Many ministerial advisers have seen their salaries increase to reward them for their first year in the job.

FAR from being the preserve of the politically correct, the acting profession is afflicted by “deeply ingrained discrimination”, particularly affecting older women and those from ethnic backgrounds.

A CLASSICALLY trained actor, Kathleen Barrington began to find herself sidelined as soon as she reached 30.

THE makers of a powerful documentary on an attempted political coup in Venezuela were yesterday announced overall winners of the 2003 ESB Media Awards.