw him, it was like, 'Oh okayyyy'. Chris O'Dowd: from The IT Crowd to Hollywood 2012-05-18T22:01:08Z

And the clothing store may have bankrolled her efforts more than they realised. Sister Act 2010-04-27T07:13:00Z

At a certain point he realises he's not the same as the human beings and he feels like a freak, he's treated like a Frankenstein's monster. Andy Serkis at Comic-Con: my ape role evolution 2011-07-22T15:02:03Z

But now I realise my father was making the whole thing up: horses make terrible computer programmers. Secrets of the pig's room 2011-02-19T00:04:01Z

It had never felt like something relevant in a public context until this moment where I thought 'hang on, it's important for people to realise that this kind of thing can happen to anyone, anywhere'. Shankar addresses Delhi gang rape 2013-10-04T17:32:21Z

By his own admission, it took some time for Attenborough to realise just what a threat humankind posed to the environment. The real David Attenborough 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

"It's only when other people visit that you realise you were surrounded by things that people are quite shocked by," Baird says, matter-of-factly. How Two Door Cinema Club became shock blockbusters 2010-12-16T22:55:01Z

A reader with even a smattering of biblical knowledge will realise two things fairly quickly. The Children's Hospital by Chris Adrian – review 2012-08-24T21:55:01Z

I first joined the Liberal party, but soon realised it was going nowhere, and that if I wanted a mainstream career I had better make the switch. Digested read: Outside In by Peter Hain 2012-02-12T22:38:00Z

In a flash of inspiration and broken glass, I realised I had been holding on to that thought for too long. Experience: I regularly smash things in a rage room 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

Eventually they realised that their opening hours had been changed on Google, so it appeared the restaurant was closed on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. 'Jewtropolis': antisemitic hack hits map used by Snapchat and Citi Bike 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

"All of a sudden the classics were transformed from being these stuffy books you were forced to read at school, into classic works of literature everybody realised had stood the test of time." Spin-off, sequel or sell out? 2013-12-29T02:44:58Z

But we soon realised Ellis's personality was softer than his smooth, silky ears. Family life 2013-03-09T07:15:01Z

After his first year, however, he realised it was writing that most appealed to him, and he switched to a degree in English literature, religious studies and history. Chinua Achebe obituary 2013-03-22T13:56:09Z

After seven years of study she managed a few six-month stints as a house doctor interspersed with sanity-saving sabbaticals before realising that medicine wasn't for her. Lissa Evans's small change from TV to books 2011-07-08T15:50:08Z

Phoenix has been a turbulent screen presence for so many years that it is startling to realise that he is only 43. Joaquin Phoenix: ‘There was a period when I wanted out. I wanted my life back’ 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

I thought long and hard about a fantasy Prom before realising that what I would most want to hear is Claudio Abbado conduct Mahler. My perfect Proms 2010-07-08T21:45:00Z

I hadn't realised how fully the play inhabits Africa until I heard the journalist Martin Meredith speak last year. Power and glory: how to tackle Shakespeare's revolutions 2012-06-20T17:59:07Z

It starts as a few small events but escalates, and when Estelle's old friend Sandor enters the scene, they realise that their attackers are something never seen before: they are living shadows. Soul Shadows by Alex Wolf- review 2013-05-26T14:00:00Z

When you think about it all in that way, you realise how diabolical this crime was.” Mark Ruffalo urges pope to use his new film to heal sex abuse victims 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

It makes one sorry for Firs – one realises how frightening it would be to find oneself locked inside the old Russian house. Before I Sleep; Eurydice; Macbeth 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z

So we played about with different scenarios and realised that in the silence is where you get to feel her feelings being hurt. Falling in love in a digital age 2014-02-15T10:32:43Z

The film works because Mr Lewis’s book focused on a group of oddball outsiders who realised before anyone else that the American economy was heading for disaster. Short and sweet 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

But music director Emily Leather realises Mozart's orchestra eloquently on the piano, aided by some eerie live electronic interventions from composer Harry Blake, who riffs cleverly on the original. Don Giovanni ? review 2011-08-24T17:41:34Z

The ultimate achievement, according to Waterstone, is to see your vision realised, often against the odds: almost all entrepreneurs, he thinks, are fighting against received wisdom. A life in books: Tim Waterstone 2010-09-08T07:00:00Z

Once the people realised they’d been duped, they attacked “with the fury of wasps”. 'They called me the antichrist': JT LeRoy, Laura Albert and the literary hoax 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

I realised that my goal here really is to represent – it sounds super-pompous – how we think and how we associate. Laurie Anderson: music for dogs and Obama 2013-02-13T20:00:01Z

I dearly wish I could make them realise how experimental it was and how we should not treat it as anything sacrosanct. Jaron Lanier: the digital pioneer who became a web rebel –interview 2013-03-17T00:05:39Z

But after 30 years of putting women over my knee, I’ve come to realise that for many it proves cathartic. My life in sex: ‘I have always loved spanking women’s bottoms’ 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

On day eight, after eliminating leukaemia and HIV, the doctors finally realised that Gordon had a rare condition called adult-onset Still’s disease. The Big Sick's Kumail Najiani and Emily Gordon: 'In America, the idea of a cross-cultural relationship is still controversial' 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z

She looked at me with tears streaming down her face before realising with horror that her partner was sitting on the other side. Bryn Terfel: 'I'd like to sing Citizen Kane' 2012-06-26T17:40:14Z

Skye and Derby's mum doesn't seem to realise that the other mums she is talking to clearly think what she's doing is disgusting. TV review: My Child's Big Fat Birthday 2010-07-20T06:59:00Z

Without anyone quite realising it, live performance has experienced a revolution. Plays beamed into cinemas: is this the future of theatre? 2010-08-22T21:00:00Z

"We even thought about doing another show with a big animal in it, until we realised that would be ridiculous." Puppets in Dreamland from the man behind War Horse 2012-10-07T18:04:51Z

One morning I woke and realised I’d slept all night without waking: this for the first time in more than two years. 'I was weak, despairing, confused': did writing a novel make me ill? 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z

I remember when we were working on Superbad, me and Bill Hader all of sudden both realised we knew that show. Scott Pilgrim Vs The World 2010-08-13T23:06:00Z

Watching the awards from my sofa this year made me realise television doesn't really do live music any more. Forget television ? the gig scene is live and kicking online 2010-09-17T13:33:00Z

Only later did I realise that time spent in the backcountry around the mountain can be even more rewarding. Six of the best US national trails – chosen by experts 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

I took it badly and then all hell broke loose when I realised I was pregnant. I’m having a baby with my ex – but long for us to be a family | Dear Mariella 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

Over time, I’ve come to realise that the biggest obstacle to my own treatment is the belief that perfectionism fuels my ambition. Great expectations: 'The quest for perfection has cannibalised my identity' 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z

I think people shold remember, or realise, it's fiction, now and then. The curious US cult of Jane Austen 2013-01-28T01:12:48Z

“Anti-Jewish feelings are definitely very alive and now coming from the left, and that’s rather puzzling. I don’t think people realise how pernicious that is.” Son of Saul's László Nemes: 'Our civilisation is preparing for its own destruction' 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

Eire first realised her parents were different when she was at primary school. What is it like to live with parents very different from you? 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

When journalists started writing about it, then you realise what people think you're doing.  J Mascis: 'I never took it that seriously' 2012-08-03T17:15:59Z

Don't you guys realise you love each other, I ask Cox. Brian Cox: Physics is better than rock'n'roll 2011-03-24T08:01:00Z

One only needs to look at the work of the first world war poets like Wilfred Owen to realise that poetry can be upsetting, graphic and hard hitting. Arts head: Sara Blair-Manning, the John Clare Trust and Cottage 2013-05-07T10:45:32Z

He tells me the scenes they appear in together were realised through old-fashioned tricks, namely using doubles and shooting on two layers. Viggo Mortensen interview: 'If I think a film's beyond me – that's a good sign' 2013-05-28T18:30:01Z

Film-makers are realising the potential of the home market and must address national themes. Grit in the masala: Aarakshan and Bollywood's social conscience 2011-08-25T21:30:01Z

When the Kennedy assassination happened, he realised he had a window of opportunity to pass legislation that could change this country. ‘Every country has its fearmongers’ – Bryan Cranston on Trumbo and Hollywood’s blacklist 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

She realised Lady Anne was on her uppers when Richard woos her. Ian McKellen’s favourite Shakespeare roles on film 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z

When she realised she was an outsider for an award, she was particularly excited – she’d been working on the very edges of her comfort zone. Jenny Beavan: ‘There was Cate Blanchett looking like an angel, and me looking like a biker’ 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

Astonishingly, as they read the scene together, it was clear that Corin had, at some profound level, retained his grasp of the text's nuances and the joy of realising his daughter was still alive. Corin Redgrave: a tribute 2010-04-07T15:44:00Z

But compare it to the relationship of Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation – so much funnier, more engaging and more mature – and you realise the real action has been happening somewhere else. Somewhere ? review 2010-12-09T15:00:00Z

We realised we have been sailing very close to the wind.” Nuns who inspired Call the Midwife forced to sell their home 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

Recently, I realised that I felt more than friendship towards her. I’ve fallen in love with another woman – but we both have husbands 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

Very much Pimm's all round, until you realise the distorted sample repeated throughout is saying, "Carving my initials on your forehead". This week's new tracks 2012-06-01T23:06:02Z

And sometimes I did starve myself and that's when I realised actually I'm losing my technique, my strength. Tamara Rojo: 'It's better to jump off while you're at the peak' 2012-10-05T23:15:01Z

Finally realising the futility of his pursuit, he headed back home and went to the lawyers. I was kidnapped by my mother 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z

She maintains the reader or viewer who comes to Austen via sequels and adaptations may find modern expectations "may not be realised by the original novel". Spin-off, sequel or sell out? 2013-12-29T02:44:58Z

"They don't realise that, if it wasn't for that era, there would be no house, no hardcore, no jungle or drum'n'bass, and no UK garage or dubstep." Disco gets lucky 2013-05-31T08:58:13Z

Now he was hearing it and realising that he had always suspected it was so. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan - extract 2012-08-10T21:55:10Z

"When I started writing with her," Green says, "I realised there was something almost goth about her … There's something kind of haunted or grave about her delivery." Adam Green and Binki Shapiro: 'We're kind of like each other's Golden Girls' 2013-02-08T13:00:00Z

Most performers can pinpoint a moment when they realised a life in front of an audience was one for them; perhaps uniquely, Mvula comes up with a story that involves being traumatised by applause. Laura Mvula: meet the world's least likely pop star 2013-05-04T08:00:00Z

"I believe that people are realising how important it is to have an understanding of our reality," he says. Scientists invade Edinburgh Fringe 2013-08-05T06:56:50Z

The only real risk being taken here appears to be by Ideal World, who in countenancing the link-up may find their happy shoppers suddenly wake up and realise the joke is on them. And Another Thing ? review 2011-07-12T18:00:01Z

We did six takes, and I realised they were in fact the first six performances of a new work. Merce Cunningham's last dance 2010-04-27T20:35:00Z

Holmes curses himself, she says, for not realising that the newspaper is a vital clue in "The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk". Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova – review 2013-01-04T15:19:54Z

Florence said: "We need to be more like the premiership and realise that the best fiction writers are not always from the English-speaking world." Hay Festival line-up revealed 2010-04-04T21:16:00Z

Don't you realise that from this moment, the audience will wonder only what is going to happen with the wild boar? Jean-Claude Carrière: 'If you want fame, don't be a screenwriter' 2012-06-28T20:00:02Z

Like Senses, it's a cocktail of sex, murder and guilt; but has the added element of an elaborately realised ghost story. Nagisa Oshima – a career in clips 2013-01-15T16:42:00Z

“It made me realise the critical importance of love in a child’s background.” Growing up with The Family: inside Anne Hamilton-Byrne’s sinister cult 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

Starring the late Charlotte Coleman, it's a series that's richly realised, full of the claustrophobia of growing gay up in a heavily religious community. Six to Watch: Modern novels on TV 2010-05-21T11:39:00Z

I cry when I realise there is still trauma in my body from the miscarriages we’d suffered. Tears, honesty and flirty games: how we escaped our married sex rut 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Karen Robinson for the Observer I realised I was different from the other boys when I was seven, but it wasn't until I hit puberty at 12 that I understood I was actually gay. Pride and prejudice for gay men 2011-02-20T00:05:13Z

They've become a bona fide YouTube phenomenon with a series of wonderfully original and supremely realised videos stretching back more than five years. Click to Download: Rough with the smooth 2010-09-30T21:15:00Z

It was only then I realised Mum was crying and Dad was nowhere to be seen. George Craig: Shuttered Windows 2011-07-22T22:02:01Z

"They were made by an independent studio for Goebbels's propaganda ministry and referred to as 'Raum film', or space film, which may be why no one ever realised since that they were 3D," he said. Nazi 3D films from 1936 discovered 2011-02-16T14:13:04Z

I didn’t realise that aspiring to be just like everyone else wasn’t my better self, and that while he protected me from other people, there was no one to protect me from him. I was taunted for having two mums in the 1980s 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z

Of course, Pepper Potts is the PA/love interest and not the hero, so we are in no danger of realising a feminist utopia just yet. Hollywood's latest craze: the over-40 female actor 2013-06-11T16:39:45Z

“I woke up and I realised I had lost both my legs and my right arm and I was just kinda, what’s my purpose now?” he says. Trigger happy: kids, guns and the American way 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

I start to realise that I might not be the sole intended audience for this exaggerated monologue after all. Jake Gyllenhaal: ‘I would love to not talk about my personal life’ 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

When women are in a blackout, things are done to them I was particularly at risk, but I didn’t realise it. My drinking years: ‘Everyone has blackouts, don’t they?’ 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z

A metaphor for the ups and downs of life, this brilliantly realised novel will leave readers grinning and thinking simultaneously. A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton - review 2012-11-17T09:00:00Z

I suddenly realised what a catalyst the war must have been. Small Island by Andrea Levy 2011-01-22T00:06:13Z

And what now of Ollie, last seen lying in a hospital bed, the colour draining from his face as he realised the enormous consequences of his actions? The Thick of It – Lines of the Week 2012-09-29T21:15:00Z

A few beats later, Dern pages through a scrapbook and realises that at 13, she had actually looked more childlike. ‘Suffering is nothing to be afraid of’: Jennifer Fox on turning her childhood abuse into devastating drama 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

I realise this is very general, but I’m wondering: why are movies such a powerful and magical form of expression for you? Spike Lee: 'Race relations today are the direct result of having a black president' 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

After checking the NHS website, I realise that a satsuma only counts as half a portion, which knocks me back down to three. The 10-a-day diet tested: 'I feel like a sentient composter' 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

And we might buy a studio's contents, and realise there are five other things we're interested in. Numero Group: the crate-digging record label's top 10 2013-06-13T16:05:50Z

For the first week Orunwari did not realise she was blind. Blind musicians lose their fear of the dark 2012-05-28T16:45:52Z

"They didn't realise we made so many references to Iraq." 2008 Macbeth: Is this a gun I see before me? 2012-08-12T17:30:01Z

He also realised that he liked a lot of takes. ‘Movie blood tastes so good’ – on The Neon Demon set with Nicolas Winding Refn 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

It's the finest piece of conducting in the class all week, a fully realised performance that does justice to the piece. A masterclass with Bernard Haitink 2011-08-11T21:30:03Z

This guy might wake up one morning and realise what he’s got, but I certainly wouldn’t hang around waiting for that day to dawn. My boyfriend cheated on me but I want to move in | Mariella Frostrup 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

I told him he was mad, too, then went off, tried it, and realised that, like Ken, he was right. Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks 2012-08-03T21:55:05Z

With its realist, documentary style, it shocked the nation into realising the scale of the housing crisis. Tony Garnett: 'BBC has little interest in poor people' 2013-04-11T16:49:45Z

I'm getting pretty blase about these sessions now - until I realise that the entire audience is made up of The Simpsons scriptwriters - including Matt Groening! Oscars 2012: Nominees' diary 2012-02-26T18:39:40Z

I had this fantastic band and I don't think I realised what I had in the guys until we made Quadrophenia in 1973. Pete Townshend: 'I can get a bit self-righteous now' 2012-10-09T16:58:10Z

Although he knew he wanted to be an actor, he had only a dim notion of how to realise his dream. Steve Buscemi: ‘I feel I haven’t fulfilled my true potential' 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

I realised that if you deny yourself things, you will binge afterwards, so I now eat proper healthy meals with my family. What I see in the mirror: Nadia Sawalha 2013-02-02T06:59:01Z

He is very big and very good-looking, girls often check him out, until they realise. Floods, fires and a very reggae Christmas: how autism touched my family 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Over the Easter holidays, my daughter heard another girl singing Let It Go, Frozen's centrepiece anthem, and they became instant friends, like two men at a barbeque realising that they support the same football team. Frozen-mania: how Elsa, Anna and Olaf conquered the world 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z

Piecing together the writing styles, Stevens realised that Williams appeared to be channelling different personalities as he wrote. Kenneth Williams: secret loves behind the life of a tormented man 2010-10-09T23:08:00Z

They realised things were changing when the pair drove over to Bennington's dad's house and heard their song on the radio. Linkin Park: 'We're famous, but we're not celebrities' 2011-07-07T22:30:00Z

I’m more cautious around people since being attacked, but I tell myself it was because I’m friendly with the bank staff that they realised what was happening. Experience: I was kidnapped by my lodger 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

At the match she realised that followers of a team are really part of a family. Mihir Bose's top 10 football books 2010-06-09T13:50:00Z

But the way the EBacc is currently framed will not allow this to happen and it needs to be changed, otherwise huge numbers of children will never be given the opportunity to realise their talents. From Hare to Hytner: leading cultural figures oppose the EBacc 2012-12-14T22:50:00Z

Suddenly the girls are gripped with a gut-wrenching fear as they realise they are not alone. Paranormal Activity 3: Is there a demon in the house? 2011-07-27T07:58:18Z

There is a world of massive uncertainty, a chaotic non-linear range of climate change impacts which the people realise is beyond the scope of modernity to even understand, let alone respond to. What zombie films tell us about climate change: there's no one happy ending 2013-03-22T16:37:53Z

Often I think I have written about a certain theme, but by reading the letters or reviews I realise that everybody sees the book differently. Isabel Allende: 'I have a foot here and a foot in some spirit world' 2013-05-04T12:00:01Z

She begins to realise that no matter how fast you gallop, you can never outrun the past. The One Dollar Horse by Lauren St John - review 2012-07-05T14:00:00Z

Hesitation followed, as I realised that if there were a self-publishing Archimedean point, it was well and truly rooted in quicksand. Looking for a great self-published book? Here's where to find it 2012-11-19T13:09:17Z

“I don’t know. But the same principle could be applied to the Earth. It could be moving around the sun without us realising.” Genius by numbers: why Hollywood maths movies don't add up 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

You may go into the record industry, for instance, and you might want to be a singer, and then you realise maybe I'm not the greatest singer but maybe I could do something else instead. Pete Waterman: 'I bought $80 of ganja on the beach and made a reggae record' 2012-07-04T14:58:30Z

According to Lee, “It wasn’t till she saw me on TV that she realised I was succeeding in something.” How to raise a rock star, by Dave Grohl's mum 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z

It’s a book about an Indian who goes to India and realises that he has no place there – it’s an area of darkness for him, because he’s lost his sense of caste. Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z

She realised they would have to meet up. ‘We were sexually frustrated’: did it work out for people who texted an ex in lockdown? 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z

I don't think he's realised that you don't need waterproof clothing when the skies are clear and temperatures are high. The Rolling Stones and all tonight's bands – live! 2013-06-30T00:31:00Z

And one of the milestones of adult life, I’d submit, is when you realise this is actually brilliant news. Are you married to the right person – and does it matter? 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

It's unsettling, because you realise that there may be things they can't do in one country. Hunted: created by the brains behind The X Files and starring a Summer Bay legend 2012-09-28T14:00:00Z

I wanted to be a primary school teacher but they both realised - even before I did - just how much I loved music. Talking Shop 2010-02-23T12:48:00Z

Within four weeks, I realised my morning runs were not just more manageable, but – and I am disturbed to even write this – enjoyable. Body transformation: from ‘dad bod to rad bod’ in just seven weeks 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

I am thinking which artist that is, and then I realise it’s a French range cooker. Stairway to heaven: Jimmy Page’s castle is his home 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z

After studying painting at Brighton, I realised I was more interested in making things, and applied to do an MA in sculpture. ‘We were let loose’: my art school days, by Peter Blake, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Steve McQueen and more 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z

Last weekend I realised with horror that they were beginning to sag slightly. United front: breasts without the airbrush 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z

Keeping real names shackles the imaginative writer perhaps more than they realise. Author, author: Antony Beevor on faction 2011-02-19T00:05:34Z

His last ambitious project was a planned animated film of Peer Gynt that, due to his failing health, was never realised beyond storyboard sketches and designs. John D Wilson obituary 2013-07-01T16:37:50Z

He is also known for the extraordinary prices his works realise at auction: his Architect's Home in the Ravine was sold for £7.7m at Christie's earlier this year. Peter Doig: a free spirit captured in Scottish National Gallery's retrospective 2013-04-29T15:53:58Z

As I got my bearings, I realised I'd somehow managed to walk into a corner on the direct opposite side of the room from the ticket booth and door leading to the coat check. Where are the world's scariest bouncers? 2010-03-29T15:31:00Z

It would all feed into his film-making, he says, although he only realised this much later. Alejandro González Iñárritu: 'When you see The Revenant you will say "Wow"' 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z

It’s shocking to realise how readily we set aside even our greatest ambitions in life, merely to avoid easily tolerable levels of unpleasantness. Oliver Burkeman's last column: the eight secrets to a (fairly) fulfilled life 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

As soon as he realised you could be funny as a job, that was the job he wanted to do. Seth Rogen: the slacker's guide to getting ahead 2013-06-21T23:01:00Z

“Their degree of enjoyment of life goes up a notch. They realise all they’ve missed.” ‘I’ve been told bacon smells lovely’ – life without a sense of smell 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z

It always felt like more of a live performance than a fully realised sitcom, and so it might turn out that Broadway might well be its natural home. Sitcoms that should and shouldn't be turned into Broadway musicals 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

I ask him what they think of his passion at work, and then realise that, as he owns the company, he probably doesn't know. The next big King: Elvis impersonators compete at European championships 2013-01-04T19:52:54Z

That essential freedom of the spirit is something that Henze's music yearns for and realises as completely as the work any other 20th or 21st century composer. A guide to Hans Werner Henze's music 2012-10-29T16:23:35Z

The architect, Bradford Lee Gilbert, realised that supporting a super-tall building using conventional techniques would require walls so thick that there would be little floorspace left. The up and up 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

A few weeks after that, I realise I’ve done The Gratitude Journal less. How to be more positive this year: 'Trump makes this much harder' 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z

And I realised what an idiot I have been. Music has died now I've thrown away my CDs and only listen on my laptop 2013-06-04T19:00:02Z

Watts said the film's director, Doug Liman, realised that she needed to toughen up, so she spent two days getting military bootcamp training of the sort Plame would have had as a spy. CIA spy outed by own side 2010-05-20T17:41:00Z

A movie in which Spider-Man met Hulk and the Avengers, realised well, would be a spectacular box-office draw and well worth the time and effort spent clearing up all the legal paperwork. Web of intrigue: could Spider-Man and the Avengers assemble on screen? 2012-06-11T12:36:38Z

“I realise it is only a tiny chance that I will ever meet them. I realise they don’t know I exist.” 'Do you ever think about me?': the children sex tourists leave behind 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z

I realised that I might be in labour when I was watching my cousins’ softball practice. Pushed to the limit: six birth stories from around the world 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z

It made me realise not everything is guaranteed. From the grime MC to the model: five men on what masculinity means to them 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z

It’s the sort of thing they used to show at Imax cinemas before they realised that people just wanted to watch Mission: Impossible films really big. Apple TV+: should you shell out for the new streaming service? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

As I walked towards the dot in the distance, I realised one of the sounds wasn’t a dog’s bark – it was more of a throaty yelp. Experience: I was attacked by a seal 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

It took me a while to realise that wasn't how you related to every aspect of the world, especially the press. Michael Tilson Thomas: 'The most important thing about music is what happens when it stops' 2012-05-25T12:04:46Z

There are just so many tears and crises along the way, but finally Ronnie realises her full potential as a musician and a strong person. Film review: The Last Song 2010-04-29T22:00:00Z

She had always wondered why she was the only victim there, and had come to realise that most victims didn’t know he was eligible for parole, or that we were allowed to attend his hearings. 'I'm Carmen. Nice to meet you again': why I faced my rapist in prison 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z

A lot of YouTube creators , the next generation, have said to me: “It’s because I saw Clerks that I realised I could do that.” Kevin Smith: how we made Clerks 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

“Now I realise, because I’ve been able to understand myself, and having been afraid for so long – I didn’t want them to think I was stupid.” ‘Of course I smoked marijuana!’ Elliott Gould on stardom, Streisand and Elvis Presley 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z

It wasn’t until she got to UCLA, however, that she realised she could direct: “I think it came that late because I just didn’t have any role models.” Gina Prince-Bythewood: 'Films about black women are the hardest to get made' 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

So I do realise it's a bit of a challenge I'm taking on. Molly on her Eurovision 'challenge' 2014-03-04T11:51:22Z

She might not realise how inspiring she was, cooking everything from scratch. ‘I never really buy anything ready-made – not even sandwiches’ | Kitchen encounters 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z

Most of us realise that the more you stretch a theory, the more holes tend to appear in it. Civilization: The West and the?Rest by Niall Ferguson ? review 2011-03-25T12:37:09Z

The pain was instantaneous and overwhelming, I knew pretty much immediately that my back was broken and quickly realised the situation could get very serious. Experience: I snowboarded down a mountain with a broken back 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

"I realised in anguish there were some books I'd better reread before I die, so I decided to read it again in French," she said. Nadine Gordimer advocates book over screen for the imagination - and Africa 2010-05-30T22:13:00Z

The reviews were polite but not much more when Noma first opened for business in Copenhagen in 2003 and Redzepi realised he had to rethink his gastronomic concept. Digested read: Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine by Rene Redzepi 2010-11-22T21:00:00Z

When he realised he wanted to make films, he was mocked by his friends. Luc Besson on turning Rihanna into a 28th-century Cleopatra and being stood up by Prince 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

I tried it on one night and quickly realised I couldn’t get out of it. Rhys Ifans: ‘My best kiss? It was long, slow and forbidden’ 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z

Like realising our first home, where I lived until the age of seven, was nothing short of a slum: eight of us slept in two tiny, damp bedrooms. ‘Being poor is not inevitable or due to personal flaws. I know, I’ve been there’ | Mary O’Hara 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

