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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Then I realised he too had his arms around me. 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

That was when I realised they were back on the subject of this rumour. 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’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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

Who realised Black Eyed Peas had been together for 20 years? Joanna Lumley and Black Eyed Peas: the year's strangest TV collaboration? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

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

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

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

Being a good patriot, he contacted the Air Force, who realised that, far from eavesdropping on ET, Bennewitz was inadvertently eavesdropping on them. The real Men in Black, Hollywood and the great UFO cover-up 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

There's such bold vision here, such an exciting theatrical proposition, that it's exasperating that it isn't fully realised. King Kong - review 2013-06-16T20:43:38Z

But eventually I realised that he’s just one of 200 people who worked on the film. Edgar Wright: ‘With Baby Driver, my oldest idea became my biggest hit’ 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z

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

Me: “Was there ever a moment, maybe after Bill & Ted, when people started reacting differently to you and you realised your life had changed?” Keanu Reeves: ‘Grief and loss, those things don’t ever go away’ 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

“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

“I never realised how much stress and the lack of personal time would affect my desire. Although it sounds obvious, it’s not something I thought about.” Not tonight, darling: how the world lost its libido – and how it can get it back 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

“We hadn’t realised what a game-changer it was going to be,” said Salisbury. The real David Attenborough 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

I first realised Potter was something special in the summer of 2000, when my cousin spent an entire night obsessively reading his new copy of Goblet of Fire. Pottermore ? Harry Potter's digital adventure 2011-08-02T10:00:00Z

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

But I resigned and I realised that … it was a good thing, because in my own lifetime I can see that the institute will continue to do its work without my input.” Arun Gandhi: ‘My grandfather saw my anger as fuel for change’ 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z

“After years of searching every few months, I found his name online and realised he was working as a nurse in Afghanistan, taking care of children who’d been blown up by landmines,” says Brooks. How we met: ‘She was the love of my life – but she had to focus on getting sober’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

As patents started to expire they realised it was pretty hard to replace those with anything that was truly new. Why 'big pharma' stopped searching for the next Prozac 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

I realised I don’t want to be an actress if it’s like this. Noomi Rapace: ‘Amy Winehouse was like an angel when I wasn’t in a good place’ 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

Then I realised I was just doing the same thing because I was scared to give it a proper go. Funny, messy and real: why Sharon Horgan is the most watchable woman on TV 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

We realised that real laughter was much less ambiguous than posed laughter – if someone is really laughing hard, it easy to understand what they are doing. Laughter on the brain: the science behind our sniggers 2012-07-03T16:43:37Z

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

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

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

One thing we realised with black and white is that you have a lot more latitude for shooting outdoors and matching shots together than you have in colour. How black-and-white movies made a comeback 2013-06-29T23:05:47Z

Culkin shifts uncomfortably, but he has seen the question coming – he tells me that he realised I would ask him about Jackson before the interview. Succession's Kieran Culkin on villainy, Home Alone – and Michael Jackson 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z

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

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

She'd been gliding through tasks with the sad eyes of someone who realised they were trapped on the ship of lost souls. Rewind TV: The Call Centre; The Apprentice; The Americans; Love and Marriage; The Unspeakable Crime: Rape 2013-06-08T17:04:01Z

Based on his recollections of sideshow attractions, they were realised with an exacting, cool-headed attention to detail. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z

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

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

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

“That was the first time I realised that the little things we do every day – overconsumption, judging people – are a form of passive violence.” Arun Gandhi: ‘My grandfather saw my anger as fuel for change’ 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z

The sequence in which revolutionaries storm the US embassy is brilliantly realised, though. Argo – Ben Affleck's gripping CIA thriller sends reality into a tailspin 2013-02-22T09:00:02Z

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

He realised very young what music could do. Orpheus: The Song of Life by Ann Wroe ? review 2011-07-29T22:00:40Z

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

“My jaw is squarer this side. I didn’t actually think about it before the show. Then I realised, oh, I really don’t like that side,” he says. Queer Eye's Tan France: ‘The word gay was never mentioned in my parents’ home’ 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z

“I based my decisions on watching what he’d do, then I’d do the opposite. But I hadn’t realised he was any worse than other fathers. I thought all men were like him.” ‘We didn’t recognise that he was dangerous’: our father killed our mother and sister 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

“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

William Styron said, when he was about my age, that he realised he had about five books in him, and that was OK. Donna Tartt to publish first novel for 11 years 2013-02-13T16:34:51Z

The funniest thing is, five years ago – only five years ago, I promise you –I suddenly realised that all the films I have done, I did in places where that boat went. Alejandro González Iñárritu: 'When you see The Revenant you will say "Wow"' 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z

Then, as the movement gathered pace, with video and photographs uploaded from mobile phones, editors realised they couldn't ignore it. The Democracy Project: a History, a Crisis, a Movement by David Graeber – review 2013-03-30T14:00:01Z

When the lights came up, the cast realised the entire audience was Japanese. Anthony Hopkins: ‘Most of this is nonsense, most of this is a lie’ 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z

He had a relentless desire to get the most out of life but you can’t multi-task and rush when you are blind and Marilyn, naturally impatient, realised that she too needed to adjust. How my husband saw blindness as a ‘dark, paradoxical gift’ 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

It was only subsequent to the interview that I saw Why We Fight and realised he was for real. David Simon: 'I don't want anybody in jail for using drugs' 2013-05-11T17:00:10Z

I realised at the same moment how desperate she was. Lawrence Schiller's best shot 2012-05-30T13:11:44Z

It was not until I was much older that I realised I was not being loud or showing off – I was just talking. In praise of loud women – the joy and power of being noisy and female 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

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

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

The experience was, he says, "peaceful. I guess I never really realised how much I did always love trees." Vin Diesel on Guardians of the Galaxy: 'I didn't realise how much I love trees' 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

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

As the sun set and the music crescendoed, I realised this drive was about being alive, being in the moment and being a tiny human being in this big beautiful world. The day David Hockney took me out for a drive in the Hollywood Hills 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

Almost 10 years after her first baby’s birth, Renu Gupta, then 38 and living in Dubai, felt “the familiar flutter” and realised she was pregnant for a third time. 'It can't just be me': Guardian readers share their stories of miscarriage 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z

Returning to the South, he realised he wasn't the only one who had noticed. ZZ Top: Dalís of the Delta 2012-11-08T19:00:00Z

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

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

It was only much later that he realised there were certain parallels between his creation and that of Superman and Batman. Meet the Islamic superheroes 2010-10-23T23:03:00Z

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

One day I looked around and realised that none of the DJs was female. Weekender: Smokin Jo, 45, DJ 2012-05-25T21:59:25Z

Difficult to imagine what they're going to do for an encore – this is pretty fully realised stuff – but that isn't their problem, yet. New band of the day – No 1,284: Chains of Love 2012-06-08T08:00:03Z

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

The more I saw about murder in gangs, the more I thought that it was an engaging topic, while I realised that there were limited topics on angels, as they can't die. John Lucas: 'Two people I knew had been murdered...' - interview 2012-08-14T14:06:02Z

"It was quite a moment because everybody sang along, and you realised that you'd crossed over into a different kind of world." What's it like to headline Glastonbury? 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

I only see details, while others see a person Clark became passionate about BDD in part because, he realised, it was so hidden. The ugly truth about body dysmorphia 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z

When I realised, I was like: ‘I look like such an idiot!’ 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

But when Cage started acting as a teenager, he quickly realised he would have to change his surname to avoid charges of nepotism. Nicolas Cage: ‘If I don’t have a job to do, I can be very self-destructive’ 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

"Later, I realised it must have been to do with her fear that I might be affected by the fact that she was illegitimate." Melvyn Bragg 2013-05-11T06:30:13Z

"I had tape on my glasses – years later when I was watching Saved By the Bell, and I saw Screech with tape on his glasses, I realised, Oh my gosh, I was a nerd!" Sara Watkins: 'I wanted to leave my comfort zone' 2013-01-30T17:13:17Z

I realised the poems we'd been drawn to were like little plays: tiny vignettes of ordinary lives. Alistair McGowan: Mad about the Master 2010-12-06T22:01:00Z

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

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

But after a few weeks of working with features editor George MacDonald Fraser, later of Flashman fame, "I realised I didn't want to work in television, I wanted to work with language and words." Christopher MacLehose: A life in publishing 2012-12-28T22:55:09Z

“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

Mrs Carpenter came in from the kitchen and when she realised what he was doing she told him off. The Second Prize by George Layton - short story 2012-11-16T09:00:00Z

It must have been a thinly veiled metaphor for gay relationships, but I don't think anyone realised that at the time. Isy Suttie: My Edinburgh 2011-08-15T21:16:00Z

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

“It’s funny. I mean, laugh out loud. I never realised.” Lorraine Bracco on Goodfellas, therapy, and almost turning down The Sopranos 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z

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

When I started writing it, my six grandchildren had become teenagers and I realised they were exposed to a world that I never was. Isabel Allende: 'I have a foot here and a foot in some spirit world' 2013-05-04T12:00:01Z

The upgrade generation realised that people could be traded in. Let's make love our alternative currency 2012-02-14T00:01:00Z

That’s when I realised that what I was doing amounted to a kind of Turing test. 'This is small talk purgatory': what Tinder taught me about love 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z

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

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

It's a beautifully conceived and immaculately realised sequence, sung with simple directness by the six male voices of Cinquecento in a nicely churchy, but never overpowering, acoustic. Willaert: Missa Mente Tota; Motets, etc 2010-07-01T21:40:00Z

When I sceptically did some adding myself, with the Sunday Times, I realised they'd reviewed 17 books by men and one by a woman. Bidisha: I'm tired of being the token women 2010-04-22T21:00:00Z

The breaking point was when I realised that I could cancel at the last minute, as long as I paid for the session. ‘I end up eating quinoa in my pants at 11pm’: my year of living (a bit more) healthily 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z

“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

I also realised that there was an embarrassing bit about "dating" in the article, which seems even more out of date. Rewind radio: Chris Moyles; Nick Grimshaw; The Archers – review 2012-07-14T23:06:12Z

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

"For this dream realised, we would like to salute HarperCollins for their faith in us and look forward to a long and fruitful relationship together." Depp steps into book publishing 2012-10-17T11:41:33Z

She got the movie bug in her teens and never looked back: “I realised that there was an incredible job where you could take 24 photos a second.” 'I was terrified I was going to be a flash in the pan': three people who made Hollywood history 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

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

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

I put two and two together and my mouth sort of dropped as I realised that was me. George Michael 'lay bleeding on M1' 2013-05-22T11:01:23Z

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

I remember the moment I realised society would not let me live to my fullest, most well-rested capacity. Bring back nap time: we’d all be happier | Coco Khan 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

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

It wasn’t until I hit my third decade, with its robust facial hair and horrific hangovers, that I realised there wasn’t anything funny about choosing not to be healthy. Fat girls do yoga too 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z

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

"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

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 started reading the novel in the late afternoon and realised at around midnight that I had completely lost all sense of time and was immersed in a work on screen. After e-literature, there’s no going back 2012-10-29T11:30:00Z

It wasn’t until then, in my late 20s, that I realised I am colour-blind. Experience: I’m a colour-blind paint mixer 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

Befitting a novel, the characters were richly realised archetypes that leapt off the screen. ‘Progress is painfully uneven’: Baltimore, 15 years after The Wire 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z

But then I realised that this really isn’t about a baby but about your marriage. I don’t want to leave my husband but I feel suffocated and am having an affair 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

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

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

I realised I’d never get over Davide while he was in my life, so I did a terrible thing and made it difficult for him to see the children. ‘We remarried on our silver wedding anniversary’ 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z

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

She told me, and I realised I had read quite a bit of it. Buffy the Vampire Slayer without Joss Whedon? That's been going on for years 2010-11-24T14:02:00Z

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

And I realised that if I didn't have to write a paper, reading was pretty fantastic. What's on Stephenie Meyer's ideal bookshelf? The works that made the artists 2012-11-25T00:05:41Z

Howling said she realised that HD channels is already available through pay TV services such Sky, but said: "With this launch we see HD genuinely going mass market for the first time." Freeview looks to take HD TV mass-market 2010-03-30T12:48:00Z

One thing I've realised, living here," Featherstone replies slowly, "is that Scotland is a hugely diverse country, both geographically and demographically. Edinburgh festival 2011: where National Theatres meet 2011-08-02T20:30:02Z

When I finally made it ashore, I realised I was on French Island – a former prison island inhabited by only 60 people. Experience: I survived a boating accident that killed my family 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

“But as soon as I saw the finished pilot script that Tina and Robert wrote, I realised, of course, these magicians handled it perfectly.” ‘Oh my gosh, I love that question!’: Why Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Ellie Kemper is TV’s happiest star 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

After the wedding, Tim realised he wanted to leave his job. How we met: ‘I don’t think she wanted to be a vicar’s wife’ 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

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

But the Sheffield quintet want to reach beyond traditional metal audiences, and it's an ambition at least partly realised on their debut album. While She Sleeps: This is the Six – review 2012-08-11T23:05:31Z

I realised I just was afraid of getting hit in the face with the ball. Amy Adams: 'David O Russell said to me: "You are so not the princess type"' 2012-11-22T18:21:30Z

It isolates a fairly minor theme in his work and loses the thread of even that, as if they realised it was nonsense – for the sea does not offer an insight into Sargent at all. Sargent and the Sea 2010-07-14T20:30:00Z

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

They will have been around the block; they’ll have experienced rejection, and realised that rejection is not that bad. Is it time to restrict nude scenes to the over 50s? 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

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

Play meets social engineering in what promises to be a beautifully realised piece of partly-DIY entertainment. 2011 games preview 2011-01-01T00:05:42Z

"Gradually I realised that the real world was flawed in ways that were not and could not be reproduced in a book of fiction." The unreal art of realistic dialogue 2010-03-18T10:54:00Z

When several of his friends were sent away for 50- or 60-year sentences, he realised he wanted to be the father he never had to his own son. Meet Chicago's Interrupters? 2011-08-06T22:48:57Z

She realised she wanted to act at 16. Olivia Colman in Rev 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z

Once I listened back to the recordings, I realised that I did want the world to hear them, but for a different reason. Postpartum psychosis: ‘I’m a thing possessed, an animal. I am nearly sectioned twice’ 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z

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 did this until I was 20, when I realised the poems were no good. Colm Tóibín 2013-02-19T18:17:50Z

"When I read about the auction in London, and saw the footage, I realised it was exactly the same as I had picked up at the charity shop," Hann told the Shields Gazette. Rare Charlie Chaplin film found in junk shop 2011-07-11T10:58:37Z

“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

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

One idea alone, beautifully realised in James Perkins's design, shows her imagination. Timon of Athens; Peace Camp; The Only True History of Lizzie Finn – review 2012-07-21T23:05:46Z

From Strindberg onwards dramatists have realised the power of unbroken action. Theatre intervals: is it curtains? 2011-03-01T16:45:47Z

And that was the second part of becoming a novelist, because I realised I could do that too, and I don't know how but I really believed in it. On writing: authors reveal the secrets of their craft 2011-03-26T00:05:44Z

Pretty noisy, I realised, with a sinking feeling, as we sat in our empty house the first evening after collecting the keys, listening to an unmistakable hen party soundscape of cackling and Beyoncé. Please be quiet: my search for a noise-free life 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

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

I realised, belatedly, that the Toby’s regulars were just as lonely as the Samaritans regulars. From propping up the bar to working at the Samaritans – how I learned to listen 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z

Neither Scott nor Weaver, apparently, realised it, but Ripley would become an iconic heroine. Ridley Scott: ‘I wanted to scare the shit out of people. That’s the job’ 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z

After a while though, he realised that his literary ambitions eclipsed notes on designer stubble. Colum McCann: a life in writing 2013-05-25T07:30:01Z

"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

I ask him if there was one particular time when he realised he could get his life back under control. Marti Pellow on success, songwriting and sobriety: 'Every day I punch addiction in the face!' 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z

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

And – even more belatedly – I realised that I had been lonely, too. From propping up the bar to working at the Samaritans – how I learned to listen 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z

The government realised war in the air would be crucial, and that the only sector with the skills and the facilities to enormously increase output of planes and equipment was the automobile industry. Exhibition sheds light on wartime shadow factories 2013-07-15T12:59:51Z

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

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

"Controversy is too complimentary a word for two people using their considerable self-publicising resources to loudly complain about their credit once they realised how good the film is," she said. Black Swan caught in row over costume award nominations 2011-02-04T15:15:03Z

And that experience opened my eyes to something that fans had long realised: that Star Wars is a soap opera, the biggest, grandest, most intergalactic soap opera in the world. 40 years of Stars Wars – why the blockbuster saga is a galactic soap opera 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

After that I realised there was something going on inside me and from time to time I'd go to the underground clubs of the 80s. Pride and prejudice for gay men 2011-02-20T00:05:13Z

It is a beautifully realised project, despite its visceral subject matter, and fully deserves the prize. Torgovnik's powerful portraits from Rwanda take top prize at Arles 2012-07-09T13:27:15Z

In the film, this motif is visually realised by a through line of actors appearing in one period after another in different incarnations. David Mitchell: 'I don't want to project myself as this great experimenter' 2013-02-08T18:00:02Z

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

We realised that when children go around stately homes all they ever want to know about is how the people went to the loo and how they died. How Horrible Histories became a huge hit 2011-03-17T20:00:01Z

"I think I deluded myself that actually it was such a well-worn excuse that it was almost real. I only realised 10 days later the sheer stupidity of what I'd done." Lord Browne: 'I thought being gay was basically wrong' 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

I tried Fifty Shades of Grey but three pages in I realised I just couldn't read it. Sheila Heti: 'I love dirty books' 2013-01-19T17:30:01Z

We soon realised they were being led by none other than Pelé, the greatest footballer ever. Trailer Trash Cannes 2013-05-18T23:04:12Z

Mr Glass was supposed to transcribe it for the other musicians—but soon realised that his technique, honed at Juilliard, an elite conservatory in New York, was unsuitable for Indian music. Works of Glass 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

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

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

She took some shots and, back home, realised that she wanted one. Looking sharp! How the cactus became the planet’s most-wanted plant 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

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

But what was really uncommon, much more than we would have realised, was that we could all sing from the same books as well. Not-so essential reading 2010-10-22T08:43:00Z

I realised this when I got back from the business trip to Paris. Now we are three: me, my daughter and my new fiancee 2013-07-20T08:00:00Z

Then he realised that what she advocated was what lay inside him. Hayden Griffin obituary 2013-04-01T15:43:35Z

But I realised after that, the rest of the country sends their most attractive people here. Geena Davis meets Paul Feig: ‘I had an audition cancelled when I wouldn’t have dinner with the producer’ 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z

We looked at each other in the middle of the shoot and realised this is exactly the case as it is now. Martin Scorsese: ‘Maybe The Irishman is the last picture I'll make’ 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

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

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

These islands have some other good contenders, I realised. In search of the funkiest little town in America 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

When I met Falkowski, I quickly realised the ordeal had left this confident, successful man reeling. U Be Dead's inconvenient truths 2010-09-01T20:59:00Z

Poe was just six or seven years old and at primary school when she realised she was different. My autism led me to become a champion of outsiders 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z

In 1912, he saw Stanley Houghton's play Hindle Wakes, about a Lancashire mill girl, and realised there could be beauty in the industrial environment. LS Lowry: the people's artist comes in from the cold 2013-06-08T23:05:10Z

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

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

He also realised that he wanted to do Lear for real. Anthony Hopkins: ‘Most of this is nonsense, most of this is a lie’ 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z

So far, she hasn't quite pulled it off, appearing in a succession of ill-fitting, not fully realised outfits, and looking like she knows it too. Awards season style: the women to watch on the red carpet in 2013 2013-02-08T10:50:17Z

I studied the Kindle ebook market and realised that, at the time, the top 100 were predominantly women's fiction and crime thrillers, so I decided to self-publish Taunting the Dead. Mel Sherratt on self-publishing: 'I just never gave up' 2013-07-16T13:20:35Z

For it was only after his death from an Aids-related illness that America realised he was gay. Cannes Film Festival 2013 2013-05-21T19:48:29Z

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

I looked across at the row of chemotherapy chairs and realised to my dismay that nearly half of the patients receiving chemotherapy that day were parents of young children. How do you tell your children you have cancer? 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

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

He was hardly able to move, but realised that he could still remember every word of King Lear. This week's new theatre 2013-02-16T00:05:17Z

But the film was too big a project and I realised I needed more time, so I postponed the screening until November. Merce Cunningham's last dance 2010-04-27T20:35:00Z

