Gladiator

27 Jun 2011

Gladiator: Fight for Freedom
Simon Scarrow
Published by Puffin Books
ISBN 978 0 141 33363 2

Simon Scarrow's clumsily titled Gladiator: Fight for Freedom is another...

1:25PM

26 Jun 2011

What would we do without television? If we had lived in Roman times, we may very well have popped down to the amphitheatre to watch people fight each other, or ferocious beasts, to the death.

1:21PM

Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans

26 Mar 2010

The developers of Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans have found the right balance between education and entertainment.

6:37AM

Speed stunts

2 Jan 2009

With roaring engines and stunning motorcycle stunts, the Garcia Thrill Riders put on an exciting show for the crowd at East Point City on New Year's Eve. The performers, a family of three - father...

7:04PM

Gladiator girls steal show

1 Apr 2007

While some corporate parties adopt a strict door policy, others are more welcoming and Citigroup is one of them.

12:11AM

Crowe, PM among well-wishers

30 Jun 2006

The esteem in which Shane Dye is held in Australia was reflected when he received a personal note from Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, wishing him a speedy recovery.

10:10PM

Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Gladiator

Do you know what an epic is? You're just 80 pages away from finding out. The dictionary defines an epic as being a literary or dramatic composition that resembles an extended narrative poem which...

8:43AM

Modern-day gladiators battle to revive spectacle of ancient Rome

Actors Russell Crowe and Joachin Phoenix might not be the guests of Italy 2003, but some gladiators are. A dozen of them have arrived in Hong Kong, disembarking from the plane wearing togas and...

9:05AM

At the box office

The top 10 films at North American cinemas 1 (1) US$27.0M Mission: Impossible 2. Tom Cruise stars, John Woo directs and the action comes thick and fast.

4:13PM

Trivia file

Gladiator: British director Ridley Scott has hit box-office gold once again with his fabulous Roman epic.

3:37PM

Fight night

We are going to hear much about Roman gladiators in the coming months when Ridley Scott's latest epic hits our cinemas. But tonight's Gladiator (Pearl, 9.35pm) of the same name has nothing to do...

4:29AM

Solid gold

Bird's nest soup is a pleasant enough dish but I am not sure it is really worth all the effort.

1:45AM