She’ll realise her inner strength and beat this symbol of patriarchy. How we made A Nightmare on Elm Street 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

The more I thought about it, the more I realised that the biggest, most transformative moments of my life came through crisis or failure. Why we should learn to embrace failure | Elizabeth Day 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z

When, forced to turn down cinema’s volume, Hollywood finally realised it needed to turn up the imagination. Could coronavirus-enforced streaming mean better blockbusters? 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

Did the public realise that arrest need not lead to a charge - that it is, in essence, nothing more than suspicion that a person has committed an offence? Arrests - is it possible to publish names without mud sticking? 2013-05-08T14:02:00Z

"We realised we'd all made our best work when we were 14, and wanted to work together again," they told me. New Edinburgh act of the day: Idle Motion 2011-08-10T13:08:44Z

Bailey realised that was what he actually enjoyed – deconstructing humour. Bill Bailey: Bill's excellent adventure 2013-04-19T14:00:00Z

When she wakes up, Moore realises that she is suddenly living the life of a celebrity profile. Crazy, stupid, love: the mind-altering obsession taking over romcoms 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

"I had experiences in Calcutta that made me realise, I don't think I can go back to the UK and continue trying to beg money to put on a silly play," he says. Andy Mulligan talks Trash 2010-12-20T14:00:00Z

At the beginning of the third one, I realise that, if I were there, I would have started peering awkwardly around the audience by now. Going out by staying in: where to watch the arts online 2010-07-25T20:31:00Z

When did you realise that you resembled Wolfowitz enough to play him in Vice? Eddie Marsan: ‘My wife says Twitter is my midlife crisis’ 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z

The poor girl wouldn’t stand a chance, except she bumps into a suicidal homeless man with an enigmatic past who suddenly realises he has something to live for. Every Jason Statham film - ranked! 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

It isn't till it's all over that you realise that the sheriff of Nottingham is only a footnote, reduced to a couple of buffoonish walk-on lines. Film review: Robin Hood 2010-05-11T19:26:00Z

I realised what Australians had done to their indigenous population, to their other: they'd disappeared them. The Saturday interview: Janet Suzman 2011-08-19T23:10:48Z

Batman Begins arrived in cinemas at a time when studios were largely clueless as to how to realise comic book material on the big screen. Why Christian Bale will always be the best Batman 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

Thereafter, what I have realised is that others take their lead from you. ‘Cancer I could deal with. Losing my breast I could not’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z

I’d heard of Stanley Kubrick but didn’t realise how special he was. An electrician remembers: I worked with Jack Nicholson and Stanley Kubrick 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

That was the first time I realised the importance of thinking ahead, and I’ve prepped in a small way ever since. Worst case scenario: the ‘preppers’ gearing up for cataclysm | Alex Moshakis 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z

So when they realised they had never seen me with a man, out popped the inevitable, nausea-inducing questions: “Why aren’t you married?” I’m a relationship virgin: I’m 54 and have never had a boyfriend 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z

Actually, we realised that in an episode of Breaking Bad, Jimmy mentions his second wife at a certain point to Walt – a completely throwaway line written years before we ever thought there’d be a spinoff. Vince Gilligan on Better Call Saul: 'We dread the future as much as the fans do' 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

With the court appearance, Paul realised that he would be likely to lose his job and his home if he did not get things under control. ‘I was hammered for the first month of lockdown’ – meet the people who quit alcohol in the pandemic 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z

But what rich people don’t realise is how unbelievably easy it is to get fired. ‘Poor people don’t plan long-term. We’ll just get our hearts broken’ 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z

But when he arrived at knowledge he realised that mountains were not mountains, until he understood their very substance, and then he knew that mountains were just mountains after all. Readers recommend: songs about philosophers – results 2012-11-22T14:30:00Z

We see young Lucien startled by an antisemitic cartoon poster, and realising that this crude daub is supposed to refer to him and his kind. Film review: Gainsbourg (Vie H?ro?que) 2010-07-29T21:25:00Z

Her infinitesimal attention to nuanced colours and textures in the Debussy was even more special – though admittedly his piano writing works, however difficult it may be to realise. Magdalena Ko?en?/Mitsuko Uchida ? review 2012-05-20T18:31:07Z

I realised people were asking that because they were comparing their own sexual frequency. Sex schedulers: meet the couples who diarise their love lives 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

One of the key moments in the series is when she realises that almost everyone knew about Mitch and she sets out to expose this culture of corporate silence. Jennifer Aniston: 'A lot of guys are narcissists. They think every woman wants to sleep with them' 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

It was Judith Butler’s seminal theory of gender as performance, fully realised. The Good Wife: a feminist successor to Sex and the City 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

His true love was the theatre but he realised, with Spockish prescience, that the industry was changing and he should carve out a screen presence for himself first. Zachary Quinto: 'Playing Spock was about cultivating an inner life' 2013-05-04T17:00:02Z

Until I developed this aversion, I never realised how frequently they appear. 'I feel I might die any waking moment': can I escape the grip of PTSD? 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z

You have only to ask the questions to realise the fatuity of the idea. Everything you need to know about the internet 2010-06-19T23:14:00Z

The media officer of one of the UK’s top medical schools doesn’t realise she hasn’t muted herself as she puts me on hold. Foreskin reclaimers: the ‘intactivists’ fighting infant male circumcision 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z

Then I realise … It's one of my movies. Alan Parker: 'I like the craziness of the film set' 2013-01-24T19:00:00Z

"You want to be where the bigwig politicians are, obviously, so you run around grabbing interviews until someone realises you don't have the credentials to be there." John Oliver: a very British coup 2013-06-07T22:00:00Z

“Lindsay realised how badly she came off on the programme, so had a haircut and figured that would camouflage her inherent mean-spiritedness.” It's time for The Apprentice to clear its desk and go 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

But they all realised, to their benefit, that it took every single one of them to make the show that good. 'Jennifer Aniston cried in my lap': the inside story of Friends 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

Luke doesn't realise until quite late in the story that their efforts are being sabotaged by his Mum's new boyfriend whose grandfather owned the land on which the waste plant is to be built. For The Record by Ellie Irving- review 2013-05-21T08:00:00Z

Despite that, I don't think I ever realised the chorus was a metaphor. Six Songs of Me: John Burns of Juan and Only 2012-08-24T08:55:00Z

As a half-hearted police investigation begins, Simon realises he isn't sure whom in the town he can trust: as friendly as the inhabitants seem, no one really appears to be trying to find his parents. Novelist proposes to girlfriend in print 2011-04-08T11:55:24Z

The Stones had always been a blues cover band, but then they realised they had to write their own. The Rolling Stones: a career in quotes 2013-06-26T12:29:44Z

"Listening to her, I realised that in music, there is this ability to shake off those stifling ideas about what women are 'meant' to be." Tune-Yards' Merrill Garbus on life after lo-fi 2011-04-07T21:29:00Z

Donaldson says "he realised, at an early age, that happiness and beauty were transient". Two hundred years of nonsense 2012-05-22T07:39:49Z

“I realised I didn’t have to. That it was a totally unnecessary part of the experience.” Jesse Eisenberg: ‘Do you look at me and think, God! What an indulgent prick?’ 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z

As a teenager I felt abnormal, until I came across fetish magazines like AtomAge, Shiny and Smooth, filled with pictures of people wearing latex clothes, and I realised, with relief, there were others like me. My life in sex: ‘My rubber fetish has enriched my life’ 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

"I'm trying to get people to realise what these young fellas went through," he says. Korean war: a British soldier's memories of a forgotten conflict 2013-07-24T13:56:37Z

“So what happens is, I realise in myself, you get so triggered. The trauma of it. This high anxiety happens, along with a strong morning coffee, and you feel like: ‘What’s going on here?’” Rosanna Arquette: ‘They said I was a pain in the ass. It’s not true’ 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z

“I realised, this is the life I want!” Patricia Clarkson: ‘I’m a free spirit… this is the life I want’ 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z

It is also important to realise that science is an increasingly collaborative endeavour. Science funding and the EU: you've got to be in it to win it 2013-01-27T00:06:16Z

Being in the US also made her appreciate what she had left behind; she realised how focused on western culture her education had been. Lupita Nyong’o: ‘Under the makeup, Star Wars is just human wants and desires’ 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

I soon realised that I wasn’t your priority and never would be. A letter to … my husband, who simply stopped loving me 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z

I help people realise that the biggest prison is in their mind – and to be free of the past means not to run from it or forget it, but to face it. Mind power in Auschwitz – and healing decades later 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

Then you get an uncomfortable moment where you realise there's this little bag you're holding that's filling up with phenomena that don't really fit the model. George Saunders: 'It was good to have a painful immersion in capitalism' 2013-05-26T08:00:06Z

“He didn’t even realise how vast what was about to take off was. If he’d started a couple of months earlier, infrastructure in place, who knows what would have happened.” Michael Moore: 'We have the power to crush Trump' 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

I realised that was a bad analogy because his neighbour was Gordon Brown. Jeremy Vine: 'I've been tailgating the greats' 2012-06-09T23:05:09Z

Indeed, executives I know at a macho and hitherto notoriously anti-female conglomerate recently started actively recruiting mums, as they realised they work harder. Do Marissa Mayer's maternity plans make her a fit role model for women? 2012-07-21T23:05:56Z

He thinks about the green light at the end of Daisy's dock and about how Gatsby ran at it, stumbled and lost, not realising that his dream was already behind him. Autumn movie preview: how this year's Oscar contenders warn of America's fall 2012-08-09T19:00:00Z

And all at once we realise we are on a movie set: a giant, exterior mock-up of Paris, complete with Métro station and 160 extras. Fran?ois Truffaut ? the man who loved actors 2011-02-17T22:23:01Z

Hopefully though, the film will realise that this was just a blip, and dedicate a suitably short scene to it. Britney Spears' Lifetime movie trailer: knickers, self-destruction, and Slaves R Us 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z

It was like holding a mirror up and realising I was in serious trouble. Belinda Carlisle: ‘After my cocaine use, I can’t believe I’m not dead’ 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z

It's always meant a lot to me, but I didn't realise how passionate I was about it. Emin: 'It's like being touched by a ghost' 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

RG I didn’t realise that was part of the code. Hannah Gadsby meets Roxane Gay: ‘Trolls get incensed by a woman daring to think she's funny. I'm very funny’ 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

“It is a vast sequence that could not have been realised using 1970s technology,” Walsh said. Flesh Gordon? Artwork reveals erotic version that was never made 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z

But of course once you see yourself back, you realise it's not like that. High-definition TV is the nemesis of every actor of a certain age 2013-02-18T11:05:22Z

Then, in 2018, when looking for other Buseks online, he happened to send a friend request to Lucy, Paul’s daughter, not realising she was his niece. ‘I gulp back feelings of regret’: how I found my long-lost sibling 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z

My son wanted to be a footballer then a musician but soon realised while these both were fine hobbies they would not support him. Call to secure arts in curriculum 2012-11-17T00:03:02Z

In my early 30s, I started to realise I was avoiding something on a personal level, but also as a writer. Pulitzer playwright Ayad Akhtar: 'I was in denial' 2013-05-07T17:26:22Z

He was one of the first English-language journalists to interview Mussolini – and realise what a dangerous man he might be. Ernest Hemingway and the highs and lows of Paris 2012-05-17T10:19:37Z

But, at the same time, I realised that here was a man who made films his own way, on his own terms. My obsession with Andy Milligan's cult horror movies 2012-06-14T19:00:05Z

When he was trying to bulk up, he soon reached a ceiling, he says, and it was only after getting the DNAFit results that he realised he was doing everything wrong. Rio Ferdinand: ‘I used to drink 10 pints then move on to vodka’ 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

When you start assessing those actors in the running for Duris's role, you realise just how easy a fit he is for it. Romain Duris: Hero or antihero? 2010-06-24T21:40:00Z

“I felt like I’d been 90 years old and now I was a teenager again. I realised I hadn’t seen anybody running for months.” Eight go mad in Arizona: how a lockdown experiment went horribly wrong 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z

Which should make us realise that, while this book may indeed zip along, there is something clever going on under the surface. The President's Hat by Antoine Laurain – review 2013-03-19T12:09:05Z

He starts something up with vulnerable informant Shardene Innes in season one, which might seem dodgy until you reach season five and realise they’re still together: he wasn’t playing around; he wasn’t taking advantage. Larry David to Lisa Simpson – life lessons from TV's top role models 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

This is backed up by a fully realised pop-cultural landscape that encompasses not only television but music, books, comics . . . even chocolate bars. The Diary of a Dr Who Addict by Paul Magrs 2010-05-21T23:07:00Z

Yet he was greatly disturbed for he had read his son's writings and now realised that possibly the whites were partly to blame for the oppression of the blacks. Digested classic: Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton 2010-05-21T09:30:00Z

My mistake, I realise, is in directly comparing Mouse’s Favourite camblue with those that I can enjoy whenever I fancy upgrading from BabyBel. To brie or not to brie: can vegan 'cheese' taste as good as dairy? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

Fortunately they were staying with her family and Anderson and her parents realised what was happening and got her help. How we stay together: 'When something bad happens, it doesn’t mean everything is bad' 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

As I grew older I realised that this wasn't the definitive Beatles sound I had imagined it to be – their songs hurdled genres and leapfrogged topics. My favourite Beatles song: Something 2013-04-10T10:07:51Z

I think the filmmaker realises this, and the whole talking incubator thing is done a bit half-heartedly, as if she knows it's a mistake. First Cut: The Incubator 2010-08-27T20:45:00Z

At some point, you will need restless chords to communicate the misery of realising that one is gay. The top 10 gay movie cliches 2013-03-25T19:40:00Z

RG It is, and I think that’s one thing people don’t realise. Hannah Gadsby meets Roxane Gay: ‘Trolls get incensed by a woman daring to think she's funny. I'm very funny’ 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

I didn't realise it at the time, but a systematic campaign of corporate-sponsored disinformation was at work sowing doubt in the collective American mind. 'I wanted to capture the horror' 2013-02-20T18:16:47Z

So we discover that these two people have met unknowingly before, at the graveside, where they expressed their grief in such different ways that they did not realise that it was essentially the same grief. Poem of the week: A Fire Shared by Peter Didsbury 2010-06-28T11:43:00Z

Instead, he tells them, they must use rational thought to realise that, over the border, they are as exploited as Marx hypothesised. Fastest! Tallest! Marxist! The visual art of Phil Collins 2011-02-06T22:29:00Z

But, since becoming a professional artist, Nash now realises the importance of paying for music. Nash bites back 2010-04-19T09:40:00Z

I remember realising that my American friends thought Irwin was the hero of that play! Niall Ferguson: 'The left love being provoked by me ... they think I'm a reactionary imperialist scumbag 2011-04-11T06:59:01Z

And when somebody punches you in the face you realise, like, I'm gonna fight! Jake Gyllenhaal: 'End of Watch changed my life' 2012-11-08T17:01:46Z

The lowest point in the fortunes of Cleopatra in Handel's Julius Caesar was realised through DiDonato's immaculately shaped line in Piangerò. Joyce DiDonato – review 2013-02-07T15:19:37Z

I didn't realise it was a romantic fantasy aimed at teenage girls. Charlie Brooker 2010-07-11T23:04:00Z

His point, I suppose, is that, faced with a glut of publishing, we're led to our choices by the literary establishment, thus buying into the overrating without realising it. Who are the most overrated contemporary writers in the world? 2010-08-10T16:11:00Z

What they may not have realised was that their snaps would be superimposed over the image of a rotting apple. The World Was All Before Them by Matthew Reynolds – review 2013-01-11T20:00:05Z

However, they soon realised they weren’t ready to stop exploring. How we met: 'I had this surge of adrenaline. I just had to get to know her' 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z

That was shocking but also a wonderful completion, realising that I was neither here nor there but occupied some liminal space, neither in one culture or the other. Ruth Ozeki: 'This book is about the character creating a novelist' 2013-03-07T09:00:01Z

I realised that Wilde's structure was this extraordinary metallic thing. Gerald Barry on his opera Importance of Being Earnest 2013-06-10T16:25:00Z

The agent heading up the investigations begins to realise that he must think outside the box and consider theories that the crime is tied to historical events if he is to save lives. Spike Lee 'closing deal' to direct terrorism thriller Nagasaki Deadline 2010-06-29T14:22:00Z

Just a second before she starts singing, she realises it's all too late. What's Wagner's secret? Love, actually 2013-04-25T16:00:01Z

Others have a more obvious connection: late in "Lost Someone", the reader realises that they already know how the story will end, since it is a different perspective on the events narrated in "Godwit". Something Like Happy by John Burnside - review 2013-01-19T09:30:01Z

“I realised what an investment people had in this family from the first film,” says Blunt. Emily Blunt: 'It's about human beings and how they're affected by a crisis' 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

But that's a great word to describe it: we exhaust every possibility until we realise what it needs to be, and when you get down to that point, the actors just don't care any more. Drake Doremus on Breathe In: 'I feel a mid-life crisis coming' 2013-07-18T14:20:20Z

"My parents pretty much realised that I would do whatever I wanted, and that was it, really," she said later. Amy Winehouse obituary 2011-07-23T19:08:11Z

He soon realised he had been using casual sex to cover up his loneliness. The power of celibacy: ‘Giving up sex was a massive relief’ 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

You listen to a work 10 times, and then you realise one theme is derived from a theme two minutes earlier. The Gothic Symphony: 'It's a Himalayan peak' 2011-07-13T20:30:01Z

About five minutes before Michael Pollan arrives I realise he’s sort of already here: just reading the menu with its references to “local”, “artisanal” and “heritage” is to glimpse his influence. Michael Pollan: ‘I’m uncomfortable with the foodie label’ 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z

"Tony made you realise you could do other things," said Morley. Manchester international festival: music gives it some fight 2011-07-13T15:44:25Z

You realise that you don't have to expend all that energy to get where you want to get. Robert de Niro 2012-11-24T17:02:00Z

In the scene, Marge Simpson wants to read Lisa a book she loved when she was a girl, but realises it is filled with racist stereotypes. 'Don't have a cow': The Simpsons response to Apu racism row criticised as 'toothless' 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z

No, it's a few stops before you realise who these people getting on the train are, bone-tired but indefatigable. John Lanchester rides the London Underground 2013-03-02T08:30:35Z

And when he realised he could not pay Kit's tuition, it was too late to apply for any other aid. A Hologram for the King – extract 2013-01-26T21:00:02Z

And then I belatedly realise Feldman isn’t showing off his past glories. Corey Feldman: 'The biggest problem in Hollywood is paedophilia' 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

Everyone on the factory floor, I realised, was a man. Tampon wars: the battle to overthrow the Tampax empire 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

His mother's reaction becomes clearer when you read the novel and realise the loopiness Parks is describing isn't of the common-or-garden variety. A life in writing: Tim Parks 2012-07-27T21:55:02Z

As I shoved dirty bedding into the linen basket, panting a little, I stopped, realising it felt weird. I know too much about my children’s sex lives 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z

As the narrative unfolded, it became clear that everyone around Billy had begun to realise they were out of their depth. Work harder and your dreams will come true? Don’t believe the snake-oil salesmen 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z

“I realised it was an interesting way to have frank, non-judgmental conversations with a teen audience about sex,” says Nunn, “but always in a light-hearted way.” 'Take care of your actors': the intimacy director keeping Netflix’s sex scenes safe 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

It is one of the biggest problems for humanity today and people don’t realise that. Michel Odent: ‘How long can humanity survive now?’ 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z

Er, didn't anyone realise thatthe entire audience would snigger every time someone says the word "bender" which is about every 30 seconds? Dev Patel 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

I think I'd realised that it was the start of another of our games. Spies by Michael Frayn 2012-06-08T21:45:02Z

“Secure people make you realise there is no threat,” says Levine. The attachment secret: are you a secure, avoidant or anxious partner? 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

If people haven't read them they think they're about political turmoil and the like, they don't realise these books are fantastic, great reads. Neil Gaiman wins Carnegie medal 2010-06-24T11:33:00Z

This is a tremendous novel: tender, sharp and formally daring, a portal into a fast-moving, vividly realised world. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid – review 2013-03-28T08:00:02Z

The child wants the toy, and at that age does not realise the value of money, he just wants to "beat the funny man". The Apprentice: Wholesale failures and successes 2011-07-07T09:33:59Z

“That is the sadness of being human today. We still don’t realise that there is no “other”. Liv Ullmann on Miss Julie, Donald Trump and why she hates the modern age 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

It was only later that I realised that he was only pretending to be a marketing guy. Then and now: Granta's best young British novelists 2013-04-06T07:00:20Z

Then at some point comes a bump, where they have to write a second album or realise they're stuck in a studio with people they no longer have much in common with. Til musical differences do us part 2011-02-10T21:29:00Z

“I didn’t realise that, in the ways that really mattered, I picked men who were just like him because they all had a hard time with intimacy.” Jane Fonda: ‘I'm very rarely afraid. Maybe emotional intimacy scares me’ 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z

I didn't really realise how much it was affecting me until I went to see a movie, Three Kings, with George Clooney. Meet the Islamic superheroes 2010-10-23T23:03:00Z

Bermel tends to build his music layer by layer, creating exhilaratingly complex instrumental textures, which Alarm Will Sound realise with great panache. Bermel: Canzonas Americanas; Natural Selection; Three Rivers, etc – review 2013-01-03T21:59:02Z

I realised that I had taken on this new, odd identity in America. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Facts are stranger than fiction 2013-04-19T17:29:01Z

I realise, instantly and with heavy alarm, that it is not Dirk Benedict. Bob Servant Independent: the don of Dundee 2013-01-15T06:30:01Z

A lot of people don’t realise they are stealing someone else’s cat: they think they are taking in a stray. Claws out! Why cats are causing chaos and controversy across Britain 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

But I realised that James becomes something else. The End of the F***ing World’s Alex Lawther: ‘He’s not a psychopath, he’s just very sad’ 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z

And at some point I realised: that is the act. Cate Blanchett: ‘I used to be very socially awkward’ 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z

The play, called Damascus, portrayed a Scottish salesman slowly realising the extent of his own cultural ignorance. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: David Greig on making a musical to rival Matilda 2013-06-18T07:00:00Z

The change of repertoire, he says, made the choristers realise that the singing should not be all about nostalgia. Welsh male voice choris: a vocal minority 2011-02-01T21:30:01Z

But even he realises things are not easy. Digested classic: Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton 2010-05-21T09:30:00Z

Only now do we realise what is involved in such a major change of life. Free at last... and they all owe?their lives to Amnesty 2011-04-02T23:11:34Z

Seeing the boy with a computer open, his forehead furrowed, ploughing through assignments, Salmon says, “I realised I had never seen him working before.” ‘I had no idea about the hidden labour’: has the pandemic changed fatherhood for ever? 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z

I hadn’t realised people were so keen to see Will Self get a drubbing until the reviews came out for his memoir – titled with characteristic perversity, Will, as opposed to the more obviously memoir-ish Self. The critical drubbing for Will Self’s book shows there’s a subtle art to memoir | Hadley Freeman 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z

“GHB takes over your emotional regulation system. So when you come off it, you realise you can’t cope with your emotions properly,” Beurmanjer says. It melts plastic and can kill – so why is club drug GHB on the rise? 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

Struck by the show's ability to meld theatre with game-playing devices, Fleetwood realised that the gap between live performance and online experiences was not a big one. Come and play 2010-07-08T07:39:00Z

Nothing worse then leaving the house then realising you need a wee. Celebrity Christmas wish lists 2012-12-21T17:00:00Z

Reviewers had confused the characters with their author: "I realised the difference reading Enid Blyton," he said. Slap author Christos Tsiolkas takes swipe at 'dry' European fiction 2010-08-15T17:58:00Z

I then realised that we had very different understandings of what was wrong. Ten airport horror stories that will make you never want to fly again 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

The thing is to get the first clue – that's when you realise what this song is going to become. Happy hour again: Paul Heaton tours UK pubs on his bike 2012-06-06T17:30:11Z

Shame, then, that the film itself is such a hotchpotch of promising ideas, many of which are only partially realised on screen. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2012-08-11T23:05:22Z

I realised I could probably stop worrying about devising a different Alan Turing–approved crypto phrase for my Gap, Asos and Victoria’s Secret accounts. Drowning in commitments? It's time to stop giving a damn 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

The exception was mealtimes: Dawn started to realise to her dismay that Abi had no real enjoyment of food. ‘I’ve been told bacon smells lovely’ – life without a sense of smell 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z

“We didn’t realise what a scourge they would become. It was mindless.” 'We just didn’t think about it': how did we let plastic bags get everywhere? 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z

Oh, to look at the world through those tired eyes, to realise that nobody can flee himself however much he wants to and then to hobble up Holloway Road, expecting nothing – at least nothing good. TV review: Horizon: The Secret World of Pain, Outside the Court, Episodes 2011-02-01T08:00:03Z

I am standing blankly, realising I have no idea what to do now, but the women look like butterflies, and there are people in the bleachers who shout as each limo draws up. A nobody's guide to the Oscars 2010-03-25T21:30:00Z

Please Mr Gove, realise that to be human is not just a matter of performing to standards but to be given the power and the confidence to make what we dream. From Hare to Hytner: leading cultural figures oppose the EBacc 2012-12-14T22:50:00Z

Meanwhile, "the liberal left, because they did not want to be seen as racist and did not realise the difference between multiculturalism and totalitarianism parading as a religion, were ill-equipped to deal with it." Reformed Islamist extremist spreads virtues of democracy through Pakistan 2012-08-12T15:35:58Z

Can he get through school and realise his dream? Batman's butler: origins and the most pointless prequels imaginable 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

But when I started shooting other darkrooms, like this one above, I soon realised that my project was about more than that: I was documenting people's personal workspaces. Photographer Richard Nicholson's best shot 2011-01-12T21:59:00Z

I watched it again with my friends and, seeing how their initial laughter gave way to groans of dismay, I realised I’d inadvertently created something powerful. Experience: I got stuck hanging naked from a tree 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z

But it made us realise that it had to be written 100% for children and not have knowing references aimed only at adults. How Horrible Histories became a huge hit 2011-03-17T20:00:01Z

And no, if you remember, there's a great, sweet close-up at one point of Andrew, near the end, and you realise that he's not at all bad, not even that boring. 'I hope I was evil ?' 2010-06-26T23:02:00Z

The film made me realise how much of her life was not in her hands. 50 documentaries you need to see 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z

And that made me realise that the whole superlab arc that preceded it, with all its misdirection and creeping dread, had been just as perfect. 'S’all good, man': How Better Call Saul became superior to Breaking Bad 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

The aim, possibly soon to be realised, is to have a permanent home in the village of Oxen Park itself – called the Carthouse. Cine-files: Oxen Park Cinema, Cumbria 2013-03-19T13:33:29Z