It is a darker book than I first realised, the superficial lightness concealing a faint and beguiling pessimism about love's pursuit and its consequences. The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford | Book review 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z

She had started writing "little bits and pieces" when she was in her teens and soon realised that she wanted to devote her life to writing. Deirdre Madden: 'The Troubles are almost always in my work at some level' 2013-06-14T15:00:05Z

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

Castle Drogo is the dream of the Englishman's home as his castle realised on a heroic scale in adventurous design. In praise of ? Castle Drogo 2011-02-17T00:01:05Z

I realised at an early stage in my transition to become the woman I am today that it could have been worse. The future of sex work – a photo essay 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z

I realised, or remembered, that on the far side of the wall we had been rivals. After 40 years I finally tracked down my dead brother 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

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

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

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 hadn't realised we'd be doing this in the monsoon period," she says, "so it's taken longer than we thought." Rachel Whiteread: 'I'm not a joiner-in' 2012-06-12T17:00:01Z

Although he promised he would no longer see her, he continued the affair and it was another two years before I realised it was still going on. My life in sex: ‘HRT has given me a new-found joy of sex’ 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

Once the hellish parade of treatments began, I realised it was simply too exhausting to endure these various humiliations during the day and sit on the phone every night telling well-wishers what happened. Who's afraid of the big C? 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z

But then we realised that people liked it because of that. The World's End: meet Edgar Wright 2013-07-13T05:00:00Z

The other day, she realised she had been at the ranch long enough to achieve her dream of planting tomatoes, watching them grow and then eating them. Olivia Newton-John: ‘I don't wish cancer on anyone else. But for me, it has been a gift’ 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z

During that seventh Bolt viewing, I realised why the kids wanted to keep watching the same movie over and over again. ‘Feasting on fantasy’: my month of extreme immersion in Disney+ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

I used to be homophobic, but as I got older, I realised that wasn't the way to do things. Trends of 2012: The year hip-hop's attitude to homosexuality changed? 2012-12-20T11:30:00Z

As I got older, I realised that a lot of other people were involved. Billy Ocean, singer – portrait of the artist 2012-07-17T17:18:03Z

I spent my youth being frightened of confrontation, but I’ve realised that doesn’t serve you well. Melanie Chisholm: ‘To whom would I like to say sorry? The other Spice Girls’ 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z

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

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

So, coming to America, I realised it was the African influence I needed to familiarise myself with.” Lupita Nyong’o: ‘Under the makeup, Star Wars is just human wants and desires’ 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

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

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

He was good-natured about it and laughed it off but I was so embarrassed that I realised if I wanted to really let anybody in emotionally, I’d have to kick the hoarding. Breaking bad: how to give up drinking, smoking, nail-biting and other unwanted habits 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

I soon realised, though, that this hadn’t always been the case. Beyond Comic-Con: San Diego's beaches and Pacific views are its real stars 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

And the studios aren't stupid: they soon realised that almost no one goes to see a movie just because it's in 3D. Has 3D film-making had its day? 2012-12-25T00:31:01Z

Perhaps, Darpa officials realised, the military didn't need to start from scratch; if they began with live insects, they'd already be halfway to their dream flying machines. The race to create 'insect cyborgs' 2013-02-17T00:05:32Z

And yet, having finally made it, he realised he couldn’t afford to live. Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul: ‘I miss Jesse Pinkman’ 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

I realised that there was no way that I was put here just to be a movie star.” Will Smith: just an ordinary guy being forced to run for president 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

Christmas movies are a time-honoured tradition of saccharine family values and simulated bonhomie but, having realised that most people get enough of this at home, the smarter cinemas are at last offering alternatives. Christmas film seasons and special screenings 2010-12-11T00:06:00Z

She realised how big Twilight was going to be before it even came out, when she and Robert Pattinson, her co-star and rumoured boyfriend, were mobbed by 6,500 people at a comics convention. Kristen Stewart: 'Twilight was so intense. I'm still a very intense person' 2012-05-17T19:00:02Z

It wasn’t until Arterton realised there was another career to be had, where she didn’t have to continue on a path paved with naked corpses, that she returned to film. Gemma Arterton: ‘It’s easier to conform and shut up’ 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

I realised that I spent a lot of time with my head down, walking quickly with the earphones on.” Ewan McGregor: ‘What if I'm not Scottish enough any more?’ 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z

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 not very good at drawing – I never have been – and I suddenly realised Mr Carpenter was standing behind me, watching. The Second Prize by George Layton - short story 2012-11-16T09:00:00Z

When she returned home, she told me: “I realised this is what white people do to each other – they cultivate each other’s fear. It’s very violent.” Confessions of a reluctant gentrifier 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

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

Then I volunteered for the Samaritans and when I'd been there a while, I realised: I'm not being altruistic; I came here to see whether it was safe to explore feelings. Philippa Perry: Couch fiction 2010-04-17T23:07:00Z

I realised the knock-on effect this would have in the industry and felt sick. 'Over one hour everything was cancelled' – how coronavirus devastated the film industry 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

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

This was stopped when it was realised a high proportion of patients were contracting CJD. Can people catch Alzheimer’s? Possibility cannot be ruled out 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

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

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 it was a huge honour to be allowed to touch his son’s ashes, but I had never touched human ashes before. ‘It was an incredibly enriching day’: the families taking control of death 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z

My clothes, I realised, were now too big; when I shopped, I had to buy a size down. 'Pilates-changed-my-life’ stories are annoying… but it did 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z

Creationists realised that the time scale it implied challenged their doctrine that the world was no more than a few thousand years old. Has the science in Ice Age 4 gone adrift? 2012-07-16T07:00:04Z

After months and months, they realised I was never coming out. 'All the hood rats would jam with us': Grandmaster Flash, AJ Tracey and other artists on the generation gap 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z

"I realised how sheltered I'd been and how fortunate I was and I felt horrible for ever having been self-destructive or self-pitying... I just felt a responsibility to be a better person." Day-Lewis knighted in Honours list 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

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

The presence of Polke's art will become stronger once it is realised quite what has been lost, the import of what he did. Sigmar Polke ? sorry I missed you 2010-06-16T15:10:00Z

And then I realised it was really him and that was a tricky conversation. Judi Dench: 'I never want to stop working' 2012-10-13T23:05:47Z

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

We realised that al-Qaida hadn't come to rescue us. How the US let al-Qaida get its hands on an Iraqi weapons factory 2011-01-07T07:59:02Z

When the Syrians realised this, they climbed on the tank. My hopes for peace 2010-05-01T23:09:00Z

A scene from walkabout production of Robin Hood I was well into my teenage years before I realised theatre had a capacity to be dull. Lancaster's Dukes theatre: the great outdoors 2013-07-04T14:13:02Z

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

Then I gazed to the right of some peaks swaddling a distant glacier – and realised I was looking at Italy, tomorrow’s destination. Trekking the Tour du Mont Blanc 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z

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

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

I realised I cannot be both at the same time, because they may be incompatible. Bianca Jagger: ‘I believe marriage is for life. We failed’ 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z

The pathos of the set-up is so obvious that only a brilliantly realised baby could transcend it. Unexpected Lessons in Love by Bernardine Bishop – review 2013-01-21T08:00:01Z

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

Then, happily, he realised that he was a celebrity, it was just that it had taken him half a lifetime to own up to it. Michael Munn: the celebrity biographer reveals all 2010-07-24T23:05:00Z

Before last night, I hadn't even realised I was interested in toy trains, let alone suffered from engine envy. TV Review: The Joy of (Train) Sets 2013-01-23T22:30:03Z

Standing with Maria, who was looking somewhere between disappointed and contemptuous, I realised that what was needed was a guide to Britain's worst tourist attractions. Where not to spend your bank holiday: a guide to Britain's worst days out 2011-08-20T23:06:23Z

In the mid-1960s, that decade of revolt and turmoil, Huey Newton, a 24-year-old law student in Oakland, California, realised that citizens of that state had the legal right to carry arms openly. Black power’s coolest radicals (but also a gang of ruthless killers) 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z

Torture, but I realised I can do anything if I know it's only going to be 15 minutes. Suzanne Moore: 'I've joined the gym!' 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z

Then I realised I was celebrating the death of a human being, no matter how vile she was. Iain Banks: the final interview 2013-06-15T07:07:55Z

Cord's vision is a world where peace is fully realised. Teen book club: the story behind After Tomorrow 2013-05-10T14:39:34Z

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

While watching the movie I realised with a jolt that even my favourite Jackson video, Smooth Criminal, features little children as, in fact, do many of Jackson’s videos, and he used this as bait. The Michael Jackson accusers: ‘The abuse didn't feel strange because he was like a god’ 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z

It also has complex, fully realised characters of a kind more usually associated with niche cable shows rather than network series such as The Good Wife. From The Returned to Broadchurch to Game of Thrones: the best TV of 2013 2013-07-28T18:00:01Z

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

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

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

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

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

For the first time, she says, she realised acting wasn’t purely a question of “doing the popularity contest”. Veep’s Anna Chlumsky: from My Girl to the White House 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

Reined in by the banalities of the everyday, the characters and their difficult relationships are convincingly realised. You Came Back by Christopher Coake – review 2012-07-21T23:04:04Z

I realised after two weeks of hanging out with Nick, I really, really like this guy. Losers in love 2011-02-05T00:03:33Z

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

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

However, I soon realised this stereotype was completely wrong. Why we should all mourn the loss of Gaydar Radio 2013-01-04T16:01:19Z

This was much debated and became a source of agony to one of the founders of the movement – William Morris – as he realised his influence had actually reached little further than north Oxford. Aesthetic values 2011-03-26T00:05:03Z

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

He soon realised that this was precisely how the house should remain. How one Cape Cod home kept its faded glory 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z

According to the Hollywood Reporter, then, this dream could be realised as early as 2021. You want a dark Mel Gibson comedy about rich Jewish people? You got it! 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

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 was 25 and my play Kopf Ab – ‘Head Off’ – was, I suddenly realised, a version of Faust.” Actor Vicky Krieps: ‘I spent a whole day staring into greenery to avoid Daniel Day-Lewis’ 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z

"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

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

Speaking to friends in Mexico, I realised the low levels of consciousness about coronavirus over there, and the minimal government efforts. 'Over one hour everything was cancelled' – how coronavirus devastated the film industry 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

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

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

When she realised he wanted to shoot nudes, she was cautious about revealing a scar from recent surgery to remove her gall bladder; the mark is clearly visible in many of the pictures. Bert Stern 2013-06-30T15:44:49Z

I realised then that the public can kill you. Marina Abramovic 2010-10-02T23:04:00Z

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

“I realised I wasn’t completely crazy,” Heather said later. Anorexia: you don’t just grow out of it | Carrie Arnold 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

I was a few months gone before I realised I was pregnant. Family life 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z

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

Speaking for her sisters too, she realised that their “mode of writing and thinking was not what is called ‘feminine’”. Woman of substance 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

“I don’t think she realised how dangerous it was.” The white stuff: why Britain can’t get enough cocaine 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

I realised that typing out all that negativity really just bred more negativity. Calvin Harris: The secrets of my success 2012-12-21T08:00:06Z

He found it dull, but realised he might have talent as a cutter. Alexander McQueen remembered 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

It doesn't detract from the closing impression of a spidery web of light as magical as the music, skilfully realised by conductor Lothar Koenigs and his players. Ariadne auf Naxos - review 2010-10-12T21:00:00Z

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

It was a very smart thing to do, but they never realised how difficult it would be to manage a business like this in a company as hierarchical and traditional as News Corp. Vevo boss Nic Jones: 'We're at the pointy end of labels' activities' 2013-05-19T18:00:02Z

I saw his hands shake, and realised what I hadn’t seen in my state of worry and fear. ‘My baby had devils’ eyes’: the reality of postpartum psychosis 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z

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

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

Admittedly, Bill and Ted’s parody deflated the seriousness somewhat: they realised that if you need to beat Death, the game to choose is Twister. Video lame: has Hollywood’s warped relationship with gaming gone too far? 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z

This prompted headlines such as "Spotify's nightmare realised" – but the publicity about the problem might be the real headache for the company. YouTube and Spotify ripping: why won't they act? 2013-06-19T12:07:16Z

"We realised that the only people who were going to help us were ourselves, the people," says Ray Davies. The Spirit of '45: where did it go? 2013-03-02T16:00:02Z

I realised how active the runup to Copenhagen was going to be. How the makers of Just Do It fought the law 2011-07-06T21:00:00Z

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

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

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

By then he was "too embroiled" in his adult novel Thursbitch to do anything with it, but in 2003 was done and he "realised that there was, 40 years on, unfinished business". Alan Garner: a life in books 2012-08-17T21:45:03Z

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

She jotted down ideas in a notebook she keeps by her bed, but realised she wasn't going to be able to move straight from the stone age of Torak to the bronze age of Hylas. Michelle Paver: a life in writing 2012-08-24T21:55:05Z

We met 13 years ago when my life was in complete freefall – and I realised he was exactly what I needed at the time: stable, reliable and devoted. I have never had satisfying sex with my husband. Should I just give up? 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

But then I realised it's because the character is self-conscious, at which point I thought 'just embrace it'. Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear: 'Othello and Iago are a bit cracked' 2013-04-10T19:00:00Z

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

I realised afterwards that I kept repeating “yeah” while he was talking, maybe as a bit of a nervous tic. Blind date: ‘I wanted to be consumed by Satan’s lustful flames’ 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z

Johnston and Jones first met two years ago when they realised they were working separately on stories about The Family, both aware that its once all-powerful leader was nearing death. Growing up with The Family: inside Anne Hamilton-Byrne’s sinister cult 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

I realised that the first show, the seminar format, showcases everything that's great about Jackson, without giving too much away. Will Adamsdale: the guru of nonsense 2011-01-05T22:01:01Z

"Last week, when I first saw a comment from someone outraged about the lyric, I realised right away that what I said was wrong," Cole continued. Drake joins J Cole in autism apology 2013-07-24T10:02:59Z

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

At the age of 11, he says, he realised he was manic depressive, a phrase he still prefers to bipolar, “too neutral and stodgy”. Richard Dreyfuss: 'I was a bad guy for a number of years' 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

I realised that if I was to get on with my life and career, I needed to contain my grief. Charlotte Rampling: ‘I cannot explain it but I have never visited the cemetery where my sister is buried’ 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

She realised there was a need for places not just for medical treatment, but also to share fears and hopes with others, to receive comfort, company and advice, to reflect and pass time. Cancer centre 2010-05-01T23:09:00Z

Now he's going it alone, with a song that sounds like it was half-finished before the songwriter realised his cheque hadn't cleared and walked out. Swim Deep, Gabrielle Aplin, Jai McDowall: this week's new tracks 2013-05-03T12:00:00Z

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

A customer-relations manager who is passionate about her job, Rose realised too late some essential truths about herself. ‘It's the breaking of a taboo’: the parents who regret having children 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

If there's one thing the blockbuster merchants realised in 2012, it's that movies don't really have to make sense any more. 2012: the year of the dumb blockbuster 2012-12-29T00:07:33Z

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

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

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

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

Angas's wonderfully observed performances are typical of a cast in which every character seems precisely realised. Lulu – review 2013-02-10T17:30:27Z

Photograph: Graeme Robertson When Roy Williams realised that his childhood had already become history, he decided it was time to turn it into drama. Roy Williams: Confessions of an uncool kid 2010-06-07T20:31:00Z

“I got to about page 90 and realised I was not even a fraction of the way through the first act,” he says. Mr Robot: 'Edward Snowden is a huge fan of our show' 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z

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

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

Listening to Princet, Picasso realised that geometry offered the language to express the deep meaning of primitive Iberian art, which he was working on at the time. Henri Poincaré: the unlikely link between Einstein and Picasso 2012-07-17T11:48:23Z

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

A scene from the brilliantly realised Fire Emblem: Awakening. Fire Emblem: Awakening – review 2013-04-27T23:04:06Z

“It wasn’t until two days before I left that I realised that would mostly be on me,” she says. They got their dream job away from it all – but what happened next? 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

"Andrea is stunning on camera, certainly, but I also don't think I realised how good Clive Owen is." Trailer trash 2011-08-06T23:06:18Z

“Then we realised it didn’t work and it wasn’t funny,” says McGregor, before Pacquola continues: “And then we thought, ‘Why are we trying to do this?’ ‘There’s no Brexit or Trump’: how Rosehaven became 'the best thing to watch while hungover' 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

“I hadn’t realised that I’d internalised the message that I wasn’t good enough,” she says. ‘I was an intruder’: what it’s like to be your parents’ least favourite child 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

Has she realised that she needs to justify her reputation, and the exaggerated prices charged for admission to her presence? La princesse jaune/La colombe; La rondine – review 2013-07-13T23:05:23Z

Already Utopia feels more than the sum of these parts: a fully realised world with a distinct look, and a heightened tone that's confident enough to cut from humour to gore to big thriller moments. Utopia: episode one 2013-01-15T23:25:01Z

But as we kept going we realised it had to be something else, something we had to partition off. It takes two: musical duos talk about working together 2013-04-11T18:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

When I fell headfirst off the stage I realised I had to rethink my whole stage thing. Karen O: ‘When I fell off the stage it was time for a rethink’ 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z

"Then, I realised I was just lying to myself." George Shaw 2011-02-13T00:05:02Z

He was warm and gentle and this girl sounded terrific but, as I made my way home, I realised that while I could have written her biography, he didn't know how many children I had. Back in the game: dating in your 50s 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z

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 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

So caught up was it in the sparkly romantic escapism of the big top that it was only towards the end that I realised what was missing. TV review: Timeshift; True Stories 2011-08-09T21:00:01Z

That's when I realised nobody was writing stuff for real teenagers. Melvin Burgess: a life in writing 2013-04-11T06:00:03Z

I suddenly realised that I was being quizzed. ‘I liked going to New York as a drug trafficker’: Duane Jackson 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z

And then we looked at each other and realised we were meant for this somehow. Martin Scorsese: ‘Maybe The Irishman is the last picture I'll make’ 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

He stopped being negative of his own accord, once he realised how important the whole shebang was to young fans. Ewan McGregor: ‘What if I'm not Scottish enough any more?’ 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z

About three years ago, I realised the only way to stop saying sorry was to start saying no. The joy and relief of saying no: how I learned to stop worrying and turn people down 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

It was only when a lawsuit from a former trainee named Pandhora Williams landed on her desk that she realised the extent of her problems. 'He said he could do what he wanted': the scandal that rocked Bikram yoga 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

This could, I realised, drive me mad, if I let it. The devil is in Blu-ray's detail 2010-08-31T08:15:00Z

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

"I realised I was spending too much of my time just sitting in the office and worrying," he says. Christopher Wheeldon: the golden boy grows up 2010-05-04T20:30:00Z

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

To be deemed credible, they realised, they needed to be Americans: so in the name of authenticity, they faked it. Silibil N' Brains: California Schemin' ? the end of authenticity 2010-04-17T23:09:00Z

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

As capitalism sinks into stagnation, corporations have realised that there are two new growth strands – firstly, in the emerging singles market and secondly in encouraging divorce and the concept of individual freedom. Ewan Morrison: what I'm thinking about ... why capitalism wants us to stay single 2012-08-11T12:01:34Z

“My family also owned the flat where the murder was, so I was downstairs trying to handle the situation when I realised I’d left Alyah upstairs,” he says. How we met: ‘I was trying to rent a flat from him – but then there was a murder’ 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z

Then she realised she was living with a hoarder. The empty promises of Marie Kondo and the craze for minimalism 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

Then I realised the ridiculousness of the situation. A good news story on Page 3 of the Sun, courtesy of black model Sylvia Barrie 2012-06-21T11:10:35Z

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

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

“When I realised that people were believing Goop’s fairy tales, I thought: ‘I’ll take them on.’” Jennifer Gunter: ‘Women are being told lies about their bodies’ 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

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

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 suddenly realised that Spooner may not, after all, be a minor poet but a total charlatan who just happens to find himself swept up into a world of literary opulence. John Wood: an actor who made us see things anew 2011-08-11T12:32:33Z

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

"We quickly realised that that show is the key to Michel's heart," he confides. Michel Legrand puts his Umbrellas up indoors 2011-03-17T22:10:01Z

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

“I went to the Golden Globes and it was the most humbling experience, but it was the moment that I realised, like, ‘Yo, you’re in the room too. 'I’m black, I can’t do method acting’: Brian Tyree Henry on Atlanta and Widows 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

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

I've kind of realised life is meant to be tough and everybody is in psychic and spiritual discomfort of some sort and has a burden to carry. Marian Keyes: 'I thought I'd never be able to write again' 2013-04-21T08:00:17Z

