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May 2021

  • Rachel Roddy's spaghetti 'alla Sophia', inspired by a sauce made by actor Sophia Loren.

    A kitchen in Rome
    Vermicelli alla Sophia Loren: Rachel Roddy’s recipe for pasta with parsley pesto

    A favourite old cookbook (and a pile of parsley to use up) inspire this simple salsa verde – parsley, anchovies, capers, olives – in a fairytale tangle of vermicelli

April 2021

  • BRITAIN-LITERATURE-BOOKER<br>In this handout image released by the Booker Prize on November 19, 2020, Douglas Stuart, the winner of the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction for his book “Shuggie Bain” which was announced at The Roundhouse in London on November 19, 2020. - The Booker Prize for fiction is one of the world’s top literary awards. The latest winner -- chosen from the most diverse shortlist in its five-decade history -- is announced Thursday at a ceremony featuring former US president Barack Obama in London. (Photo by Martyn PICKERSGILL / thebookerprizes / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / THEBOOKERPRIZES / “ - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by MARTYN PICKERSGILL/thebookerprizes/AFP via Getty Images)

    On my radar
    On my radar: Douglas Stuart's cultural highlights

    The Booker-prize winning author of Shuggie Bain on his love of Sophia Loren, Kylie’s classic hits and the haunting photography of Raymond Depardon

November 2020

  • Queen Elizabeth on a visit in October to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down, Wiltshire. Others RFI declared dead included Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Jimmy Carter, Raúl Castro, and the actors Clint Eastwood, Sophia Loren and Brigitte Bardot.

    French broadcaster apologises after wrongly killing off Queen and Pelé

    Public radio station blames technical glitch for publishing premature death notices online
  • The Oscar-tipped Sophia Loren with newcomer Ibrahima Gueye in The Life Ahead.

    Mark Kermode's film of the week
    The Life Ahead review – Sophia Loren's commanding comeback

    The star’s expressive performance as a former sex worker caring for an orphaned child is the main draw in this sometimes formulaic tale directed by her son
    • The Life Ahead review – Sophia Loren serves up some grandmother courage

    • Sophia Loren: 'The body changes. The mind does not'

    • Cary Grant never proposed to me on set, says Sophia Loren

September 2020

  • Sophia Loren in Los Angeles last year.

    Sophia Loren returns to movies aged 86

    Italian superstar plays a Holocaust survivor who befriends an orphan in Netflix film The Life Ahead, directed by her son Edoardo Ponti

July 2019

  • Terence Stamp, 1967 by Terence Donovan

    Sex, style, sharp suits: Terence Donovan's swinging 60s – in pictures

    Terence Donovan: The 1960s Vintage Prints from the Archives is at Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London, from 3 to 27 July

June 2019

  • SOPHIA LOREN FILMING 'THE MILLIONAIRESS', LONDON, BRITAIN - 1960<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by George Konig/REX/Shutterstock (407031a)
SOPHIA LOREN EATING A PLATE OF WHELKS OFF A BARROW
SOPHIA LOREN FILMING 'THE MILLIONAIRESS', LONDON, BRITAIN - 1960

    Frozen in time
    Frozen in Time: Sophia Loren, London, June 1960

    On the set of The Millionairess, the Italian star blends in with the East End locals and discover the joy of whelks

February 2019

  • From the Observer archive
    From the archive: Anthony Burgess falls for Sophia Loren, in 1984

    ‘The divine Sophia Loren’ has turned 50, and Burgess is desperate to woo her for an adaptation of his novel, writes Chris Hall

January 2017

  • Jenny Selby-Green and Sophia Loren

    That's me in the picture
    ‘We were two giggling girls’: the day I had coffee with Sophia Loren

    Jenny Selby-Green was a young reporter when she bumped into the film star in Aylesbury in 1958

November 2016

  • Charlie Chaplin with Tippi Hedren on the set of A Countess from Hong Kong.

    A brush with greatness
    The day I learned about Charlie Chaplin's bizarre directing style with Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren

  • Doreen Spooner

    Greenslade
    Doreen Spooner recalls her time as a photographer on Testosterone Alley

December 2015

  • Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren in Prêt-à-Porter, 1994.

    From the Guardian archive
    Robert Altman's new film fails to impress followers of fashion

    The Guardian, 15 December 1994: Award-winning fashion editor Suzy Menkes reviews Prêt-à-Porter

October 2015

  • Roy Greenslade

    Greenslade
    Revel Barker's memoir captures the madness of the old Mirror

    Roy Greenslade
    Book recounts Fleet Street’s days of unlimited expenses amid an alcoholic haze

August 2015

  • Sophia Loren and Richard Burton in Il Viaggio (The Voyage), 1973

    From the Guardian archive
    From the archive, 29 August 1974: All fuse and no bang? Sophia Loren interview

    The Guardian, 29 August 1974: Sophia Loren talks to Ian Woodward about Peter Sellars, Richard Burton and overcoming her shyness on screen

May 2015

  • Sophia Loren in The Millionairess, 1960.

    From the Guardian archive
    From the archive, 30 May 1960: Sophia Loren's jewels stolen

    Originally published in the Guardian on 30 May 1960: Miss Loren was once a very poor girl and for her the jewels symbolised her struggle for success

November 2014

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    Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: My Life review – how Sophia Loren ‘the toothpick’ became a star

    Barbara Ellen enjoys the Italian actress’s tale of her journey from extreme poverty to becoming one of Hollywood’s great beauties

September 2012

  • Sophia Loren

    Frozen in time
    Frozen in time: Sophia Loren, June 1964

    Outrageous beauty, a million dollar movie deal and a dream home outside Rome: it's hard being Sophia Loren

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