Sometimes you can even see the cameras on screen, but it’s cut so quickly you don’t realise. The best battle scenes ever shot from Apocalypse Now to Hacksaw Ridge 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

I realised that if you didn't have a recording on the market, then opera houses weren't that keen on you. Sarah Connolly: from triumph to tragedy 2013-06-21T12:01:00Z

You are more special to us than you will ever realise. A letter to … London, where my girlfriend and I could be out and proud 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z

Trubridge relies on a rationalising technique called “nerves aren’t real”, which he developed after realising that his nemesis is not a fear of the actual dive, but a fear of failure. How do we conquer Covid-19 fears now we can go out again? 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z

I was heartbroken when I split up with my last boyfriend after 16 months, but I quickly realised it saved me from the type of mediocre relationship that Tanner describes. Self-partnered: the sudden, surprising rise of the single positivity movement 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

During the workshops, the Australians who were taking part were staying near Russell Square and they did a double-take, recognising it as one of the locations, but we realised we hadn't even thought about it. Bryony Lavery play Thursday explores 7/7 attacks through eyes of passengers 2013-02-21T20:31:01Z

Dickens realised industrialisation meant there was a market for books as Christmas presents. World's first printed Christmas card goes on display at Dickens museum 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

A couple of years later, I had retrained as a journalist, got a job in London and realised we could move, home and all, to the Thames. Ten years living on a boat: 'It's a fun life – I'm not a watery hobo' 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

When I look back on the most difficult periods of my life, I realise that they were some of the most definitive in making me who I am today. What women want: a vivid portrait of female lives around the world 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z

You start to feel that need for something, without even realising what it is, and then you start searching for it, and I found it here. Meet the regulars: what makes people want to eat in the same place every day? 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

Never keeps photos from his films, or scripts, throwing them away, or since he's realised he can get a tax deduction for it, giving everything to Princeton University. Woody Allen: 'My wife hasn't seen most of my films... and she thinks my clarinet playing is torture' 2011-03-13T00:05:42Z

Lennon's own considerable literary potential was never fully realised. Peter Lennon obituary 2011-03-20T17:10:17Z

Robin's face, when she realised that the end of her mother's chemotherapy was not in fact good news, as she instantly thought, began to dissolve, but only allowed a subtle fracture in her impassiveness. Top of the Lake recap: season one, episode two – Searchers Search 2013-07-20T21:10:00Z

The first time he realised he was too skinny for the Big and Tall clothing store, he nearly cried. Director Kevin Smith on heart attacks, happiness, extreme weight loss – and Weinstein 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

According to Natterson they need more emotional and physical reassurance than we ever realised. Sex, porn and toxic masculinity: the struggle to bring up better boys 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z

“I think brands have realised that makeup isn’t just for girls,” Ball has said. ‘It's not about your age, it's about your ideas’: the teen power list 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

I would like to tell you that I realised these triggers because I am a genius. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

You don’t realise that the box is shrinking, or who is making it smaller. It’s time to make emotional abuse a crime 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

At first, Hirst's arrangements seem random, but you soon realise no colour is repeated on any one painting. Painter and decorator Chico Ijomanta on Damien Hirst's Spot Paintings 2012-02-13T22:06:01Z

The sound of an addled ad creative realising, belatedly, that nothing actually rhymes with "orange". Tango, the new TV advert 2013-07-13T05:00:00Z

No experience is ever wasted' This, admittedly, took a while for me to realise. Patrick Stewart: totally over the top – but impossible not to love 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

The following night, however, Tony woke in severe pain in his hotel bedroom and realised he needed help. Tony Nicklinson: 'I have a fear of living like this when I am old and frail' 2012-06-23T21:04:49Z

"I didn't realise that if you put a movie star in your book you actually get the movie star in real life," Cunningham quipped. The Hours by Michael Cunningham 2011-07-08T21:55:21Z

Imagine the jolt of satisfaction when Archimedes realised that something so ordinary could be scaled up – patterned up – to something powerful enough to destroy an enemy fleet. Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos| Book review 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z

"I never knew that, I never realised that, I never felt that" is what you hear from the departing audience when their evening has been well spent. Mere fact, mere fiction 2010-04-16T23:10:00Z

Where they once regarded themselves as the centre of the world, they now realise they are merely bit-players, utterly dispensable and already halfway towards the exit door. Before Midnight: Richard Linklater's search for a happy ending 2013-06-13T17:59:01Z

The two scenes might not want a lot to do with each other, but they share huge common ground, and more people are coming to realise that. Hip-hop and folk meet in a new wave of protest music 2012-11-06T15:45:00Z

Although they were thrilled, they were stunned to realise she was carrying twins. How we stay together: 'When something bad happens, it doesn’t mean everything is bad' 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

It’s only now I realise that when I sought a relationship with my father, the reason he fell so short of my expectations is that he wasn’t you. A letter to… Gramps 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z

As his red face loomed above me, I realised I would be able to answer his blows only with language. Extract: Jude in London by Julian Gough 2011-08-25T11:18:47Z

There is sexual politics, too, as David comes to realise that he is gay, or at least not attracted to girls. The Diary of a Dr Who Addict by Paul Magrs 2010-05-21T23:07:00Z

As I say this, I realise it’s true. Going it alone: why I chose single motherhood 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z

It's the kind of characterisation, realised through brief lines of dialogue, that Simon so excelled at in The Wire. Treme: season one, episode two 2011-02-25T23:00:00Z

You might not realise it from the film, but inmates in these establishments are promised up to 25 hours a week of education, skilling and other such activities, including programmes designed to improve their behaviour. Offender shows there is no justice for the young 2012-08-13T09:12:07Z

“I realised that Bombay didn’t have a sound when it came to independent music – it was all Bollywood – so I started using our local slang and rapping over free beats to make our Bombay music.” Indian audiences shun spectacle with Bollywood's first hip-hop film 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

However, I realised there were things I could do myself. Fiddler on the yoof ? My son the 12-year-old fiddle prodigy 2011-03-31T22:00:00Z

“In the drama, we managed to dodge a serious discussion about our future relationship. We may have avoided getting back together and realising it still won’t work.” ‘We were sexually frustrated’: did it work out for people who texted an ex in lockdown? 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z

When I wrote Noughts and Crosses, I was half way through it when I realised this was very like Romeo and Juliet. Blackman asks teens to 'remix' books 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

When his worst fears are realised he must remain level headed in the face of death. Bodyguard: Hostage by Chris Bradford - review 2013-05-25T14:00:00Z

I said: “Let me go and research him”, which is when I realised I knew loads of his songs. 'Donald Glover likes to learn, which made my job easier': the choreographer behind This Is America 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z

The first of these sequels, A Shot In The Dark, marked the moment where Blake Edwards would realise the potential of the Clouseau character. Blake Edwards: a life in clips 2010-12-16T20:47:26Z

I realised immediately that I had to escape or I’d be dead within the hour. A black pudding saved my life 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

But when I started the project I realised she'd kept the soap pieces anyway. When clutter becomes art 2012-02-15T13:15:10Z

As my eyes acclimatise to the jumble of shapes in the fallen masonry and junk at his feet, I realise there are not one but two skulls and a section of jawbone. Haiti survivors 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z

My mind once more shot back 43 years, but this time I realised I was not the young festivalgoer but – to my horror – one of the uncomprehending Isle of Wight locals. Are the Rolling Stones worth dying for? 2013-07-03T15:49:36Z

After people realised that excrement plus drinking water equals death, parliament passed the Metropolitan Water Act to “make provision for securing the supply to the metropolis of pure and wholesome water”. Why the modern bathroom is a wasteful, unhealthy design 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

Cut them into a montage and run it just as Chazz’s cop looks at everything on the bulletin board and realises.” How we made The Usual Suspects 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

They eventually realised that a problem caused by globalisation required an international solution. Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

"I'm interested in getting people to realise what I'm telling them." Howard Barker: 'I don't care if you listen or not' 2012-10-01T18:31:02Z

“For a long time I didn’t realise I was depressed,” he says. ‘Our goal is to halve the male suicide rate’: why no-frills therapy works for men 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z

Hans screamed, “He’s choking!” then I realised Richard was being strangled by his bag. Experience: I rescued a man dangling from a chairlift 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

Then I realised that to take it further you need jokes. Watch my lips 2010-05-07T23:06:00Z

I realised that the Americans had made a major discovery … putting abstract painting on its right scale. William Scott, the painter who made the everyday into a masterpiece 2013-03-02T08:00:10Z

It makes you realise just how collaborative film is – everybody involved from day one has been integral to the whole process. How we turned present-day Manchester into 1950s America 2013-07-19T08:00:04Z

Most importantly, the extra-terrestrial characters are being realised through actors, suits and animatronics, rather than CGI, a fact which drew a cheer from the audience in Austin. Predators: has this cash cow been sucked dry? | Ben Child 2010-03-18T15:50:00Z

At the same time, those who buy the single just because it's by Primal Scream might realise what dance music can offer. Bobby Gillespie: 'The whole rock scene is a joke' – an interview from the vaults 2013-02-27T16:05:42Z

The problem was that Antony did not realise how unpopular Grönemeyer is with German hipsters. What us Germans think of your taste in our music 2011-03-18T15:01:54Z

The singer published an emotional essay on his blog in which he described the turmoil he experienced when realising he was falling in love with a man when he was 19. This week's top five music links 2012-07-06T12:00:00Z

Last weekend's show began with Carr seemingly only realising he was going to be on air once he was. Going Out with Alan Carr 2010-06-23T07:00:00Z

Spend time on Fincher’s sets and you realise one of the most important qualities for his actors is endurance. David Fincher on Gone Girl: ‘Bad things happen in this movie…’ 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

“People don’t realise that what they do as an individual is so important because it affects those around them,” says Rosén. Could you give up flying? Meet the no-plane pioneers 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, on his part, if at 49 he’s only just realising you’re his best route to kids and family, then he’s either a slow learner or he’s been dawdling up until now. I want to leave my partner of 15 years. Am I being selfish? | Mariella Frostrup 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

Forgotten as darkness falls, seven toys realise they have been left overnight in the garden. Picture book roundup - reviews 2012-08-24T21:55:07Z

There is a madness in Shepard's vision of a restless America which this production, good as it is, has yet fully to realise. Review 2010-05-19T00:01:00Z

This newspaper’s Xan Brooks called Blade Runner “Scott’s most ambitious, fully realised film” apart from Alien, at the time of the Final Cut’s release. After Blade Runner 2049, which sci-fi cult classics also deserve a sequel? 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

A techno study of the fall of man, R.I.P. shifts through rooms of uniquely realised sound, full of squirming electricity, thudding bass and wisps of static. The best albums of 2012 (so far) 2012-06-14T19:00:06Z

Moving into new vocal territory, Toby Spence realises the possibilities of the title role with technical aplomb and commitment. Faust 2010-09-20T21:00:00Z

Once I'd read it, I realised it wouldn't – but it would be a good sitcom. How we made Men Behaving Badly 2013-03-18T18:30:00Z

It was only when I had children, over a decade later, that I realised what an egregious blunder that was. Woody Allen: 'My wife hasn't seen most of my films... and she thinks my clarinet playing is torture' 2011-03-13T00:05:42Z

"That's interesting because much later on, when they realised that a woman didn't have to climax in order to conceive, the idea of a woman enjoying sex was considered far less important." Formerly banned sex manual to go under the hammer in Edinburgh 2013-01-03T18:02:57Z

I've been much happier since I realised I wasn't the marrying type. Radio review: A month in Ambridge 2013-04-30T14:15:25Z

It’s only now, when I’m forced to confront the situation, that I realise how cut off I’ve become. Is it just me... or does everyone lose friends in their 30s? 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z

There were so many beautiful metaphors I couldn't use, because I realised Patrick Bateman would never use them in a million years. Psycho, genius ... fraud? 2010-07-26T07:00:00Z

You realise eventually there is no place like that. Mark Haddon: 'What I love about theatre is that it's like being a kid again' | Interview 2010-03-28T00:06:00Z

I was crying, but that night my wife said: “You don’t realise this now, but this is a blessing.” Experience: I was a gay-conversion therapist 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

“It took me a couple of years to realise: ‘I am not making a living any more the way I used to.’” Dermot Mulroney: 'I remember Charlie Sheen climbing over a balcony, half-clothed …' 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

Besides, he adds, if you stare long and hard enough at anything, you realise that pretty much every element is contradicted by another. Jim Jarmusch: ‘I’m for the survival of beauty. I’m for the mystery of life’ 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z

We have the greatest son I can imagine, I realise, wordlessly. The question we came to dread: ‘Are you going for a second child?’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z

I felt like the paranoid in a cheesy horror movie who realises that his worst fears are, in fact, real. A girl's guide to modern living 2013-04-20T08:00:00Z

Their brief affair was useful when she realised she had neglected to film Morris's victory in one decathlon event: the 5,000m run. The shameful legacy of the Olympic Games 2012-06-14T19:00:08Z

I had not realised what a big deal it would be. Peter Kosminsky: Britain's humiliation in Palestine 2011-01-23T00:03:05Z

What people didn't realise was that he'd always been into popular songs and Cole Porter and things like that, so his later move from atonality to tonality was a progression not a conversion. A life in music: Richard Rodney Bennett 2011-07-22T22:55:02Z

It was, I realised, the expression I adopt when watching videos of bumbling pandas falling out of trees on YouTube. Why your teenager thinks you’re an idiot 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z

What an experience it is to see it again, a movie whose vivid evocation of New York bears comparison to Scorsese but which I now realise I remember chiefly from one single scene. The French Connection: shock of the old 2011-07-14T11:24:26Z

Thinking about the women who were closest to him for the longest duration, one realises how reticent they preferred to be, particularly Baroness Willoughby d'Eresby and Susanna Chancellor. Lucian Freud obituary 2011-07-21T21:08:42Z

Finally, he said, he realised that when I was there he abdicated responsibility for them to me. Goodwill hunting in Spain 2010-12-18T00:07:22Z

Her body arches with tension when she realises her annual holiday with Karen will be shared with Joe, and there is a great moment when, left alone, she stares at a table in rueful stillness. The Children's Hour - review 2011-02-10T00:54:20Z

They realised they had the same sense of humour and taste in music. Explorers – New Band Up North #26 2013-05-13T16:00:01Z

London offers choice over chaos, but it only takes seeing every seat cover in the Birmingham NEC being thrown at Slipknot in 2002 to realise that, beyond the M25, they really know how to gig. Live music thrives outside the M25 2013-07-26T12:00:00Z

"You need a bigger office," I joke, not realising until later that it's just one office building out of a whole cluster. Jamie Oliver's FoodTube: why he's taking the food revolution online 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z

Showalter was the critic who realised that after the breakthroughs of the women's movement in the 1960s a new map of literature was required. John Sutherland's top 10 books about books 2010-12-30T10:36:30Z

I’ve just realised that this new flag parade artist entry format means you are basically going to be plastered with the thigh high boots drinking game rule right from the off. Eurovision 2021: follow all the action from Rotterdam – live 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z

My kids loved Mr Tumble but I realised that now was not the time to ask for an autograph. I've seen Jesus and thanks to Iain Duncan Smith She's in a bad way 2013-04-06T23:05:03Z

But being pregnant is often the first time that a woman realises that she can't always be mistress of her own body, that she is out of control and has to live with it. Rewind radio: Victoria Derbyshire; Tony Livesey – review 2013-03-09T22:50:01Z

That’s when we realise that Christmas will still happen even if we don’t transform into an entirely different cook from the one we are the rest of the year. Yotam Ottolenghi’s noodle recipes for post-Christmas comfort 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z

I realised I never felt so alive as I did on a mission, or so fulfilled in my job at home as I was abroad. David Nott: ‘They told me my chances of leaving Aleppo alive were 50/50’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

I realise, of course, someone could argue: "You didn't write Ulysses – what have you personally got to feel proud about?" Bloomsday: a rare chance to feel good about being Irish 2012-06-16T09:59:01Z

But, as time has gone on, I’ve realised how huge the show was. 'I forgot who I was': how Big Brother changed my life 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

The man charged with keeping Kitty safe was drunk when the fire was lit and by the time he realised what had happened, she was stranded in the first floor of a burning building. The Deuce recap: season two, episode four – Freudian slips galore 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

Each remake says more than it realises about its stars, and more than it means to about its stars’ feelings about their fans. Female success and male decline: what A Star Is Born tells us about fame, fear and feminism 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

I think there is a wave now of people realising that prison isn’t the answer, but I still see a rudimentary fixation on guilt by people from the middle class. Rachel Kushner meets Nicola Sturgeon: ‘I'm so glad I'm a novelist and not a politician’ 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

Object manipulation brings the storm and breaking boat fully alive, and there's a beautiful moment of tension just before the tempest when the silence and creak of imminent catastrophe is beautifully realised. The Tempest ? review 2011-03-18T22:00:01Z

It is only when you step past the facade that you realise these statue-like men are slowly destroying themselves. Gym, eat, repeat: the shocking rise of muscle dysmorphia 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z

That’s at least partly because Hollywood didn’t realise the strength of the market. Straight Outta Hollywood: how hip-hop saved the biopic 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

"When he died, I didn't realise what an amputation it would be." Obituary: Billie Whitelaw 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

I realised David was controlling everything in the room - the sound, the light, the air conditioning. 'The 1970s club scene in New York was special': Nicky Siano 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

Looking down, I realise that's where the opening of The Killing was filmed. The Killing: in cold blood 2011-03-31T07:00:00Z

Then, in 1950 a French geologist compared Meyer's shards with recent finds from the Isle of Pines, south of New Caledonia, and realised that they belonged to the same tradition. Lapita: Oceanic Ancestors ? review 2010-12-28T14:00:00Z

With some ruthless editing, this production could still realise its rich Indian potential. Much Ado About Nothing – review 2012-08-02T10:52:23Z

Photograph: The Granger Collection / TopFoto About six months ago, I realised that I had no idea what the handwriting of a good friend of mine looked like. Philip Hensher: Why handwriting matters 2012-10-06T23:05:27Z

I’ve started to realise that as you get older it’s more important than ever to have relationships with younger people in order to feel connected to the world. I’ll never be a grandmother 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z

Maybe we didn’t even realise that they are effectively the same thing, since almost everything we think of as “taste” happens through the nose. ‘I’ve been told bacon smells lovely’ – life without a sense of smell 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z

I never realised that my family wasn’t normal. Georgia May Jagger: ‘With modelling, sometimes you’re punky, other times girly and sweet’ 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z

Clearly you realised something was developing between them even before your mum knew, or before she wanted to admit to it. My mum and maths tutor are flirting, right under my nose | Mariella Frostrup 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z

Perhaps they want to see their worst fears realised on screen – then they become less frightening. 'Over one hour everything was cancelled' – how coronavirus devastated the film industry 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

The phone went dead, most likely because the caller heard my accent and realised they had the wrong room. ‘I liked going to New York as a drug trafficker’: Duane Jackson 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z

Well, yes, but I just felt so embarrassed that I hadn’t realised that earlier. Alicia Vikander: ‘I made five films in a row before I had a scene with another woman’ 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

It wasn’t long before she realised that “difficult” was a colossal understatement. Gabrielle Deydier: what it’s like to be fat in France 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z

But now I’ve realised the point of them is largely practical. Our gay wedding: ‘Does one of us have to play the groom?’ 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

I realise it might sound ridiculous to criticise the Conan stories for their attitude to women and race. World of Fantasy: Conan the Barbarian and his lily-white women 2010-05-27T09:35:00Z

And he began to realise, with a mixture of conceptual insight and lingering emotional attachment, that it required little or no artistic intervention beyond his first excision of the haunting fragment. Brian Dillon on John Stezaker at the Whitechapel Gallery 2011-01-29T00:06:00Z

Her writing is epic, her delivery piercing, and with the addition of her band her potential is realised. New band of the day ? No 958: Sound of Rum 2011-02-01T17:00:43Z

We will have cracked the secret of human memory by realising that it was never about storing things, but about the relationships between things. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z

The end of Running on Empty when Judd Hirsch realises he needs to let River Phoenix have a better life than being constantly on the run and tells him to cycle off to his grandparents. 'Absolutely kills me': you pick your saddest movie scenes 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z

What the spaceship didn’t realise was that it was also building a legend. 'Doctor Who' Series 8 Episode 3 Review: Robot Of Sherwood 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z

Perhaps when the first episode of the next series is broadcast, ITV will realise that it still hasn't hired any judges. The state of British TV: entertainment 2011-03-28T12:07:38Z

With spiders, I realised there was hardly any literature at all. Fritz Vollrath: "Who wouldn't want to study spiders?' 2013-01-12T19:00:00Z

You don't realise what a difficult childhood we had with a father who was a soap star and a mother who may or may not have commited suicide. Big Brother by Lionel Shriver – digested read 2013-05-13T05:30:01Z

Gradually he realises that he is accused of murdering his pregnant wife. Theatre review 2010-06-10T23:09:00Z

More recently, on his 75th birthday Foster realised he had, by then, piloted 75 different types of aircraft and was hatching a plan to display them, as models, in his chateau in Switzerland. Flight of fancy: how aviation changed art for ever 2012-08-17T21:55:08Z

I believe that it was this journey that Tessa went on, that was the most impressive, realising what is most important in life, and what is not. Before I Die by Jenny Downham - review 2012-07-24T14:00:00Z

In truth, I was realising again, since I'd known with innocent certainty throughout childhood. The gift of a lifetime: how trans 'top surgery' changed my life 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

The more she studied, the more she realised she was a useless painter. Cornelia Parker: A history of violence 2010-05-25T20:31:00Z

My uncle realised some form of entertainment was needed. Bradford: city of Bollywood dreams 2013-05-17T12:04:43Z

“Once people looked back at Funkadelic they realised, ‘Oh wow, people used their imagination.’” From Beyoncé to Sorry to Bother You: the new age of Afro-surrealism 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

It was the moment we realised how many people knew La Roux. Corinne Bailey Rae, Sir Mark Elder and other musicians' greatest on-stage moments 2010-08-05T20:30:00Z

I should have realised geniuses have needs and been more there for you. Digested read: Last Night At Chateau Marmont by Lauren Weisberger 2010-08-09T23:05:00Z

But by then I had realised it wasn't going to happen for me and I was quite happy being in the background. Big in Belgium: the British celebrities you've never heard of 2013-03-15T18:00:00Z

Every day for four years I've thought about making products, or doing something in the social connectivity world and I'm looking for code writers at the moment to realise this. will.i.am: 'The Queen reminds me of my grandma' 2012-06-28T19:30:00Z

"I realised that there was this horrible sort of shackling that those songs had done to me," he says. Edward Sharpe: go wild in the country 2012-07-19T20:00:03Z

Early on, he realised versatility was the key, doing everything from film to theatre, big parts to supporting roles, commercials and voiceovers. Billy Crudup: ‘Life is hard. It’s filled with grief, confusion, unpredictability … ' 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

And it makes you realise what a choked thicket of competing aspirations the City has become. The Walkie-Talkie: battle of the bulge on Fenchurch Street 2012-12-12T19:30:01Z

Next we see another shot of Bruce Wayne as a youngster, this time realising his future persona by confronting his biggest fear. The Dark Knight Rises trailer: Batman's best bits, but what else? 2011-07-19T16:53:09Z

It was at that moment that I realised how far my father had come. Danny DeVito: I still miss my father 2012-06-15T23:05:18Z

I didn’t realise how wildly offensive that was!” Riley Keough: ‘I had a bad reaction to authority’ 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

It felt apt to finish with an afternoon in another delightful open space – Balboa Park – if only because it underlined how San Diego seems to do things well but without the whole world realising it. Beyond Comic-Con: San Diego's beaches and Pacific views are its real stars 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Honey, I realise now how important it is to me that my jokes are laughed at. Ask Alanis Morissette: I'm married but attracted to another man 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z

I took it home and realised that stationery – seemingly so ephemeral and transitory – could have a much longer shelf life. From stationery fiends to hand dryer enthusiasts… who are you calling boring? 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z

The Philharmonia – in residence this week – could be relied upon to realise the quiet ecstasy of Elgar's string-writing just as well as its joyful brassy surges. The Kingdom 2010-08-09T20:45:00Z

But it led to a lot of roles as northern women: people didn't seem to realise I was actually from Somerset. Portrait of the artist: Sarah Parish, actor 2010-08-03T07:43:00Z

Then you suddenly realise this all actually happened, and it’s still happening. Julianna Margulies on her shocking Ebola drama: 'I panicked in my hazmat suit!' 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z

Not many of us even realise how big a trillion is. Arts funding cuts reveal the government's poor business sense 2010-07-27T15:12:00Z

I was for a while, but then I realised it didn't matter. Ghost Knight by Cornelia Funke – review 2012-11-23T22:55:08Z

Like with sleep: I realised I’m quite responsible about the time I go to bed, as we have to get up really early to get to school in time. ‘We’re never going to bed’: children rewrite the house rules 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z

Once he realised I was serious about it, Dad sent me to Vegas to train with some of the best fighters in the world. Sporting children of champions: 'I've always had a need for speed' 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

Related: Body image is a bigger issue than many people realise Another thing I’m working on? Staying fit while pregnant: 'we’re allowed to be flawed' 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z

The breakthrough came when he realised that Freud was witty, self-deprecating and had a sense of humour. Which writer taught me most about love? 2012-02-10T22:55:10Z

Looking down at the toilet bowl, he realised he couldn’t see what he was doing; his stomach was too large. ‘I just want to cut it off’: the weight-loss patients who no longer fit their skin 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

The closer they have become to the likes of Tarantino and Spielberg, though, the more they have come to realise that it's all right and proper. Losers in love 2011-02-05T00:03:33Z

The farrago over Wayne shows that our response to past and ongoing infractions – such as Neeson’s failure to realise the racism of his comments during the aforementioned coshgate – must be sophisticated. Should we be surprised by John Wayne's racist and homophobic views? | Caspar Salmon 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

“It pains us unbearably to realise that, for all our good intentions, we are agents of degradation,” Bradatan says. The pessimist’s cure for procrastination | Oliver Burkeman 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

However, Once Famous Actor doesn't seem to have realised that age has impacted on his allure. The Secret Actor on ageing lotharios 2013-04-22T05:30:01Z

Of course, he realised that Weinstein didn’t care about Dogma, or him. Director Kevin Smith on heart attacks, happiness, extreme weight loss – and Weinstein 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

Now, in my 30s, after many years wrestling with feelings of inadequacy, I've realised that aesthetic beauty really is only the tip of a very large and attractive iceberg. I am ugly, and proud of it 2013-06-28T14:00:03Z

"I realised I didn't have that inner beast anymore," he says. Linkin Park: 'We're famous, but we're not celebrities' 2011-07-07T22:30:00Z