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

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

But, over time, she realised that her happiness was more important than seeing something through for the sake of it. ‘Everyone thought I was mad’: how to make a life-changing decision – and stick to it 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

I realised that the only way to make any money back from this colossal mistake would be to stick everything on eBay. Bagging a bargain? My hellish visit to a luggage auction 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

It sounded perfectly on point until I realised that the president, if we’re being etymologically pedantic, had essentially just praised a team of sportswomen for behaving like guys. The problem with being 'badass' 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

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

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

The idea came from a friend who did one of those classic post-holiday dinners and realised that things were instantly different. A life in writing: Mark Billingham 2012-08-03T21:55:08Z

Most of the depressed and anxious people I know, I realised, are in the 87% who don’t like their work. Is everything you think you know about depression wrong? 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z

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

I realised London was lacking a statue of this great man, and wanted to find a location with resonance ... BBC George Orwell statue turned down as 'too left-wing' 2012-08-22T15:08:08Z

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

When Sellers realised, he suggested a trip to the cinema – to see The Pink Panther, in which he played Inspector Clouseau. Britt Ekland: 'I was put through emotional and psychological warfare' 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

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

I got to a point on my yoga journey where I realised something: I wasn’t getting any better. Fit in my 40s: how can I do Insta-friendly yoga poses? 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z

Gilroy will need to get a move on if plans to begin the shoot for The Bourne Legacy in the spring are to be realised. Who will step into Matt Damon's Bourne identity? 2011-02-25T18:32:09Z

Four days from the end of my time in Sweden, I suddenly realised that once again I'd forgotten to read the complete plays of Shakespeare. We're all going on a ... 2011-07-30T23:04:12Z

"I thought the album art was just someone joking around at first, just realised it's real," complained another. Yeah Yeah Yeahs fans say Mosquito album artwork sucks 2013-01-15T10:42:13Z

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

Speaking now of her determination to get more than she'd got, she realised that she "wanted to get to London to be among people who cared about books as much as I did". Jane Gardam 2011-01-10T08:00:00Z

"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

"Although I am happy my grandma was returned, after speaking with her I realised how misguided and how badly she was lied to," he said. Jackson grandmother "back home" 2012-07-27T08:14:56Z

She thought her gruelling training regime was the cause of her sadness, but when the race was over she realised it was something else. Dying to beat depression: how 10 induced comas saved a blogger's life 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z

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

In retrospect, she realised that it was her first peace mediation. Meet Chicago's Interrupters? 2011-08-06T22:48:57Z

Sadly, this week we realised that our feelings for him are very far from reciprocated. Ouch, Jesse Eisenberg! What did we film critics ever do to you … ? 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

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 was more of a case of collectively, the tone of the piece came off being more misogynistic than I'd realised, rather than the jokes themselves. Is there a backlash against rape jokes? 2013-08-20T07:21:24Z

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

Then his friend realised his underwear was missing too. How did one of the worst paedophiles in history get away with his crimes? | Robert Booth 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

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

Like many others, I immediately wrote vehemently in support of Panahi but I realised that I really knew nothing of Rasoulof's work. Peter Bradshaw on Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof 2011-02-02T22:31:01Z

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

“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

But as I grew older and maybe a little more confident, I realised I just couldn't be bothered. A life in music: Richard Rodney Bennett 2011-07-22T22:55:02Z

I gained an early appreciation of the beauty of the most intimate form of music-making and realised the importance of high standards in performing chamber music and song. Music matters: 10 years at Wigmore Hall 2011-01-06T22:59:01Z

I realised that the shark was circling towards me. The primal thrill of sharks: the emotional case for rewilding the sea 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z

There's more to being a successful author than finding the 'Save and publish' button on Amazon, but there are a lot of authors who haven't realised that yet. Stop the press: half of self-published authors earn less than $500 2012-05-24T10:46:51Z

“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

It was then that I realised that bad musicals, bad films, or bad telly were occasionally more fun than good ones. Arnie's Governator is a guilty treat until TV's real muscle returns 2011-04-09T23:05:41Z

A bit cruel, I thought, until I realised I was a 45-year-old man and therefore capable of withstanding far higher proportions of Paul Weller and Kings of Leon than any other demographic. A week listening to ? Absolute Radio 2011-02-24T11:07:33Z

I realised I was in the same room where I’d had an abortion 15 years earlier. Women aren't meant to talk about miscarriage. But I've never been able to keep a secret 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

"We realised that dancers in a 'rational' space were blocked in their movements; they seemed to bang their heads on ceilings and bounce off the walls." Can Foster and Acosta rescue Cuba's lost temple to ballet? 2012-11-25T00:05:43Z

It was only after you shouted at the screen, or texted half your mates in ALL CAPS, that you realised that, heck, it actually worked. Farewell, telepathic octopus! Netflix has killed off The OA, and it’s a travesty 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

"I realised I couldn't take the 'Weller sound' or whatever you wanna call it any further." Paul Weller: the upsetter 2010-08-26T20:30:00Z

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

I realised that these would form a compelling visual basis for an accessible book for young people about the Holocaust, based almost wholly on primary evidence. How I wrote: Terezín: A Story of the Holocaust 2013-01-27T09:18:30Z

The world realised it had no true understanding of what a bad day at the office meant. The nine greatest Oscar moments 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

“But when we got there the hotel was really unwelcoming – we had to find somewhere else. I realised I should be able to go anywhere in the world and have that reassurance.” New gay travel firm increases holiday choice for LGBT travellers 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

Even so, when they reached retirement age in 2005, they had time to take stock and realised that the hurt and anger still refused to go away. Class prejudice drove our family apart 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z

We realised when we were taking this project around that the doors are closing. Martin Scorsese: ‘Maybe The Irishman is the last picture I'll make’ 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

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

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

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

In that year off, I realised the value of what I was doing. Guy Pearce: Don't look down 2010-12-04T00:02:00Z

Mizinova wanted marriage, but eventually realised that, for Chekhov, lasting mutual happiness was either something he didn't believe in or saw as too great a threat to his freedom. Anton Chekhov: a lifetime of lovers 2013-03-01T17:30:01Z

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

When Apple said that it would last for 10 hours, and we realised it actually did, that was really important. Why the iPad and its mark a new stage in computing 2011-03-27T00:05:21Z

When I looked at the date I realised it was around the time I’d just learned French. Judith Kerr: ‘I was amazed by the weird things our cat Mog did’ 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z

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

But I realised that if I told him this, it would compound his distress. Confessions of a celebrity biographer 2010-08-03T23:27:00Z

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

She realised Malik had conned her into taking him to the festival because he was planning to set off a bomb. Digested read: Rip Tide by Stella Rimington 2011-07-18T20:00:09Z

How he realised he had landed a Hollywood audition only because a studio underling had misinterpreted an instruction to "Get that Mr Darcy guy". James D'Arcy: 'I delivered my first line and Anthony Hopkins burst out laughing' 2013-02-01T07:00:09Z

"At some point I realised there was gap in the market for beautiful costumes." Festivals guide: fancy-dress tips 2012-05-25T23:21:00Z

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

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

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

When I moved to Leeds at the age of 16 I realised I wanted to make music. Newman goes it alone 2013-10-14T07:14:44Z

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

"I went to see Koreeda to ask his permission, and he was very surprised – I don't think he realised that people still wrote operas!" Michel van der Aa: 'I'm an art omnivore' 2010-04-29T22:20:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

They took it down again when they realised that it made them look like total wallies, breaking up picnics and arresting people for microscopic particles of hash. Why do our paranoid, anti-fun police seem to think they run the country? | George Monbiot 2010-03-29T20:00:00Z

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

It's a remarkable exercise that demonstrates the unpredictable interaction between spaces that can only exist in the film world and those that are more physical and can be realised in the architectural world. Building an audience for architecture 2011-01-20T21:45:01Z

It is badly conceived, badly realised, badly characterised, badly paced and above all badly written. 2121: A Tale from the Next Century by Susan Greenfield – review 2013-07-11T08:00:00Z

"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

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

The suspicion is that producers realised they had no idea what to do with Snoke, and instead decided to fall back on an older and more impressive villain. Kylo who? Mysteries that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker must solve 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

But that's when I realised it was possible to be heard even though you were British. Musicians and their obsessions 2010-12-09T21:46:00Z

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

I saw blood on my hand and realised I’d stabbed myself through the palm. Experience: I fought off a mountain lion 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

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

Skinner seems vaguely annoyed that not everyone realised that. Mike Skinner and Rob Harvey: halves of the Dot 2013-05-15T17:30:01Z

Ambition, people say, is an itch, begging to be realised. How to write a novel this year: 'I'm surprised at how much time I find' 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z

"By allowing them the extra time they need we hope to see Column realised in 2013, as a world-first, and for the people of Merseyside and beyond to experience and enjoy." Funding ends for column of steam 2012-11-13T14:04:01Z

Suddenly, Professor Kirsch realised that the 70% figure couldn’t be right. Is everything you think you know about depression wrong? 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z

“He was speechless when he realised that I genuinely intended to walk away. He went into a sort of decline.” The rise of the post-nuptial agreement: ‘My husband behaved like a rutting stag’ 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z

The second, by Timothy Salter, was less striking, but still nicely characterised and impressively realised by the players. PLG Young Artists – review 2013-01-13T17:45:01Z

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

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

Once they realised their error, "three cars, four detectives and two Fact officers made it to the correct location," according to TorrentFreak's Andy Maxwell. Man jailed for 33 months over illegal copies of Fast and Furious 6 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

They were both fully realised and brilliant stories, so it was a no-brainer to sign up for the short to generate the budget to make the feature. Whiplash stars drum up Oscar hopes 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

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

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

Few of us realised when The Force Awakens appeared in 2015 that three movies later the game would be nostalgia for the original trilogy, rather than a brave new journey. The Rise of Skywalker: why no one ever really dies in Star Wars 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z

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

"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

“That’s when I realised I need to get my normal life back.” 'Society is suffering': Hong Kong protests spark mental health crisis 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

What I hadn’t realised was that it isn’t parents who are on the receiving end of this opprobrium, but mothers. ‘Mum’s day off, is it?’: what adopting as a same-sex couple taught us 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z

In a crucial moment of compassion from her father, he told her he wished only happiness for her life and the 23-year-old finally realised just how unhappy she was. The science of addiction: a personal struggle to kick cocaine gives a neuroscientist unique insights 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z

I realised that keeping hold of Sully’s collar was my only hope; he’s so strong and sturdy, he is as solid as a handrail. Experience: I was attacked by a seal 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

He was 12 when he realised he wanted to be an actor. Luke Perry obituary 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z

“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

I’m only ever as good as the writing, I’ve realised that. 'My life was chaotic' 2011-08-20T23:05:34Z

My future in film really started when I became firm friends with Simon Pegg while we were making Spaced and we realised that we were both obsessed with Dawn Of The Dead and George’s work. Edgar Wright, Alice Lowe, John Landis and Ben Wheatley on zombie king George A Romero 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

"I realised I was still battling these self-confidence problems, this self-hatred, and was using somebody else to make me happy." John Grant 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z

The couple met after he saw a photograph of the Swedish actress in a newspaper and realised that they were both staying at the Dorchester in London. Britt Ekland on Peter Sellers: ‘He was a very tormented soul’ 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z

"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

But I realised fashion was not what I wanted to pursue, because of the way it depicts women, and the aspirational values it promotes, suggesting you shouldn't be happy with what you have. Photographer Nigel Shafran's best shot 2010-04-21T21:15:00Z

Mendel realised that these traits were being determined by independent particles of information, which every plant inherited from its parents. Mix and match 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

Family legend has it that he realised how perfect a match they were on their honeymoon when, during a meal in a restaurant in Paris, he felt her kicking him under the table. Hilary Evans obituary 2011-08-16T16:54:05Z

How did he feel when he woke up and realised Alan was gone? Breaking the taboo: the director who has filmed the moment of death 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

Glancing at my watch I realised it was time to be getting back to Mum and Dad. The Leopard Queen by TheBookThief - story 2012-06-27T08:00:00Z

“I talked about it very rarely, but quickly realised as a young child it wasn’t an OK thing to talk about.” The dad who gave birth: ‘Being pregnant doesn't change me being a trans man’ 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z

At that point, Murphy said: “I realised we were just another project.” The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

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

“One day, we stopped at this lay-by in northern Laos and set up a two-man tent together. That was when everyone else realised that we were together.” How we met: 'I actually thought he fancied someone else' 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z

And, when she said it, I realised this was true too. Auschwitz, memory and truth: how trauma passes down the generations 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z

I realised, much later, that at this time my dad, a very good joiner and carpenter, was probably earning about £8 a week. My father paid four times his weekly wage for the greatest gift of my life 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

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

For a while, they lived in the US, but quickly realised it was better to be in Wellington. Flight of the Conchords: ‘We're retired sex symbols' 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

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

That was the first time I realised she was more than a fun runner. Sporting children of champions: 'I've always had a need for speed' 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

“Well, I’ve realised I’m fascinated with what it is to be a man. And as a man, physicality is important. I’ve gone on searches …” He sees me squinting uncertainly. Jake Gyllenhaal: ‘I’m fascinated by my own anger’ 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and thought of things about travelling abroad I hadn’t realised I’d missed. Post-lockdown Amsterdam is a crowd-free joy 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z

“When we finally started recording, we realised the British don’t really like to talk about sex.” ‘You think: are we really doing this?’: how TV’s strangest shows get made 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z

When he studied philosophy he thought a lot about what makes humans human and what it is to be authentic, and realised that Goethe’s drama explores these issues. A hotline to Satan: why is the ex-CEO of Vodafone making a film version of Faust? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

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

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

She just realised, 'this is not my life'. 'I shall not miss Wallander' 2013-07-15T15:00:00Z

I'm really glad Voiceover told me they were the Hairy Bikers or I wouldn't have realised. TV OD with Sara Pascoe: The Hairy Dieters 2012-07-27T23:05:00Z

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

"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

“I don’t think that. I’m joking. The truth is that they wanted to make it in America, but quickly realised it was not a good idea.” Isabelle Huppert: 'Men aren't afraid of women the way women are afraid of men' 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

One of the world premieres was the centrepiece of the Nash Ensemble's programme, a beautifully shaped and realised sextet by Brett Dean, who is being featured in the festival as both composer and viola player. Nash Ensemble ? review 2011-07-06T17:45:00Z

But this wasn’t something I truly realised until I stood onstage with him as part of his legendary band: Dad wasn’t turning away from the audience; he was turning toward the band. 'He didn't even pretend to let us win'… Growing up with the world's biggest stars, by their children 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z

After a while, I realised that what had been done to it was wonderful. A Thousand Stars' end of the world show 2010-05-10T21:00:00Z

The change of atmosphere froze us momentarily, as if we suddenly realised the enormity of what we were doing. After Fifty Shades: five authors offer their ripostes 2012-07-06T21:55:25Z

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

For a moment I thought this was intentional, then I realised it was a competence issue. Damien Hirst: Two Weeks One Summer – review 2012-05-22T15:13:15Z

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

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

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

I stayed in touch with Sammy’s parents for a while, but eventually I realised it was too painful for me and for them. Experience: I killed my classmate with a javelin on sports day 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

The poetry was a revelation: "I suddenly realised where I belonged and what I lacked." George Crabbe: The man behind Benjamin Britten 2013-06-14T17:00:01Z

"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

“She realised that I was the kind of bloke that needed someone else to look after him,” he laughs now. How we stay together: 'The secret is just not leaving' 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z

It'd just be nice, I guess, if the architects of this 1980s protest heritage industry realised that they are now part of that hegemonic culture. At least youth protest culture is not stuck in the 80s, like its critics 2013-07-23T14:32:20Z

There was only so long it could last before people began to burn out, or realised they needed to find themselves a day job. The Good Old Days: two Libertines fans share their stories 2010-08-27T15:19:00Z

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

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

We all realised pretty quickly that it was going to be this long, meandering story. Twin Peaks: 20 years on 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z

Trying to get out of bed, I realised I could barely move. 'Pilates-changed-my-life’ stories are annoying… but it did 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z

A few years ago I realised how much it helps to go into other people’s stories. Jane Birkin: ‘I learned French off a tape recorder’ 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z

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

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

This was the case in 2005 when Arctic Monkeys, thanks to their Beneath the Boardwalk bootlegs, finally realised their game of hiding was up. Reading and Leeds festival: nominate your favourite moments 2011-08-24T15:39:00Z

Now, Leila finds herself living alone in a grotty flat in south-east London, bought in haste because "I realised that every hour I spent looking at flats would mean one less hour spent with mum". Kiss Me First by Lottie Moggach – review 2013-07-19T08:00:00Z

It was only when we were shooting that I realised why we were there. Dominic Savage's love letter to Margate 2012-06-05T18:00:02Z

I realised that I should have trusted my initial instincts on the afternoon of the diagnosis, when I’d felt such empathy for my unborn son. The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

All three of those were genuinely diverting ideas, very well realised. Do Bj?rk's apps break new ground? 2011-03-17T18:07:20Z

“When we realised we weren’t going to die,” said David Barr, who convened the support group, “we all got sick of each other.” Life on the frontline of the Aids epidemic | David France 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

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

As has happened so many times since, I realised I didn't know beans. Richard Williams: the master animator 2013-04-19T17:59:00Z

“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

As soon as I started playing in tournaments against other people my age – and in some cases, younger – I realised I just couldn’t cut it. This much I know | Kyle McLachlan 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z

“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 only when I got sober and had seen all my friends die that I realised they had a point. Alice Cooper: ‘I want my shows to take you as far away as possible from politics’ 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z

I realised it was something you could have done and I went to my GP and had a bit of a breakdown. Me and my vulva: 100 women reveal all 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z

I realised this wasn't about me, it was about the people I was photographing. Photographer Ron Haviv's best shot 2010-07-14T21:15:00Z

“But, as time went on, I realised he was truly suffering,” she says. ‘My oestrogen levels were all over the place’: when men have ‘sympathy pregnancies’ 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

The most realised work by far belonged to the American Lucas Foglia, a young graduate from Yale. Les Rencontres d'Arles 2012 – review 2012-07-07T23:06:03Z

On the other hand, though, it might have been because Koprowski had finally realised just how persistent, obdurate and dedicated Hayflick could be. Germ warfare: the battle for the key to modern vaccines 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

In contrast, Gallipoli dramatised a military disaster that is seen as the moment in which a young country realised the motherland couldn’t be trusted. Joker was criticised for ripping off old classics. So why does 1917 get a pass? 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

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

Ruth Rose was around nine when she realised she had what she thought must be “some sort of sexual aberration”. 'Age has nothing to do with it': how it feels to transition later in life 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z

I started listening to Thin Lizzy recently and realised just how much they influenced Maiden - even the logo is similar! Audio advent calendar: Bibio's playlist 2010-12-05T09:00:00Z

Soon the RSC realised that Griffiths had a natural authority on stage. Richard Griffiths obituary 2013-03-29T16:52:59Z

Crucially, Hollywood realised that what fans wanted wasn't necessarily films, it was hot vampires to have crushes on. The Twilight saga: a modern-day marketing fairytale 2012-11-16T11:29:25Z

And because she is my muse for this project, it was inspiring because I realised a lot about myself. Atliens invasion 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z

It was when he got up that I realised he was an attacker. Experience: ‘I stopped a terrorist attack’ 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

"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

I realised that the heavy hand of management and authority – that had lifted for a moment – was in full charge again. Hyde Park, 1969: the counterculture's greatest day. And the Rolling Stones came too 2013-04-06T23:06:16Z

But it was still a shock when I realised you’d raided the family jewellery and credit card. A letter to... the son we lost to heroin 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z

And then I realised – Madonna wasn't commanding me to be brilliant, she was giving me permission. Wendy Shanker: Madonna is my guru 2010-05-09T21:00:00Z

I realised that whenever I find myself in trouble, it's always good David who got me there. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: David Greig on making a musical to rival Matilda 2013-06-18T07:00:00Z

In our pilot, we had a bottom-less woman to keep it authentic, then we realised how far we'd set women in comedy back. The Dead Boss guide to TV prison 2012-06-08T23:06:00Z

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

“I reached under, picked it up and held it up to the light. I realised I was holding a used, full nappy. I can confirm that we provided baby-changing facilities.” Puke, pasties and poo: the secret, stinky world of cinema ushers 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

On day one, in my first training session, I realised to my horror that I wasn’t a very good listener at all. How to be a good listener: the experts' guide 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

Later, I realised that failure could also be private and hidden: there was emotional, moral, sexual failure; the failure to understand another person, to make friends, to say what you meant. Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure 2013-06-22T07:00:00Z

Of course it should have been obvious long ago, but on that revelatory night, I realised I had lost control. I've decided to reclaim my life – by using an old Nokia phone 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z

