Evening Standard from London, Greater London, England • 19

EVENING STANDARD THURSDAY 19 FEBRUARY 1998 1 9 Borne doinibteirB will eat their words says Grade lion cost to attitudes towards the 1951 Festival of Britain before its opening He wrote: Millennium Experience has uncanny parallels with 1951 and in a similar way I think criticisms (the vast majority of which are unfounded and ill-informed) will only serve to help the organisers get it right producing an Experience which is the most thought-provoking and thrilling event of 2000 say history repeats itself and it seems that is exactly what is happening now you can take any quote from any national newspaper or any debate in the House of Commons in 1951 and apply it directly to Millennium Experience only give-aways are references to long-forgotten MPs the war and He added: will not be a theme park but it will be frin as well as informative" by JULIA HARTLEY-BREWER MILLENNIUM DOME doubters will be with egg on' their when the doors open in 2000 its new creative chief Michael Grade insisted today In a vigorous defence of the Greenwich Dome the former head of Channel Four said: I wait until 2000 when the doors are flung open to the Millennium Experience and all those serious doubters are left with egg on their faces as more than 12 million people pour Mr Grade the new head of a creative group for the Millennium Experience outlined his vision for the celebrations in an article in Express entitled I plan to change your He said: Til wager that within a month the headlines will either be screaming tJAVE BENETT Jufiett Binoche with director AetbonyMinglietta THE bed-and-breakfast landlady is coming to London to make a killing on the millennium celebrations Greenwich is encouraging residents to cash in on the tourism boom that the Millennium Dome is expected to bring Those brave enough to open their doors to strangers are being taught the complexities of law fire regulations and insurance at workshops on setting up a bed-and-breakfast business proves a hit with public or of tickets to Dome prompts extended it may be unfashionable at the moment to say it the Dome Mr Grade compared the criticism of the Dome for both its content and £750 mil Polo 10 Stereo radiocassette Engine immobiliser Electrically adjustable heated door mirrors ULIETTE BINOCHE is S)t required to live up--orratherdown---totherawpromisein the title of this unsatisfying 1920s Pirandello drama She (toes not need toHer face is her fortuneandoursBut what adeft revealing liriein emotional striptease she achieves while fulfilling the traditional duty of characters £to tear away those masks wom to conceal selves and secrets from thcworlcLMiss Binoche' Is a shining film star but haS acted littteupon the stageYet watdhJngfixnnjustafewi feet awayherperfbr finance has the absolute ring of trutb and natural HThe suklS'DrejbomliiBinoaie to suchdesolating effectis ciie Piran-s most enigmatic characters Ersilia ayoung is in search of a raleand purpose in life juaa ueenltlrwailfltfeveryjtum llfyltheni Befriended byalecherous oldnovdistlaidovico she airives in hls rented apartment lool asy Miss Binoche presents her the picture of beautiful dejectiomFor having had the wretched story ofher Bfer printed inanewspapeiyErsflia is ontherun ftxjmdespairandhownlife-story IVlthinithistinqressiveaimlmeht'tdl designerPaulBrown givesJiiwhandsametetTai cotta wallswithpiles of leatherhtmndjbooks and writers debris 1 flhgitfaein Hemembeir wCnemi dream ears ysed be Height adjustable steering column Roof aerial Rear washwipe Height adjustable front seatbelts with tensioners Polo 10 just £8265 J35 Nicholas eJongh Side impact protection This past the share of the three mefriwithivhos lives! i astr II entwinEachf and Ludovico1 Dust pollen filter 2-year dealer warranty extension 12 road fund licence Polo £8P265 on the road Volkswagen surprisingly ordinary prices has beenesploitativeiBUt aaialbsat's plays where facts of life anlyseep outOrdothey? 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