Indeed, the Otter Trust has now closed its Bungay captive breeding centre to the public, its once apparently impossible aim of repopulating the rivers with capering otters brilliantly realised. Never mind endangered animals – it's the thinkers that we need to save 2013-03-10T00:05:44Z

She cares very much about what Mr Darcy thinks, without quite realising what has gone on as they danced together. Jane Austen: Strictly ballroom 2013-05-03T15:00:01Z

The background: We realise that rock'n'roll is a US invention – we're not that thick – but who came up with the idea of scuzzy Americana, the Yanks or the Brits? New band of the day ? No 1,087: Spectrals 2011-08-18T16:07:53Z

He meant that he realised, as a fan, that he had a future with this music after all. Why does Bruce Springsteen make middle-aged men behave like teenagers at their first pop show? 2012-06-21T09:34:56Z

Here, she beseeches her boyfriend to be the artist and write a song for her, presumably because she's just realised that she doesn't have anything to say. This week's new singles 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

As an adult, I realise that, except for the first series, Dad's Army was abysmal comedy writing. Susan Calman finds that Scottish independence is no joke 2013-05-07T13:52:23Z

You realise something magical has just happened, or that you've done something people are touched by. 'I never wanted to be an actor,' says screen star Neve Campbell 2011-04-07T21:05:01Z

Mainly because the first few weeks we didn't quite realise you were there. Torchwood: Miracle Day ? episode five 2011-08-06T05:00:00Z

Once the full force of his Sistine Chapel aperçu is realised, it becomes impossible – at least for me – to regard the visual arts in the same way. Big on littleness 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z

"It is harder than people realise, being in a touring band, it's a lot harder," drummer Thom Green added. Alt-J won't replace bassist who quit 2014-03-05T06:31:29Z

He also takes credit for “the redeeming of Kathy Scruggs” as in the film, she realises her mistake despite never “publicly atoning” in real life. Stop defending an irresponsible movie and start apologising | Benjamin Lee 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

He was, rather, invented in 1939, “for a world which was beginning to need him, a world in which people were gradually realising how industrialisation was stealthily degrading our planet.” The Remarkable Persistence of the Green Man 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

“I was a vulnerable 16-year-old when I realised how much skin was removed and that my bodily autonomy was violated.” Foreskin reclaimers: the ‘intactivists’ fighting infant male circumcision 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z

Only belatedly did I realise that this is actually the third novel in Zafón's sequence. The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón – review 2012-06-28T07:00:01Z

Perhaps he realises Live Once's lyrics about following your dreams and how tomorrow will be a better day sit awkwardly with the rest of Ill Manors. Plan B: Ill Manors – review 2012-07-19T14:29:01Z

I realised the guy wasn’t criticising the movie, he was criticising his own lack of productivity and busyness vis-à-vis Woody Allen’s productivity. Jesse Eisenberg's New Yorker piece had a point: critics have weaknesses too 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

It’s time for us to demystify deviance, and realise its potential for good as well as harm. Are you an evil genius? How dishonesty can make you more creative 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

When I delivered that script was when I realised that all of them saying, ‘Yeah, absolutely this is what we want!’ Fifty Shades of Grey screenwriter says film is 'too painful' to watch 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

They're Napoleon and the rest of us are too insane to realise. Andy Gray and Richard Keys have finally met their Waterloo. I'm glad 2011-01-30T00:06:24Z

And so, the fact that I always put God first made me realise that my farm was incomplete without a mosque inside it. The Swimming Pool by Jekwu Anyaegbuna 2013-03-16T09:01:08Z

He wanted to help kids and realised that high school is the last opportunity to fail without going to prison or being pulled up short in worse ways. Matthew McConaughey: ‘My agent said no to romcoms. And then there was nothing’ 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z

She realises she must look somewhat exotic in her black coat and her red dress here on the West Parade at Bexhill-on-Sea. The Sovereign Light Cafe by William Boyd: a short story inspired by Keane 2012-06-16T08:00:00Z

But once I started, I realised it would be the hardest part I'd ever play. How we made Blue Peter 2013-02-25T16:59:01Z

I realise this book is meant for teenagers, but just a word of warning there. Back to BlackBrick by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald – review 2013-07-21T08:00:00Z

"You have to be there, to realise what things mean for characters," she says. Michelle Paver: a life in writing 2012-08-24T21:55:05Z

Then, 10 months ago, I realised I was in love with her. I’ve fallen in love with a colleague – but I’m married with children 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

Since then I have realised that readers often know far more than me and spot more amusing events, items, people, etc. Simon Hoggart's week: how tickled we are, missus 2012-07-20T16:44:08Z

"It's clear as a bell … The collaboration felt so unbelievably natural that it made me realise I need to be in the studio with people." Daft Punk announce new album, Random Access Memories 2013-03-25T10:28:25Z

Specially re-engineered by Stanley Hayes for the Albert Hall, Harvey's intention of placing the audience "inside" the great bell of Winchester cathedral was more successfully realised than I've ever heard it before. Proms 43 & 44: RPO/Dutoit; Sinfonietta/Ridder – review 2012-08-15T17:08:40Z

Suddenly Ning realises something horrible about her stepfather, something that could change the way she looks at him forever and then Ning is on the run. People's Republic by Robert Muchamore - review 2011-08-11T09:42:57Z

As I lay there, defeated, I realised that I had made plans to go to the same concert last year – but I didn’t go, because I was hungover. Glass half empty: the hangover from hell that made me tackle my drinking 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z

When it became clear that Allison was more than a friend, he mentioned it to her, at the same time assuming she’d realised. Life in our transgender family 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z

But she quickly realised that the buses had their own demands. From The Archers to HBO: how Sally Wainwright conquered TV 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

Yet when Chomet's animated "camera" takes off for a swirling, overhead shot of a lovingly realised Edinburgh, the effect is dashing, breathtaking, even weirdly moving. Film review: The Illusionist 2010-08-19T21:52:00Z

I realised sisterhood was a one-way love affair. A letter to … My younger sister, who's not there for me 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

So I hope doctors realise that it's only human nature to make mistakes. The Cribs' Ryan Jarman: 'This is the only job I can do ... McDonald's wouldn't employ me' 2013-02-27T09:28:23Z

But as we went on, I realised it was important that the play's voices be modern, too. Laura Wade's posh | Interview 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z

It took another two years, two more failed relationships and lots of online research to finally realise that my suspicions were correct. My life in sex: 'I like hugging, holding hands and kissing, but don't feel sexual attraction' 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

"It gives one a bit of a shiver down the backbone to realise the last man to touch these died 4,500 years ago," he said. Was Marden Henge the builder's yard for Stonehenge? 2010-07-28T16:28:00Z

Too many trainee doctors realise too late they’re not cut out for the job. Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z

But they realise that if they don’t do anything they soon won’t be having any sex, ever, and they feel sad about that.  A day in the life of a sex therapist 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z

"I've more or less realised my writing has cost me almost everything," he says. Nadeem Aslam: a life in writing 2013-01-26T10:00:03Z

And I realised I was pretty baked, and I look out and I see all of a sudden a wall of paparazzi. Robin Williams: 'I was shameful, did stuff that caused disgust ? that's hard to recover from' 2010-09-20T07:00:00Z

Job: You will realise after loss that working is just renting out chunks of your life. How to survive the death of a loved one 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z

And those ossified zombie monsters are horrific, even before we realise what they actually are. Doctor Who: Journey to the Centre of the Tardis – series 33, episode 10 2013-04-27T18:15:01Z

Anna's starting to realise the grownups around her aren't very grown up after all – and Quillévéré adroitly shifts between their perspectives. First sight: Katell Quill?v?r? 2011-03-17T22:01:01Z

I soon realised that I, too, was feeling their pain. Joker in the pack 2010-06-21T13:52:00Z

We started talking about politics and realised why you shouldn’t. Blind date: ‘There may have been a peck or two’ 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z

‘I realised it was unnecessary. The curiosity is outweighed by terror’ I say a lot of people do. Jesse Eisenberg: ‘Do you look at me and think, God! What an indulgent prick?’ 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z

I then realised I was quite bad at reviewing, but was pretty good at discovering new music. Blog jam: Choose My Music 2013-02-13T15:15:00Z

Yet Hogg is interested in “having an idea and not knowing how to realise it”. Joanna Hogg and Honor Swinton Byrne: ‘We should tell whatever stories we like’ 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

It was only many years later, when I came to realise how much I had colluded with and protected him, that I came to have a more balanced perspective. Sue Grafton: 'My childhood ended when I was five' 2013-03-18T09:00:06Z

“People are beginning to realise that there are consequences to walking around with a tiny computer in your pocket.” Spoiler alert! How TV and film are trying to protect their blockbusters 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

“Here in bed with the senses locked up, the disagreeable odour may not be realised, but assuredly because it is not detected it is not less injurious.” Separate beds are liberating 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

That was the moment I realised I could write it. Independent Foreign Fiction prize goes to Gerbrand Bakker 2013-05-21T10:30:05Z

Williams eventually realised what the issue was after finding a group of women sharing their symptoms online. 'I miss what I used to be like': women's stories of the menopause 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z

“Those who suffer don’t necessarily realise themselves, and rarely admit it. It is an invisible illness.” ‘I wanted a truncheon in my pants’: the rise of the penis extension 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z

Hearing these words, it is impossible not to realise the danger of the saying “No regrets”. Regret can seriously damage your mental health – here's how to leave it behind 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

I hadn't realised he had known Gordon since he was a teenager. The enemy within: how Machiavelli would have dealt with Gordon Brown 2010-10-09T05:59:00Z

Did she just want to get away and not realise her fame meant it would spark a manhunt? Learning to love Agatha Christie 2010-10-01T07:16:00Z

Who or what first made you realise that you could become an artist and film-maker? Steve McQueen: 'Black people are weirdly missing from the narrative' 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z

I took stock of the pain and discomfort I was in and realised that it wasn’t going to get much worse. After drugs and booze, an ultramarathon taught me how to love the mile I’m in 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

“I guess because I’ve always known that there was a kind of unlikelihood about my stardom and yet, when you thought it through, you realise ‘that was not unlikely at all’. Richard Dreyfuss: 'I was a bad guy for a number of years' 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

My job is to help the director realise what's in his head. What is a cinematographer? 2011-02-25T09:15:27Z

You do realise this is the second Doctor Who anecdote in Pass Notes in as many days? Pass notes No 2,770 2010-04-27T19:00:00Z

You realise that, with Rick and Morty, each episode is so deep and dense it is extraordinary. Richard Herring: 'The Simpsons should stop now' 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

But it’s also a positive story, in the sense of my meeting with David; and through it, I help them realise that acceptance, understanding and connection is possible on both sides. I met the man who murdered my identical twin 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z

She already hosted her own New York club, the Cellar, and planned to become a singer, an ambition she would realise a few years later on a trio of sassy albums. The muse who changed Miles 2010-09-04T23:05:00Z

I’m worried about you because you seem to be relying on his support but failing to realise that he’s offering you nothing to lean on. My boyfriend is messing around… with my employee | Mariella Frostrup 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z

“After I won Miss India I realised I do not like failing. I just like being the best. I hate being a loser. So I just have to keep winning,” she smiles. Priyanka Chopra: ‘I’m not arrogant, I’m self-assured’ 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z

I realised: I don't want to reach them. Trent Reznor's festival tales of terror 2013-05-10T23:00:14Z

We are woven into the land, and wider ecosystems, more than we realise. Ecological grief: I mourn the loss of nature – it saved me from addiction 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

There is definitely that moment of bewilderment in the room when the audience realises that the main action really is going to be played out entirely in the launderette. Simon Pegg and Crispian Mills: 'Musicians throw TVs. Actors just disappear' 2012-06-07T20:00:01Z

In fact, Mary Cheever first realised her husband wasn't entirely heterosexual when they attended the first Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire. What drives writers to drink? 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z

Woodstock really made people realise that music isn’t just about hearing it: it’s about seeing it, and getting more of the personalities behind it. The 30 best films about music, chosen by musicians 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

Reflecting on the difference in how I was treated when people saw me as a man, I realised other women were also held back by this. Experience: I regret transitioning 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z

Post coma, however, Nanjiani began to realise that his upbringing was precisely what made him different from other comedians. The Big Sick's Kumail Najiani and Emily Gordon: 'In America, the idea of a cross-cultural relationship is still controversial' 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z

And you realise that three or four New Orleanians are going to write you off. Down but not out 2010-04-09T23:11:00Z

But sometime in the mid-1980s the paper followed the News of the World into the gutter, which was the point I realised I had to start digging the tunnel. Val McDermid: a life in writing 2011-08-12T21:55:20Z

Country Girlby Edna O'Brien I realise now, of course, that all this was only half true. Country Girl by Edna O'Brien – review 2012-09-29T23:05:14Z

"I didn't really feel that normal anyway," he explains, "because I'd begun to realise that my talent made me different." Hockney bio brings artist to dandified life 2012-06-13T20:48:04Z

Mars created it to explore her compulsion to be funny, both on stage and off, and gradually realised that humour was, for her, an avoidance of responsibility, a fear of appearing earnest. The great comedy ambush 2013-01-09T19:00:02Z

Then I realised it definitely was not a dream. Experience: I was buried alive in an avalanche 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

I had a drink recently with a colleague at Columbia and I thought she knew, and I mentioned my book, and I realised she didn't know what it was about. The tsunami survivor who lost her whole family 2013-03-09T23:00:01Z

“So in a sense, when we were all done, we realised that Keanu and Winona really are married as a result of this scene and this ceremony.” Francis Ford Coppola agrees Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves might be married 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

But when she began writing serials for the local papers, she realised that it was writing, not painting, that would help her save money and get away from home. Olivia Manning: A Woman at War by Deirdre David - review 2013-02-16T08:01:01Z

A sense of control is more important to happiness than many people realise, says Rubin. The joy audit: how to have more fun in 2020 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z

Nobody realises how many livescan be destroyed in just a few seconds. Read the Wicked young writers' awards 2012 winning entries 2012-12-08T08:15:12Z

Luckily we live in an overpopulated world – what I realise now is that there was no need to get hung up on one single human being when there are billions to choose from. I want to end my relationship but I can’t, because I love him 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z

To me, they looked like part of the class enemy, but when I got to know them I realised that they saw where they came from as part of society's problem too. Appreciation: Corin Redgrave, 1939-2010 2010-04-10T23:08:00Z

I realise now that this boy had required a certain kind of mother, and for some major part of his life, I had been unable to be that mother. ‘For five years we dreaded every meal’: my infant son’s struggle with food 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

Janet realised she was too shy to teach and began to illustrate children's books instead. My famous illustrator parents 2013-05-11T07:00:22Z

Some admirers have been waiting for years for the big Sam Rockwell breakthrough role without realising that there doesn't need to be one: he's already made it on his own terms. Sam Rockwell – last of the goofballs 2012-12-06T12:55:03Z

About the same time the caretaker of a neighbouring Unitarian Church noticed smoke coming up from the roof, and, realising that the hall would not be heated in summer, he summoned the Fire Brigade. From the archive, 6 July 1933: Hospital alarm as Liverpool hall burns 2011-07-06T12:11:21Z

I still worry about the future, like studying something for ages, then realising I don’t want to pursue that as my career, or not getting a good job. Happy birthday, Gen Z: celebrating with 16-year-olds around the world 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

Yes, but the only way to change the way you live is for big business to realise that green isn't just a little exercise for them to continue to do brown. Will.i.am arrives by helicopter for flying visit to climate debate 2012-05-24T10:49:59Z

I owned a great many Now That's What I Call Music! compilations, I realised, but what I needed was the complete set. Now that's what I call nostalgia! 2011-03-19T00:04:00Z

More and more, I realise our lives are based on faith. Homeopathy won’t cure you – unless you have a little faith 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

Who usually won?I never realised this until now but … we had a lot of conversations, but Jimmy and I never had a screaming match. James Gandolfini remembered by The Sopranos creator David Chase 2013-06-26T17:47:50Z

Being at the top of a volcano and realising I still have to get down. Elvis Costello: ‘Who do I most despise? There isn’t enough paper, there isn’t enough ink’ | The Q&A 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z

But while arts leaders realise they cannot be immune to cuts, they are not prepared to go down without a fight. Culture department braces itself for redundancies of up to 50% 2010-07-20T21:25:00Z

Craig realised writing a novel was trickier than he had thought. Heartbreak by Craig Raine Digested read 2010-07-12T23:05:00Z

At heart, this is a fantastically good-natured prize: its organisers want it to allow original pieces of work, that might struggle to be realised otherwise, see the light of day. A Turner prize for new music? 2010-09-17T06:00:00Z

It was a thought I’d always cherished – and when I ran/hobbled again a month after the stabbing, I realised that the remarkable runners I was writing about were my tailwind. Running for your life: lift, inspire and be healed 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

I soon realised that's simply not true: you don't have to be an English scholar or an expert of any kind. Shakespeare and me: Thea Sharrock 2012-06-30T23:05:28Z

I know I am going to die on my own, which is something you don't realise until you are faced with that. Elementary, my dear Cumberbatch 2010-07-16T23:02:00Z

Very soon we realise that this film is not merely set in LA, it's about Hollywood as a place, an industry, a creator and shaper of dreams and narratives, a distorter and destroyer of lives. Seven Psychopaths – review 2012-12-09T00:05:57Z

When Ifemelu buys a vintage 1960s dress on eBay she realises that when the original owner would have worn it, black Americans would not have been allowed to vote. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – review 2013-04-15T08:00:02Z

Whatever its faults, it makes you realise that medieval England was a far greener country, with far fewer people, living in a world still dominated by natural cycles and seasons. Do artists need to be accurate to recreate history? 2011-02-28T15:19:06Z

“I sent a note out saying: ‘Do you not realise we make our living from selling cards?’… Enduring love: how gen Z saved the greetings card 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

But the minute I got into the world, I realised, nope, it's just me, wearing something extremely green with a funny name on it. Finders keepers: my favourite piece of clothing 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

I told a new friend about it recently and I realised it’s actually a pretty great anecdote. Experience: I was dumped an hour before my wedding 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

And I realised that this house was the only thing I could keep a bit secret, even if people do know what's inside because there are so many photographs of it. Charlotte Gainsbourg: 'I'm always looking for what will make me feel bad' 2011-08-05T18:59:01Z

We also realised that there are a lot of people doing things, not necessarily because they're better at them but because they've got the guts. The Newsroom's Emily Mortimer: why I still feel shame about going to work 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z

It made me realise how I wanted to work. How we made: Peter Shaffer and Felicity Kendal on Amadeus 2013-01-14T18:59:01Z

He earlier realised that gluten-free baking doesn’t mix particularly well with bread, which is famous for requiring gluten. The Great British Bake Off 2020: episode three – live! 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

In the first, he is five, and his mother is removing him from his school, Assumption, having realised the nuns were downgrading his tests because he liked to draw rather than sit still. Michael Peña: ‘Scientology made me a better actor’ 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

I realised I had spoken to him briefly when he put his head out of his tent. Sky-high trekking: taking on California’s High Sierra Trail 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

I realise this is purely down to personal taste. TV review: The Great British Bake-Off 2011-08-16T20:02:01Z

By the looks and comments which this produced, I realised I was a degraded object; I was cruelly ashamed of myself. Twain's smoking diaries 2010-07-06T21:15:00Z

All of which sounds entirely reasonable until one realises that the film is actually released in Denmark on 30 May, just four days after the festival wraps up. Ready to roll in Cannes, but someone is missing … 2013-05-10T22:32:44Z

No, he realised everything was going to be just fine back in secondary school when he learned to use his hands. John Boyega: ‘I’m very direct. I can’t lie’ 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z

Again shooting in monochrome, Challis was this time able to realise his potential. Christopher Challis 2012-06-08T15:34:25Z

I also realise that I've retained a certain amount of curiosity. G?nter Grass writes final autobiography 2010-08-24T13:25:00Z

But then with Ray I had to take it seriously, I had to realise its significance. Jamie Foxx: 'Django Unchained is supposed to make you angry' 2013-01-17T15:45:00Z

Might this be the first time we see the maverick storyteller's vision truly realised successfully on celluloid? Can Lindsay Lohan finally bring Bret Easton Ellis's LA vision to life? 2012-07-19T12:54:00Z

In the end, he didn’t practise as a lawyer, partly because of the cost of the final exams and partly because he realised he would be stymied by a career in law. Eddie the Eagle: ‘I was probably closer to the ostrich’ 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z

One man, while browsing the “wonderful project”, realised he was reading about his own infidelity – then submitted his own follow-up, about sharing “a break-up cake” with his now ex-girlfriend. The Instagram project documenting the everyday drama of life under lockdown 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z

I made it through over 150 pages before realising I was past page one which I haven't done in a long time. Audrey, Wait! By Robin Benway - review 2013-04-23T08:00:00Z

But you realise how pervasive the problem is. Alex Gibney: ‘Every business Trump touched withered and died’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z

"The final project, in all its magnificence, hasn't been realised, but it absolutely is not a waste of money." Troubled £535,000 Olympic art axed 2013-04-16T14:07:18Z

As you grow older, you realise that this isn't something that goes away. Against Me!'s Laura-Jane Grace opens up about her transgendered life 2012-06-20T11:48:21Z

Within about five minutes of buying it, I realised I’d been had. What were we thinking? The worst trends of the decade – ranked! 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z

As the eminent critic Lionel Trilling observed in 1951: "Fitzgerald, more than anyone else of his time, realised the rigorousness of the systems of prestige that lie beneath the American social fluidity." What makes The Great Gatsby great? 2013-05-03T18:00:00Z

“It was an early stage of realising that somebody who one loved could have a different political view and it didn’t make any difference to the personal relationship.” Jacob Rees-Mogg: my early career as an avant garde film star 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

But it was only in the last five years, as an adult, that I realised I could wear tailored clothing with good boots and look as if I resembled my own thoughts. Finders keepers: my favourite piece of clothing 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

I did a bit of research into the history of Levi’s, and realised collectors would pay a lot for them, even for scraps. Experience: I mine for 100-year-old jeans 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z

But having piled into the game, Disney’s rivals are realising that animation is hugely expensive and risky. Frozen II: how Disney left other animation studios out in the cold 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

She realised she wanted to act at 16. Olivia Colman in Rev 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z

And then I thought, 'God, it really looks like something …' And when we finished the movie I realised: it's like the Blair Witch logo! Kill List brings the horror home 2011-08-26T23:02:00Z

In fact, his narrowed, cream-coloured eyes made us realise he understood the fond name: that if a servant stole and reserved a portion for his boss, there would be no single problem. The Swimming Pool by Jekwu Anyaegbuna 2013-03-16T09:01:08Z

"But we didn't realise how difficult it would be; things like each dog needing their own trainer." Pop promos: new OK Go video is a White Knuckle ride 2010-09-24T23:03:00Z

And, for me, his primary preoccupation was never more brilliantly realised than in Strangers on a Train, the murder-swap from 1951. My favourite Hitchcock: Strangers on a Train 2012-08-02T16:55:00Z

The book's written in first person, in the present tense, which I normally don't like but when I got to about the middle of the story, I realised why it was so effective. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - review 2012-06-26T14:00:00Z

Tonight, realising the killer is taunting him with his father's paintings, Falcon runs to the aid of his friend. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 19-23 November 2012-11-19T07:00:00Z

When he realised it was something permanent, depression set in. ‘I’ve been told bacon smells lovely’ – life without a sense of smell 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z

Perception became all when big food business realised that they needed to change tack. Tv highlights 28/06/2012 2012-06-27T19:00:01Z

As the novel developed, he says, he realised what he really wanted to write about were the no-go areas of his life; issues he had been avoiding for the past 25 years. Jonathan Franzen: 'I must be near the end of my career ? people are starting to approve' 2010-09-24T23:03:00Z

I stand waving at him as his taxi drives him away, until the black car carrying my father has disappeared altogether and I realise that I'm still standing waving at nothing. How I met my real father 2010-05-22T23:01:00Z

But in his third year he dropped out, "when I realised my English was good enough to do what I wanted". Nadeem Aslam: a life in writing 2013-01-26T10:00:03Z

Turning back, they realised one of the bombs had got stuck. The Pike: Gabriele d'Annunzio – poet, seducer and preacher of war by Lucy Hughes-Hallett – review 2013-02-22T12:00:01Z

Of course, contrary to my earlier suggestion about the obvious resonance, it wasn't any kind of horror movie, but a story about a man gradually realising he loves the wife he married for convenience. Awakening to the commonest film title 2010-12-29T13:24:00Z

I enjoyed being in America, meeting artists who I'd listened to for years, but I realised that the business is not the same as the music. Robyn: Soundtrack of my life 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z

I realised I was drawing mums like they used to be, so I gave her jeans and trainers to make her trendier. How we made: Horrid Henry 2013-06-17T18:00:00Z

But, attempting to summarise the story here, I realise what, for me, went wrong in Death's Master. World of fantasy: Death's Master by Tanith Lee 2010-08-27T10:05:00Z

I only see details,” he realised, “while others see a person. ” The ugly truth about body dysmorphia 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z

Looking into his confused eyes, I realised my mistake. I got pregnant by mistake. Was I ready for single motherhood? 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z

Then you realise that it’s a process that doesn’t end. Jon Stewart: ‘I’m doing a movie about torture – I’m not being tortured’ 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

People just don't realise that the war never ends for us, even if we're at home laughing and joking. Iraq war opera's healing effect 2012-08-20T12:22:36Z

“I’d tried to fit in but eventually you realise it’s just not going to happen that way. I wanted somewhere where the conversation was based on talent.” Marcus Samuelsson: the restaurant king of Harlem 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

She chokes up at odd moments – in the supermarket realising that the cheese footballs he alone loved eating no longer need to go in the shopping-basket. How my husband saw blindness as a ‘dark, paradoxical gift’ 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

My best friend Kelly and I laughed so hard, and we began to realise there was more to Shakespeare than we'd first thought. Shakespeare and me: Thea Sharrock 2012-06-30T23:05:28Z

The timing wasn't a complete coincidence: I was 30, and something about the sheer animal contentment of motherhood made me realise, with mild panic, that I would now probably never write. Maggie O'Farrell, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Julie Myerson on working around parenthood 2010-08-01T20:45:00Z

He is not disappointed by life, nor even by the people who fail to realise that life is disappointing, but endlessly tolerant, with the weary elegance of a vampire. Cannes 2013: The Great Beauty - first look review 2013-05-21T07:10:06Z

They previously felt like they could only talk to their guy friends and now they can talk to me and feel comfortable and realise that, yes, women are right into these things too. The future of sex work – a photo essay 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z

But he soon realised that the book wasn’t appropriate for children: “It was too violent. It just went a different way than I’d intended.” It’s Die Hard with fairies ... and a walk on part for the author in Artemis Fowl film 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z