"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

I've realised that, on the one hand, one is ready for it. G?nter Grass writes final autobiography 2010-08-24T13:25:00Z

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

“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

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

After I came out, I realised I had never really listened to music or sang, so I decided to make an album. Ai Weiwei to release heavy metal album 2013-03-11T10:22:02Z

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

But by this autumn, he realised there was no return, and now says he will continue to dedicate himself to XR full-time. The doctor and banker who quit to join Extinction Rebellion: ‘You have to do what is right’ 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

Then I realised we were on the side of the road, and saw people standing around the car, and that the passenger door was open. Experience: my eight-year-old son drove us down the dual carriageway 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z

What I realised was that all the carriages and costumes and ballrooms, all that stuff just got in the way. Bernard Rose: Tolstoy, America and me 2012-12-17T23:11:56Z

Which is when Rendall, who combines working as a teaching assistant with participating in community arts initiatives, realised The Vinyl Library could be more than an instant record collection. Share the love: vinyl lending library opens in London 2013-07-01T14:57:01Z

Then he probably realised he would have to show his boss that he had tried to recruit me, because he bent over, picked up the scraps and tossed them into his briefcase. Herta M?ller dodged Romanian secret police by proofreading in forest 2010-03-22T15:55:00Z

Then he realised he needed to see how the Jewish settlers were living. William Sutcliffe: 'It was so much more brutal than I thought it could be' 2013-04-02T07:00:01Z

"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

“When I realised she was missing, two weeks ago, it was the most horrible, scary feeling,” she told BBC South Today. Cat delivered alive and well after spending eight days in the post 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z

And I realised that I couldn’t bring myself to ask if he was, to quote Regoli, “evil”. Sesame Street's Count von Count and the lack of foreign voices on children's TV 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

"I realised early on that one yes too many could be fatal to your career," she says. Nina Stemme: 'I am always questioning myself – could it be better?' 2013-05-02T12:51:45Z

That said, in the unlikely event that he has realised his teenage self has made an unscheduled appearance on the internet, a thirtysomething Tod might be inclined to disagree. Alexis Petridis on random music finds 2010-12-01T22:00:00Z

But when I did, I realised he was teaching me what life was going to be like for me when they were no longer there. The Gypsy wedding that changed my life 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z

Left to her own devices, Davies realised that, for years, her drinking had been out of control. ‘I was hammered for the first month of lockdown’ – meet the people who quit alcohol in the pandemic 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z

“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

She was a wilful, stubborn woman, more fiercely so than I first realised; 25 years later, I'd discover just how defiant my closest girlfriend could be, even in the face of the undeniable. Lionel Shriver: How I failed my best friend 2010-03-20T00:11:00Z

I realised that accompanying songs was what I wanted to do, and working with a singer in music as great as this was clearly one of the most rewarding things in the world. Schubert: lieder of the pack 2011-03-10T22:43:00Z

"I'd made three EPs and I was thinking, 'We need to step it up'. The album was being over-thought and he was the first person who realised it needed to be simple. " Rae Morris: The pop star who wanted to be a waitress 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

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

Some of Picture Post's vision of the post-war future had been realised: sharp class boundaries began to soften, social elites felt threatened, state schools sent increasing numbers of students to expanding universities. Rich and poor 2010-03-23T21:00:00Z

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

I was standing next to Walter and I looked down and realised that our feet are identical. Billy Connolly: My family values 2012-12-22T00:05:44Z

"How were the fries?" he asked, before we realised he was our waiter the previous night. My love affair with the American bluegrass festival 2013-07-17T12:00:03Z

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

Sometimes they walk all the way up to the parlour to find you before you even realised they were coming. John Burnside: a life in writing 2011-08-26T21:54:01Z

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

That was when I realised what a big player she was. Obama leads Donna Summer tributes 2012-05-18T08:59:34Z

But the fact that we wonder suggests to me a gaze that never knew how to be realised. Jane Russell: 'An immense, impervious beauty' 2011-03-01T19:55:54Z

Then I realised that it was inside of me. Lee 'Scratch' Perry: ‘My pants are telepathic. Everything I wear is telepathic’ 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z

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

He denied it until he realised he was totally busted. My 13-year-old son sent a sexually explicit email to his teacher 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

Classically trained with a degree in composition, her dreams were realised when she was given the opportunity to record her second album at the famous Abbey Road studios with a live orchestra. Mvula on Abbey Road and stage fright 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

His horror was complete when he realised the participants were from the film's crew. The not-bleeding-likely lads 2011-07-14T20:19:01Z

And very boring it was, until halfway through act one, when I realised that one of the actors was talking about Farm Hall. The real Michael Frayn hits Edinburgh book festival – or does he? 2012-08-16T16:43:20Z

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

But as I read on, I realised I loved it. Catcher in the Rye sequel might just be a good idea 2011-01-13T13:07:46Z

For a brief period, I even had a wand, although I have lost it, or given it away, because I realised it didn't do anything. Harry Potter and the end of a pop-culture phenomenon 2011-07-12T18:59:01Z

I never realised how conventional I was until I found myself in an unconventional situation. I do, again: ‘There is nothing as deadly serious as a second marriage’ 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z

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

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

"I've realised recently that my acting is my expression of music that I hear," she explained. Radio Review: Private Passions 2011-02-14T08:00:01Z

"I never realised quite how hard he worked," says Sarah Bardwell, director of the Handel House Museum, researching her new charge. The London years 2010-08-07T23:02:00Z

Then I realised she was talking to me. ‘Home is a state of mind. You don’t need walls’ 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

Which I did, unedited, for years until I realised we never looked at them. Snap happy 2013-05-19T18:30:00Z

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

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

And like many a light entertainer before and after me, I realised that one day I, too, had to go there and fashion a few dreams of my own. Farewell, BBC TV Centre. You were Britain's very own Disneyland 2013-03-31T00:05:37Z

He went back a few hours later, that was when he realised she was not breathing and called for help. Amy Winehouse funeral: parents say goodbye to their 'angel' 2011-07-26T18:07:34Z

“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

I realised I wasn't there to please myself. When pop goes bad: novelty records 2010-09-22T20:30:00Z

For Clive, he says it was a “feeling of shock. The moment I met Amanda I realised I would spend the rest of my life with her.” How we met: ‘He had a reputation for playing the field. He sounded really dodgy’ 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

When Qadir realised the children in the Afghan training camp were being measured for suicide vests, his first instinct was to exact revenge on the people who had manipulated him. ‘A threat to health is being weaponised’: inside the fight against online hate crime 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z

Speaking to the families, I realised it was going to be a huge responsibility to put something truthful on the screen. Five Daughters 2010-04-23T07:23:00Z

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

They have done so to broaden their appeal, to maximise their market, and maybe because they realised that too strong a regional accent can lead to typecasting. Is it wrong for a person to change their accent? 2013-04-20T16:59:01Z

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

Matt enjoyed the camaraderie but soon realised that sea life was not for him. I was shipwrecked in icy south Atlantic waters 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

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

It was a wonderful experience until it was in my hands and then I realised now people would assume that I could do X, Y and Z, as opposed to me trying to prove it. Richard Dreyfuss: 'I was a bad guy for a number of years' 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

I realised this when my daughter was still in the womb. This holiday season, protect your kid from consumerism by just saying 'no' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

"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

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

"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

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

Later, I realised the Nazis would have advocated the sterilisation and death of Opa’s own brother, who has a learning disability. Should I be ashamed of my grandfather? 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z

Crime writer Raymond Chandler's wish to be interred with his beloved wife Cissy was finally realised, 50 years after his death, with her ashes buried above his coffin in Mount Hope cemetery. Raymond Chandler's ashes reunited with his wife's 2011-02-17T16:33:09Z

I suppose I realised how one-sided it all was. A letter to … my little sister, who has been missing for a year 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z

My father died, I went back for the funeral and realised home really was where the heart was. I received a phone threat and knew writers were not as free as I'd thought 2010-05-15T23:07:00Z

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

It was the first time in my life I'd realised that you could do something creative and have fun without being destructive. Paddy Considine and Nick Hemming on their long and easy friendship 2013-07-27T23:05:12Z

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

I kept swearing, and then realised she did not say one swear word all evening... Blind date: 'I was tipsy and slurring' 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z

He soon realised his hopes of finding perfectly formed statements recalling intense experiences was unrealistic. Motion's poetry of combat 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z

I hadn’t realised how much I had missed him. The search for my inner ‘hero’: a modern masculinity retreat 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z

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

I began my career as a vociferous member of the Tribune group, I soon realised leftwing principles had no place in Tony Blair's thinking. Digested read: Outside In by Peter Hain 2012-02-12T22:38:00Z

They realised the danger that an all-male jury might be over-protective towards women in their absence and they calculated that the prosecution's paternalism would alienate female jurors. The trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover 2010-10-22T11:00:00Z

He looked more comfortable, but we realised it meant the doctors were expecting him to need it for some time. 'If anyone was going to wake from a coma, it was my brother' 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z

The one thing I realised was that I had to get away from him. ‘Cancer I could deal with. Losing my breast I could not’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z

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

Beautifully realised, immaculately recorded, and one of the year's loveliest vinyl artefacts to boot. Goat: World Music – review 2012-12-20T21:00:01Z

It was when she started a blog on the topic that she realised other women felt the same way. Unsafe sex: why everyone's at it 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

I realised that throughout their relationship, the idea of Barker was as important to her as the reality: the journey through the storm was as important as the arrival at his door. The poems and punch-ups of By Grand Central Station 2013-03-06T19:29:01Z

I looked around after my daughter's death and realised I was nobody and nothing. Anne Rice: 'I thought the church was flat-out immoral' 2010-10-24T19:59:00Z

You could see the hurt on his face as he realised his own family had championed everything he despised. David Tennant: 'My bedpost really has very few notches' ? interview 2011-08-19T21:58:02Z

The first was when I was packing up my house, and I realised everything in the kitchen was about seven years out of date – basically, from the time I started working manically and stopped cooking. AL Kennedy and the perils of the pen 2012-08-15T17:30:01Z

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

And I realised it has to be part of it. Guy Pearce: Don't look down 2010-12-04T00:02:00Z

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

Luckily I don't make much music any more: I realised a few years back that my strengths lay in writing. Nikesh Shukla: My desktop 2013-06-05T07:00:00Z

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

I was crying as I was driving, and suddenly realised I was being photographed by a truckload of paparazzi. How we made Il Postino 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

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

A powerful drama, brilliantly realised on stage, it seemed the most touching and emotionally powerful of his works, despite having a protagonist who was part bull. This week's new live music 2013-01-12T06:00:12Z

“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

After a week visiting every corner, I realised I had not seen a single woman working in a hotel or restaurant or café. Istanbul: minarets and martinis 2011-02-27T00:05:21Z

Martin’s killing was the moment the whole country realised the system wasn’t working. How Jay-Z’s new docuseries on Trayvon Martin exposes America 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z

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

But the original Tapestry is a much-loved and perfectly realised worldwide bestseller. Christine Tobin weaves a new Tapestry 2010-06-24T22:30:00Z

In any case, within a few seconds I realised that all she wanted was to talk to a stranger, an "other" person. Literature does not stop at national borders 2013-02-27T13:59:46Z

Many people believe that the very idea of universal healthcare – making sure everyone can access care when they need it regardless of wealth – is an idea invented in Britain and uniquely realised in Britain. We love the NHS too much to make it better 2013-03-09T06:31:01Z

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

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

And I realised I wasn’t just hurting myself, but I was hurting everybody around me, including the people closest to me, for watching me be that destructive.” Money at the heart of US gun control problem, says Amy Schumer 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

To get at this we quickly realised we needed to go beyond survey data. The class pay gap: why it pays to be privileged 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

My father saw the name Lowry and realised they might be interesting and gathered as many up as he could. LS Lowry papers found at scrap yard up for auction 2012-07-03T12:39:49Z

Later I realised this was down to their German talent for sparen – economising. Family life 2012-11-24T00:04:01Z

I realised I wasn’t going to change his mind and I couldn’t compromise who I was. Kim Cattrall: 'I don’t want to be in a situation for even an hour where I’m not enjoying myself' 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z

Pope is a fully realised person, which, in regards to roles given to black actors, is a rarity. Where are the TV roles for black British female actors? 2013-07-18T11:09:20Z

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

“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

We realised there was a societal attitude that doesn't allow women to be active members of society, that doesn't treat them like human beings. Half the Sky: how the trafficking of women today is on a par with genocide 2010-08-18T23:05:00Z

I realised he’d left when I heard the front door click. My life in sex: 'I’ve been told that, as a fat girl, I should be grateful for attention' 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z

The first record where we realised that we had something special was Telepathe's first single. The hot bands of the summer – according to the labels 2013-05-16T18:00:00Z

People were getting together in warehouses at the end of motorways just to avoid the police, and then they realised Glastonbury offered thousands of people a chance to get together legally. Our Glastonbury memories 2010-06-04T07:00:00Z

When she and I were being interviewed on a BBC radio programme last week, I realised that she isn't calling for some kind of official ban. High profile celebrities back the anti-Page 3 petition 2012-09-26T12:40:00Z

The more I listened, the more I realised the Americans didn’t know who these people were shooting at them and couldn’t figure out why. ‘I witnessed the birth of Isis’: how one film-maker captured the horror of Iraq 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z

"I realised the trailer was not being served as well as the picture was," he says. Movie trailer music: it's not what you think 2011-08-25T21:15:01Z

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

Dec’s mum, Tracey, beckoned him away as soon she realised who I was. ‘I gulp back feelings of regret’: how I found my long-lost sibling 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z

Later in life, I realised that the photo shows my parents' spirited hopes of a new beginning. Family life 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z

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

Bacall became an overnight success when film director Howard Hawks realised his long-term ambition of turning an unknown actress into a star. Obituary: Lauren Bacall 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

He told BBC News: "It took a bit of time for some of the more so-called intellectual end of the music business to realise this, but the public realised it almost from the word go." Bee Gees 'on a par with Beatles' 2012-05-21T15:36:29Z

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

For this year, Kevin Smith reiterated his plan to retire from directing, possibly because he realised most people prefer to listen to talk than to watch a Kevin Smith film. Directors, take a hint... follow Kevin Smith to the door 2011-07-28T20:01:02Z

It was intimidating, until I realised that I had confused their confidence with cleverness. Grayson Perry's tapestries: weaving class and taste 2013-06-08T08:00:41Z

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

When Michael eventually woke up, he realised he was locked in. Michael Caine trapped in dressing room 2012-05-16T15:25:30Z

Hoodies don't vote, they've realised it's pointless, that whoever gets elected will just be a different shade of the "we don't give a toss about you" party. UK riots: Big Brother isn't watching you 2011-08-11T17:18:00Z

I realised it was a wine bottle – and that there was something inside it. A message in a bottle … and a journey round the world 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

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

She took one look at the patient, realised she was desperately unwell and called the consultant anaesthetist. Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z

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

I realised about a year later that I wasn’t fine. A letter to … My dad, whom I haven’t seen for 10 years 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

While at law school he continued to make art, but eventually realised he needed to meet with other artists, and so transferred to art school. A life in art: Anselm Kiefer 2011-03-21T08:00:00Z

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

I realised what an enormous phenomenon it had become when Prince Charles was on the front of the Daily Mail doing the dole queue dance. How we made The Full Monty 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

The world in which it takes place is well enough realised, but the story is broad and formulaic, as if it was dashed off in a panic. Fatman: the Mel Gibson Santa action comedy we really don't need right now 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

Sylvia maintained that she enjoyed New York, yet the more time she spent in the city the more she realised that she had led a relatively sheltered existence. Sylvia Plath in New York: 'pain, parties and work' 2013-02-02T14:00:01Z

After sitting up in fear, I realised that one end of the duvet fell off the bed, pulling the whole thing down and that is why it moved. From John Carpenter to Slipknot's Clown: what scares the masters of horror? 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

The best thing about the Oscars, I realised when the nominees were announced, is that Coraline won't win best animated picture. A nobody's guide to the Oscars 2010-03-25T21:30:00Z

I realised I wasn't much good at any of this. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan - extract 2012-08-10T21:55:10Z

I only realised 20 years later that Whit had written the part for me. How we made: The Last Days of Disco 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

I realised that most people weren’t aware of the impact from flying and how huge it is.” Could you give up flying? Meet the no-plane pioneers 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

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

It came as a big shock when two or three weeks into filming I realised Stanley wasn't so easy-going after all. The 'adventure' of working with Kubrick 2013-08-16T00:31:17Z

This is a beautiful idea very nearly realised in Guangzhou. Move over, Sydney: Zaha Hadid's Guangzhou Opera House 2011-02-28T21:30:00Z

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

"They realised that a part of our armour was missing," recalls Anderson. Suede brushes up 2010-10-21T20:30:00Z

However, I realised I could still compete when they gave an example of one of the worst things you could do to provoke abusive comments. SXSW 2011: The rise of the music vlogger 2011-03-18T15:46:19Z

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

What happened when I finished the book was that I realised I was the same age as my mother and I felt the same pressures. The strange life of Tim Guest 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z

I started to rebel against it, but I never realised I could just not be in it. Robyn: unchained melodies 2010-06-16T20:31:00Z

When I opened it I realised it was cheap, very plasticky. ‘I bought 16kg of flour by mistake’: online shopping mishaps in lockdown 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z

A year into a relationship, and eight months into using Natural Cycles, Marie realised she was pregnant. ‘I felt colossally naive’: the backlash against the birth control app 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z

“Maybe they were pretending, but they realised I was different to them and they were still able to be pleasant to me,” he said. Why I can still be best friends with someone whose politics I despise 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z

After he realised the scale of the problem, he founded the National Institute of Crayfish Trappers, and became Crayfish Bob, selling gumbos and crawfish boil. A nice bit of squirrel: should we chow down a diet of invasive species? 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

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

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

“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

Early on, when I was 19 or 20, I realised there was no competing with him on this. Greg Bellow: My father, Saul 2013-04-27T08:01:15Z

As Shakespeare knew, there's something deeply appealing about the possibility of true love being one day realised, even so greyishly late that the wedding becomes a race against the funeral. Rewind TV: Last Tango in Halifax; Homeland; The Aristocrats: Blenheim Palace; Gadget Man; Supersized Earth – review 2012-11-25T00:05:39Z

He grew up speaking Punjabi then went to high school, where he realised the Urdu he had been taught was a hybridised Urdu-Punjabi. Mohsin Hamid 2013-03-26T19:07:18Z

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

Then I realised it was a convoy of trucks with two tanks. Experience: my army platoon abandoned me in the desert 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

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

He realised his abuser had in turn been a victim and chose not to pursue him. Linkin Park: 'We're famous, but we're not celebrities' 2011-07-07T22:30:00Z

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

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

I realised I had to find images that created doorways between the two realities. Brian Turner: words of war 2010-10-27T21:20:00Z

"Marvin was just sitting off to the side watching all this stuff wondering if people really realised what was going on in this world." What's going on? 2011-05-20T07:09:41Z

The killer is equally well realised, a curiously controlled psychopath whose motive and skills lead you to believe him unstoppable. Gun Machine by Warren Ellis – review 2013-01-31T09:01:01Z

Via a range of different modes, the game, which is realised in glorious streaks of neon and elegantly thumping audio, charges the player with mastering a wealth of diverse strategies and play styles. Hard Lines; Jenga ? review 2011-07-16T23:06:05Z

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

And then I realised: ‘Oh, you’re going to get a name – you’re going to get an actor whose name people know.’ Steve Buscemi: ‘I feel I haven’t fulfilled my true potential' 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

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

Working on a building site – I realised manual labour wasn't for me. Q&A: Paul Weller 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z

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

That said, I have, until now, had a degree of scepticism about the extent to which his evident potential has been realised. The Deadman's Pedal by Alan Warner – review 2012-06-01T07:00:03Z

It wasn't until I started to play out in New York and my friends said, 'Look how much this has influenced you,' that I realised it. From Yoko Ono to Lady Gaga: how pop embraced performance art 2011-07-07T21:00:03Z

So the Iraqi-born, Irish citizen remembers keenly the moment when he realised his eldest child had drifted from him. My gay son: 'The family said we should send him to Syria for conversion therapy' 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z

I ask Qualmann how and when she first realised that she was asexual. How the British changed their minds about sex 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

Whether this "potential" will one day be realised by a new party or organisation is unclear. New British Fascism by Matthew J Goodwin ? review 2011-07-27T16:00:00Z

And we realised that there were stories to tell about the break ups of close friendships, and that it was important to tell them. The myth of the BFF and the end of female friendships 2013-05-29T07:08:00Z

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

Robinson realised that he was a "natural", and was soon presenting Picture Parade. Robert Robinson obituary 2011-08-13T12:28:49Z

Then realised he had nothing to say about Jakarta. A Hologram for the King – extract 2013-01-26T21:00:02Z

“That was the first time I realised that the shark worked, the movie worked, everything about it worked,” Spielberg told me. Jaws, 40 years on: ‘One of the truly great and lasting classics of American cinema’ 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z

The police officer who first took details from Andrews after the murder only later realised her description of the supposed killer was based on him. Afternoon Play ? Rage On the Road | Radio review 2010-03-24T06:45:00Z

It was lovely, she says, to be at Coppola’s whim, but early on in her acting career, Jones realised it wasn’t for her, at least not full-time. Rashida Jones: 'I didn’t know if I was coming or going' 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z

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

Orson Welles’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare was best realised in his monumental version of the Henry IV plays. The best Shakespeare films – ranked! 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z

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

Was it at primary school where I realised that people liked you more – or at least tolerated you – if you agreed with them and went along with what they wanted to do? How to stop being a people pleaser 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z

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

The Polish photo artist Alina Szapocznikow describes a eureka moment when she realised "an extraordinary collection of abstract sculptures was passing through my teeth". This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z

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

I realised I felt this extreme feeling of alienation from these hundreds of thousands of people, all swilling beer and hooting and shouting. Back to The Wall 2010-05-27T08:42:00Z

When Jornet was in secondary school, he realised that he could not just withstand but actually enjoyed the suffering that came with running up a mountain, and he became fascinated by testing his own limits. One step beyond: the ascent of mountain runner Kílian Jornet 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z

And I hadn’t realised all the time I was talking to him in the coffee shop. Andrew reveals his true colours to Stella Grey 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z

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

When I came back to him after a week or two of practice, he quickly realised what my primary school teachers had realised long ago: that I had no sense of rhythm whatsoever. Guitar Zero: psychologist Gary Marcus says science proves it's never to late to learn music 2012-06-05T15:11:01Z

I realised since that Mark Twain just bottled what it felt like to be a child. Mud director Jeff Nichols: 'Mark twain bottled what it felt to be a child' 2013-05-02T17:37:37Z

That was when I realised I was actually staring Patricia in the face. FamilyLife 2012-06-01T23:05:08Z

People quickly realised this was an amazing piece of orchestral music, certainly not just something for "a young person". Benjamin Britten: a top 10 2013-01-09T19:30:01Z

In a vividly realised scene, Roberta and Lily May travel to a wedding in the jungle, by canoe and motorbike, accosted by crocodile and wild pig. The Beloved by Annah Faulkner – review by Kristina Olsson 2013-06-18T05:28:36Z

Life got much easier once I realised it was part of my role as a father to allow my sense of humour to fail me on these occasions. Tim Dowling: ‘One masters the art of raising teenagers…’ 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

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

"It was frustrating, but when I was 16 and got my first adult passport, I realised I could travel alone." What is it like to live with parents very different from you? 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

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

"Once the original community realised they were the stronger of the two groups, and that there were still more of them than the others, they went for the split-off group," says Goodall. Jane Goodall: 50 years working with chimps 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z

Eventually studios realised that voices could simply be dubbed, which was not always a good idea. You ain’t heard nothin’ yet: the moment Al Jolson sounded the birth of the talkies 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z

As night fell, he realised he was lost. James Salter: the forgotten hero of American literature 2013-05-11T13:30:01Z

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

"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

“We just realised we could never afford to get divorced,” my friend says. Tim Dowling: I’m away, so my wife has time to decide whether to leave me 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z

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

For a whole day recently I was convinced that December followed October and was genuinely disturbed when I realised it didn’t. What science doesn’t know about the menopause: what it’s for and how to treat it | Rose George 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

The next morning, idly scooping up some mushrooms from the bottom of the pan, I realised what an unnatural thing it was to do, slather black treacle on a mushroom, which is perfectly delicious without. Can ditching meat and dairy open up new taste sensations? My week as a foodie vegan 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Perry realised that sort of magic was unlikely to happen twice. Joe Perry tells how Aerosmith patched it up 2010-06-03T20:29:00Z

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

"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

But he recalled, "we soon realised we'd bitten off more than we could chew" – even the Hollywood Bowl could not contain the gargantuan set. Stefanos Lazaridis obituary 2010-05-16T17:48:00Z

He tells me how recently, having completed lyrics for a new album to be released next year, he realised they covered familiar ground. Happy hour again: Paul Heaton tours UK pubs on his bike 2012-06-06T17:30:11Z

I realised he was just an Australian guy, like people I knew at home, in a band, who really cares about what he does. The night Nick Cave introduced himself to me 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

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

And as the first season of Better Call Saul progressed we realised, “Gee, there’s a lot more story to tell about this guy.” Vince Gilligan on Better Call Saul: 'We dread the future as much as the fans do' 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

When I realised that I’d been elected I burst into tears – although I made sure the Tories didn’t see me crying. ‘I was given a second chance’: six people describe their life changes 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z

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

Like movies, music and even video games, television has realised that new versions of old things are highly appealing to a certain audience, who have an in-built fondness for something they once knew. Can the onslaught of TV reboots and revivals survive in 2017? 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

Adults, I realised, offered no sanctuary from this nastiness. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z

Six months after its Edinburgh debut, this experimental performance – Munnery sits in the audience and live-streams footage of himself on to the stage – is unusual, but not fully realised. Simon Munnery – review 2013-02-25T15:08:07Z

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

When I got to meet him I realised that he was one of those few people who actually exceeds your expectations, in human terms. Bradbury 'a bright burning spark' 2012-06-06T17:44:08Z

I hadn't realised how lonely you were feeling because you have so many friends who love you. A girl's guide to modern living 2013-04-20T08:00:00Z

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

By the time people who don't normally like that sort of thing realised they were indeed watching that sort of thing it was too late: the story and acting had them hooked. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-03-02T06:00:12Z

I realised that if I wanted to comment on mythology, I had to engage in some myth-making of my own. Philipp Meyer: 'We don't have a good context for where we come from as Americans' 2013-07-21T08:30:00Z

I was amazed to see such interest, until I realised how unprecedented these performances were: the Pentagon had never before sponsored a theatre show. How The Great Game emptied the Pentagon 2011-03-01T21:29:00Z

He realised his dream by becoming Germany's only true movie mogul, one of the few to achieve success both at home and abroad by breaking into Holly- wood. Bernd Eichinger 2011-01-30T18:30:21Z

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

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

Fu said she had been wrong to call the criticism a smear campaign, adding she had realised the people she thought were attacking her were telling their own stories of the cultural revolution. Ping Fu controversy over childhood tales of China's cultural revolution 2013-02-13T13:47:38Z

I was chewing a large piece of purple bubble gum and realised I'd have to get rid of it before my meeting. Finders keepers: my favourite piece of clothing 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

During what was meant to be a one-off comeback gig at the Royal Albert Hall, they realised they "had to do this again". Music Weekly podcast: Suede on the tricky art of the comeback – plus Stornoway's Brian Briggs 2013-03-07T15:37:16Z

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

Google has also begun verifying musicians' official Google+ profiles, no doubt having realised how many acts are among Twitter and Facebook's most-followed users. Click to Download: Google music special 2011-08-24T14:30:01Z

The Widow's Tale may have started off as something Jackson was pursuing for himself, but he gradually realised that he might have hit on something with broader appeal. Mick Jackson: 'Taking pity on the reader' 2010-04-08T09:41:00Z

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

It's a rich theatrical experience, if not fully realised. The Maids - review 2013-06-09T03:47:23Z

Everybody deserted it long ago when they realised it wasn't going to be the new Lost – or even the new Heroes. How long should you stick with a disappointing TV show? 2010-05-10T13:50:00Z

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

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

Then I painted an animal picture from a magazine and realised that perhaps I had some talent. Experience: a car crashed into me in the bath 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

I suddenly realised something that had escaped me till now: my great grandmother in the County Durham coalfields was illiterate. Labour championing Banksy? It's a betrayal of party values 2013-02-27T15:26:06Z

I was coming up to 30 and I realised I had to find a baby father. Philippa Perry: Couch fiction 2010-04-17T23:07:00Z

Of course, Williams realised the pain of human existence. Tennessee Williams at 100: funnier than ever 2011-03-28T14:22:40Z

It’s a double trauma: you’ve lost something you probably never realised would matter. ‘I’ve been told bacon smells lovely’ – life without a sense of smell 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z

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

I got the tattered Penguin out and realised I'd got Blake wrong. Bard reputation: pop stars pick their favourite poets 2010-10-07T15:52:00Z

He realised that although this was a fairly simple proposition to grasp, it would revolutionise art if accepted. Putting modern art on the map 2012-08-24T20:35:17Z

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

Of course, in gaming the third-person shooter format is a little familiar, but here it's realised with such quality that it really doesn't detract. Dead Space 2 ? review 2011-01-25T00:05:01Z

The Firework-Maker's Daughter Touring until 1 June Now David Bruce and Glyn Maxwell, composer and librettist, have realised the book's operatic potential in a captivating chamber piece for five singers, two puppeteers and small ensemble. The Firework-Maker's Daughter; Hallé Orchestra/Elder; Cheryomushki – review 2013-03-31T00:07:03Z

She got up, left, and when I looked away I realised – the only one unhappy with the situation was probably me. Michael Holden's All ears 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z

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

"On reading the text aloud, I realised the piece worked similarly to prose," said Carlier, who lives and works in Dorking, Surrey. Sound piece wins £8,000 drawing prize 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

There was talk of me being replaced, and I realised it was time to move on. TV's unsung heroes 2010-10-01T23:03:00Z

Certainly it was impossible not to cheer when Brienne took out the three soldiers – and impossible not to laugh at the look on Jaime's face as he realised her speed and skill. Game of Thrones: season two, episode ten – Valar Morghulis 2012-06-04T13:19:00Z

But as the only out gay councillor in the Newry, Mourne and Down area, I realised I could be a voice for that community. ‘We’d been denied a personal life’: Northern Ireland’s long road to equal marriage 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z

For example, Ric O'Barry, one time dolphin trainer, realised the suffering dolphins endure in captivity and now actively campaigns against the capture of wild dolphins for the entertainment trade. Gill Lewis: 'Our own survival depends upon protecting our environment' 2013-05-15T11:39:59Z

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

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

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

Photograph: Allstar/Studiocanal “I got told all the time when I was younger that I am wise beyond my years, before I realised they say that to everyone,” she says. Emily Browning: ‘Hollywood movies are made for white men’ 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

In one conversation, we realised we were both about to turn 40, one day apart. Swapped at birth, then adopted by mistake: 'For 41 years I lived someone else's life' 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

We read plays in addition to seeing them realised, and can judge them as literary objects as well as blueprints for action. Why don't playwrights write theatre reviews? | David Cote 2010-03-30T11:38:00Z

Clutter was creeping back in, she realised, even though this time she thought she was fully in control. The empty promises of Marie Kondo and the craze for minimalism 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

I stumbled up the stairs at Oxford Circus, spotted his bad shoes and realised that I just wasn’t Samantha from Sex and the City. Love me Tinder – tales from the frontline of modern dating 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

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

Watching series The Hour the other night, my wife asked me if I realised which movie it resembled. Is The Hour the new Broadcast News? 2011-07-29T10:19:28Z

Well, it seems that Sachs's heart melted; he was touched by Adam's appeal, and that he realised how much he loved and missed his granddaughter, just as she loved and missed him. It's time for you to talk 2011-08-12T23:06:39Z

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

The French bulldog is a dear little thing, chiefly popular among people who thought they wanted a pug until they realised that just looks like a thyroid condition with fur. Britain’s most popular dogs? I have a bone to pick with the top 10 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z

Picco's account of his role, focusing on a moment when he realised his own safety was compromised, was gripping. Thank You For My Freedom 2010-04-28T07:00:00Z

I realised we probably sounded as if we were planning a murder. 'If anyone was going to wake from a coma, it was my brother' 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z

When we got to the end of the block, Wenli realised he had forgotten his bag. Teaching the People’s Republic 2012-09-03T13:00:00Z

I’m going to come in and smash the competition before they’ve even realised I’m there.” The Apprentice review – its the end of the line for Lord Sugar 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

Their exquisitely realised doll's-house detail in egg tempera holds the eye, yet they're far more than a virtuoso display of daubing skill. Artist of the week 132: Andrew Grassie 2011-04-01T10:35:10Z

After a lot of soul-searching, I realised the answer is yes. Why can't playwrights feel free to be political? 2010-09-02T15:32:00Z

Horrified, I instantly realised I was face to face with Woody Allen. Finders keepers: my favourite piece of clothing 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

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

There was no blinding moment when I realised that what I wanted to do with my life was to be an artist. Gavin Turk, visual artist – portrait of the artist 2013-05-07T17:30:01Z

The macabre shadow world Grace enters is well realised by Patrick Dineen's production, which flickers with ominous silhouettes and is stealthily haunted by Mike Idris's silent shoemaker. The Red Shoes ? review 2011-01-10T22:15:00Z

Then I woke a bit more and realised that I wasn’t doing anything of the sort – I was meeting a man to discuss the whole question of memory and how to hang on to it. Lest we forget: memorising is useful | Katharine Whitehorn 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z

We were nonplussed but realised we were not going to the barbecue after all. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z

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

But I also realised that they had their house in order in many ways we didn't. Chinua Achebe: A life in writing 2010-12-13T08:00:00Z

I like to write, I'm even publishing a book of my poems pretty soon, stuff I had that I realised wasn't for music. The Doors: 'You could call us erotic politicians' – a classic interview 2013-05-22T12:46:03Z

Another woman, Virginia Bottomley, believes this is the key to really understanding her: "Not many people at Westminster realised Margaret Thatcher was a woman who always had women's interests at heart." The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – digested read 2013-04-07T17:30:01Z

But as soon as they realised I was pressing on with it they became very supportive. Polly Morgan's wings of desire 2010-07-17T23:08:00Z

Lighting up her environment was a characteristic of Elizabeth's, I realised, when we met in 1999 at a poetry reading. Elizabeth Chater 2010-04-15T17:17:00Z

Miss M was an intern for an English police force working with victims of domestic violence when she realised she needed to continue fighting over what happened to her. The woman who sued over rape: 'I needed to speak up' 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z

This seemed obvious later, when I realised how much a story she'd shown me about a schoolteacher had changed and improved in a few days. Beach holiday tragedy 2011-08-05T22:01:58Z

I gave up when I realised that every entry made me sound like Adrian Mole. Book club, week three: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13? 2011-01-01T00:05:27Z

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

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

They soon realised the Hegelian truth that servants need to serve somebody and so created an Upstairs to go with their Downstairs. Upstairs Downstairs is back 2010-12-24T08:00:02Z

OK, I realised, they do things differently here. The Oranges: How I found myself in a real-life Entourage 2012-11-30T15:00:00Z

However, once I had realised that carrots didn't have to be unappetising sweet mush, I actually started to enjoy them, in both sweet and savoury dishes. 20 recipe ideas for leftover carrots 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

George Gershwin never realised his ambition of studying harmony with Maurice Ravel. RLPO/Wilson – review 2013-04-08T16:27:14Z

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

He liked him, he disliked him, and it was when he realised "these two contradictory things actually worked together, they were both true," that he finally gained traction with the story. Colum McCann: a life in writing 2013-05-25T07:30:01Z

But, gradually, we realised that there is not another version of her that is "better". One from the heart: Charles Hazlewood's Paraorchestra 2012-06-27T18:31:01Z

“And then I realised I actually do not like blood,” she laughs. Insecure’s Yvonne Orji: 'I’m 33 years old and I’m a virgin' 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

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

But as the departure date got closer, I realised how much I was going to miss the UK. I gave it all up … to cycle the world with my dog 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

Either way, history owes Yeltsin a greater debt than any of us realised. Cannes film festival: Countdown to Zero, The Housemaid, A Screaming Man and Outrage 2010-05-17T21:00:00Z

I only see details,” he realised, “while others see a person. ” The ugly truth about body dysmorphia 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z

I quickly realised security should be about prevention and talking to people: 'Was it value for money to throw beer or should you have drunk it?' Rock'n'roll jobs explained 2010-04-15T21:05:00Z

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

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

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

It is the conclusion of the Hunger Games saga, which has immersed the young in a cleverly realised world of trauma, violence, mayhem and death. In debt, out of luck: why Generation K fell in love with The Hunger Games 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z

And I realised that in different societies literature plays a different role. The Man Booker International prize finalists speak: Part Two 2013-05-15T10:31:24Z

“The man on the desk was in shock when he finally realised I was married to a man.” How we met: 'He was very sexy but also very honest and good' 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

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

I’ve also just realised that Poland was the hipster Jesus guy. Eurovision song contest 2016 – as it happened 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z

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

The recently renovated union building is a beautifully realised public space where students work, eat and hang out, and you’re welcome to join them. The best towns and small cities in the US: Eugene, Oregon 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z

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

He is 70 now, of course, and perhaps time has muted the bravado and the innuendo, the hair dye and the tan, perhaps he has realised he has little left to prove. Tom Jones: 'Spiritual songs are natural to me' 2010-07-01T20:30:00Z

"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

ChildLine and, of course, how no one realised what a beast Jimmy Savile was – even though, now she thinks about it, she did try to tell everyone he was evil, actually. TV highlights 22/02/2013 2013-02-22T07:00:05Z

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

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

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

I realised if I was going to tell this story I had to tell it from all sides. Small Island by Andrea Levy 2011-01-22T00:06:13Z

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

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

After a year of piecing myself back together, I realised I didn’t want another committed relationship for the time being, if ever. My life in sex: men love the fact that I’m not interested in commitment 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

They may be gorgeous beauties who drive men crazy but they're also fully realised beings themselves. Woody Allen: 'My wife hasn't seen most of my films... and she thinks my clarinet playing is torture' 2011-03-13T00:05:42Z

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 she returned from Mongolia, she realised through her fog of grief that Lucy, who had struggled with alcoholism before, needed to go to rehab, badly. ‘All my friends had some nightmare experience trying to get pregnant. My story took the cake’ 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

The relatively modest and heartfelt began to look more of an achievement: not "a breather between biggies", but perhaps Pynchon's last fully realised novel. Rereading: Vineland by Thomas Pynchon 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z

I realised at that point I was in the presence of greatness. Sir Colin Davis remembered: 'He worked little miracles' 2013-04-15T18:13:39Z

But when they realised how serious he was, they became completely supportive. Tim Rushton: ballet's boy from the Midlands is back 2011-01-27T13:33:06Z

Eventually, De Luca realised that he was no longer willing to listen to Fasano's input; even their joint DJ sets were becoming pulled in two directions. Vito de Luca of nu-disco hitmakers Aeroplane on becoming a one-man band 2010-07-29T21:30:00Z

However, as Gino explained, with his typical Italian passion, about the plight of civilians caught up in the years of conflict, I realised it was a story I had heard little of. Giles Duley: 'I lost three limbs in Afghanistan, but had to go back … ' 2013-02-10T00:13:44Z

I took it too seriously for a while, but then I realised that you don't have to be serious to be good and I've loosened up now. "I didn't set out to be 'the indie guy'" 2011-01-09T00:16:00Z

Then I realised my strongest memory of him was the feeling of him. Bruce Lee's daughter on resurrecting his lost TV epic: 'We righted the wrong' 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z

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

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 then the pressure became unbelievably intense, and I realised it was a gator. Experience: I was attacked by an alligator 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

When I realised I could release it on Kindle, I bought one and thought about how they work. Self-published ebook author becomes Amazon's top seller 2012-02-08T16:58:32Z

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

Although Lubetkin's ambitious plans for Peterlee were never realised, the experience of working with one of the greats of modern architecture had a lasting effect on the work of both men. Newcastle's Ryder Architecture celebrates 60 years of modernism 2013-06-19T10:50:59Z

Then I recently lost two people close to me and realised, what is the point of always thinking about this tree? Hugh Bonneville: ‘I’m raging against the dying of the light by buying a convertible’ 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z

Friedmann realised she was getting better when she felt more in control of her mind. Postnatal depression – ‘I felt disembodied for so long but suddenly I was back in my own body’ 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

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

After having a crush on Matthew Livingstone in her freshman year, he's now realised that she exists and he likes her too. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E Lockhart - review 2013-05-30T08:00:00Z

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

For Wolf, the fact of being recognised and abused – the moment people realised that they were being photographed – proved incentive and invitation as much as insult. How Google Street View is inspiring new photography 2012-07-14T18:36:10Z

But more than this, each narrative interruption that we experience is also realised in the next narrative. Guardian book club: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z