Although I didn't realise it at the time, each story is retold in a style that's in keeping with its source country, whether it's Sudanese, Polynesian, Japanese or Basuto. The great books giveaway 2011-03-04T11:19:03Z

Because I've realised that if you say yes, your life goes on. Bérénice Bejo: 'The Artist was a gift. But I thought I was really good' 2013-05-25T18:00:02Z

He appeared on The X Factor and got all the way to bootcamp, at which point he realised karaoke crooning was not for him. New band of the day - L Marshall (No 1,420) 2012-12-20T17:46:26Z

“It’s like liquid diabetes,” I gurgle appreciatively at the woman next to me, who I only then realise is FKA Twigs. My Baftas adventure: Dev Patel, liquid diabetes and clapping injuries 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z

What people don't realise is that the ones who are selling drugs are just as addicted – to getting money – as the ones are who are buying the drugs from them. Shanequa Benitez: how I started dealing drugs 2013-03-30T23:00:00Z

Even here there is an upside when Davis wakes on his neighbour's sofa, having been taken in, and realises that he has been the fool who should look for the good in his fellow man. Treme: season one, episode five 2011-03-20T11:45:00Z

Each generation rebels and then only when you become a parent do you realise the wisdom of some of the things your parents were saying. Margaret Thatcher v Smash Hits – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-04-09T11:25:08Z

Jonathan Franzen describes Roth's approach as "outrageously more-about-me" than any other writer can get away with – something he used to think of, resentfully, as Roth's narcissism, until he realised he was just jealous of him. Philip Roth and no complaint: not quite unmasked, but surprisingly charming 2013-03-15T15:23:23Z

All those problems about where you place the musicians and how you realise Monteverdi's spatial conception of the music resolve themselves in St Mark's, where you can use the galleries and pulpits. John Eliot Gardiner: Monteverdi and me 2010-09-02T22:01:00Z

By setting the images down here, I've probably realised her fears – and limited and belittled them. Reading group: sin and symbolism in Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood 2012-12-12T09:11:58Z

It wasn't until much later, after I had published three books, that I went back to Little Women and realised that I had become even more like Jo. What's on Stephenie Meyer's ideal bookshelf? The works that made the artists 2012-11-25T00:05:41Z

That's when I realised I needed to create that much energy when I play. Adam Levine of Maroon 5: 'Moves Like Jagger is an inch away on any side from being a disaster' 2012-07-12T17:33:52Z

What we loved more than anything was the idea of your heroes being frozen at their best for ever – but unfortunately, we realised it's very rare to make a defining record with your first album. Why your favourite band should split up 2010-08-19T20:30:00Z

I realised then that a man who could be so naturally funny as this was a gift to any writer. Dad's Army creator on 'captain of comedy' Arthur Lowe: from the archive, 16 April 1982 2013-04-16T06:00:00Z

I tried to throw her into the whirlpool bath and realised that she has a really powerful grip. Goldie: 'Melinda Messenger is like a small, really powerful monkey' 2013-03-08T15:16:16Z

Ron says, “He was just shy of seven, and we realised that he was using these movies to interpret our world, the world we are all living in.” How Disney gave voice to a boy with autism 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z

She realised recently that she has been trying to write Russian Doll since she was a child. Natasha Lyonne: ‘There’s a fighter in me that wants to survive’ 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z

“I didn’t realise so many fans of Sunny were not only members of the community, but thought of Sunny as a true advocate.” Rob McElhenney: 'I was fuelled by privilege, ignorance and testosterone' 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

The other astonishing showstopper was in Act II, when Cavaradossi realises he has been betrayed. Tosca; La rondine; Arensky Chamber Orchestra ? review 2011-07-16T23:07:14Z

Macbeth realises he's sold his soul to the Devil, and he can't bear it.' 'The day I shared a pint or five with Pete Postlethwaite' 2011-01-06T15:48:31Z

Do you realise you do that to me now? A letter to … my sister, who shut me out for no reason 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z

If Tovey had bothered actually to examine the scheme he might have realised how logical it is. Forgotten Berlioz: Rom?o et Juliette 2012-02-09T23:00:02Z

It concluded that after the age of three children learn poo is to be avoided at all costs, but that they also come to realise the difference between poo itself and representations of it. From the joke shop to the high street: why poo is no longer taboo 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

"Unbelievable," he said, realising he was saying it out loud, but not caring. The great Moon-rock heist - extract 2011-07-08T21:59:00Z

It was only after about 45 minutes of this that I realised he was probably thinking the exact same thing. ‘I end up eating quinoa in my pants at 11pm’: my year of living (a bit more) healthily 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z

It felt like two people had met for the first time, had mind-blowing sex and then turned around to look at each other and realised it was all over. The seductive charms of Marianne Faithfull | Dennis Morris 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z

What people don't realise is how mellow and low-key Glastonbury used to be. Our Glastonbury memories 2010-06-04T07:00:00Z

The bottom line is the more books I sell and the more readers I speak to, the more I realise that what readers are interested in is a good story. RJ Ellory wins crime novel of the year award 2010-07-23T11:50:00Z

Or: “Did you realise that you gave everybody credit for the project except for the African-American guy who spent all of his time on it for the past three weeks?” How Reddit’s Ellen Pao survived one of ‘the largest trolling attacks in history’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

A quietly revelatory narrative of a student realising his feelings for his ex-classmate as he glimpses her on a train platform. Every Studio Ghibli film – ranked! 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

Why?Work was quiet and I realised I couldn't keep travelling back and forth between Morocco and London. Ahmed Errachidi: 'We shared one thing in Guantánamo Bay – pain' 2013-03-30T20:00:01Z

“There is so much more to hip-hop than the public realises,” said Inkster. Hip-hop therapy is new route to mental wellbeing, say psychiatrists 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z

It hardly seems worth the bother, and as the novel goes on you get the impression Miller realises this. Jacob's Folly by Rebecca Miller – review 2013-07-25T09:00:00Z

Too many trainee doctors realise too late they’re not cut out for the job. Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z

Yet it is with a sense of alarm that he realises he no longer recalls the Gaelic word for "somersault". Somersaults ? review 2011-03-22T18:55:00Z

We need these stories to understand what we are doing fighting these wars, and to assess the impact on our country and a generation growing up barely realising their nation is at war. Nina Bawden's Carrie's War speaks a truth about the ripple effects of conflict 2012-08-24T16:30:00Z

In 1970, the brothers realised that they were stronger together and reformed the Bee Gees, even though Robin had almost completed a second album, Sing Slowly Sisters. Robin Gibb obituary 2012-05-20T22:54:00Z

Team's singer Ninja was showered with good-natured boos when she appeared not to realise that she was in Yorkshire. Deer Shed festival ? review 2011-07-25T17:01:00Z

“Many people assume that people who want to live on an island are escaping from something, but for us it was more about realising a dream.” They got their dream job away from it all – but what happened next? 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

So when sifting through your suggestions of songs about fools, I realised the rubric wasn't foolproof. Readers recommend: songs about fools ? results 2011-08-11T14:33:14Z

She soon realised that she was dealing with the remains of two near identical costumes, presumably patched together when both were too badly damaged to wear. Ellen Terry's beetlewing gown back in limelight after ?110,000 restoration 2011-03-11T18:32:01Z

Hemingway realised his mistake too late, writing of Richardson in A Movable Feast: "I wished I had died before I loved anyone but her." Hadley Freeman's 10 awesome women: from Katharine Hepburn to Miss Piggy 2013-04-22T15:38:00Z

Indeed, it was only when I saw a recording later that I realised I'd been caught on camera. 'My awe at role in 2012 ceremony' 2012-07-28T10:08:39Z

But I realised that it reminded me of someone quite other than Pinter. Dirk Bogarde's Victim shines a light on London's shadowy past 2011-08-08T09:42:02Z

Sometimes, it's a gradual Nabokovian thing – the unassuming reader and the engaging protagonist set off together and only gradually does the former begin to realise that the latter is a madman. Top 10 deranged characters 2011-04-06T11:21:05Z

Beyer's meticulously researched biography shows how Hopper was one of the first to realise that software was the key to unlocking the power of the computer. Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age by Kurt W Beyer - review 2012-05-22T12:30:03Z

When locals realised there was no rush, however, they became more brazen, using the stolen trucks to return and carry away further loot. How the US let al-Qaida get its hands on an Iraqi weapons factory 2011-01-07T07:59:02Z

She didn't realise that the giblets were in a plastic bag inside it. Carol Vorderman: My family values 2011-08-19T23:05:51Z

I suspect that, in a small way, these women know this, and realise that public enthusiasm for them will eventually wane, as it does with all fashion trends. Green is the new black: the unstoppable rise of the healthy-eating guru 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z

If there’s an upside to so many early setbacks, it’s that Goodluck, a kid with only one decent indie cinema in his hometown, didn’t quite realise what he was losing at the time. Forrest Goodluck: the Native American actor ripping up the rulebook 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

You realise the button that closes the door is not the issue. Rob McElhenney: 'I was fuelled by privilege, ignorance and testosterone' 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

I realised just how finite my time is on this planet and I wanted to live life more fully and seize every single second. Who's afraid of the big C? 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z

"When we realised it was Neil on the other end we started keeping count of the calls as a bit of a joke," says this beady-eyed onlooker. Did the News of the World target Amanda Holden before giving her a job? 2011-07-07T17:30:03Z

Coming back to Scotland in the run-up to the referendum, I realised I knew almost nothing about Scottish politics. Rory Bremner sees the funny side of Scottish independence 2013-04-03T14:16:43Z

And policy-makers need to realise that palliative care can be cost-effective. ‘Death and dying continues to be seen as a big taboo’ | Mary O’Hara 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

And it was only then that I realised what was happening, when I opened up my laptop and the first article I read was all these terrible things. Jason Russell: Kony2012 and the fight for truth 2013-03-03T00:05:34Z

We realise through a few hints that he still has a sex life with various young and less young men. Christopher Isherwood's Liberation 2012-06-01T21:55:14Z

A Beatles fan has had his dream creation realised after Lego launched its Yellow Submarine set including mini figures of the much-loved band. Lego launches Beatles Yellow Submarine set, complete with Fab Four figures 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

"The rows in front of us are moving," the 15-year-old Helga wrote in her journal, realising immediately that children were being sent left to the ovens. Terez?n: music from a Nazi ghetto 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z

Love on the Left Bank, his first and most groundbreaking book, remains his most beautifully realised body of work. In the mood for love: Ed van der Elsken's Love on the Left Bank 2011-02-10T13:29:04Z

And I don't realise what a stupid present it is until it's halfway out of my bag. The secret life of Jason Statham 2013-06-21T13:00:00Z

I was an adult before I realised that he loved gardening. Now we await the floodwaters, this time with a peppering of pipes and carrots 2013-01-27T00:04:04Z

He wanted someone to show him around the university – I realised much later that he was very interested in education. Tony Palmer: he's with the band 2013-07-28T18:00:00Z

Isn't that what burnt-out old rockers do when contractual obligations force them back into the studio and they realise that they don't have any songs? The Knife: 'Music history is written by privileged white men' 2013-03-23T06:00:00Z

I thought I might enjoy that, but actually I just realised I really, really love my job. How hard is it to be a chef and a mother with young children? 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

There's something very witty about her, and quite fresh, although I realised watching it last night that it's really contemporary Jane Austen. Felicitations 2011-02-20T00:04:06Z

“You start to realise: no one knows what’s going on,” he says. Trevor Noah: ‘It’s easier to be an angry white man than an angry black man’ 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z

It took them little time to realise the scientific problem would require leadership: which drugs into bodies? Life on the frontline of the Aids epidemic | David France 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

The high point of his existence, Gary now realises, was an attempted pub crawl at 18 with his mates in their dull home town of Newton Haven. The World's End – review 2013-07-18T14:30:00Z

Cord's vision is a world where peace is fully realised. Teen book club: the story behind After Tomorrow 2013-05-10T14:39:34Z

Her performance, she hopes, will encourage the industry to realise she doesn’t want to be in teen slasher flicks any more. Neve Campbell: ‘Everything about US politics makes me proud to be Canadian’ 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

Noticing that several of their finds were on the SRT label "a pattern starts to emerge – you realise that there's a whole scene you never knew existed". Working Man's Soul: a labour of love 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z

James: I remember filling in the questionnaire after the date and while I was writing it I started reliving the date and realised just how much I'd enjoyed it. The Blind Date weddings: what happened next 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

How can I get it into his head what a bad thing he’s done and get him to realise the severity of his actions? My 13-year-old son sent a sexually explicit email to his teacher 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

When I became a songwriter, I realised how well constructed those old songs were – there are great melodies, as well as lyrics. A cheeky kiss for Valentine's? Only if you're Paul McCartney … 2013-02-13T22:00:02Z

“Alice was absolutely devastated but I really appreciate how hard it was for Al – imagine taking on all that. Gradually, he realised he couldn’t be without her.” Our daughter died. Now she lives in the pages of a romantic novel 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z

We started trying when I was 30, but after three years I realised something wasn’t right. Women without children: ‘I don’t want to be pitied – I’m really happy' 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

Then critics caught a glimpse and, well, fear was far from realised. Flying high: how Bird Box became Netflix's biggest hit to date 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

I spent years with all this heavy stuff, until things clear and you realise that a lot of what you're doing is just the same old ego-tripping. Chic: 'Everybody needs a little Friday night' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-07-24T14:00:14Z

I was about five when I realised what he did and used to watch old videos of him. Looking after Les Dawson's legacy 2012-09-28T23:04:02Z

It took me quite a few years to realise what he'd done for me that day and by that time I had lost contact with him. Morris Gleitzman's 'friendship books' 2010-10-01T12:04:00Z

The combination of seeing old friends, going to places I'd not been to for years, and watching my dad fight cancer are manifest in the play, in ways I've only now come to realise. Simon Stephens: Stockport state of mind 2013-01-23T20:00:01Z

Sheath believes it’s more widespread than many realise. It melts plastic and can kill – so why is club drug GHB on the rise? 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

And this, I realise, is what the Whale Trail is all about. On the whale trail: sealife spotting in the Outer Hebrides 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

In Brooklyn, the beach just over the cliff is where Eilis comes on a Sunday afternoon, where she goes swimming with Jim Farrell and realises how much she likes him. A life in books: Colm T?ib?n 2010-10-25T07:00:00Z

The character of Anning, she realised after meeting him for the first time, was made of Lee. Kate Winslet: ‘I’ve been asked so many times about the intimate scenes’ 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z

Then I realised – it was the reality that was throwing me off. Oil riggers 2010-05-11T07:00:00Z

Without realising it, I had a big advantage – the internet. 'Peep Show with female losers? Bring it on!' – Sam Bain on why comedy needs diversity 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z

But the real panic spreads in the cinema auditorium as we realise we've got two hours of dodgy acting and dull CGI work ahead, culminating in massed snoring in that Welsh lab. World War Z – review 2013-06-20T20:15:01Z

Indeed, Bayona and his crew realised the true significance of these seemingly small gestures. The Impossible is 'beautifully accurate', writes tsunami survivor 2013-01-04T16:27:00Z

It had the best performance of the year in Marion Cotillard and rejuvenated the romance/drama genre with an extraordinary story between beautifully realised characters. The best film of 2012: readers' choice 2012-12-21T09:53:57Z

I didn't realise that decision would put me in front of 70m television viewers a few years later. Big in Belgium: the British celebrities you've never heard of 2013-03-15T18:00:00Z

When he earned money to buy his own snacks, he devoured “low-fat” cookies not realising they were packed with sugar. Director Kevin Smith on heart attacks, happiness, extreme weight loss – and Weinstein 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

But did we realise that it would make critics and writers feel sadder? 'I never knew how much I'd write crying': Peter Bradshaw on film star deaths 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

They are impressionistic, and, in their swift movement and glancing, sun-and-water imagery, they realise the essential, mercurial quality of Schubert's music. Poem of the week: Schubertiad by Fiona Sampson 2010-08-02T10:49:00Z

Along the way, he learns not only that he's from 1,000 years in the future, but also realises he knows the location of the missing population of the Earth. The Outer Limits: box set review 2013-03-08T08:00:02Z

Solanky said: "We realised that we were not the best party because we were not festival organisers ourselves." Thousands of 'festival' tents destined for landfill 2011-07-07T08:51:38Z

I fully realise that it's not the done thing to look forward to a Michael Bay film, much less Michael Bay's fourth Transformers film. Transformers 4: why I can't wait for Wahlberg 2012-11-14T14:59:48Z

That, after two seasons of bouncing around from one baffling situation to another violently traumatic one, Elliot will work through his issues and realise something about himself. Mr Robot: from show of the zeitgeist to TV's biggest disappointment 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

In the end, its worst fears were realised. European arts cuts: Dutch dance loses out as Netherlands slashes funding 2012-08-02T13:59:11Z

With some delight I realised that I wanted to be George Emerson. Why I'd like to be ... Julian Sands in A Room With a View 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

“But that wasn’t working. Paul and I realised it would be cool to play up the Abbott-and-Costello, Laurel-and-Hardy kinda thing. Focus on the opposites.” Michael Peña: 'I'm not funny. I just point out what's funny in others' 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

It made him realise that so much of what he was doing was capturing moments and living in the moment. Linklater's epic journey into Boyhood 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

And his email made me realise that the senior doctor didn’t have a monopoly on honesty. The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

Like when I realise part of me is still waiting for my brother to return. Raising a black son in the US: ‘He had never taken a breath, and I was already mourning him’ 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z

You quickly realise the evil of imagining that life is played on a level field, and that individuals can be judged fairly, or at all. Fight the power: documentaries to unleash the activist in you 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z

I realised that I was the same age as Jean was when she’d begun to lose the weight and transform her life beyond her wildest expectations. I’ve been on a diet since I was four. Can I finally make peace with my body? 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z

And then eventually grew to realise that - despite some horrendous turkeys along the way - the man could actually act the socks off many of his contemporaries. What did Robin Williams mean to you? 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

In The Love Witch, the audience gradually realises that Elaine eats cake during sociopathic episodes, so just the sight of her shovelling cake into her mouth becomes frightening. From Rosemary's Baby to Suspiria, five directors on cinema's scariest moments 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

She also recalled that it was "slightly embarrassing" for the pirates once they realised that the money wasn't there. Captured by Pirates, Between Ourselves, Desert Island Discs, Wild Billy Childish | Radio review 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z

So I went down there and I'm looking round this circle of invocation and I realised I knew four of them, all musicians I had done session work with. Keeping the faith 2010-04-10T23:05:00Z

For the first week, everyone thought it was fun, and I realised I was actually listening for a change. Experience: I didn’t speak for 17 years 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

This little town in the far south of Mexico’s Baja California is basically a community of fisherman families who realised they were over-fishing their own backyard and created a marine protected area. ‘I’m passionate about the ocean’: Céline Cousteau on diving off the Americas 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

The writers said they now realised that "along the way we offended people". How I Met Your Mother creators sorry 2014-01-16T09:21:15Z

Tony was cross with me because he had been handling the conversation with good humour and said he had realised it was a hoax from the first. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z

Listening to bands like the Cure and the Smiths led me to think I could win a girl's heart by making her realise I was poetic and thoughtful and consumed by higher things. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z

To other inhabitants of the care home, Ah Tao introduces him as her "god-son" and Roger realises this is how he now thinks of himself – or perhaps simply as her son. A Simple Life – review 2012-08-02T20:30:01Z

I realised that what had begun – in my mind – as a radical experiment was slowly moving towards the centre, and I had ceased to be its leader. Alexei Sayle: 'I'm still full of hate' 2013-01-22T18:45:01Z

But he realised: “That was too close to news material.” 'I'm surrounded by ghosts': Bataclan survivor Ismaël El Iraki on his film Zanka Contact 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z

I realised they were really not so much better than us, and in some ways they were worse than us. Chinua Achebe: A life in writing 2010-12-13T08:00:00Z

It was a foreshadowing of how, in 2006, the adult Pitbull first realised house music would be the next big thing. Pitbull: 'I would be hypocritical to perform there' 2011-08-25T21:00:01Z

I realised that part of starting over meant meeting other people who were walking a similar path. ‘My first “date” felt more nerve-racking than a romantic one’: how to make new friends as a grownup 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z

Eventually, "we realised that there was a lot of talking going on from us but not much doing". New York magazines – start spreading the news 2013-01-06T00:07:33Z

By focusing solely on the siege, Benioff and Weiss went some way to addressing this issue, finally giving the storyline the deserved gravitas and making us realise what is at stake. Game of Thrones recap: season four, episode nine – The Watchers on the Wall 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

Shadow, just realised from prison, reeling from his wife's mysterious death embarks on an epic supernatural odyssey across the United States with the bizarre Mr Wednesday. Guardian book club summer events 2011-07-15T09:50:55Z

“Pulmonologists have been looking at severe dysfunction. Yogis have been looking at pranayama. But no one has been thinking of the average person like you and me. People are realising that they’ve been completed neglected.” 'You’ve had what we call a cosmic orgasm': the rise of conscious breathing 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z

As time went on, though, I realised that because of what had happened to me the work that I did would get more attention. Giles Duley: 'I lost three limbs in Afghanistan, but had to go back … ' 2013-02-10T00:13:44Z

They realised with a jolt that, every week, as many infant girls were dying in China through lack of access to health care as the up-to-800 protesters who died in Tiananmen. Half the Sky: how the trafficking of women today is on a par with genocide 2010-08-18T23:05:00Z

"Yeah, and in that instant I realised I was over ballet." The Pierces: 'We're the indie Abba' 2011-02-20T00:05:23Z

I realised there was something in Turner's work with which I had discovered a deep connection. How Turner's paintings inspired jazz composer Tim Whitehead's new record 2010-09-23T21:45:00Z

Wani, you begin to realise, is dying too: the news of his terminal illness must have been broken in the gap between narrative sections. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst 2011-07-22T21:55:09Z

Or would they realise that true wealth lies in the dissemination of information? Robin Hood today would target media, says Russell Crowe 2010-05-12T16:46:00Z

I wasn't, as many a traveller might, pursuing the elusive writer, I realised; he seemed to be pursuing me. Possessed by shades of Greene 2012-06-01T21:50:01Z

You realise all these records have a sound, and the sound is this band. The 30 best films about music, chosen by musicians 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

The magazine has a fully realised style that offends a group of readers; those very same characteristics make it an indispensable week-long companion for another group. Open door: The readers' editor on? entertainment writing and 'torture porn' 2010-09-05T23:05:00Z

It wasn’t until later that they realised these “friends” were nurses whom Radner had instructed to pretend they were paying a social visit. ‘She was our Michelle Obama’: how Gilda Radner changed comedy for ever 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

Fortunately, when they realised that staying up all night before your own wedding is legitimately stupid, they invented Jack Bauer. From Sherlock sandwiches to gay daleks: 30 secrets about your favourite TV shows 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

When the chair gets to the top, you just jump off and ski away, so those two people probably never realised what happened next. Experience: I rescued a man dangling from a chairlift 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

Then I realised I should just shoot in from the back, with just a row of bums. How we made The Full Monty 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

But I didn't start writing until I went to university and realised I was going to be the world's worst actor. Portrait of the artist: Abi Morgan, writer 2012-06-05T18:59:01Z

I realised I had no interest in killing myself at all. David Vann: 'I was filled with rage.' 2011-01-02T00:02:02Z

"For everything we thought we had learnt in class," Slater says, "we realised we knew nothing." Life and death in the US Marines 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

At Culture24 we believe that the strategic value of this content is best realised when aggregated and curated alongside similar content from other museums. Museums connecting cultural tourists: more substance over style, please 2013-04-02T12:27:22Z

The more time you spend with Aparicio, the more you realise how close she is to Cleo – gentle, sweet, with a sincerity that verges on the sombre. Roma star Yalitza Aparicio: 'I don’t think I am an actor' 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

They realised the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza were two different hotels. ‘I liked going to New York as a drug trafficker’: Duane Jackson 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z

But when the revolutionary guard realised my detainment might leave Mitchell and Webb's new show disastrously under-reviewed, I was released without charge. An invite to Iraq 2010-09-15T22:24:00Z

It took 10 years for everyone to realise that being digital meant you could really mess with and distort and rearrange things. Tom Ellard of Severed Heads - what I'm thinking about 2013-03-14T04:31:17Z

You realise you have a certain shelf life and you’re throwing that away.’ Cate Blanchett: ‘I used to be very socially awkward’ 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z

Call me a prude, but I didn’t realise there were sex toys that could talk. Keep it down! Why sales of silent sex toys are surging 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z

I've realised that, on the one hand, one is ready for it. G?nter Grass writes final autobiography 2010-08-24T13:25:00Z

Is it important that people realise that music is something you can make – you don't just consume it? Ry Cooder: 'Mitt Romney is a dangerous man, a cruel man' 2012-08-09T19:00:00Z

I read the first couple of pages of the script and realised, from the compelling way she'd written the opening, that I was going to love it. How we made: Michael Nyman and Jane Campion on The Piano 2012-07-30T17:30:44Z

In retrospect, she realised that it was her first peace mediation. Meet Chicago's Interrupters? 2011-08-06T22:48:57Z

This is just six weeks ago, I realise as I write this, and yet it feels like an eternity. Our beautiful sons could die before us 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z

Of course, I realise that the probable outcome of typing a quick “Hi, how are you?” into the chat box would either be silence, or a bemused reply from my aunt. Why I’m tempted to contact my late nan on Facebook 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

"The others in line grew angry and aggressive," she says, laughing, "but then they realised that the waiting was also part of the performance." Marina Abramovic 2010-10-02T23:04:00Z

There’s a long pause, where Schnabel seems to realise he is approaching a cliff edge. Julian Schnabel: ‘Why can’t a white person tell the story of a black person? Everyone is pink inside’ 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

It wasn’t until an hour or two later that I realised I had answered yes. On the run with my dad 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

But a news report about Joan, who was pregnant with twins from a donated egg, made Sylvie realise she was the donor. TV highlights 30/08/2011: The Great British Bake Off 2011-08-29T22:00:00Z

In this next clip, Ted organises one of his legendary comic set-pieces involving a pantomime horse, little realising that a real horse is also being delivered to the camp's riding instructor. Paul Shane's TV career – in videos 2013-05-17T14:05:08Z

Alex Kendrick, who wrote, directed and starred in War Room, told the Hollywood Reporter he realised during the writing that the film would be more powerful and passionate if told from an African American perspective. Onward Christian soldiers: War Room triumphs at the box office 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

After all, realising that your parents are fallible, needy and scared is the ultimate coming-of-age experience. 'When you grow up your heart dies': how the coming-of-age film got smart 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z

"I realised that everyone has to know where we come from," Fallon says. The Gaslight Anthem: 'Fans look up to us. That's creepy' 2012-08-09T19:00:00Z