"I just realised I haven't had breakfast yet," I hear him say as the doors close. 'I'm often at a loss for words' 2011-03-06T00:02:02Z

As he began to meet survivors he realised that the youngest were approaching old age and there would soon be no first-hand witnesses. Hiroshima survivors exhibition marks 65th anniversary of first atomic bomb 2010-08-05T16:34:00Z

But she soon realised she wasn’t ready for such a big change. How we met: ‘When my wife was dying, she told me to look up my old friend DeeDee’ 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

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

But even Morris realised that his attempt to transform middle- class interiors into a medieval vision of Eden was a chimera: "a vision of England as it never was and never will be". William Morris 2010-09-07T22:29:00Z

"When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike, then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way, so I stole one and asked him to forgive me." If you enjoyed those Peter Kay one-liners, they were probably written by Emo Philips 2010-07-09T23:14:00Z

She was surprised and stopped to look up at me, but I’m not sure she realised what was going on. Experience: I rescued a woman from an oncoming train 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

I realised that perhaps what seemed interesting online did not translate into real life. 'This is small talk purgatory': what Tinder taught me about love 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z

She would hide in the studio at night, inventing her own machines to create compositions, and soon realised that these techniques could add new dimensions to TV and radio. Pop's undersung heroes: artists with big influence but small reputation 2010-07-15T21:00:00Z

But it was in a hospital operating theatre, at 5am one morning, that I fully realised the extent and vehemence of radio station loyalty. Elisabeth Mahoney on the amazing weirdness of radio-station loyalty 2012-09-30T18:45:01Z

One of the first of these came at the end of the 1980s, when Bacon realised that, along with almost all the teen actors from that decade, his time as a leading man had passed. Kevin Bacon: ‘I thought I'd be sent to the TV graveyard’ 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z

However, just as I realised that, something else happened: an opportunity arose. How much do your kids really need to know about your sex life? 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

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 only realised that when I saw this quote of Rooney’s: “When I hear the phrase ‘sex scene’, I think about a dialogue scene.” Sex has as much meaning as words: how Normal People handles intimacy 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

And bad news about Mary Day: she's realised that she can never be with Luther. Luther recap: season three, episode four 2013-07-23T21:01:00Z

In the end, Evans realised it was fear holding him back and the rest is history. Watch Chris Evans Explain Why He Turned Down Captain America 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

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

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

The musical scheme he devised – 12 sections playing without a break and constructed around spiral sequences of pitches – is realised by a quirky six-piece ensemble, "a community of people living by the sea", writes Muhly. Muhly: I Drink the Air Before Me 2010-09-30T21:15:00Z

It was only at the end of January, through a colleague in the Penguin rights department, that Crosby and Robertson realised they were both publishing books on the same thing. The hygge conspiracy | Charlotte Higgins 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

That changed, he says, only when he realised that “rather than thinking, ‘This has to be big and then I’m retiring’, this is the work of my life. I don't know how he does it! Meet the new superdads 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z

"You know what I've just realised?" she says to Mark the shark. TV review: Digging for Britain and Mistresses 2010-08-20T05:45:00Z

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 realised that if half of this was true, we were facing a very serious situation,” Jafa-Bodden tells me now. 'He said he could do what he wanted': the scandal that rocked Bikram yoga 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

He realised they should be not be too precise, apparently suspended between light, from which they were born, and darkness, which swallowed up the superfluous or perhaps ridiculous. Odilon Redon: Prince du R?ve - review 2011-04-12T13:01:37Z

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

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 don’t think I realised how raw I was about it until we began to discuss it as a family. A feminist's guide to raising boys 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z

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

That is what Diana Villegas, 25, found when she realised she felt lonely in her relationship. Feeling lonely? Meet the people who suffered extreme isolation – then found happiness 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

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

Mr Cordonnier, who runs the library's rare books collection, said he had not initially realised the significance of his find. Shakespeare Folio found in France 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

“I went through the streets with them, meeting their families and girlfriends, and I realised I had to do something with this story.” Indian audiences shun spectacle with Bollywood's first hip-hop film 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

Have you ever booked a ski holiday and on day one realised that the resort is just wrong? Ski safari in Utah 2010-12-18T00:07:45Z

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

I've realised how theatrical his music is, but also how intriguing the lyrics are. On my radar: Arlene Phillips 2013-02-02T10:00:00Z

"Until I visited secondary schools recently, I hadn't realised how much anti-gay bullying goes on," he says. McKellen takes gay tour to schools 2011-04-12T06:45:00Z

I stopped writing villains, because I realised that there aren't any true villains in the world. Laura Lippman: 'He's definitely taken more from my work' 2012-07-21T23:05:59Z

It was only when the credits rolled that I finally relaxed and realised how proud I was – and that my own cameo was on the cutting-room floor. Author, author: Joe Dunthorne 2011-03-05T00:07:19Z

“It felt crazy to turn down roles because I thought I’d do anything to be an actress, but I realised my dignity’s more important than that,” she said. Cara Delevingne set to bid farewell to catwalk as critics hail film role 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z

Soon, he realised it was being gambled with, and that it would always be off limits. ‘We didn’t recognise that he was dangerous’: our father killed our mother and sister 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

I don't think people quite realised what was happening because the songs were in Italian. Benjamin Britten: a top 10 2013-01-09T19:30:01Z

Though it seemed like a simple idea, I soon realised it was going to be very difficult to set up. Photographer Uta K?gelsberger's best shot 2010-10-06T21:31:00Z

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

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

Very early I realised that it just wasn’t going to happen. This much I know | Kyle McLachlan 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z

I realised we were mismatched after approximately three minutes, anyway. Love me Tinder – tales from the frontline of modern dating 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

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

"That was the first time I realised that people often run in packs, and when they smell blood, they attack." Suede brushes up 2010-10-21T20:30:00Z

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

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

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

But Stratiev, who died in 2000, emerges as a fascinating writer who realised that comedy is ultimately the best weapon for subverting state power. The Roman Bath 2010-05-04T20:30:00Z

In 1978, National Lampoon’s Animal House became one of the most profitable movies of all time and Hollywood realised that there was gold in them there locker rooms. Sex, booze and stupidity: fratboys on film, from Animal House to Goat 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

But we realised we didn't have anything to prove to anyone. Linkin Park: 'We're famous, but we're not celebrities' 2011-07-07T22:30:00Z

In that moment, he realised that the US media is almost “irredeemable”. Mehdi Hasan: 'Most people ask the question and move on. I don't' 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z

At the bottom of the stairs she realised she had left her handbag, her mobile and her wallet in her room. The Sovereign Light Cafe by William Boyd: a short story inspired by Keane 2012-06-16T08:00:00Z

I tried to offer Jo a reassuring smile and realised it was identical to the one I had seen on her face so often since Isobelle had died. 'My mother-in-law called me Walter White': how magic mushrooms rescued me from grief 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z

I wanted to discover the cure for cancer, but I realised while I was at university that this was probably going to be difficult. Tom Piper, theatre designer – portrait of the artist 2013-01-22T17:30:01Z

One morning he realised his wife's sleek, pale head was completely without hair. Woman Fish by Dorothy Tse, translated by Nicky Harman 2013-03-21T13:24:10Z

He then moved to Washington DC with his mother where he realised how rough the world could be. 'I’m black, I can’t do method acting’: Brian Tyree Henry on Atlanta and Widows 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

"But then they realised it was done with the right intent, and the place went absolutely mad." The show must go on: when bands replace their dead stars 2011-01-27T22:59:01Z

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

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

Back home with my parents, and unsure where to move, I slowly realised that everything that was happening from a musical standpoint was happening in Detroit. The Dirtbombs on Detroit: a city of unlimited possibilities 2010-10-20T10:49:00Z

After they swam, they smoked a joint, and then realised they couldn't get home. Red Hot Chili Peppers: The band that couldn't be stopped 2011-08-18T20:29:01Z

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

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

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

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

“I’m a natural people-pleaser, and I was trying so hard to figure out the key to success there, but eventually I realised that I needed to figure out the projects that fitted with me.” Insecure’s Natasha Rothwell on being 2018’s funniest character 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

It's supposedly set in the present day, but by episode five we've realised the new Dallas isn't very new or modern. TV OD with Issy Sampson: Dallas 2012-09-28T15:00:00Z

While chatting with her friends on social media, this Saudi teen living in Germany realised there was no emoji to represent her, so she designed one. ‘It's not about your age, it's about your ideas’: the teen power list 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

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

Ullmann composed it for the inmates of Theresienstadt, the concentration camp where he died after bring interned by the Nazis, though the performance was cancelled when camp authorities realised its satirical nature. This week's new live music 2012-09-28T23:06:00Z

A sort of Simon Cowell in reverse, Peer realised early on that performers could make more money for themselves – and for their publishers – if they wrote their own material. Pop's undersung heroes: artists with big influence but small reputation 2010-07-15T21:00:00Z

So having a child – it's kind of corny – realised the whole cycle of life. Cult artist Marcel Dzama: 'I try not to censor myself' 2013-04-02T17:00:27Z

As Winston Smith begins his doomed journey of self-discovery and a vicious battle of wills with Big Brother's nefarious agents, personified by the sinister O'Brien, I realised certain things about myself. Summer readings: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell 2011-08-06T08:00:02Z

Each short line, for most of the way, earns its place with a detail vividly realised: "globe pregnant with distance", "dull incandescence / of the computer" , "two squares of light / on the wall like post-its." Poetry workshop: a rectangular frame 2010-05-24T15:22:00Z

She didn't think anyone outside Ireland would be interested in her stories, though, particularly when she realised that she was writing in an Irish accent. Marian Keyes: a life in books 2012-12-14T22:55:02Z

Upon getting divorced, she realised society expected her to discreetly fade to black. From suburban housewife to porn star at 52: the emancipation of Morgana 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

It's a complex, brilliantly realised world – and there's a handy summary of the first two books. Holiday reading: The best books to pack this summer 2013-06-29T07:00:51Z

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

Soon they realised they share “a kinship” in their outlook in life, in politics, in their non-beliefs and in their ability to question the world around them. How we stay together: 'There’s that love and tenderness and affection no matter what' 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z

When she realised he wasn't breathing properly she called an ambulance. Can a parent get over the death of a child? 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z

I realised that every little thing Livia discovered was the antithesis of death: death as an absolute emptiness. 'Her needs had to come first': becoming a father and a widower in a week 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z

But at some point in my mid-20s I realised that I needed to do something other than sit in a chair all day, so I asked a friend for advice. I'm still terrible at yoga, 14 years after I started – so what's got me hooked? | Hadley Freeman 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z

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

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

When she posted it to Facebook, it quickly circulated, and Rae realised that she had a talent for portraying everyday black life; she has called it “my epiphany moment”. Issa Rae: 'So much of the media presents blackness as fierce and flawless. I’m not' 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z

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

There were two baby twins in a hut: I tried to get one child to take my hand and realised it had been chopped off. 'I was gutted that I'd been such a coward': photographers who didn't step in to help 2012-07-28T00:48:00Z

Fogerty realised that there was no way he could produce the mountain of material demanded by the contract, and only secured his freedom by surrendering ownership of his existing songs. John Fogerty: 'I had rules. I wasn't embarrassed that I was ambitious' 2013-05-29T11:58:15Z

At home: a little more human than we'd realised, but not much. Rewind TV: Mad Men; Thatcher coverage; Off Their Rockers – review 2013-04-13T21:45:01Z

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

After a few months’ training, I realised I wasn’t seeing my friends and family as much as I used to. Experience: my yoga class turned out to be a cult 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z

Noorani realised immediately she was from south India or Sri Lanka. The explosive film lifting the lid on sex trafficking between India and LA 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

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

I realised the best thing I could do was to work towards women learning their own sexual identity. Can sex films empower women? 2011-03-05T09:00:01Z

Tradition had taught that arteries had an active "pulsatory force", but Harvey realised they were passive, like the lead pipes of London's rapidly developing water system. Circulation: William Harvey's Revolutionary Idea by Thomas Wright – review 2012-06-06T09:50:01Z

O'Reilly realised that the western theatrical canon is full of disabled characters and so created a play to be performed by differently abled actors. This week's new theatre 2011-04-01T23:06:02Z

When he realised he would not be promoted no matter how good an immigration officer he was, he retrained as an immigration lawyer. Adeel Akhtar: ‘I thought, Ah, there is a power to this’ 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z

Streep managed to persuade us that Thatcher is a vulnerable figure, much less political than any of us realised. Bafta missed their chance to break The Artist's silence 2012-02-12T22:55:19Z

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

I realised I was famous when I was in a public loo and somebody asked me for a selfie. Richard E Grant: ‘I can never be an arse, or someone will tweet it’ 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z

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

She says she hadn’t realised how lucky she was to be raised by a father who loved the fact his wife often earned more than he did. Keira Knightley: 'I can’t act the flirt or mother to get my voice heard. It makes me feel sick' 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

Once Macmillan's government realised it was in trouble, everything was done to pursue Ward. An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the age of Profumo by Richard Davenport-Hines – review 2013-01-14T09:00:01Z

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

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

Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian The vaulting cultural ambitions of five modestly sized northern councils were realised today – spectacularly – with the handover of a huge but delicate by Anish Kapoor. Anish Kapoor sculpture nets high praise 2010-06-10T14:59:00Z

But the family realised there was far more potential in this path than Hilton mined, partly because their rise coincided with the rise of social media. Keeping Up With the Kardashians gave America its real first family 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

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

It made me aware of a phobia I never realised I had. What's the most inventive death in horror movies? 2010-10-22T11:00:00Z

I also picked up the correct way to pronounce roman à clef and realised it's about time I read the book again. In Our Time: Melvyn Bragg's superior radio masterclass 2013-03-02T06:00:00Z

But then we realised that both of us shared one important trait with Ayn Rand: all three of us really, really like money. I've been a literary April fool 2010-04-01T11:03:00Z

"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

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

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

He realised he needed to kick the habit when his former partner refused him access to his daughter. 'It's worse than heroin': how spice is ravaging homeless communities 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

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

He was my first politically-active boyfriend and, once I did a bit of thinking, I realised I quite liked his ideas. Why I went back to my ex-boyfriends, one by one 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

I managed to wriggle my toes, and realised that I wasn’t paralysed. Experience: a car crashed into me in the bath 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

I realised I didn't have to look far to find the answer. 2010-01-11T13:54:00Z

"You are now walking down Fleshmarket Close towards a pedestrian crossing…" said a soothing voice in my ear, and I realised I'd made a wrong turn, an error somewhere, and was now off-route. En Route; Fair Trade; Shakespeare: The Man from Stratford; Up 'N' Under; Odyssey; Poland 3 Iran 2; Beautiful Burnout 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

When I saw that my work as a student was getting such a warm response, I realised I was on to something. Portrait of the artist: Todd Solondz, film director 2012-06-26T16:55:10Z

He realised the company's promotional campaigning had succeeded not when a major fashion designer began buying Shawbost tweed but when the British high street retailer Top Man did so last year. Harris tweed returns to global boutiques after islands' renaissance 2012-11-09T16:45:33Z

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

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

They soon realised that my fingers would need help to catch up. Meet the super humans 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z

"What I've realised is that success is not a happening, it's a journey," he said. Rogers joins Country Hall of Fame 2013-10-28T14:52:05Z

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

The only blot on the horizon was the moment I realised my father couldn’t really be my dad. ‘My sister turned out to be my mum’ 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

“Then we worked on other Shakespeare, and then I realised what I really wanted to do was a play.” ‘It was too much loss. I fell apart’: Samantha Mathis on River Phoenix and her career revival 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

In time I realised that he was intelligent because he responded in small ways, laughing at appropriate moments and because he had bright, inquisitive eyes. The ballad of my son's struggle 2013-06-17T18:07:00Z

First, he realised that human love was the one theme capacious enough to encompass every other – these are also poems about death, sex, politics, sin, time and space – and he needn't stray from its centre. Don Paterson on Shakespeare's sonnets 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z

And then comes Tintin, one of the most popular comic strips of the century, realised with innovative motion-capture technology by the world's most famous director. Jamie Bell: From Billy Elliot to Tintin 2011-03-13T00:03:06Z

I realised how much I was willing to do for Maryam. ‘He collapsed at the roadside. I thought he was dead’: couples on surviving trauma 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

“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

In that moment, I realised that it would probably not. Robert Hughes on art 2012-08-07T17:59:10Z

When I watched it, I realised it wasn’t me at all, it was an American girl who looked exactly like me. Experience: I found my identical twin on YouTube 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

When I read the script, I realised it was a great chance to show I can do more than just dodge bullets. How wrestling is taking over the movies 2010-09-02T21:00:00Z

"BBC's ambition was there for all to hear on their last record, but it is with So Long, See You Tomorrow that they have fully realised it," said Clash Magazine's review. Mercury Prize 2014: The nominees 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

"I realised I had lots to live for." Satirist Bassem Youssef cleared of insulting Egyptian president 2013-04-09T12:09:07Z

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

And I also realised that given the digital revolution that is not only within my grasp, but I am frontrunner to get there. Shane Smith: 'I want to build the next CNN with Vice – it's within my grasp' 2013-03-23T22:24:20Z

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

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

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

I realised that what is internal seems, to them, external. Ruth Wilson: 'I'm not sure there is such a thing as madness' 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z

What shows like these demonstrate is that it is quite possible to create remarkable and fully realised worlds not in spite of, but rather because of the constraints under which they exist. Making a spectacle: design magic at the Edinburgh fringe 2010-08-23T13:44:00Z

You’re Adorable on the bridge of the Enterprise that I realised the twinkly charm hidden under the surface. Patrick Stewart: totally over the top – but impossible not to love 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

In 2006, when Refn was at a low ebb – struggling financially, directing Miss Marple for British TV – he realised what he wanted to make were the visually dizzying genre pictures that are now his trademark. ‘Movie blood tastes so good’ – on The Neon Demon set with Nicolas Winding Refn 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

"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

We sat at different tables for 10 minutes before we realised. Blind date: ‘He saves lives, even on a night out’ 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z

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

After she found a distributor, she realised just how right she was. Penelope Spheeris: 'I sold out and took the money' 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z

There hasn't been a phenomenon like it since and looking back at this material I realised I was lucky to capture one of the key bands as it got going. Julien Temple on The Clash and punk 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

I quickly realised the poor guy was overcome with nerves. Space austerity: plane seats and change rooms needn't bring out our worst 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

When I finally started discussing my choice not to drink I realised I was far from alone. Quitting alcohol: 'The joyless vision of sobriety couldn’t have been further from the truth' 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z

All this is realised at half-size, the way the world might have looked to Alice when she ate the cake marked "eat me". Artist of the week special: Loris Greaud, Cyprien Gaillard, Tatiana Trouv? 2011-03-23T16:12:48Z

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

I've always been a big fan of Julie Walters, and then I suddenly realised that next to her was this comic genius. My TV hero: Abi Morgan on Victoria Wood 2011-07-18T19:00:02Z

I hadn’t realised that there was an infection, because my nerves were that damaged from the diabetes. Bodybuilding blind: 'Anything’s possible with a bit of ingenuity' 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

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

These were, I realised, no more than coincidences; but when there are so many, it's hard not to imagine they might speak for connections of a deeper kind. Possessed by shades of Greene 2012-06-01T21:50:01Z

One of the hazardous facts of life for a film composer is that the music is usually the final element to be realised. What I'm thinking about ... conducting Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey 2013-03-06T13:28:05Z

"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

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

Strasberg realised that Marilyn's sweetness masked a deep rage, and he worked with her to bring it to the surface in order to deal with it. John Banville on Marilyn Monroe 50 years after her death 2012-08-03T21:55:13Z

Webb quickly realised that further adaptations would be required. 'Why should severely disabled kids be denied theatre?' 2012-12-21T14:30:08Z

And he realised from an early age that he had a remarkably strong voice. Eddie Fisher obituary 2010-09-24T16:11:00Z

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

Possibly the oddest moment of all was when Katie Hopkins made the final three, then realised she might actually end up working for Alan Sugar and left. 10 years of The Apprentice: the oddest, funniest and most awkward moments 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

“It wasn’t until afterwards that I saw my seat, realised I had leaked everywhere, and thought: ‘Oh my God, he must have seen that.’” Heavy flow: are period pants the revolutionary solution to an age old problem? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

Both the urban and rural locations are realised through lyrically descriptive writing of the highest quality. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z

It wasn’t until after they had left the community that she realised they had been viewed as different. The hippy is back: not so cool if you remember it the first time round 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z

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

Difficult, time-consuming and traditionally realised with a team of craftsmen it is – needless to say – in danger of becoming entirely redundant. Artist of the week 127: Christiane Baumgartner 2011-02-25T16:40:10Z

My master-plan ended with the fifth book where I realised that Greg is a cartoon character, not a literary character, and that his DNA is in comics. Wimpy Kid 2011-05-27T08:03:30Z

Lydia Davis, a writer of sly short stories, is herself sly: “I never realised until the latest collection how often fish reappeared in my stories.” Reconsidering 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

I went back multiple times, and then they realised Ross was the role for me. 'Jennifer Aniston cried in my lap': the inside story of Friends 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

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

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

Thought Lottie had turned her hands blue but then I realised that she’s wearing a glove because she had clearly had done a Michael. The Great British Bake Off 2020: episode three – live! 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

"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

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

When I was 15 I realised the voice translated into a deeper voice and I started singing in school. Hozier: 'I find the attention quite jarring at times' 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

Successive governments haven't realised that backing regional theatre is the thing to do. Betty Blue Eyes: can Cameron Mackintosh make this pig musical fly? 2011-04-12T14:45:08Z

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

I realised there was an entire life behind things, and there was a benevolent force reminding me that there was no need to be afraid. Clip joint: When the wind blows 2012-06-20T16:47:18Z

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

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

“We realised it was not enough to just speak about masculinity; we needed to do something to help in the relationships.” Pills, gels, customised jockstraps: are we any closer to a male contraceptive? 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

In the time between me calling the doctor and discovering it was a burglary, I’d realised I wasn’t losing my mind. Experience: a burglar made me think I was losing my mind 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

The first time I'd realised that a young boy was close to becoming a man. Actress Susannah York dies at 72 2011-01-16T15:03:26Z

Second, I realised that although people with the most extreme compulsions seem like outliers, the anxiety that drives them to those extremes is universal – and underlies milder compulsions, too. Compulsive behaviour? It may make more sense than you think 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

I'm not entirely certain I can pinpoint the moment I first realised isn't a documentary. EastEnders is not real 2011-01-10T00:05:03Z

I then realised I was the minister in charge! Pete Postlethwaite: an actor who made others act 2011-01-03T12:40:17Z

It's amazing, really, that it was any good at all, much less so touching and fully realised. Singer-songwriter Jason Molina dies aged 39 2013-03-19T12:58:00Z

"It's much more complicated and spectacular than I realised when we sat down for the read-through," said the 74-year-old, calling the concert "somewhere between a theatrical show and a rock show". Jagger helps launch Python gigs 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

At the end of my DVD viewing marathon I realised how revealing Psycho is. What's wrong with Hitchcock's women 2010-10-21T20:30:00Z

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

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

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

However, viewers at the time wouldn't have realised because his "illustrated summary of the news" consisted entirely of maps and still photographs while he read the stories offscreen. The weird new world of computer-animated news 2011-01-31T08:00:00Z

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 reached for my sword, and realised I did not have one. Extract: Jude in London by Julian Gough 2011-08-25T11:18:47Z

Critics are claiming it’s his most fully realised, purely exciting film to date. Gaspar Noé: 'Six people walked out of Climax? No! I usually have 25%' 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z

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

As he wrote the script, he realised he was at last able to put some distance between himself and his past. My hopes for peace 2010-05-01T23:09:00Z

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

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

Then all my youth I forgot about it, but when I came back to him I realised how amazing he really was. Musicians and their obsessions 2010-12-09T21:46:00Z

It was funny until you realised that she wasn't joking. Desert Island Discs; Robert Winston's Musical Analysis; Ziggy Stardust Came From Isleworth 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z

But when I saw him acting, I realised how talented he was. Martin Sheen: Being a dad 2011-03-25T22:29:56Z

She said “Oh my god” when she realised she had managed to recognise it was three o’clock. Woman fitted with 'bionic eye' speaks of joy after reading a clock for first time in years 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Marc and I realised we were no longer compatible. ‘Discovering my true sexual self’: why I embraced polyamory 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z

When I was at school, I don't think I realised there were playwrights who were alive and still writing; you just don't register that it's still a new and ongoing art form. Penelope Skinner, playwright – portrait of the artist 2012-09-25T18:01:01Z

It wasn't long until Outfit realised their music – which so far sounds like Aphex Twin terrorising Talking Heads – was something eerily special, and there might be more to life than the lures of their lair. Outfit try stardom on for size 2012-06-15T23:03:00Z

“It’s as though people have just woken up and realised that this is not Club Med,” one expatriate said bitterly, before he was unwillingly evacuated. Ebola: life and death on the frontline 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

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

In a poignant account that has stayed with me, one exhausted party worker described how she realised that she had wasted her life the moment Healy loomed over her. Why leftists and 'revolutionaries' are not the best feminists 2013-02-03T00:06:08Z

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

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

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

And then it wasn’t until I stopped worrying about other people and started to think about what I actually wanted that I realised: “Yeah, I’m going to do this.” Jourdan Dunn: ‘I got picked on for the way I looked at school' 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z

"Yeah, and in that instant I realised I was over ballet." The Pierces: 'We're the indie Abba' 2011-02-20T00:05:23Z

Gazing out, lost in gormless meditation, has always been one of my favourite activities and, one particularly fabulous morning, when London just demanded to be stared at, I realised I’d stopped. Switch it off and give yourself a digital break 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

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 that if I was able to seclude myself and rest, the gentle high would progress into a dreamlike state where I would experience visions,” she writes in Period Power. 'I’m such a big fan of the menstrual cycle!’ – the women asking whether it’s possible to have a better period 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

With an improbable piece of deduction based on an equation Adrian had written, I realised the handicapped person must have been Adrian and Veronica's mother's child. Digested read: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 2011-08-15T20:30:04Z

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

I realised the story was likely to change for the screen - and it did. Kinky Boots inspiration comes out of the shadows 2013-06-18T01:19:17Z

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

It became a nightmare experience when we realised there was no way we were getting the tickets to cover our costs. Peter Gabriel on 30 years of Womad – and mixing music with politics 2012-07-26T19:00:01Z

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

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

“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

“In fact I was never the son my parents wanted. I mean, I think that they really loved me. But it’s something I realised from a very young age.” Pedro Almodóvar: ‘I can no longer hide’ 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z

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

She only realised Elton, Cliff, Dylan et al have all recorded seasonal albums after she made hers. From the Big Issue: Annie Lennox gets festive 2010-12-17T11:22:03Z

Boualem met David Grossman and they realised that together, someone from Israel and someone from an Arab country could form a really powerful voice. Writers campaign for Israel-Palestine peace 2012-10-10T15:19:07Z

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

“Oh, there was one year she thought she didn’t want to film. She was feeling self-conscious, puberty hit. But then she realised she was getting paid, and she was like, oh, OK!” Richard Linklater: ‘someone’s living back there, and he’s murdered somebody’ 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z

When I realised that what I do really well is play women who are tough and vulnerable, it was a moment of clarity. Carrie-Ann Moss: ‘Being Trinity in The Matrix was a highlight’ 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

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

"We realised that there wasn't much literature on voids," Metzger says of that show. Gustav Metzger: 'Destroy, and you create' 2012-11-26T20:00:08Z

Recording as they went, the Londoners quickly realised they wanted to capture the euphoria of their live shows on record. Mercury Prize 2013: The nominees 2013-09-11T17:04:21Z

These fears were realised as Americans learnt of the effects of psychological and physical torture on allied prisoners of war and other "enemies of the people" in Korea. Assassination at the movies 2012-10-04T07:00:02Z

At times Johnson struggles to balance Star Wars’ fondness for wide-eyed but po-faced solemnity with a few Marvel-style meta-lols, but the space battles, lightsaber duels and hectic ground skirmishes are lovingly curated and miraculously realised. From Blade Runner 2049 to It: Week in geek's top science fiction and fantasy films of 2017 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

Her face froze and I realised my error. What I’m really thinking: the birth mother 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z

"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

“But I realised that I really valued the non-physical aspects of our relationship and the interests we shared. For me it’s not such a big deal.” How we met: 'Sometimes couples use sex to make up. We’ve learned to bond in other ways’ 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

"I realised there was a huge leap of faith in me and that's extremely rewarding," she said. Scottish artists offered funds to get away from it all in Highland retreats 2011-01-14T20:35:53Z

And then he looked down and realised his leg was broken; he could see the jagged shard of his left shin bone "waving out", as he puts it. Robert Mugabe's brutal 2008 crackdown: torture, death and a stolen election 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

His Infectious Flowers started as photographs and have recently been realised as monstrous sculptures. Mat Collishaw: still sensational 2013-04-26T15:30:00Z

I always felt so removed from them, because I’ve got a big family; then one day, about a year ago, I realised I was lonely. Hookups, sexting and unwanted threesomes: first-time dating in the age of Tinder 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z

"It was only when I was half way through that I even realised the anniversary was looming." Versailles play not a history lesson 2014-02-28T12:16:20Z

Growing up in Chicago’s South Side, Waithe realised early on that her face wasn’t reflected back to her from that screen. Master of None's Lena Waithe: 'If you come from a poor background, TV becomes what you dream about' 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

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

I didn't understand a note, but I realised with a pang of frustration that I was the only one in the room who didn't. Wagner: beauty in the eye of the beholder 2011-07-14T15:01:01Z

Travels with My Aunt is a case in point: it's only on rereading that I've realised how weighty it is, in many ways. Travels with My Aunt and the many shades of Greene 2012-06-15T14:32:11Z

I realised I had been used as a tool by the church. Experience: I was a gay-conversion therapist 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

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

When I signed to Cash Money, I realised the reason why they were so successful is because they work so hard. How Jay Sean and Taio Cruz took America by storm 2010-04-01T20:30:00Z

Anyway, from that moment on Uri realised his true love for Israel, and his calling to help, using his paranormal powers. The Secret Life of Uri Geller; Family Guy – TV review 2013-07-22T06:00:18Z

Though primarily drawn to instruments and voice, Babbitt also cultivated an interest in electronic sound synthesis, in part because it enabled his complex music to be realised with greater precision. Milton Babbitt obituary 2011-01-30T18:29:19Z

I agree that Jewishness is the sine qua non of human existence, and I regret deeply my Jewishness is not as realised as your own. Distant Intimacy by Frederic Raphael and Joseph Epstein – digested read 2013-03-18T08:00:27Z

"The only liquid that was free was champagne, so I just drank champagne all day and realised it was kind of a bad idea around 6pm, after six hours," he says. The many lives of Dev Hynes 2011-08-05T23:04:00Z

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

Eventually Carter realised that all the accumulated baggage of his music — the neo-classicism, the madrigalian references, the Greek texts, the Americana – would have to go. Elliott Carter 2012-11-06T03:26:13Z

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

Having been resistant to taking on a building, I've realised the potential is huge. Tricycle theatre's new director aims for more diverse audience 2012-06-19T11:39:01Z

"I wanted to be a pilot and passed everything and then realised that they wanted me to fly over Vietnam at such a height and drop bombs on innocent children," he went on. 'Giant wings' fill Tate Turbine Hall 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

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

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

I have realised, too late perhaps, that this includes myself. A letter to … my wife, to whom I lied about crossdressing 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

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

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

When it was finished, Bray found a quiet corner of the Ouse riverbank and settled down to read it but suddenly realised he had got it all wrong. Not in York's guidebooks - yet. Take a walk through radical York 2013-01-16T07:01:00Z

Years later he told me that was the moment he realised the enormity of the responsibility he had just taken on. Readers recommend: songs about hands – results 2013-01-03T15:38:47Z

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

I can only ever be as good as the writing, I've realised that now. 'My life was chaotic' 2011-08-20T23:05:34Z

Suddenly, I realised that his small story spoke of the fate of millions and, in looking for him, I was caring for all of them. My grandfather, who finally came back from the second world war in 1981 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z

Yeah, she would have done, but as I've got older I've realised she would have done that out of sight of me. Frank Lampard interview: 'It was very difficult for me to write a kids' book' 2013-06-01T07:00:18Z

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

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

Then, she had the luck to be coached by her future husband, who realised that hers was the perfect instrument for the kind of music he liked so much. Dame Joan Sutherland obituary 2010-10-11T17:56:00Z

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

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

In that moment, I realised my mother’s interpretation of her faith was more literal than other church members. My son was diagnosed with autism at five. Did he inherit it from my misunderstood mother? 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z

It was only when I started running myself that I realised how hard it was just to be the quickest in the east of Scotland, let alone the fastest person in the world. Sporting children of champions: 'I've always had a need for speed' 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

I was on maternity leave when I’d woken up from a nap and realised the baby wasn’t moving. Pushed to the limit: six birth stories from around the world 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z

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

"After the accident, I realised that television is not the greatest thing in the world." Mike Smith: The high-flying host 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z

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

As time progressed we realised flavour is the most important thing. A masterclass in Mexican food culture from the country's leading chef 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

We were supposed to spend one month there, but I soon realised this wasn't long enough – it was the start of a love affair with the country. Photographer Mark Power's best shot 2010-06-09T21:29:00Z

I realised I didn't know any more than I had the last time I sat there. Robert Macfarlane: rereading Climbers by M John Harrison 2013-05-10T07:00:01Z

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

And so they realised that the trailer must have been hiding some sort of super unspoken twist in plain sight, and as one they all decided that Henry Golding was a ghost. Is Emilia Clarke about to fall in love with a ghost in Last Christmas? 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

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

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

A few years later, when I realised my mental health was getting worse, even though I was on the medication, I started to do some research, reading case studies about withdrawal. ‘I don’t know who I am without it’: the truth about long-term antidepressant use 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z

She realised that all the energy she had bottled up or wasted on men could be put to good use. Jane Campion: ‘The clever people used to do film. Now they do TV’ 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z

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

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

When he realised that, by his late 20s, he had transformed himself, he went full-time guru. 'I am not naturally magnetic': can you learn how to be charismatic? 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z

Social networks and forums will add more confirmation and offer support, as well as offer examples of new tics and symptoms that you may not have realised were part of your problem. What effect has the internet had on healthcare? 2011-01-09T00:05:48Z

When I went down, I went down so hard; my mouth filled with blood instantly but when I realised I still had all my teeth that lifted me greatly. Sharleen Spiteri: 'I'd cut off my arm for someone to call us a pop band' 2013-05-16T14:00:01Z

After sixth grade his mother realised she had taken him as far as she could. 'I’m black, I can’t do method acting’: Brian Tyree Henry on Atlanta and Widows 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

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

I smiled as I saw a look of bemused recognition cross the readers' faces as they realised that I was a meta-fictional persona of the author. Digested classic: Crash by JG Ballard 2010-04-22T13:31:00Z

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

As he looked down at his baby, he realised he didn’t feel the ecstatic love that so many men say they feel when they hold their child for the first time. Learning to be a father: 'I​ could connect with another species but not my own son' 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z

We did all that in the 80s and we very quickly realised that it wasn't a very good idea. Top scorer 2011-07-05T07:54:08Z

I thought she was rude because she kept interrupting me, but I realised it was a delay on the connection. Blind date: 'I hoped the video wouldn’t freeze while I shoved in pizza' 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z

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

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

In that year, he saw a tape of a Canadian version of the show that had been on air for four years, and he realised its potential. Derek Batey obituary 2013-02-20T19:23:11Z

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 that I was just worried my own way of wanking might turn out to be really weird." Romola Garai's Baftas childbirth gag had me in stitches 2013-05-13T18:59:01Z

"I realised I'd spent a lot of time in my poetry trying to find a way of talking about that whereof we cannot speak," he says. John Burnside: a life in writing 2011-08-26T21:54:01Z

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

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

"The heroes in both Gardner and Pinfold's exquisitely realised and highly original books are the antithesis to the heroes we come to expect from Hollywood; both are small and without obvious talent," she said. Carnegie medal winner Sally Gardner attacks Gove 2013-06-19T11:49:00Z

But after the first term I realised it would be much more enjoyable to study English and history, which didn't seem like work – so I switched. Lucy Worsley: My family values 2013-04-12T11:59:01Z

For every project I've done before this I've lived with the character in my private time as well, but I realised that this time it's unhealthy. Rinko Kikuchi: the interview 2011-02-27T00:05:20Z

I was on holiday in Turkey, visiting a Roman amphitheatre at dusk, when I realised I was an introvert. How I accepted I'm an introvert – and learned to refuse invitations without guilt 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z

But two more celebs have now realised that, unnoticed by the rest of us, comedy is where their talents truly lie. Brian Logan on novelty standups 2011-01-19T22:15:01Z

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

"That was the first time that I realised I had a natural instinct for it, and it just led me down this whole musical road that I'm on." Paolo Nutini sets 2014 sales record 2014-04-20T18:01:28Z

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

These were more than just films, I realised; these were tools for creating genuine empathy. Movies and mountains: mixing film and skiing at the Sundance festival 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

Because she joined an after-school acting class for fun and realised that everyone in LA was beautiful so she'd better work on her comic timing instead. Women we love to love and women we love to hate 2013-03-22T22:00:00Z

But they realised that the local communities were capable of setting up restaurants without their help. Britain's best young architects 2011-01-09T00:04:06Z

And it was only at that moment that I realised the Ken Loach we sometimes heard on the radio was also our dad. The Loach family business 2010-10-23T23:05:00Z

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

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

But I hadn't realised until I reread it how much To the Lighthouse is a book about summer holidays. Summer reading: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 2011-08-10T10:35:43Z

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 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

When her friends started asking for the juiciest stories she’d been told, she realised that there was a market for them. The Instagram project documenting the everyday drama of life under lockdown 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z

How we all share the same platonic ideal of a mythical beast beats me, but it is a joy to see it realised. What happened when our TV critic watched 67 hours of Game of Thrones? 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z

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

But he soon realised that he was not in Florida any more. Birdies, bribes and bulldozers 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

I realised I wanted to do art like he did standup. The afternoon Lenny Bruce and I spent cutting out newspaper pin-ups 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z

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

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

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

Working on this piece I realised that the notion of "hearing voices" naturally lends itself to musical ideas and exploration. Jocelyn Pook: inspired by mental illness 2012-11-23T22:55:11Z

As with the realised ambition of Bill Gates, who famously said he wanted to put a computer in every home in the world, all of us will eventually own a 3D printer, says Pettis. 3D printer kits ? a great gift for?the geek in?your life 2010-12-19T00:06:00Z

“I realised there was something weirdly familiar about working like this,” he said in a statement announcing the album. Elton John pairs with Nicki, Miley, many more on new album 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

"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

A lot of undergraduate comics, like me I suppose, realised you can't go on fooling about like a student. Fortune: Bremner and Sergeant tributes 2013-12-31T16:35:25Z

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

Separation from your child is a tough thing to expect your little girl to understand, and I wonder if you ever realised just how it affected me. Family life: A dinner date, Sunshine of Your Smile and Nanny's sponge cake 2013-04-13T06:15:01Z

Then I realised I should share them for free, so I set up a website where they could be streamed. 'Trump made me do it': director Nicolas Winding Refn on how the American apocalypse is fuelling 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z

While I was in hospital, I realised I had not been enjoying my life. Lies and friends 2011-04-12T07:26:24Z

I woke up at about 2am and realised I couldn’t hear in one ear. Experience: A cockroach got stuck in my ear 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

Realising it might be important, she researched it on the internet, contacting the National Library of Scotland where curator David McClay realised what it might be. Lost tributes to Byron found at bring-and-buy sale 2011-07-08T11:15:03Z

Eventually, he realised a pushbike might offer him salvation and bought a ladies’ Raleigh because it was half the price of the men’s model. I cycled from India to Europe for love 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

At nine, she was acting in her father's TV adaptation of The Camomile Lawn, and realised immediately that this was what she wanted to do with her life. Rebecca Hall: class act 2010-06-11T23:02:00Z

I realised that was as far as I could push him. Charlatans musicians Tim Burgess and Mark Collins on their relationship 2013-05-19T06:07:02Z

Once we stopped musing – we really must stop musing – we realised Beat Connection had more going for them than that. New band of the day ? No 941: Beat Connection 2011-01-07T17:18:06Z

It was only after I hit my mid-30s that I realised there are some things in life which you can just do if you want to. Taking a stand: when stand-up comedy turns ugly 2013-06-09T06:07:02Z

“But I never got sacked. Eventually I realised it was because my scripts were good. I always took such pride in it.” From The Archers to HBO: how Sally Wainwright conquered TV 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

That dream will only be realised using predominantly feminine qualities, such as reason, patience, endurance and emotional sensitivity. I live as a feminist, but I’m tired of being so furious all the time | Dear Mariella 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z

"And then when she left I realised how much power we had when she was there, and how when she left she took 50% of the power with her… I felt powerless in many ways." McVie set for Fleetwood Mac reunion 2013-09-13T16:36:12Z