Talk to enough people and you’ll realise everyone in the UK is six degrees of separation away from a TV dating show contestant: nans, brothers, friends, dogs. Dogs, hypnotism and full-frontal nudity: how dating shows got weird 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z

"It was only when I discovered websites like Kickstarter I began to realise what we might achieve through crowdfunding. We surpassed my wildest dreams." The people's return of Veronica Mars 2014-03-10T09:45:10Z

I never intended for him to walk into the glass, but there was a moment when I realised he wasn't going to stop, and I still chose to say nothing. Tim Dowling's guide to long-term love 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

"Although I am happy my grandma was returned, after speaking with her I realised how misguided and how badly she was lied to." Michael Jackson's son Prince breaks silence 2012-07-27T10:06:07Z

The unconfined gaiety of Oscar night, when inhabitants of the world of film realised that the Hathaway-Franco funnies were finally over, swiftly gave way to grief. Close up: Some prefer brunettes 2011-03-03T16:15:22Z

And if the most radical aims of transhumanism are realised, could mortality itself become a thing of the past? The bright side of science fiction 2010-04-01T10:08:00Z

"But once you have a family and kids you realise the importance of those things." Shane Smith: 'I want to build the next CNN with Vice – it's within my grasp' 2013-03-23T22:24:20Z

Ashbery has said that at Harvard in the late 40s he first realised that "nothing was too silly to bother with", that fun and high camp were worthy poetic goals. Quick Question by John Ashbery – review 2013-03-15T17:30:01Z

“I just realised you’ve gone all night with nothing to drink!” Magic out of mould: inside the world’s wildest restaurant | Jordan Kisner 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

What it needs, I realise, as I fold myself into the top floor reading nook with an Elizabeth Taylor, is to become a house itself. The bookcase you'll want to live in 2010-07-13T19:00:00Z

Florence studied at the London College of Fashion, realised it wasn't for her, and enrolled at Leiths cookery school. Why we're watching: Florence Knight 2012-07-07T23:05:18Z

Leah's story, of a mother's grief, seems at first stereotypical, but becomes more interesting as we realise how many secrets she is withholding from the world. The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates – review 2012-12-27T05:59:01Z

I realised that Atticus came across as one-dimensional not because of Peck's limitations as an actor but because of Lee's limitations as a writer. To Kill a Mockingbird isn't a great book but it made America a better place 2010-07-13T17:04:00Z

No wonder Hitler finally realises that all is lost. Downfall: opening the book on the final days of Adolf Hitler 2013-05-16T09:14:08Z

Does this young man tell us anything new or reveal anything we never realised about the human condition? New band of the day: Joey Bada$$ (No 1,302) 2012-07-05T15:50:28Z

I hadn’t realised it was two singles pushed together and hit my naked backside on the concrete floor. Unhappy Valentines: romantic holiday disasters 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

Even so, when Andy listened to it again, he realised how compelling it was. Michael Hutchence: in the eye of the storm 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z

By the end, I realised I'd been seized by the zeal of a proselyte. This play was all ancient Greek to me. But I liked it 2010-10-19T13:21:00Z

A fraction of a second later, I realised that – ahem – I had been returned to real life, and that the clocks you see around the place will, of course, give you the actual time. Christian Marclay's The Clock: a masterpiece of our times 2011-04-07T12:05:43Z

I've always seen myself as a travelling salesman and when I started recognising the petrol stations' employees I realised they probably thought the same. Service stations: my secret love affair 2010-05-01T23:35:00Z

But then when you reach a certain age, you realise that your parents are actually kind of smart and awesome? Ka-pow! Why Brits have gone from villains to superheroes 2011-02-02T15:17:56Z

"Since leaving Benin I've realised that my father was way ahead of his time," says Kidjo, as she reflects on the reality of her musical upbringing. Ang?lique Kidjo asks: 'Who are they to tell me what's African?' 2010-04-29T22:15:00Z

Bennet realises that Stan knows he is the chief suspect, pleads innocence, reminding the looming hulk of angry bereavement in front of him that he's about to become a father himself. The Killing: episode seven 2011-08-11T21:04:01Z

I've realised that to try and slot myself into that world is to diminish what I have to offer. 'I'm often at a loss for words' 2011-03-06T00:02:02Z

Remembering the shops there, and in Fulham Road, Sloane Street, Brompton Road, and even more in the West End, makes me realise another change: London has lost its claim to elegance. Diana Athill: the London I remember 2012-07-23T17:04:02Z

Invariably, actors say they caught the theatre bug young: they were chosen for the school play, or they enrolled in drama classes when they realised they enjoyed making their friends laugh in the playground. A quick curtain call. Then bed: Child actors in adult theatre 2010-05-05T20:30:00Z

At one point I followed a female runner ahead, and in my shoegazing stance realised we were wearing the same running shoes. Running in circles: my track marathon 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

In Tactics Ogre the chessboard is replaced with rural realms realised in a visual style that evokes a sense of the gaming of the 1990s, and the rules are certainly more complex than most board . Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:25Z

Somehow he liked the way he found the lad lying in bed at three in the afternoon, deeply inert: "I realised he was the man". Killing Joke: 'We've lost all our friends. We're the only ones we've got left' – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-03-27T13:38:11Z

I grew up in care and never knew the date of my birthday; and I still haven’t fully realised my dream. Experience: I regularly smash things in a rage room 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

Ross, a computer programmer who used to play Starfire as a teenager, quickly realises where he's ended up. Bedlam by Christopher Brookmyre – review 2013-02-14T09:01:01Z

Myth and magic were introduced early, yet so subtly that mainstream viewers who would usually balk at dragons and magic were hooked before they even realised they were being hoodwinked. 'Don’t let the tail wag the dragon': what we want from the Game of Thrones prequel 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

The irony was that in the end I abandoned the icy research centre setting because I realised that Jessie needed to be living in a much more ordinary world. Paperback Q&A: Jane Rogers on The Testament of Jessie Lamb 2012-08-21T14:38:26Z

In the end, he realised that acceptance was the best policy. Breakup songs owe a lot to the lovelorn lyrics of the Romantics 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z

The more I cook simply the more I realise food doesn’t need to be complicated or made from far-flung ingredients to do us good. 'It's the food that makes me happy': delicious new vegetarian recipes from Anna Jones 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z

It's satisfying to note these correspondences, in the same way that it's satisfying to realise that the novel's Cambry exists on the site of our Canterbury, its Dog Et on our Dargate. Why Riddley Walker rivals the Passion as the perfect Easter story 2013-04-01T09:00:02Z

While researching my book The Loves of the Artists I realised that sin is the secret ingredient in the Renaissance nude. Roman erotica lacks a sense of sin 2013-03-26T14:37:18Z

A curator realised it was the memorial book from Byron's family vault in Nottinghamshire, where he was buried after his death in Greece in 1824. Byron memorial picked up at US church sale 2011-07-07T12:46:34Z

Suddenly, you realise Stewart Laing's head-spinning production is not a City of Culture documentary at all, but a dazzlingly faithful adaptation of the novel. Paul Bright's Confessions of a Justified Sinner – review 2013-06-20T16:56:11Z

But as her inbox filled up with submissions, she came to realise that the reality was far more diverse than she could have ever imagined. Sexting: do men and women do it differently? 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

We realised when shooting the video that I was legally too young to do anything fun in Vegas. Conor Maynard: 'I wanted to prove I'm not Bieber 2.0' 2012-10-10T13:10:00Z

A few years ago at the Green Man festival, she saw her live "and realised it's totally different to what I do". Serafina Steer: 'The harp is a lonely instrument' 2013-01-19T15:00:01Z

The detached scientist had gone on a Conradian journey, ultimately realising that the heart of darkness was inside him. Mutiny on the Sex Raft: how a 70s science project descended into violent chaos 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

Until I realised that's the stupidest thing you can do because people are so pretty in LA! Amy Adams: punching above her weight 2011-01-23T00:05:05Z

Fate had determined that I was destined to watch every single episode, so my best plan of action was just to shut up and realise that we have to exist together. Take Me Out: worth a second date? 2010-12-20T13:57:50Z

He is of the opinion that the Austrian film awards will help other Austrian directors realise future films more than would be the case with him. Michael Haneke withdraws Amour from Austrian film awards 2013-01-04T12:50:59Z

Volsky remains a type and a vessel for historical experience, rather than a fully realised character. The Life of an Unknown Man by Andre? Makine 2010-10-02T11:18:00Z

Adrian was greatly loved, as shown by the enthusiasm of his friends to realise his final project, the Boat. Adrian Bunting obituary 2013-05-20T14:34:02Z

As Legorjus realises, something similar is proceeding on a smaller scale in New Caledonia with the Kanaks' demand for immediate independence. Rebellion – review 2013-04-20T23:05:32Z

But she doesn’t seem to realise the damage this is doing to my mental health and subsequently our relationship. I want nothing to do with my fiancee’s friend's husband. Am I wrong to avoid him? 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z

The films are anything but linear, and when one sees them in one great all-together-now performance one realises how circular they are, each sweeping into the next. From Death to Death and Other Small Tales: Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the D Daskalopoulos Collection – review 2012-12-23T00:06:37Z

The films that determined the rest of his long working life were made as his big screen career declined, after he realised that he needed his own company – Cherokee Productions – to control material. James Garner obituary 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

I wasn't thinking of it at the time, of course – there were many more practical things to see to – but I realised it later, as I reflected on that remarkable morning. David Nobbs 2010-09-18T23:04:00Z

Of course I realise that what we read in Ivy League colleges and at Oxford was not representative of the general population. Not-so essential reading 2010-10-22T08:43:00Z

The moment he realised it was all finally working out, he was on the rooftop of the Island Records office in west London after signing his deal in 2010. Devlin: 'You've got to be hard on yourself. It's all or nothing' 2013-02-03T00:05:05Z

"Comrade, don't you realise," the po-faced children tell a baffled restaurateur. A Chinese Life by Li Kunwu and P Ôtié – review 2012-10-12T07:00:01Z

“For me it’s important to realise that I can’t control everything,” she says. Great Scott! Back to the Future turns 30 (and catches up with reality) 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

We were halfway through the annual game of pass-the-orange-under-the-chin when I realised that Christmas was going to be OK. What did Santa bring us? Two Syrian refugees 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

You have to realise that, for single parents, the list of tasks that simply must get done is endless. Now we are three: me, my daughter and my new fiancee 2013-07-20T08:00:00Z

At the Gothic Castle, George Michael realises that Gob has tricked him and leaves, though not before Gob snogs him, for appearances' sake. Arrested Development recap: season four, episodes 11-15 2013-05-28T13:32:01Z

I realised I wasn't much good at any of this. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan - extract 2012-08-10T21:55:10Z

My work is not a comment on religion, nature or indeed anything, it is all about manipulating the object to realise my idea. Art that bites 2011-04-07T08:34:39Z

But when they come face to face, Heyvaert realises he's been making a big assumption about the kind of actor Softley is. Girl X: An actor? In a wheelchair? 2011-04-11T20:59:01Z

On the upside, he realised that he didn't have latent suicidal impulses, and he was able to turn his maritime adventures into a book, A Mile Down. David Vann: 'I was filled with rage.' 2011-01-02T00:02:02Z

They planned to start a small museum but although he lived to the age of 93, Uncle Eric was unable to realise his dream. Setting urban transport to music - the strains of trains 2012-11-27T15:00:00Z

But Mr Plender is wise enough to realise that for all its faults, capitalism has raised the living standards of billions of people since the 18th century and improved their life expectancy. What’s the alternative? 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

It is a dogged, yet beautifully realised account of horror, grief and the psychological trauma of war. Debut fiction roundup ? reviews 2011-02-20T00:12:01Z

The only question for him is, why has it taken us so long to realise that? How dealing with past trauma may be the key to breaking addiction 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

As Brockes begins to dig, she realises to her horror that behind what she had always regarded as a flourish of character, "an actual solid event had existed". She Left Me the Gun: My Mother's Life Before Me by Emma Brockes – review 2013-03-22T09:01:01Z

"I realised that our two worlds . . . were as distant from each other as Kenya is from Germany," he writes. The invention of Obama 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z

He said nobody believed the "mythical" single existed - and that his pulse was racing when he realised it was the "most exciting record" he had sold in his 48-year career. Soul fans in a spin over rare record 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

There's another track entitled God Speaks In Tongues while on Family Tree he comes over all forlorn as he realises, "I guess heaven ain't the safest place". Sivu (No 1,522) 2013-05-30T16:53:50Z

"When I realised I'd never be able to talk again," he says, "I was speechless." Lee Ridley: making comedy out of silence 2012-06-06T17:26:50Z

"I realised I'd been faking 'normal' for 10 years, pretty much," Burnside says. John Burnside: a life in writing 2011-08-26T21:54:01Z

It was pretty hair-raising, because you realise that this is not the first government that's broken. Laurie Anderson: music for dogs and Obama 2013-02-13T20:00:01Z

What I think she's realised, and this is a testament to her intelligence, is that she needs to work with really fine directors who challenge her and support her as she experiments. Emma Watson in 'transforming' role as Coppola's thief 2013-05-08T15:34:35Z

When you are up there you realise that this is the heartbeat of Australia. Red Dog: an audience with Australia's best friend 2012-02-09T20:00:01Z

Memorable moment: Lisa: "I never realised before, but some Itchy & Scratchy cartoons send the message that violence against animals is funny." 2010-01-14T11:04:00Z

But she eventually came to realise that the British writer would only sanction a final cut that cleaved tightly to her own famously clunky dialogue. Fifty Shades of Grey screenwriter says film is 'too painful' to watch 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

Romcoms contrive to make the promiscuous person fall in love and realise the error of their bonking ways; horror films and noir thrillers find a horrible way to make that person suffer. Looking for casual sex? Head for the cinema 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Graeme Robertson When did you realise you wanted to be an actor? Portrait of the artist: Simon Callow, actor 2010-08-09T21:45:00Z

About four weeks in, I realise that I’m generally feeling really good; in control, fitter and, yes, stronger. How to get strong this year: 'I worry I might actually pass out' 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z

When he saw the image on the monitor, though, he realised that the shot was all wrong. Ruben Östlund: ‘All my films are about people trying to avoid losing face’ 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z

What many people don’t realise, he says, is that a man’s fertility, like a woman’s, has a shelf life. ‘There was nothing wrong with my wife – it was me’: the men waking up to fertility problems 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z

There was something biblical about it, and I realised in that moment that we’d constructed a crazy world around a wounded messiah. 'If anyone was going to wake from a coma, it was my brother' 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z

Few people realise that there is a repressive dictatorship right in the middle of Europe. Natalia Kaliada: 'In Belarus it's very simple – everything's repressed' 2012-06-02T23:05:29Z

It's important the audience realises at once it's not going to see something turgid or heavy. Landmark Aids play gets London revival 2013-08-09T07:19:16Z

Then, using your tongue, push the oyster against the roof of your mouth – you’ll realise at this point it is firm, rather than slimy, and any panic should subside. Oysters: food of the gods or the devil’s own delicacy? 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

Although she was tempted to retreat from life, she realised she would have to force herself to live in as an imaginative way as possible. Sylvia Plath in New York: 'pain, parties and work' 2013-02-02T14:00:01Z

I still recall the feeling of joyful discovery when, after I had bathed and put my toddlers to bed, I flicked through the pages and realised what I had found. The pleasant-looking killers who took my father’s life 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z

The experience reminds me of the time I changed my bedside lamp but didn’t realise I had bought a bulb that had too high a wattage. Lighten up: can a sun simulator improve my winter mood and lethargy? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

"The danger is that people don't realise how challenging these cuts are going to be," he said. Mark Thompson: A hard act to follow 2012-09-15T01:03:43Z

The expensive cars and other possessions gave him the appearance of a multimillionaire, but what others did not realise was that he was living well beyond his means. Karen Carpenter's tragic story 2010-10-23T23:03:00Z

"And then I realised as I was writing I was making these complete sort of memory pieces." The tsunami survivor who lost her whole family 2013-03-09T23:00:01Z

He said he previously "saw the world as kind of, in theory, three-dimensional, but the experience is more flat," Adding: "I didn't realise that until I began to see in proper stereo." 3D movie improves man's vision after lifetime of impairment 2013-06-17T12:08:10Z

I didn’t realise that, because I was a self-conscious, picked-on kid, when people were looking at me, I’d feel they were making fun of me.” Daryl Hannah: ‘It’s scary being in solitary’ 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z

Edward realised there was a mistake on his ticket and he needed to speak to a supervisor. How we met: ‘At the start he was too British to argue – I had to teach him’ 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z

One of many superlative designs by Bob Crowley, the cottage front is realised in needlepoint. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ? review 2011-03-06T00:10:18Z

Initially releasing songs for their comedy value – “ridiculous tunes grasping for attention” – Burd soon realised his talent for verbal dexterity and his passion for rap was overtaking his satirical ambitions. Lil Dicky on Dave: 'Everything the show says about my penis is true' 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

By the same token, I’m guessing the actors’ reps realise that these things do exist? Acting up: Angelina Jolie and the movie stars who dispute their interviews 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

I didn’t realise I was writing an immigration novel until I had finished the first draft, but I knew early on that Iris was my Dorothy. The Wizard of Oz at 80: how the world fell under its dark spell 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

I realised that if I wasn't here the work wouldn't exist. Doreen Lawrence: 'I could have shut myself away, but that is not me' 2013-04-20T22:26:39Z

This state-of-the-nation idea is too weakly realised to pack a punch, but the play's sharp perceptions about emotional complexities prickle the skin. The American Plan – review 2013-03-17T00:05:56Z

Anyhow, this mixture makes you realise just how “acted” most films are, how full of setups and reactions that never happen in real life. Bria Vinaite: from Instagram entrepreneur to starring opposite Willem Dafoe 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z

This would not be surprising if there had been, say, half an hour left to run, but when I got hold of a copy of the script, I realised we had missed scarcely 20 lines. All's well if the play ends well | Mark Fisher 2010-03-29T14:48:00Z

I realised that the dream was too small, you know. Will Smith: just an ordinary guy being forced to run for president 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

Despite cooking mishaps, they started to realise there was more than friendship between them. How we met: ‘The first time I cooked for him I served the only thing he hated’ 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z

I’m very direct and sometimes you have to realise people aren’t always like you.” John Boyega: ‘I’m very direct. I can’t lie’ 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z

Monty Python simply never told the children what Every Sperm Is Sacred meant when making The Meaning Of Life, just as the kid in The Shining never realised he was in a horror movie. Should children be allowed to act in harrowing films? 2013-03-04T15:54:47Z

We sat at separate tables for 10 minutes before realising. Blind date: ‘We had a long conversation about cows’ 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z

This, I realise, is what Damien Hirst meant when he called his shark the physical impossibility of death in the mind of someone living. How to dispose of a dead pet: is taxidermy the very best option? 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

“I made quite a discovery. I didn’t realise I had so many shoes that are pretty much exactly the same,” he marvels, looking at his windowsill of damp plimsolls. In these strange times, there’s no better place to relax than the 90s | Hadley Freeman 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z

There’s double pain is seeing your child heartbroken, while also realising that your relationship with a much-loved son or daughter-in-law is changed for ever. Eight ways to cope when your child gets divorced 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

I thought he was checking up on my schooling but then I realised he didn't know how to read. Real story behind Scottsboro Boys 2013-10-17T10:03:54Z

People hear vocal music and they realise it's the purest form of music imaginable. Bobby McFerrin gets vocal 2010-05-06T22:05:00Z

Looking at the Everyday Sexism Project database, I realised that in the past two years, 525 women and girls have reported this particular experience. Women being masturbated at in public isn't as rare as you might think 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Gradually Fenton realised that she was never going to get a break. Sexism in dance: where are all the female choreographers? 2013-04-28T08:00:33Z

Castilla realised she had become a national celebrity when her fellow inmates broke into spontaneous applause on her arrival. Uruguay, the first country where you can smoke marijuana wherever you like 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z

Jools Holland: 'Everybody in my extended family helped to raise me - I realise how lucky I was to grow up among kind folk.' Jools Holland: My family values 2012-06-01T23:05:12Z

The women gradually realise that the locals are fine without Jesus, and, as Nathan's "mission" leads to one disaster after another, they abandon him to his fate. Ten of the best religious zealots in literature 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z

But does he realise he has left himself wide open for this kind of speculation? Darren Aronofsky on Mother! - ‘Jennifer Lawrence was hyperventilating because of the emotion’ 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

But communist Romania's decay and corruption only highlight all he's tried to leave behind, and he comes to realise Europe is no exit at all. Esi Edugyan's top 10 tales of Americans in Europe 2011-07-13T10:59:07Z

I now realise she was also my first and most adoring audience. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

I put Baltic Fleet on and hours go by without even realising. Baltic Fleet – New Band Up North #33 2013-07-22T16:00:00Z

It made me realise what territory means to a young country. Take the long view: Chile revisited 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z

Bonus points if that article is written by a woman – preferably one too young to realise that this article has been written every five years since women were allowed to write. Hadley Freeman: single women, bag that man now! 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z

You’re watching terrible things happen without realising just how terrible they are. My favourite Christmas film: Home Alone 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

“We realised he was no longer funny; there was a darkness, and a willingness to do harm.” Peter Gallagher: 'One of the most toxic things in the world is success' 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z

Then she realised the painted thing could never be as good as the real thing. Cornelia Parker: A history of violence 2010-05-25T20:31:00Z

But when he realises the people he's killing are real, he freaks out and obtains the first known injury to a drone pilot. Arrested Development recap: season four, episodes 11-15 2013-05-28T13:32:01Z

In recent weeks, the nice lady boss of Blue Cross Animal Rescue learnt that volunteers need more rewards, and the boss of a haulage firm realised that truckers get lonely by themselves. Have you been watching ... Undercover Boss? 2011-08-03T10:48:22Z

In Ligeti's Second Quartet, they combined meticulous care in realising every inflection and colour with a perfectly judged sense of the work's scope and stature. JACK Quartet ? review 2011-08-01T17:31:40Z

Too late, she realises that it is a satanically charged object and by reading it aloud she has made it come true. The scariest horror films ever – ranked! 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

All the essential parts of E Nesbit's heartfelt, complicated story are realised here. Aspects of Love; Lifegame; The Railway Children 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z

The moment aspiring film-makers realised there was a potential shortcut to distribution and acclaim, they started smoothing off their rough edges – consciously or without even noticing – or at least they began to stylise themselves. Film-makers need to trust the audience 2013-05-24T13:00:01Z

Or maybe he is just realising that there is not much that is scarier in society than a woman who goes exactly where her desires take her. Are you a female movie character? Are you promiscuous? Things won’t end well for you … 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z

Unless people are in the shoes of a child actor they don’t realise how difficult it can be at times. ‘Jesus would beat Simba in a fight’ – the Stranger Things kids tackle the big issues 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

Kaling could refuse to stop talking about the "issues", of course, but she's smart enough to realise that it is nowhere near as simple as that. Mindy Kaling: 'I wasn't considered attractive or funny enough to play myself' 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z

By take four he said: “You do realise this is a wind-up, don’t you?” The day Oliver Reed grabbed me by the balls | Omid Djalili 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z

Nor do they realise that, as the philosopher Spinoza put it: Sub specie aeternitatis, Villa’s relegation’s no big deal. 20 reasons to be cheerful in middle age 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

His chances of wooing her are limited because he realises, to his horror, that he has been reincarnated not, as he had originally hoped, as an angel, but as a fly. Jacob's Folly by Rebecca Miller – review 2013-06-15T16:00:01Z

Also courage rather than boldness is the virtue you need if you are to realise the the message, expressed in his 1988 novel, The Alchemist, that wherever your heart is you will find treasure. Paulo Coelho on Jesus, Twitter and the difference between defeat and failure 2013-03-17T19:30:00Z

I realised I had forgotten a lot, which is the problem as I get older; it’s almost a new show to me again. Richard Herring: 'The Simpsons should stop now' 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

When the Syrians realised this, they climbed on the tank. My hopes for peace 2010-05-01T23:09:00Z

But I realised I wasn't enjoying it any more. Ian McCulloch: 'Car parks are a bigger threat than war' 2013-04-11T16:23:18Z

His publishers soon realised that Thomas's scripted humour was an enormous attraction for readers and audiences. Writer's centenary is celebrated 2013-07-06T10:35:47Z

And so, the friend realised how little he really knew about this man and his life. Chris Weitz: once upon a time in East LA 2011-07-28T20:55:01Z

"Too many bills this month?" asks the fresh-faced and surprisingly upbeat young woman, as she tots up her outgoings and realises there's a camera crew in her kitchen recording her impending financial doom. The Hard Sell: QuickQuid 2010-05-29T10:42:00Z

I like it when my readers don’t realise they’ve read three of my books because they think of them as separate stories or styles. Emma Donoghue: ‘I’ve ended up having a family and being a lesbian.' 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z

Ken: You get really good at releasing soul music, and you realise the soul music audience is limited. Numero Group: the crate-digging record label's top 10 2013-06-13T16:05:50Z

I now realise that I've made a terrible error of judgment ... Jimmy Carr said sorry. So did William Shatner - but without apologising 2012-06-21T19:00:01Z

Only in 2011, when police replayed him vociemails left by his children's nanny, did Law realise the extent and nature of the intrusion – what his lawyer called "a sustained campaign of surveillance, pursuit and harassment". Jude Law on phone hacking, being 40 and his new film Side Effects 2013-03-03T19:00:01Z

When he accidentally breaks Danny's arm, Jack realises he has to change his ways. Rereading Stephen King: week three – The Shining 2012-06-22T11:32:40Z

When Welsh National Opera's staging was premiered in 2003, it realised an intensity that was wholly compelling. Jephtha – review 2012-10-01T17:20:52Z

People can often have such seemingly conflicting attitudes without even realising it. A psychologist explains why so many women oppose feminism 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

There's murder and romance, but at its core is one young writer struggling to realise her dream. Amnesty teen takeover: Sara Grant's top 10 books that entertain and inspire 2012-08-22T11:19:10Z

The idea was realised in the camouflage workshops in the desert, and the disguised tanks became known as Sunshields. The Phantom Army of Alamein by Rick Stroud - review 2012-12-21T22:55:05Z

Having just seen ad I realise why people are mad. The legacy of John Lennon 2010-09-25T23:33:00Z

With this as their guiding ethos, they went to work gathering a multinational roster of writers and directors with an innate sense of the culture they’d be helping to realise onscreen. Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V Gordon on Little America 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z

As if it were a movie theatre playing a picture over and over again, the house is home to a recurring melodrama – and gradually the women realise they can perhaps intervene in it. The films that time forgot 2010-08-19T20:59:00Z

And it was a huge relief to me to realise he wasn't a bad guy. Clive Stafford Smith: 'The jury system in this country is utter insanity' 2012-07-08T19:00:02Z