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

At first I thought he was looking at something else, but then I realised that he was looking at me. Read the Wicked young writers' awards 2012 winning entries 2012-12-08T08:15:12Z

As he watched, he reflected on their famously acrimonious split and realised what band break-ups are really about. Why your favourite band should split up 2010-08-19T20:30:00Z

That is was what happened to comedian Seann Walsh, who was forced to cancel the gig when he realised his mistake. 'I mistook Hertford gig for Hereford' 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

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

After surviving the wartime siege of Leningrad, she tried studying at the reopened Rimsky-Korsakov School but left when she realised that her natural voice was being ruined. Galina Vishnevskaya obituary 2012-12-11T18:32:40Z

So I realised that if I was going to make something of her, I had to work out why she was so ill. How we made: June Brown and John Altman on EastEnders 2012-12-10T17:28:13Z

Jo is certainly the most fully and lovingly realised of all the Marches. Season's reading: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 2010-12-22T12:40:55Z

It was only then that I realised we were meant to hit the ball in such a way that the other person could not hit it back. Listen to Britain 2010-03-20T00:05:00Z

"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

It wasn’t until Jake left school with no plan, becoming a bike courier, that he realised that he didn’t want this to be his life. I fear skunk has claimed our son – but his siblings come to the rescue 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

"I realised that cancer cells are a mess … DNA wasn't enough to explain all the changes that occur." Edith Heard: 'We can't undo what our parents have given us in terms of our genes' 2013-06-22T23:05:02Z

She calmed down when she realised I hadn’t intentionally run the 10km race without telling her. Experience: I'm nine years old and won an adult 10km race by mistake 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z

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 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

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

As Johan instructed me in the forgotten luxuries of looking and listening, I realised that Namibia was giving me zoom-lens and wide-angle in the same breath, partly because I carried no camera. Damaraland, Namibia: where ‘each day lasts 100 hours’ 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z

Some of Nelsons's tempi were dangerously slow, but other sections fizzed with energy, the huge dramatic spans of each act were effortlessly sustained, and the dramatic climaxes vividly realised. Lohengrin 2010-06-14T21:31:00Z

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

I think he realised the depth of my feeling. The show must go on: when bands replace their dead stars 2011-01-27T22:59:01Z

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

“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

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

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

But I don't think I realised just how deeply it was going to strike, and how much of a compelling story it is. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein - review 2013-06-15T14:00:00Z

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

By this time, though, I was reading scripts freelance, and I realised that what I liked about acting was the writing. David Nicholls, the man who made a nation cry 2011-08-06T23:05:39Z

But it was useful in that I realised I wasn't studio-oriented. Cornelia Parker: 'I've always been happy to sleep with the enemy' 2013-05-18T09:00:02Z

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

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

"I realised we were never going to work out what was going on unless we could actually look inside individual cells." Edith Heard: 'We can't undo what our parents have given us in terms of our genes' 2013-06-22T23:05:02Z

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

When we realised the waiter was dressed like a colonial man from the days of the Raj. Blind date: ‘He said I reminded him of Eddie Redmayne, but he was drinking very strong beer’ 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

"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

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

It’s only relatively recently that I’ve realised how odd that sentence sounds. My parents sent me to Russia for a month, aged 13 – never again 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z

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

Then I realised that was actually Billy Joel, but even so … Pnau man! This week's new tracks 2012-06-22T23:06:14Z

I realised what was happening and tried to power my way through with positive thinking. My swimming odyssey: ‘It felt like a last chance to prove what I was capable of’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

One is therefore very surprised to find this old stickler for the English language using spellings that many consider vulgarly American: "realized" for "realised", "organize" for "organise", "privatization" for "privatisation". Margaret Thatcher: The Authorised Biography, Volume One: Not for Turning by Charles Moore – review 2013-04-27T13:00:11Z

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

I realise Rylan belongs to the X Factor generation, but once he realised that the attention he'd always craved came from people who were basically unstable, why would he still want it? Rylan Clark on The X Factor, death threats and being seen as a fame-hungry diva 2012-12-16T20:00:00Z

I found myself endlessly wondering whether he realised what was happening. When my husband died, mushroom foraging helped me out of the dark 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z

Then I realised the truth: Williams saw his own life as inherently comic. Tennessee Williams at 100: funnier than ever 2011-03-28T14:22:40Z

By the time I realised that the idea of Australian wines being worthy of expert commentary was inherently funny, it wasn't any more. TV review: Chateau Chunder; Heston's Fantastical Food; Dara Ó Briain's Science Club 2012-11-13T22:00:01Z

By the time I realised my mum was white, she knew only too well. Akala: ‘As I grew up, I became embarrassed by my mother’s whiteness' 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z

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

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

I probably revisit in my work the moment at which I realised that dreams couldn't be reality. Sightseers: Alice Lowe and the secret terrors of caravanning 2012-11-23T14:00:00Z

It was only when he got to New York University to study film that he looked around and realised most of his classmates had come from the exact same milieu with the exact same backstory. The Florida Project’s Sean Baker: ‘I wanted the kids to be the kings and queens of their domain’ 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

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

I realised that what I was learning from others and from experience was valuable and I wanted to chronicle it. Ayckbourn's archive to go online 2011-06-27T09:59:35Z

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

At school he joined an improv comedy group and realised he had a talent. Ryan Reynolds: ‘I’m good at being the butt of the joke’ 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

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

The Chief Rabbi hadn't realised he was still on-air and as soon as this became apparent, we interjected. Today programme apology to Rabbi 2012-11-16T13:04:34Z

“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

Catherine: We started with one producer and recorded a few songs, and then we realised it wasn't right. The Pierces' photo diary of their fifth album 2014-03-12T08:03:39Z

She realised what a massive undertaking it would be for me to raise the boys without her.” Mum’s bucket list: ‘Have a great time after I’ve gone’ 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z

I also realised that what they did really took some ingenuity. Sofia Coppola on The Bling Ring: 'What these kids did really took ingenuity' 2013-07-04T19:00:00Z

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

Mwelu, who was born and raised in Mathare, realised he needed to do something after visiting the neighbourhood several weeks ago. Spray it, don't say it: Kenya graffiti artists spread health message 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z

We realised that to get our jokes the way we wanted them, we’d have to direct. How We Made: Airplane! 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z

I don't think he had realised that the woman opposite him from whom he had to take the child would be Palestinian. Peter Kosminsky: Britain's humiliation in Palestine 2011-01-23T00:03:05Z

She told all of us in the class to “feel the possibility”, and in just 60 minutes I realised I could do things I genuinely thought I couldn’t. Fat girls do yoga too 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z

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

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

Strange reactions when people realised what I was, then looks of horror later when I’d casually pick off flaking chunks and nibble of them. 'I unreservedly apologise': What happens when costumes go very, very wrong 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

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 realised with a start that he was not being ironic. Craig Brown: The Lost Diaries 2010-10-01T23:05:00Z

I realised that you could detect the age of a society not by when they invented the wheel but how far they had got in Dallas. Keeping my distance from the Stones and how to write a Christmas circular 2012-11-30T14:40:48Z

When that initial lockdown was eased in Melbourne, Amelia and David realised they didn’t have an excuse to hook up any more. ‘We were sexually frustrated’: did it work out for people who texted an ex in lockdown? 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z

“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

“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

Initially, it was not clear why but then we realised the whole apparatus of big tops and rollercoasters was to allow the hostess a dirty joke about who would "enter Big Brother's ring". Big Brother's last launch: One more time, the circus comes to town 2010-06-09T23:15:00Z

Weston realised that he was losing consciousness, with oxygen deprivation and carbon dioxide taking their toll. Stanley Kubrick 'risked stuntman's life' making 2001: A Space Oydssey 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

Women did not ride the subway alone very late at night, I realised. Confessions of a reluctant gentrifier 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

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

He was still a student when he realised the scale and urgency of the task. Tango: Argentina's gift to the world 2010-10-05T12:59:00Z

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

There are many twists and turns to the narrative, all vividly realised by Damiani. Damiano Damiani obituary 2013-03-10T13:15:01Z

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

I didn’t think I was going to be there for long, but I realised they were doing this psy-ops thing on me, trying to wear me down. Richard Linklater: how we made Dazed and Confused 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

And we realised," she continues, "how revolutionary that concept of love is, and how, if one really imbibes that, it's an amazing antidote to so much that's fractured in society. Tilda Swinton and Luca Guadagnino: a match made in arthouse cinema heaven 2010-04-01T21:30:00Z

And then I realised it was Queen Victoria who fancied me. Connolly's work marked with Bafta 2012-12-11T07:02:41Z

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

I gradually realised that they had named every single actor apart from me, and I didn't know why. Mark Rylance: 'You have to move into the chaos' 2013-07-01T06:30:01Z

“I realised I’d been faking ‘normal’ for 10 years, pretty much.” John Burnside: a life in writing 2011-08-26T21:54:01Z

And when Tom Hanks recently announced that he and Rita Wilson had tested positive for coronavirus, I realised how much I loved him. I've never seen ... Forrest Gump 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z

The second time I realised it was speaking! Your stories: Scheherezade's Task by Cleopatra 2013-02-08T14:59:23Z

He was in business with one of his childhood friends — doing what he wouldn’t say, only that there was a lot of money involved — but quickly realised that their business was illegal. Teaching the People’s Republic 2012-09-03T13:00:00Z

Then two tests arrived from medical test-by-post company Thriva; one female baseline hormone test and one menopause test, so I realised that actually, yeah, that is pretty personal. Can a home-testing kit tell me if I’m menopausal? | Zoe Williams 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

It was only when the book was finished a few months later that he looked at the negatives again and slowly realised he was in possession of something unimaginably precious. Vivian Maier's extraordinary photographs of Chicago - feature 2011-01-14T13:02:50Z

We realised we needed to think harder about our children’s emotional, as well as educational, wellbeing. 'What I got wrong was trying to be a teacher': how to last the distance at home schooling 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

I was five or six and wanted to act as soon as I realised people were paid to live fantasy lives. Octavia Spencer: ‘My first kiss was magical’ 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z

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

"I realised the fundamental message that is going through these songs is as relevant today as it ever was," says Lennox. Lennox 'challenged' by jazz album 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

For a while I went back to drinking as a way to deal with everything, but I realised that was making things worse. Experience: I've had hiccups for 12 years 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

Of course, once you did understand the words, you realised how much meaning she brought to them. Galina Vishnevskaya obituary 2012-12-11T18:32:40Z

“I think it’s about economics, which is what Hollywood always pays most attention to. Over the past 10 years, people have realised that a woman can hold the box office in a big, big way.” Wonder women: how female action heroes will blast cinema screens in 2018 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

But I quickly realised that there is a reason small companies don't attempt Salome or the Ring Cycle: you need upwards of 110 instrumentalists, before even counting the vast number of singers. Silent Opera do away with the orchestra 2011-02-24T22:45:00Z

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 might sound glib, but the thing I've realised rehearsing this is that the time between the first plane going in and the north tower coming down is about the length of a play. Rupert Goold's Decade: can 9/11 work on the stage? 2011-08-24T20:31:01Z

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

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

Predictably, I was left disappointed when I realised this was a gimmicky goth burger – the usual beef pattie with a bit of Halloween treatment. What next for the burger? 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

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

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

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

Photograph: Everett/Rex Features/USA Net Regular readers of this column will have realised that it is not in any particular order, except for this week. Natalie Haynes's guide to TV detectives: #10 – Adrian Monk 2012-05-29T10:35:38Z

I was on my way to the elevator when I realised I did not have my bag: my passport, my money, my driving licence, my room card. My drinking years: ‘Everyone has blackouts, don’t they?’ 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z

The brass, woodwind and percussion contributions, too, were immaculately realised and coalesced into a gloriously rich and finely balanced soundscape. LPO/Nodea 2010-04-18T21:00:00Z

But it was a vastly inefficient system, Watt realised. Watt's workshop at the Science Museum 2011-03-20T00:05:21Z

"I realised I wanted to love his ideas so much that I was in danger of agreeing to everything," he recalls. Jean-Claude Carrière: 'If you want fame, don't be a screenwriter' 2012-06-28T20:00:02Z

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'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

Victor somehow fails to grasp at whom this threat is directed, but it is realised in all its horror in Dear's adaptation. Frankenstein at the National Theatre 2011-02-12T00:05:26Z

And during that time, I just asked him questions about show business and realised that he knew everybody. Mike Myers: why I made a film about supermensch Shep Gordon 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

These in-between spaces seem the least realised of the design. Lacking spark 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

It went on tape, he did great – like we knew he would – and after I got to know him, I realised this was standard operating procedure for him. James Gandolfini remembered by The Sopranos creator David Chase 2013-06-26T17:47:50Z

It's not unique, of course – artists have previously realised that the juxtaposition of cheesy choonage and melancholy is far more depressing than something that Morrissey or Elliott Smith could ever mope into being. Is this the most depressing Europop anthem of all time? 2010-05-06T14:20:00Z

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

The project is notable because unlike many of the slew of upcoming projects set to be filmed in three dimensions, it is not an action-orientated movie, with obvious potential for the technology to be realised. Holding out for a 3D hero 2011-02-22T09:30:31Z

I remember a solitary writer's moment, sitting and facing a wall, where I realised I had to sell it as a pantomime. Shameless creator Paul Abbott: 'People are desperate to be scared' 2012-10-05T15:00:00Z

A$AP Rocky … 'I used to be homophobic, but as I got older, I realised that wasn’t the way to do things.' Trends of 2012: The year hip-hop's attitude to homosexuality changed? 2012-12-20T11:30:00Z

They soon realised the Spike Island concert was of one of the defining moments of the Madchester era and decided to make a coming-of-age film centred on that. Stone Roses' film world premiere 2012-10-12T15:43:59Z

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

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

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

The first time I saw her backstage I realised what star quality was. Actress Susannah York dies at 72 2011-01-16T15:03:26Z

She soon realised, she says, “that town is really built on sickness. Very early on I looked at the power structure, the figureheads, the silence, the closed ranks. Nobody tells. It operates like a cult.” Rose McGowan: ‘Hollywood is built on sickness. It operates like a cult’ 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

These boys and I had more in common than any of us probably realised. 'As a black woman I'm always fetishised': racism in the bedroom 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z

Then I realised – it was the reality that was throwing me off. Oil riggers 2010-05-11T07:00:00Z

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

He realised she despised the Kingdom, but thought she needed to understand how it works before passing judgment. The Walking Dead: season seven, episode two – The Well 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

That’s when I realised – it’s not really about the socks, is it? Drowning in commitments? It's time to stop giving a damn 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

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

"That day I realised I'd completed an important stage, but it was only the first." Lifelike after death: the intricacies of a taxidermist's craft 2013-07-16T13:01:30Z

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

Five years earlier, German airline Lufthansa commissioned research into the popularity of tomato juice when they realised they were serving 53,000 gallons a year. Why do we drink so much tomato juice on planes? 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z

Lots of drugs and sex – he realised that wasn’t the life he wanted to lead. 'Performance? I still don't fully understand it' – behind the scenes photos from the cult classic 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

I thought about getting rid of it, but my family and I gathered there after his death and realised the reality is different to seeing it in pictures, so it stayed. Robert De Niro: ‘I am very curious to see what my obituary says' 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z

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

“It was exhilarating to save a life for the first time but then I realised this is how Ben died, sitting in a car, slumped over.” How price-gouging of opioid overdose cure costs lives: 'There's never enough' 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

What happens in their hatchback over the next three days is a brilliantly realised bit of scripting and playing: a moving and often extremely funny union that doesn't shy away from awkwardness or tragedy. SXSW: Natural Selection ? review 2011-03-21T11:19:28Z

But while these things are normal and usually fairly transient for new parents, she realised that her symptoms were more serious. Postnatal depression – ‘I felt disembodied for so long but suddenly I was back in my own body’ 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

We realised the story wasn't going to hold. WikiLeaks: Strained relation, accusation ? and crucial revelations 2011-01-31T20:00:01Z

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 think many people realised he was a unique person. Patrick Moore tributes pour in after astronomer dies aged 89 2012-12-09T14:03:07Z

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 realised when I got up there why some people completely fall apart. 'I'd like to thank...' 2011-02-28T10:32:48Z

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

Filled with dragons and demons, yes, but also with fully realised worlds, strong characterisation and, most importantly, witty scripts. What's the next Game of Thrones? All the contenders for fantasy TV's crown 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

Months passed and I realised that my best friend had stopped being my best friend. The myth of the BFF and the end of female friendships 2013-05-29T07:08:00Z

Instead, Olly and I realised that, as the children had moved out, we could live on separate floors of our building, each of which had a bathroom and kitchen. From empty nest to full house: three generations under one roof 2012-06-08T22:00:57Z

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

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

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

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

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

Then, a few years ago, I realised I was seeing more opera than theatre. Mark Ravenhill's debut opera goes for the gut 2010-08-04T20:45:00Z

The almost hymnal "We Were Wealth" and "Doubt", by contrast, are beautifully realised exercises in restraint. Wye Oak: Civililan ? review 2011-03-06T00:10:27Z

When I reread his reports to Scotland Yard, I realised that the whole of his theory about the killing had not been made public. Guardian book club: Kate Summerscale on The Suspicions of Mr Whicher 2013-01-11T20:00:11Z

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

He also tells me that he went back to that Vanity Fair article and realised it wasn’t so bad after all. Josh Hartnett: 'People genuinely thought I'd been thrust on them' 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z

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 went white and realised I was going to humiliate myself on national television.” Former Spice Girl Geri​: ‘I like myself a bit better now’ 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

Was it when you were in Malawi, with the Peace Corps after graduating, that you realised you wanted to write this kind of book yourself? Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z

Lazaridis and his directors realised that Puccini's operas are emotive precisely because the heroines are tormented by the abuse of power. Stefanos Lazaridis obituary 2010-05-16T17:48:00Z

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

I learnt a lot about how to negotiate the camera: everyone had told me an actor doesn't really need to do anything on screen, but I realised that wasn't true. Stephen Mangan, actor – portrait of the artist 2012-07-03T16:04:03Z

Somewhere along the line he realised he wasn't good enough, and while at Stanford switched ambitions to writing. Michael Cunningham: A life in writing 2011-02-07T08:00:00Z

He didn't seem to mind me asking something which I later realised was covered in the comprehensive online Help section. Store Wars: Play.com and WOW HD 2012-05-25T06:45:01Z

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

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

“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

He's proud that the Romeo and Juliet film was described, sometimes derided, as an MTV movie because that connected with the kids who realised they could be moved by Shakespeare. 'The day I shared a pint or five with Pete Postlethwaite' 2011-01-06T15:48:31Z

In spinning her tale of boyhood, friendship and sexual passion – all played out against an exquisitely realised vision of the Greek landscape – Miller never drops a note. Madeline Miller's Orange prize win captures the prevailing literary mood 2012-05-30T18:15:01Z

Then when I went to Japan I realised that I was American. Ruth Ozeki: 'This book is about the character creating a novelist' 2013-03-07T09:00:01Z

"It wasn't long before I realised it would be a very bad idea, especially mid-tour, to throw in the towel." Keane: Breakthroughs and breakdowns 2013-11-20T07:24:48Z

"I looked at the books on my bedside table and realised: I'm like a 13-year-old British boy." Claire Danes's secret diary 2011-04-01T23:03:12Z

His authority and understanding means that the score's infinite glories are always realised, his pacing of the long trajectory both instinctive and inspired. Götterdämmerung – review 2012-07-20T13:24:10Z

It was only belatedly that she realised she should try writing her own material. Marina: 'Co-writing is killing pop' 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

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

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

But she realised that, with her unique smoke and honey voice, she could earn her living another way. Pamela Adlon: ‘Better Things is about hope and love amid the darkness’ 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z

"I realised this strange narrative could work only if I kept very strictly to the facts." Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked – review 2013-02-07T07:00:01Z

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

“I don’t think I realised before what a salve they are,” he says. ‘I had no idea about the hidden labour’: has the pandemic changed fatherhood for ever? 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z

“I’m now five years older than my dad was when he died and I’ve realised that I am, in fact, stronger than he was. I’m stronger than all the men that I’ve been married to.” Jane Fonda: ‘I'm very rarely afraid. Maybe emotional intimacy scares me’ 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z

She's all of these things and I realised that I really hated her. Emma Watson in 'transforming' role as Coppola's thief 2013-05-08T15:34:35Z

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

But as her doors opened, she quickly realised she wouldn’t have a choice. 'Birth control is a political act': the pre-Trump contraception rush starts now 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

In the end, its worst fears were realised. European arts cuts: Dutch dance loses out as Netherlands slashes funding 2012-08-02T13:59:11Z

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