Because they both realised that they would alienate too many potential supporters across the religious divide if they talked about religion; they knew that England was already deeply split between Catholics and Protestants. Saints, Sacrilege & Sedition by Eamon Duffy - review 2012-07-27T21:55:05Z

Australians do things with such verve, you hardly realise you're being marketed at. TV review: Chateau Chunder; Heston's Fantastical Food; Dara Ó Briain's Science Club 2012-11-13T22:00:01Z

They're concerned that many don't even realise the best R&B pop is as much the result of songwriting graft as whatever indie, folk or rock record you care to mention. New band of the day (Dungeonesse No 1,489) 2013-04-10T16:04:38Z

I realise I am not used to experiencing this kind of praise, from either gender. The search for my inner ‘hero’: a modern masculinity retreat 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z

And after yesterday's event - which I hadn't planned to attend, and only went to because I finished another interview early and realised I had time to sneak into something - I'm thinking, more fool me. Falling for Roddy Doyle 2010-05-30T13:37:00Z

That is, until one night, while Phoebe was in London and Toby in Melbourne, they were chatting and realised they were both single at the same time. How we stay together: 'I’ve got your back. Whatever happens, I’ve got your back' 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z

Doing loads of terrible gigs made us realise we had to be better, tighter. How Two Door Cinema Club became shock blockbusters 2010-12-16T22:55:01Z

Angas's wonderfully observed performances are typical of a cast in which every character seems precisely realised. Lulu – review 2013-02-10T17:30:27Z

Hearing Some Friendly's tracks again, you realise how much of the album was unadventurous filler. The Charlatans 2010-06-02T20:46:00Z

Doesn't she realise I need dirt, self-disgust and something really vile about working with Rose Byrne on I Give it a Year and/or Bill Murray on Hyde Park on the Hudson? Olivia Colman: 'It's slightly scary … it could all go wrong' 2013-07-07T17:30:00Z

I read it through in a couple of sittings on the beach, and by the end of it, if I'd realised the saucy passage didn't actually appear in the book, I didn't care. After Tolkien, get Bored of the Rings 2011-02-08T13:01:04Z

We soon realised they were being led by none other than Pelé, the greatest footballer ever. Trailer Trash Cannes 2013-05-18T23:04:12Z

I realise I'm repeating myself here, but I cannot wait for next week. Luther recap: season three, episode three 2013-07-16T21:00:02Z

And I'd say that one of the reasons to belong to Equity is to get some sort of self-respect, to realise that you're not on your own. Ask Equity 2010-09-15T21:01:00Z

Talking to these teens, I realised there's a very good chance that these "outside" values are becoming their norm. Teenagers suffer the kicks of abusive relationships 2011-01-28T10:35:44Z

All the animals were like real characters - but the humans were too silly to realise this. Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell - review 2013-07-12T14:00:00Z

It was 15 minutes before I realised she was my date. Blind date: ‘it didn’t feel like we’d just met’ 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

“It’s taken me years to realise it but there is no quick fix,” she says. ‘I thought it was a miracle. Then I started shaking’: the danger of buying diet pills online 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

Read the punk and post-punk history books and you soon realise that this was a man who was at his best when being bad, whereas when the going got good he was simply bored. Sleeve Notes: RIP Malcolm McLaren 2010-04-09T15:33:00Z

But, perhaps more than anywhere else, Los Angeles has realised and harnessed the power of social media when it comes to design. Is Instagram changing the way we design the world? 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

Maeby realises that Rebel is dating both Michael and George Michael. Arrested Development recap: season four, episodes 11-15 2013-05-28T13:32:01Z

I reached for my sword, and realised I did not have one. Extract: Jude in London by Julian Gough 2011-08-25T11:18:47Z

“I didn’t realise the importance of it,” she says. ‘I’m a human calculator’: what’s it like to be a child genius – or to raise one? 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z

I realised the amount of heavy lifting, literally, that you do with kids and thought I’d need both legs and both arms. Billy Zane: ‘My art is similar to my acting – improvisational’ 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z

By the time she was 28 I realised she was obviously in for the long run. Magician Paul Daniels and wife Debbie McGee on their marriage 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

Its colour and texture are deliciously realised in the second stanza, with the third adding to the intricacy by punningly evoking the streaks of colour as "figures". Poem of the week: 'My Grandmother's Opal' by Grevel Lindop 2010-12-27T09:00:03Z

Eventually I've realised that life's a bit more serious than skating through a hall and answering back. Interviews with 18-year-old boys 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z

Bespoke period products came into existence shortly after the first world war, when nurses realised that the cellulose-based bandages they were using to dress wounds were better than cotton at absorbing blood. Tampon wars: the battle to overthrow the Tampax empire 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

"When we started to look at some of the acts on the Pyramid stage over the last few years, we realised these were core Radio 2 acts," said Bob Shennan, the controller of Radio 2. BBC announces 250 hours of Glastonbury coverage 2013-05-30T12:47:38Z

“I realised that so much of what I thought about Zelda was incorrect and actually incredibly defamatory,” she says. Christina Ricci: 'I thought I'd do better as I got older' 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z

But afterwards, I realised it would be more efficient and constructive to put the artworks on a website. Carlos Latuff: The voice of Tripoli ? live from Rio 2011-08-22T21:01:01Z

"It was at that moment that I realised what I set out to achieve," said Drew. Plan B wins hat-trick at Novellos 2011-05-19T17:02:37Z

Hey, do you realise that you just asked that woman to go get coffee for us? How Reddit’s Ellen Pao survived one of ‘the largest trolling attacks in history’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

Then, in 1987, I did my first opera, and I realised, "Yeah, this is what I need to do." Portrait of the artist: Antonio Pappano, conductor 2011-03-21T22:29:00Z

The classic example is the young sports star encouraged to think of himself as a "natural" – but who then fails to put in sufficient practice to realise his potential. Happiness is a glass half empty 2012-06-15T22:00:43Z

"We operate a wonderful fine art gallery, yet realise that the models for dealing in contemporary arts have evolved in this digital age," he said. Amazon launches online art site 2013-08-07T12:10:20Z

“It’s only now that I realise how fortunate I was with that, because that could have gone many, many, many different ways,” she said. Emilia Clarke: Game of Thrones nude scenes were 'terrifying' 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

And that’s when I realise the horse is wearing body glitter. Inside Wayne Newton’s Las Vegas wonderland 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

So he did and everyone realised the film was in great shape. Michael Douglas: how we made One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

Or indie with pop ambition but minus the vision to realise it? New band of the day – No 1,316: Bastille 2012-07-25T16:09:57Z

They soon realise, that if they are going to survive everything that's changing around them, they need each other more now than ever... The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall - review 2013-06-08T14:00:00Z

In Manchester, there's a sigh of collective embarrassment as the understandably confused crowd realise they've given a heroes' welcome to a couple of warm-up DJs. Wu-Tang Clan 2010-08-04T20:30:00Z

Actually, I didn't realise how much I didn't like bugs until I read this book; the pictures are excellent, but just made me squirm. I love bugs by Emma Dodd - review 2012-08-02T11:00:00Z

Morning, Passover A non-Jewish friend on the way to your family’s seder remarks to a colleague that she didn’t realise Peckham’s Morrisons didn’t have a kosher section. Scenes in the life of a liberal Jew | Eva Wiseman 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

But that's when I realised, I'm fine with this, I'm fine with this. Rylan Clark on The X Factor, death threats and being seen as a fame-hungry diva 2012-12-16T20:00:00Z

Slowly, governments were realising that the kids tinkering in their bedrooms with soldering irons and motherboards could be capable of disrupting the status quo. Digital love: why cinema can't get enough of cyberpunk 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

The perfect writer, in Mailer's phrase, had failed to realise his potential. Truman Capote's In Cold Blood - rereading 2011-08-05T09:00:06Z

He just hadn’t realised how bad it could be. Ruben Östlund: ‘All my films are about people trying to avoid losing face’ 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z

The first time I heard Slip by Deadmaus, I thought it was interesting, but soon realised that the breaks and build-ups were *too* perfect. Feedback loop: your reviews and comments 2012-08-06T09:53:38Z

It starts off like a normal story then you realise it's a bit more - packed with fun facts and interesting diagrams. Yucky Worms by Vivian French and Jessica Ahlberg - review 2012-09-30T11:00:00Z

Behind every record that you buy, a record company's been putting often millions of pounds into getting that record to them, and to help an artist realise a creative vision. Music stars 'still need labels' 2010-03-09T14:47:00Z

“I realised it was sitting very badly with me.” Kate Winslet: ‘I’ve been asked so many times about the intimate scenes’ 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z

But I also realised that the best thing I could do was to learn how to make women genuinely enjoy themselves. The magic number: how many people have you slept with? 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z

But over the years I’ve realised there’s a point where you have to pull back on that. Craig David: ‘Bo’ Selecta! was a blessing in disguise’ 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z

Eventually I stopped seeing Down’s syndrome and realised that Seb was simply my son. My son’s Down’s syndrome does not define him 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

She said: 'I heard the Smiths and realised, I get it – I can write about anything.' Kirsty MacColl: the great British songwriter who never got her due 2012-09-29T23:05:11Z

So it’s comforting to me to realise that it’s not human nature, that it wasn’t always this way – and it won’t always be this way. Gloria Steinem meets Gloria Allred: ‘Donald Trump has made us woke’ 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z

HorseLover3000 said that when she started the book 'I don't think I realised just how deeply it was going to strike, and how much of a compelling story it is'. Carnegie medal shortlist: your verdicts 2013-06-20T16:36:36Z

Later he realised the impact of that live phone call. Gaza doctor writes book of hope despite death of three daughters 2010-08-15T16:53:00Z

“Once I realised the psychological and physical trauma, I was against it.” Somaliland: 'I convinced my sister not to do type III FGM on her daughter' 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

The disc contains no texts unfortunately – the only blemish on a beautifully conceived and realised collection. Skempton: Bolt from the Blue ? review 2010-12-23T21:46:00Z

Exaudi have collaborated with the sound artist Bill Thompson to realise the electronic component of the work, a dimension of the music that many performers neglect. You are the synthesiser: John Cage's experiments with the human voice 2011-03-17T21:59:01Z

Indeed it is, until you realise that its sympathetic approach to such subject matter placed it in a category of one. Radio: Esther Waters, a gripping play about a Victorian girl's fight for survival 2013-03-09T06:00:06Z

We were in a play at the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester when we suddenly realised we were falling in love. Andy Serkis: ‘How would I like to be remembered? Not as the guy who played Gollum’ 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

We didn't realise it had been No 1 in the UK the previous month. Pet Shop Boys choose their 10 all-time favourite dance tracks 2013-07-11T18:00:00Z

"My job is to help the director realise his vision," Rolf added. Oscar-winner Tom Rolf dies aged 83 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

Fat has been the bad guy ever since manufacturers realised they could take it out of foods like milk and yoghurt and replace it with sugar, and then charge a premium for it. Seven ways you're ruining your food, and why knife skills are life skills | Adam Liaw 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

So when THE most amazing theatre competition rolls round, she realises this might be her one chance to do something with her gift. The Secret Henhouse Theatre by Helen Peters - review 2013-05-23T17:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Emma Paxton, the long lost sister, realises she has an identical twin when she stumbles across an internet video of the killing. Penelope Bush's top 10 teen twin books 2013-03-28T16:29:47Z

I'm a kind of person who either starts laughing hysterically halfway through the joke, or realises at the end when nobody is laughing that I forgot to mention one crucial detail. Katarzyna Klimkiewicz: 'In Poland, everybody is an expert on everything' 2011-04-05T13:58:55Z

He describes his time in the industry as: "serving a 10-year writing apprenticeship, as a designer, without realising it". Alex Scarrow: 'I've worked really hard to make TimeRiders absolute cocaine' 2010-07-22T10:43:00Z

As a teenager, I was going to call my band Love – until I realised it had already been taken before I was even born. Behind the music: What's in a band name? 2010-06-24T08:30:00Z

You realise she has become a movie star because she has spent her whole life preparing to be a movie star. Jessica Chastain: ‘It’s a myth that women don’t get along’ 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z

At what age did you realise that your role was to be the more grown-up one?Um, when I was about three or four. Gemma Arterton: 'Our house was a bit Ab Fab at times' 2013-05-11T23:05:25Z

"Last night I realised this is the first time in cinema's history that a comic book had inspired a Palme d'Or movie and this idea petrified me," she wrote. Blue is the Warmest Colour translation hurried into print after Cannes victory 2013-05-30T13:45:01Z

But even those drinks are probably uncool by the time I realise they’re a thing. Hey hipsters, hands off my flat white 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

"They took their blows for a minute but then they realised, 'We gotta come back at this.'" After the Party: Music and the Black Panthers 2010-09-02T21:45:00Z

We had two already, but I realised a question had formed and was lodged in the back of my mind: “Should I have another?” Why three children is my magic number 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

Her brothers then set about helping her realise her twinkly-toed dreams. Girls' fiction needs to learn some new routines 2010-10-06T10:43:00Z

I had finally realised that I was no longer “sick” – this was my life for ever. Experience: I was crushed by a falling man 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

I want to make them realise they are dealing with flesh and blood. Spies, Chopin and a Libya rescue 2013-01-14T07:00:03Z

"I knew it was a colossal undertaking," says Brabbins, "but I didn't realise quite how colossal." The Gothic Symphony: 'It's a Himalayan peak' 2011-07-13T20:30:01Z

It was only then I realised I had already been singing one of Guthrie's songs for years. Woody Guthrie: a century of protest 2012-07-13T21:54:03Z

But then I also realised at a young age that I loved writing. Will Ferrell: ‘Ignorance is a key part of comedy’ 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z

Funk artists long ago realised that "more is more", that a sweet groove gathers exponential power the longer you play it, as long as the audience is still dancing. Pop's long players: sometimes extra length makes all the difference 2012-05-17T08:46:17Z

“They don’t even realise women are human beings.” 'They are heroes': Angelina Jolie honours survivors of sexual violence in Cambodia 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

I realise some areas of my humour have offended some people but sorry, that's part of who I am! Jello Biafra: 'Obama owes Occupy big time' 2013-04-25T15:54:10Z

It makes you realise how linear and reductive memory is. George Saunders: My desktop 2013-04-22T11:56:00Z

When she left that evening, I didn’t realise it would be the last time I saw that version of my beautiful daughter. A letter to… my daughter’s abductor 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z

Knowing the extent of despair among Russians – from the confession box as much as from alcohol consumption – the priest realised that people needed a forum to air and discuss their grievances. The Last Man in Russia, and the Struggle to Save a Dying Nation by Oliver Bullough – review 2013-04-13T13:30:01Z

This year, more people than ever are choosing to get jobs on apprentice-like schemes offered by an increasing number of employers who are beginning to realise that, too. Lucy Mangan: sitting exams is a game, and the game is rigged 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z

We always thought we would have children, but by the time we realised it probably wasn't going to happen, it was too late. The secrets of long-term love 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

"I was canny enough at the time to realise that the flat Manchester accent makes comedy funnier and drama more intense," says Warren. Coronation Street: 50 years on and still the pride of the north-west 2010-12-09T15:34:00Z

And the second was reading my Guardian blogs, and realising the extent of my delusion. AL Kennedy and the perils of the pen 2012-08-15T17:30:01Z

And I realise, talking with girlfriends of my age but also younger, that everybody’s different. Miranda Richardson: ‘The Weinstein offices reeked of after-hours sex’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

I didn’t realise there was such a lack of cakes for men. ‘Your cake is on Reddit!’: how one small-town baker's creations went viral 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

“Well, I realised it wasn’t right – someone putting me through emotional and psychological warfare.” Britt Ekland: 'I was put through emotional and psychological warfare' 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

This is a puerile argument, says David Wilson, a professor of criminology at Birmingham City University, who was a psychological adviser to Big Brother before resigning, "very quickly when I realised what was involved". Susan Boyle: What happened to the dream? 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

“It was young, inexperienced women, people who wouldn’t be believed should they dare to come forward … people don’t realise that a lot of Cosby’s victims were teenagers.” 'You can hear their pain': Chasing Cosby and the rise of #MeToo podcasts 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

"We had a year off once and it didn't take me long to realise that I need to be active to be happy," he admits. Westlife bow out after 15-year ballad career based on hit formula 2012-06-20T13:37:05Z

The dancing scene in which Yorkie realises her feelings is a gem, as is the final scene. From Gentleman Jack to Killing Eve: who are TV's greatest lesbian icons? 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Marc and I realised we were no longer compatible. ‘Discovering my true sexual self’: why I embraced polyamory 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z

Which I did, unedited, for years until I realised we never looked at them. Snap happy 2013-05-19T18:30:00Z

But – and I wish I had realised this at school, Mr Stephenson – you don't have to like a teacher to learn from them. TV review: The Churchills; Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder – The Big Clear Out 2012-07-26T21:00:03Z

And what people don't realise is that there's health and safety! Peter Robinson's Radio Daze: L&D Hospital Radio 2012-08-24T23:05:00Z

Or when, while Googling a list of Janine's crimes, I realised Beale had managed to convince four whole women to marry him. EastEnders is not real 2011-01-10T00:05:03Z

"You realise this is not a thoughtful ideological position, this is like a train that's going with no brakes on." Child prodigy 2011-07-15T01:11:11Z

Only at the end do you realise he lacks the appetite to wolf it down whole. Dark Actors: The Life and Death of David Kelly, by Robert Lewis – review 2013-07-08T07:00:02Z

The story is light-hearted at first, but darkens once Juliet, the protagonist, visits Guernsey and realises the occupation has taken hold. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z

"We realise there are a thousand other worthy causes to donate to, and remain forever grateful if you choose to donate to this one," they added. Tinder Swindler victims set up GoFundMe page to help retrieve the money they were conned out of 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z

Ultimately, he says, we all have more in common than is generally realised. Richard Linklater on Last Flag Flying: 'We're not meant to kill. We're not cut out for it' 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z

"One day you wake up and you realise that's happened and it's a shock," he says. The Coen brothers: the cartographers of cinema 2011-01-27T18:29:31Z

I'm doing the joke, and I think 'this is brilliant, this is brilliant' and then you sort of realise, 'oh that's reality with real consequences.' Brand and Ross discuss 'Sachsgate' on TV for first time 2013-02-01T01:59:04Z

Finally – and this is arguably the most Nolan-esque touch of all – the action unspools in three interlaced strands that, we come to realise, are not happening simultaneously. Christopher Nolan: from superheroes to Dunkirk’s small tales of heroism | the Observer profile 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z

Andrew Garfield "Until I was about 17, I didn't quite realise what a major part of my psyche and my soul the American films I was raised on were," says Andrew Garfield. Britain's hottest talents 2010-10-07T20:45:00Z

Photograph: Graeme Robertson You could easily spend an afternoon with Guy and Howard, the production duo who make up Disclosure, without realising they share a surname. Disclosure: how the Lawrence brothers are rebooting dance culture 2013-05-18T05:00:00Z

I didn't realise that I hated the internet this much until now. Disconnect: the internet thriller that's not plugged in 2013-03-06T09:00:01Z

It must be because of the snow, I realised. Now we await the floodwaters, this time with a peppering of pipes and carrots 2013-01-27T00:04:04Z

Despite the plot's demands I found in its whole a source of nostalgia for things I had not realised I was missing and a tribute to those still Aegean afternoons. Summer readings: The Magus by John Fowles 2011-07-31T09:00:00Z

But he gradually realised that something was building up in him, and in 1872 he moved to Paris. Odilon Redon: Prince du R?ve - review 2011-04-12T13:01:37Z

One hadn’t realised how serious everything was until she got to the hospital. Experience: I woke up from a coma to find my friends mourning my death 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

They see what they initially think are swimmers enjoying themselves; it takes more than a minute to realise that the swimmers aren't waving, but dying. The Economist – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-17T14:08:41Z

“I have a major issue with adolescent behaviour with my friends,” says the Hollywood mogul, punching his patiently smiling friend in the shoulder, and I realise I am basically in Entourage. Mark Wahlberg: ‘I played golf with Donald Trump. He was very Donald Trump-like’ 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

But lately, Chancellor is starting to realise that not being the heroine also has its advantages. 'My life was chaotic' 2011-08-20T23:05:34Z

Skinner seems vaguely annoyed that not everyone realised that. Mike Skinner and Rob Harvey: halves of the Dot 2013-05-15T17:30:01Z

I realised they have faith in me, which made me act better: I had to live up to it. 'Your child is going to experiment': what teenagers really think 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

But many of the brands didn’t seem to realise that within these factories, their tampons were most likely being made on the same machines. Tampon wars: the battle to overthrow the Tampax empire 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

“She began to realise that my body dysmorphia was like dating another person.” Gym, eat, repeat: the shocking rise of muscle dysmorphia 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z

Perhaps getting cancer was written in the stars for them, but Hazel and Gus realise that it is "in themselves" to do something in response, up to them to make the best of life. The Fault in our Stars review – manipulative and crass 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

Gradually, I realised that my mind needed these walks and I grew to rely on them. Ecological grief: I mourn the loss of nature – it saved me from addiction 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

But Damon's very big on them, and now I realise the benefit, which I didn't realise before. Clash city rockers – Mick Jones and Paul Simonon recall the glory days 2013-05-23T17:11:06Z

What a fascinating festival lineup, and as ever the best stuff will almost certainly be the unheralded movies that we don't even realise are there. Cannes 2013 lineup: heavy-hitters and unexpected gems 2013-04-18T15:22:59Z

After reading this book you will realise that "inner beauty is what really matters". Fairest by Gail Carson Levine ? review 2011-03-23T17:52:59Z

But then you watch Pat Jr enthusing over the factory's new talking rooster sign and realise it's probably best just to concentrate on the meat. Meat Men, where butchering is life 2012-11-23T16:00:00Z

It's an exercise in vast cultural difference, as even the narrator struggles with the idea of the "dolly, innocent, pure kind of angel look" that her manager realises is a cash cow. The Culture Show at Edinburgh 2010-08-12T07:00:00Z

“I realised, this is what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I finally found it after trying my hand at so many different things.” Uncut Gems star Julia Fox: ‘I was nervous… what if I had no idea how to act?’ 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

He realised very young what music could do. Orpheus: The Song of Life by Ann Wroe ? review 2011-07-29T22:00:40Z

The first time I saw her backstage I realised what star quality was. Actress Susannah York dies at 72 2011-01-16T15:03:26Z

And so I realised that if I wanted to pick the five best books on relationships – from the point of view of how relationships work – I have to look elsewhere. Relationship advice: Forget Venus and Mars 2012-09-04T12:00:00Z

Photo: Getty Few would have realised that the multiple Oscar winner crossing the stage in San Diego's huge Hall H arena had never been to before. Tintin brings out Steven Spielberg's motional side 2011-07-25T11:20:28Z

After a time he realises that there may be magic involved and his friend may not be dead. The White Cat by Holly Black 2013-02-08T15:00:00Z

Primarily, though, it was a vehicle for Thicke, who initially appeared to be pop’s most faultlessly realised spoof character, but is rapidly emerging as a misunderstood monster in the Frankenstein mould. Thicke as two short planks: Robin and Pharrell’s video testimony says it all 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

Neither Christie's nor the Madeirans realised there was any issue with the ownership of the painting. Row erupts over British empire museum's 'lost' artefacts 2012-12-09T15:53:29Z

Thankfully, after a bit of gentle persuasion the two realised their mistake and returned to their seats. Wheelchair users still struggle at gigs 2013-06-26T12:54:00Z

When did you realise how topical the material about the gangsterisation of US politics was? Martin Scorsese: ‘Maybe The Irishman is the last picture I'll make’ 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

Only when I received the box set of the first series did I realise my error. The Sopranos: 10 years since it finished, it's still the most masterful show ever 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

I realised belatedly that the mundane rules apply and that is where you have to keep your attention. 'Reality has surpassed satire' 2010-08-21T23:04:00Z

I don't think we realised quite how much Python is loved round the world. Monty Python adds four show dates 2013-11-25T17:46:08Z

Zimmer does something that numerous artists have also recently realised – that slowing music down dissolves and recasts it. Inception brings the trend for slow music to the big screen 2010-07-30T12:04:00Z

I'm fine about it now but I realised in that four minutes that actually I'm not fine about it. Adele given all-clear to sing 2011-07-05T09:08:57Z

I realised that I’d been a little ignorant – I wanted to educate myself about the female experience. Jenny Slate: ‘Ivanka Trump is a fake feminist and should be ashamed’ 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z

I gave up on the programme some time ago, once I realised it was literally about people going from Lark Rise to Candleford, and back again. TV review: Toughest Place to Be a ? Paramedic 2011-02-14T08:00:01Z

And when his "old school" numbers expose him as an accomplished scat rapper, it's demoralising to realise that, career-wise, he's following Plan B to the letter. Maverick Sabre ? review 2011-07-27T14:34:17Z

We've got to keep the pressure up so the government realises this is an issue close to people's hearts. Amazon tax petition nears 100,000 signatures 2013-03-22T07:00:16Z

I never realised how much The Walking Dead needed a good ol’ fashioned car chase until it gave us one. The Walking Dead: season eight, episode four recap – Some Guy 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z

I realise we are sailing into choppy waters here. Literary debate 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z

“The moment I realised I wanted to be a director, I felt like a lot of the films expected of women were not necessarily the sort of films that I was into,” she says. What do female film-makers have to say about male stories? 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

We realised the story wasn't going to hold. WikiLeaks: Strained relation, accusation ? and crucial revelations 2011-01-31T20:00:01Z

Eventually I realised I wanted to understand science in a wider cultural context and I left academe to became a science writer. Making space: where art meets physics 2012-06-13T17:07:50Z

The film has a dreamlike, almost meandering, feel that, you realise, is because you are seeing the world entirely from Lucy's point of view. A powerful faith 2010-05-08T23:05:00Z

I think the journey that Amy goes through is that at the end she looks at herself and realises that she is worthy of love and she can modify her behaviour.” Money at the heart of US gun control problem, says Amy Schumer 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

She nearly runs off with Oscar but realises he has been making out with Lucille 2. Arrested Development recap: season four, episodes 6-10 2013-05-27T13:36:17Z

Mark Twain, when he met her, realised there was something special about her early on, and gathered a group of friends to pay for her education and put her through university. Five great published diaries 2012-07-16T11:00:00Z

However, while looking through the material, I realised we lacked some essential footage. My obsession with Andy Milligan's cult horror movies 2012-06-14T19:00:05Z

I was going to play Randal, then I realised I couldn’t memorise dialogue. Kevin Smith: how we made Clerks 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

When I got older and lived in a smaller house, I realised that attitude only works if you have the space for it. Did Marie Kondo fans keep their houses tidy all year? ‘We’ve got rid of 20% of our stuff’ 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

Significant writers, directors and performers at the top of their profession are realising that there are particular artistic possibilities afforded by working with young people. Edinburgh festival fringe puts young people on centre stage 2012-08-17T14:15:02Z

I thought about having a baby with a friend, but realised this could get complicated. ‘There’s no stigma’: why so many Danish women are opting to become single mothers 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

And with that he’s off to satisfy those munchies and realise his dreams. Tommy Chong: 'We were always high. That was the job' 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z

But the point is, I did not realise I was going to become so deeply passionate about this. In conversation: Nathan Englander and Jonathan Safran Foer 2012-02-10T09:00:01Z

I realise this on day one of the web giant’s project to map Machu Picchu, as we amble up to a popular viewpoint and stare into the thick mountain mist cloaking the citadel. Do Machu Picchu from your sofa, thanks to Google Street View 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Coming back made me realise that people here are very closed, but it's OK to ask questions and to say what you think. Vevo boss Nic Jones: 'We're at the pointy end of labels' activities' 2013-05-19T18:00:02Z

I realise, on one of these stultifying days, that it is the experience of the Souffrantes that most perfectly defines Haiti six months on. Haiti survivors 2010-07-10T10:00:00Z

Towards the end of the novel, Shutov realises that he has misremembered the Chekhov story that he has held in his heart for so long. The Life of an Unknown Man by Andre? Makine 2010-10-02T11:18:00Z

“Once you meet T, you realise how preposterous that is,” she says. Life in our transgender family 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z

In high school I realised that if I interviewed comedians for my radio station, they would have to answer all of my questions. What's on Stephenie Meyer's ideal bookshelf? The works that made the artists 2012-11-25T00:05:41Z

About 10 weeks later, she realised she was pregnant. 'Do you ever think about me?': the children sex tourists leave behind 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z

Which means, I realised with a shudder, that he must be intending to drink it. David Mitchell: 'Sarkozy has the only plane in which you can make Yorkshire puddings' 2011-07-30T23:05:53Z

What happens when you wake up one morning and realise that your life is built on a lie? This week's new theatre 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z

When their representatives met Castle they realised at least one person in government was prepared to listen to them. Veterans of Dagenham dispute strike another blow for equality 42 years on 2010-09-22T20:50:00Z

"You realise after a while that the counting of sneezes is about counting out your life. The act becomes an expression of your own mortality." From stationery fiends to hand dryer enthusiasts… who are you calling boring? 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z

It was only then, in the room with the agent, she claims, that she realised that rather than a nutritional supplement, she had been taking "the clear". Marion Jones: 'I'm a sucker for a challenge' 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

The first project she realised here in 2001 was her Homestead Unit, an example of the various shelters and structures for which she is best known. Artist of the week 93: Andrea Zittel 2010-06-24T14:12:00Z

I realised a few years ago that the script I was running through all my relationships was a narrative of loss. The one that got away: Jeanette Winterson 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z

People saw me as Pete Byrne, the soccer manager or the maths tutor, and I realised how powerful it was when I did speak about being gay. ‘We’d been denied a personal life’: Northern Ireland’s long road to equal marriage 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z

As we went up and down the winding steps I realised we weren't going to be alone. Shed Heaven in Cornwall 2013-07-14T05:30:00Z

Obviously I changed my mind when I realised that I'd be a dribbling, blind, topless, incontinent mess by the time The Simpsons rolled around. Fern: chatting for Britton 2011-03-29T09:53:44Z

And we thought about it a lot and realised after a while that any effort to make him seem nice or less mean, made him actually seem passive-aggressive, which is worse – the worst. Jason Schwartzman: ‘This guy is so obnoxious, so abrasive, just off-putting’ 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

However, she also admitted that many realised early into the book that it "wasn't for them" and chose to pursue it no further. James Dawson: why teens in books can't swear 2012-07-11T08:03:27Z

"You small mortals," he thinks, helplessly, "don't realise the power of your stories." Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell – review 2013-03-24T12:00:01Z

"I'd never read a book before that pushed the boundaries ... and made me cry so much – I didn't realise we were allowed to do things like that in children's books," said Cassidy. Hay festival 2010: Goodnight Mister Tom voted favourite Puffin of all time 2010-06-04T11:20:00Z

There's every chance we might be missing the masterworks under own noses, just as most of Conrad's contemporaries failed to realise how well his novels would endure. Modernism's first wave: turn-of-the-century literature 2013-01-17T11:44:48Z

I’ve realised that I’m more comfortable by myself than in a relationship. Moby: 'I was disappointed to be heterosexual' 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z

It was my teacher, however, who wanted me to have a go at Handel's flute sonatas and made me realise that he was more than the composer of a few greatest hits. Handel and me 2012-11-30T22:55:12Z

The only idea I did take from thinking about them was the thought of what would occur if someone realised they had spent a lifetime with someone who didn't really love them. David Vann: 'I was filled with rage.' 2011-01-02T00:02:02Z

But doing this exercise has made me realise that, in fact, I've been going round in spirals and keep coming back and meeting myself. Cornelia Parker: 'I've always been happy to sleep with the enemy' 2013-05-18T09:00:02Z

She and Stratton have brushed against each other a number of times, and seem made for each other – if only the two of them would realise it. A Capital Crime By Laura Wilson 2010-10-01T23:15:00Z

Although by then he’d been dead for more than a decade, I like to think he’d have realised that his inspired Christmas present really had not just changed, but shaped my life. My father paid four times his weekly wage for the greatest gift of my life 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

I made all the right noises about the work but it was about this time I realised he hadn't asked me there for my art criticism. A date with Lucian Freud 2011-07-22T17:49:37Z

She suffered from dyslexia and from a stutter more severe than anyone has realised. Marilyn Monroe: proto-feminist? 2012-07-21T21:05:42Z

"But I was digging my own grave then, I realised," he says, "because I was ignoring the rest of the world." Tom Jones: 'Spiritual songs are natural to me' 2010-07-01T20:30:00Z

To his credit, Ancel Keys realised early on that dietary cholesterol was not a problem. The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

It's hard to forget this, or not realise it in the first place. Melvyn Bragg: 'I'm a class mongrel' ? interview 2012-02-12T00:06:06Z

She will probably realise it’s a huge pain and easier to keep the uncool car. My teenage daughter is embarrassed by the car we’re giving her for her birthday 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z

In all likelihood, the moviegoing public did not realise this at the time. Irish America and the siege of Hollywood 2010-07-11T21:29:00Z

He started out as the theoretical moral centre of the show but then the whole point of the show, and what the writers very quickly realised, was that the show doesn't require a moral centre. Penn Badgley: 'Gossip Girl was an endurance test' 2013-05-02T19:22:46Z

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In the second stage of the experiment, participants were given puzzles to solve, not realising that they were actually unsolvable. How to keep your resolutions (clue: it's not all about willpower) 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z

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During the research and writing of the drama I thought often about that conversation with Burn and, looking back, realise that its theme was born during that meeting. Inside the mind of serial killer Fred West 2011-07-31T19:30:01Z

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When I first realised I was pregnant, I laughed. A letter to … my mother, who doesn’t know about my abortion 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z

The majestic tempera on panel realised by Giotto and his workshop around 1310-1320 had been sadly neglected for centuries. British art restorer uncovers a lost Giotto masterpiece 2010-10-23T23:07:00Z

It is a source of sadness to me that we are estranged, but there comes a time when you realise that divorce is the only way out of a toxic family relationship. Armistead Maupin: ‘Being gay liberated me’ 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z

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“I like that! I enjoy being a secret. Like the first time you see Dennis Hopper and then you realise he had this mindblowing career.” Samantha Morton: ‘Maybe I was the first person to publicly answer Weinstein’ 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

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“Do you realise the text you sent me right before I got the call?” he said. Snooping in a dead man's house: my uneasy inheritance 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

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Park said he wanted the hound to be a "bouncy, extrovert character" but changed his plan when he realised it was too hard to move the clay around. Wallace's pal Gromit was once a cat, creator says 2012-07-10T17:26:03Z

We project on to sounds and also realise that we are projecting on to them. Music and the mind 2010-06-07T16:50:00Z

A drawing he did as a tip for a taxi driver whose son wants to be an artist realised £12,000 in April, far more than the £1,500 estimate. Damien Hirst doodles put up for auction 2010-10-17T19:12:00Z

"I realised," said Kosminsky, "that I was watching the end of an era." TV streaming: six of the best shows 2013-02-16T16:00:00Z

Without wanting to sound cynical I quickly realised that while individual doctors might do their best, it wasn’t in their interests to be successful the first time.” We need to talk about egg freezing 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z

Yes, now I realise I have got to No 46 already, we are all the children of postwar Britain. Sixty things I've learned since turning 60 2013-04-29T16:53:01Z

Did you realise this while you were recording it?Well, thank you. Demi Lovato: 'If you want to be famous, just make a sex tape' 2013-07-11T16:23:22Z

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“So to stop us having the same conversation year after year, let’s start seeing true diversity, not as a problem to be solved, but as an ambition to be realised.” Three years after Moonlight, why are awards shows still so white? 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z

The driver, too, is from the Gulf, and it’s only when he removes his sunglasses to reveal flames licking his eye sockets that Salim realises he’s in unusual circumstances. The best TV episodes of 2017, from The Deuce to Line of Duty 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

Social media imagery was never part of the bar’s original plan, but “when we realised we were so ‘Instafriendly’, we adapted our approach and it’s now key to everything we do.” Is Instagram changing the way we design the world? 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

I am, I realise, more of a Wagner purist than I thought. My perfect Proms 2010-07-08T21:45:00Z

It wasn't until the camera panned back to show the full set that I realised he meant "fooled". TV review: Penn and Teller: Fool Us; Law and Order: UK; and Mildred Pierce 2011-07-10T21:05:01Z

After seeing the photos of Michael with Rebel in Rebel's apartment, Michael realises this, too. Arrested Development recap: season four, episodes 11-15 2013-05-28T13:32:01Z

It was some time after this that I took a long, soft look at my slapdash, half-arsed approach to life, and realised that I am an everythingist. I'm an everythingist – craving new experiences, but unwilling to put the work in 2013-06-11T17:30:01Z

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It does seem – and I realise this is a psychological trick and it sounds very coy – but it is as if they are speaking and leading those lives. On writing: authors reveal the secrets of their craft 2011-03-26T00:05:44Z

The boy realises that one day he will die; an old woman is robbed of all the memories of her youth; a killer known as the Lonely One lurks in the town's shadows. Ray Bradbury obituary 2012-06-06T17:29:58Z

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Everybody in my extended family helped to raise me, and I realise now how lucky I was to grow up among kind folk. Jools Holland: My family values 2012-06-01T23:05:12Z

Even if they realise where things are headed, there's a perverse incentive for marketers to plough more money into a lemon: that way, they can force some sales and preserve their dignity. Happiness is a glass half empty 2012-06-15T22:00:43Z

It was only after I started work on my own Chinese book, that I realised it was Buck who wrote the story I used to know by heart as a child. Hilary Spurling's top 10 unputdownable Chinese books 2010-05-11T10:30:00Z

This, I realise, is what most long-distance relationships amount to: a brief, heedless romance, an expensive visit apiece and a tacit acknowledgment of defeat. Tim Dowling's guide to long-term love 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

When did Andy realise he wanted to do this stunt anyway? The World's End – review 2013-07-18T14:30:00Z

Rather he realised I was too self-absorbed to talk to him and left. Digested read: Great House by Nicole Krauss 2011-02-21T21:00:00Z

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Staff running the £2.2 million event, which brings a huge annual boost to the region's economy, cancelled all horse events early in the afternoon but soon realised that this would be enough. Great Yorkshire Show cancelled after torrential rain 2012-07-10T18:02:57Z

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Thoughtful, hard, densely realised and highly patterned, there's nothing quite like it in contemporary SF. The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi – review 2012-09-26T07:00:14Z

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I realise there are repercussions to all this. Martha Lane Fox: I intend to get the whole country online 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z

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I was probably in my early teens when I realised he’d been someone special. Sporting children of champions: 'I've always had a need for speed' 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

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By now you realise this place is the best! Top 10 live music venues in Portland, Oregon 2013-05-24T23:10:00Z

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It’s also time the leaders of faith communities, and their equally passionate opponents, realised that human approaches to religion are varied. The rainbow of religious belief: extremist thinking doesn’t work 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

Grammer tells the story in a tone that suggests he realises it would probably be rejected as a scene in a romantic comedy on the grounds of being too cheesy. Kelsey Grammer: starting over 2013-03-23T09:00:00Z

His mother likes to feel his face with her fingertips and never seemed to realise the impact of doing that in front of his friends. What is it like to live with parents very different from you? 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

It was only when you start listening to their accent you realise its not quite spot on, but that's west Africa. 30 minutes with … Damian Marley 2012-07-19T10:43:07Z

That may sound patronising, but, after talking to Kim, I realised that there is only one pizza restaurant in North Korea, too expensive for all but a tiny handful of people. Planning for the future: how design students got serious 2010-07-13T13:18:00Z

But then we realised that people liked it because of that. The World's End: meet Edgar Wright 2013-07-13T05:00:00Z

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Adults, I realised, offered no sanctuary from this nastiness. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z

Sample: “I’m a feminist, but I realise that my own dreams have the same men-to-women ratio as most British panel shows.” The 50 best podcasts of 2016 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

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Later I realised this was down to their German talent for sparen – economising. Family life 2012-11-24T00:04:01Z

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The play has the occasional longueur, and it helps if you realise that Ui's key lieutenants are precise replicas of Goering, Goebbels and Röhm. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui – review 2012-07-12T11:13:26Z

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Susanna – disguised as the Countess – propositions Figaro, much to his horror, until he realises the truth. Nozze di Figaro: The revolution in action 2013-07-10T14:55:47Z

"Just like you don't realise I'm wearing two right now." How To Build A Bionic Man – TV Review 2013-02-08T07:00:09Z

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It wasn’t until my late 20s that I realised how unusual it was to possess this “extra” sense. Experience: I taste people’s names 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

"I realised Mum was blind when I was three," Jonathan says. What is it like to live with parents very different from you? 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

It originally played around with the French word goût – meaning taste – before it realised people might think it was called gout, after the disease. What could an umlaut do for you? 2013-05-27T14:46:26Z

I didn’t realise until later that many of them were criminally insane. Michael Douglas: how we made One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

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On the night of 30 October 1993, when Mathis realised Phoenix wanted to stay at the Viper Room, she went to the bathroom. The untold story of lost star River Phoenix – 25 years after his death 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

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When he realised his wife was dead, he sat in the corner and cried. The fatal, hateful rise of choking during sex 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

"Around the mid-80s, people in film and publishing realised that Britain was changing," he says. British-Asian cinema: the sequel 2011-02-17T22:00:01Z

The love between Tristan and Isolde is so intense it cannot possibly be realised in the real world; their only option is to die together. A spine-tingling and blissful infinity 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

Later, after reading Joyce and Faulkner, we realised that Fuentes belonged in their select company. My hero: Carlos Fuentes by Alberto Manguel and Liz Calder 2012-05-18T21:55:13Z

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JW Ironmonger is hardly the first person to realise that it would be a Sisyphean task for an individual to record all of his experiences. Not the Booker prize 2012: The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder by JW Ironmonger 2012-08-22T15:06:29Z

Another evening, with Fleabag-esque irony, we realised a wake was being held next to us in the pub. On millennial grief: ‘I didn’t want to be brave. I just wanted my mum back’ 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z

I realised that to move on and give life our best shot, we need to start by looking not outside ourselves but inside. I thought I’d grieved the death of my sister – until I found this retreat 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z

It felt like a movement of the past, but I realised I had been a feminist before I ever identified as one. 'Think about the bigger picture': life lessons from Meryl Streep and other successful women 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

As he begins he realises that he has left his notes in the back of his car. Ten of the best: lectures 2011-03-12T00:06:46Z

As financing finally fell into place, partly as a result of Ben’s participation, I realised I’d have to direct my husband as we were pulling apart. Notes from a Hollywood divorce: 'We had a primal connection. But we hung by a thread for years' 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z

Too late, we realise the internal questions within in the novel, the nature of the relationships laid semi-bare, are being echoed by our external reactions to what we're reading. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver: foreword by Kate Mosse 2010-06-09T08:51:00Z

“If you watch the news, you realise that film has lost its advantage in showing daily reality,” he says. Ai Weiwei: ‘Without the prison, the beatings, what would I be? 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

When I went along to find out, I realised I'd never seen anything like it before – and judging by the nervous atmosphere during the first half, neither had the rest of the audience. Cracking up: can mental health make good comedy? 2010-04-22T14:14:00Z

Finlandia was so superbly marshalled that I finally realised there's actually more to it than rabble-rousing rhetoric. Hall?/Mandeal ? review 2010-12-10T22:00:00Z

It's only afterwards that I realise how often he chooses to draw the distinction between himself and bogus psychics – when that's not really the point at issue. Derren Brown: 'I'm being honest about my dishonesty' 2010-10-18T06:59:00Z

“In 1997, I realised I needed to apologise, but I couldn’t find him,” she says. How we met: ‘She was the love of my life – but she had to focus on getting sober’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

As a student of Romance languages, I realised I had become a stick in the mud for the sun being masculine and the moon and the Earth being feminine. ‘Nature is your lover, not your mother’: meet ecosexual pioneer Annie Sprinkle 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

I did not realise what an impact Batman was going to have on my life. From a talking horse to the Dark Knight: Will Arnett ranks his own roles 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z

Then there were moments when I realised that the world of books and book-collecting was not exactly as I'd imagined it. Julian Barnes: my life as a bibliophile 2012-06-29T21:55:18Z

Don: “I only called because I realised I never said goodbye to you.” Mad Men recap: season seven, episode 14 – Person to Person (warning: spoilers) 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

The dilemma I recently read my husband’s WhatsApp conversation with a group of 10 of his friends – which I realise was a complete breach of trust – and was horrified about what I read. I secretly discovered hate-speech in my husband’s group chat | Dear Mariella 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z

"But the more you get under its skin, you realise how impeccably constructed it is and how its psychology runs so deep." The power of Ibsen's women 2012-07-11T00:49:26Z

To realise these figures in a hugely competitive and established industry would require a marketing budget significantly more than the £250,000 on offer. The Apprentice: Tom takes his seat at the top table 2011-07-18T10:09:51Z

Photograph: James Dewar/Film London By then he had begun to realise he was unlike all the kids he knew. Plan B: 'I love directing. But does my art change lives? I don't think it does' 2012-06-07T19:00:08Z

This was TV drama as comfort blanket: at a time of austerity, Julian Fellowes’s country house epic offered elegantly realised solace in the homilies of the past. The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

And I realised it has to be part of it. Guy Pearce: Don't look down 2010-12-04T00:02:00Z

The day before he was due to leave I realised what everyone else with half a brain had guessed 100 pages before: he had no place to go. Big Brother by Lionel Shriver – digested read 2013-05-13T05:30:01Z

Fortunately, I realised where I was before having to utter one of my half-a-dozen lines. Playing drunk: Now, what was I shaying? 2011-03-23T21:31:10Z

He subjectively anticipates the state where objective madness and individual helplessness merge directly, as when fascism, a dictatorship by persecution maniacs, realises all the persecution fears of its victims. Horror: a genre doomed to literary hell? 2012-11-07T11:47:02Z

I decided I was going to be a world champ, but as I matured I realised life isn’t about being better than anybody else – it’s about being the best you can be. What women want: a vivid portrait of female lives around the world 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z

But very few of them will realise that this pop icon is also a gifted jazz musician. Stevie Wonder: jammin' with the jazz set 2010-06-17T21:44:00Z

But despite the enormous pleasure I’ve had, it is only when I begin to fall for one of them that I realise how limited my time is. Confessions of a menopausal nymphomaniac 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z

“I feel quite at a loss for about ten minutes and it’s a sensation, I realise, that is not entirely dissimilar to indifference. So, naturally, I handle it rather well.” Fiction That Will Make You Feel Pleasantly Insane 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z

I’ve watched enough movies to realise there’s an end to everything – but hopefully the ending of this story is a long way off. Experience: I manage the last Blockbuster in the world 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

The Don Jackson book will help you see that there are things going on with communication in your relationship that you never realised, and I’m not talking about that Mars/Venus junk. Relationship advice: Forget Venus and Mars 2012-09-04T12:00:00Z

Suddenly we realise how closed and tradition-bound the neighbourhood must be if her absence is so widely noticed. Poem of the week: Eros Turannos by Edwin Arlington Robinson 2010-05-03T10:13:00Z

We realised when the train finally reached its destination that we wanted to continue on new adventures together. How the Trans-Siberian railway became the love train 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z

It’s a film about adapting to a worsening situation and being forced to realise what’s important. 'My favourite forgotten film' – you recommend your best streaming gems 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

Finally the bleats of distress stopped moving and he realised the device must be in one of four houses in Water Orton. It ain't what you do, it's the way that you get a robot to do it 2013-05-25T23:06:07Z

"I don't think any of us realised how big it would be," she says. FGM: two young women who woke up world and forced politicians to act 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

"It's making me realise how much a fan I was of the Russell T Davies big emotional stuff." Lost the feeling? 2010-05-13T13:02:00Z

An imaginative and occasionally subversive response to a set of circumstances that need never be realised in flesh and paint to be considered a meaningful piece of art. Let's launch a festival of the impossible 2011-02-04T14:52:39Z

Ryan and Hanks play New York singles having a fling via the internet, without realising that they already know and fiercely dislike each other. Nora Ephron 2012-06-27T17:17:21Z

It is through these that I realised that being a writer was actually a job. Val McDermid: a life in writing 2011-08-12T21:55:20Z

Thad had been about to correct him when he realised his phone was ringing. The great Moon-rock heist - extract 2011-07-08T21:59:00Z

I realised really early on that what people say or do doesn't define me. Marianne Jean-Baptiste: 'Kindness is a religion, and so is honesty' 2013-06-02T06:00:12Z

Post-9/11 kids were realising that this bubble that they had been living in had burst, politically, economically. Thom Yorke: 'If I can't enjoy this now, when do I start?' 2013-02-23T19:00:00Z

So I realised very late in the game how important it was to, like, really try different things.” Natalie Portman: 'It's dangerous when you can't separate the emotion from the business' 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

If the Union between Scotland and England has been a marriage, then the Holyrood election was like the moment when the wife looks at her husband and realises – suddenly and clearly – that it's over. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

“I realise I may not be anybody’s first choice,” she said. Oscars 2019: theories circulate that Whoopi Goldberg is secret host 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

I’m only ever as good as the writing, I’ve realised that. 'My life was chaotic' 2011-08-20T23:05:34Z

On returning, she and her partner realised “what a dire state we were already in at home”, with more than 70,000 children in care in England and Wales. 'Missing out is not a worry for me': the millennial foster carers 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z

Either way, Julian — clenched and unhappy in the three-piece suit he has put on for a dinner date with his mother, and never takes off — realises he has to challenge Chang to a fight. Cannes 2013: Only God Forgives 2013-05-22T09:45:00Z

It was only when I got to art school that I realised that the great artists of the past were not women. Jenny Saville: 'I want to be a painter of modern life, and modern bodies' 2012-06-09T20:46:38Z

I wasn’t mature enough to realise people grieve in different ways. Bryan Cranston: ‘Interesting actors come from challenging backgrounds’ 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z

It was a sign of what lay ahead, although I never realised. My brother, the alcoholic, who lived and died in hope 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z

I realised that as Anthony had no memory he also had no fear – which made him very ethereal to inhabit. Eddie Izzard: curious characters and Christmas wishes 2012-11-08T09:30:00Z

“It was only after four or five weeks I realised they weren’t going to recast,” he says. Alexander Skarsgård: ‘I still wake up shivering in the foetal position’ 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z

Then the suicide bombings – and Iraq’s nightmare of 2004 – begin, and Ware realises that this is not the work of insurgents he is with, but “someone even these people are scared of”. ‘I witnessed the birth of Isis’: how one film-maker captured the horror of Iraq 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z

This time it turned out to be a good one: arts editor Patrick McDonald described Musolino's performance as "richly realised", and the production "a triumph". The Kreutzer Sonata: did the critics play fair? 2013-03-04T06:16:01Z

The big bad boss spends a few humbling days at the grassroots of his business and realises how wonderful his staff are and at the end he gives them special jobs. The Private Life of Pigs 2010-07-22T07:00:00Z

Actually, I realised them because my stammer never stopped me from trying to tell people stuff. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

As the case is regarded as being of low importance, tyro Khan is sent to investigate, and soon realises that there is more to it than meets the eye. Laura Wilson's crime fiction roundup – reviews 2012-11-23T08:00:02Z

"We have reaffirmed our longer-term commitment to helping realise the V&A at Dundee and our intention remains to make a substantial capital contribution to the overall construction costs." Plans for Dundee V&A remain in the balance 2011-01-12T18:18:37Z

It is a testament to Adrian's talent that you realise that the best possible thing happening is probably not going to be a good thing at all. The Children's Hospital by Chris Adrian – review 2012-08-24T21:55:01Z

Metastaseis was a relatively crude beginning, but Upic allowed the mature composer to realise the most beautiful filigree drawings as sound. Xenakis: So what does a wiggly line sound like? 2010-06-03T22:00:00Z

Duffy realised that the film business was not for him – he was better off working on his own. Brian Duffy obituary 2010-06-06T16:58:00Z

It evoked a classy, beautiful but cold woman, usually the one the hero aspires to, but realises, by the end, would not be good for him. Martha Hyer obituary 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

Are all the institutions of a fully realised neo-Nazi utopia in place? Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

Her email address was on the card and, as I looked at it, I realised she was the one person I wanted to talk to. David Nott: ‘They told me my chances of leaving Aleppo alive were 50/50’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

Brubeck was walking through Istanbul when he heard local musicians playing in 9, and his imagination transformed what he'd encountered into this flawlessly realised compositional object. The best of Dave Brubeck – in video clips 2012-12-06T11:38:57Z

I realised that the greatest short story writer in South Asia was Buddha, where the stories of his previous lives were recounted as Jataka tales. The Man Booker International prize finalists speak 2013-05-14T14:19:53Z

In achieving this extraordinarily difficult compromise, Wren had not just tested his genius to the limits, but realised the most monumentally discreet of all English compromises. St Paul's Cathedral has risen above its critics for 300 years 2011-03-01T11:00:00Z

The night before, the annoyance involved making a special dinner and realising she did not have a garlic press in both homes. ‘We have never lived together. Is that so strange?’: the married couples who live apart 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z

Part of the problem, however, was that the dream itself was being destroyed by "the friends of big business, who dishonour the dream by saying that it has been realised" already. The Great Gatsby and the American dream 2012-05-25T07:00:01Z

Watching Day in Eighth Grade – stumbling red-faced, nursing crushes, looking forward – you realise she is exactly like the rest of us. Coming of age: the Gen Z losers saving cinema – and the world 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z