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Broadcaster and journalist Edward Stourton dies aged 68
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Broadcaster and journalist Edward Stourton dies aged 68

Stourton hosted Radio 4's Today programme for a decade and was a founding member of Channel 4 News.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Shania Twain: Little Miss Twain review – rootsy revival strays from the dirt track to the middle of the road
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Shania Twain: Little Miss Twain review – rootsy revival strays from the dirt track to the middle of the road

(Republic Nashville)The country legend’s seventh album revisits her troubled early life but plays it safe with zany humour and fluffy songs about young love‘When I was a kid, I started on stages just...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Maternity scandal to be dramatised in new series
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Maternity scandal to be dramatised in new series

The drama will centre on Sarah and Jack Hawkins, who were among the first people to raise the alarm.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Shakira, Madonna, Justin Bieber and BTS perform at colourful World Cup half-time show
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Shakira, Madonna, Justin Bieber and BTS perform at colourful World Cup half-time show

Robbie Williams and Jennifer Hudson also performed, with Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet among the celebrities in the crowds.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Robert Peston found it 'too difficult' returning to Wales after wife's death
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Robert Peston found it 'too difficult' returning to Wales after wife's death

The couple spent a lot of time in Wales, enjoying walks along the coast.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
‘What has the BBC ever done for me?’ Romesh Ranganathan reboots corporation’s 1985 licence fee plea
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‘What has the BBC ever done for me?’ Romesh Ranganathan reboots corporation’s 1985 licence fee plea

As with the John Cleese original, comedian is supported by famous faces from Claudia Winkleman to David JasonJohn Cleese’s 1985 advert for the BBC in which he asks a pub full of stars “What has the BB...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Bruno Mars review – half seedy club, half church service as diminutive singer answers fans’ prayers
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Bruno Mars review – half seedy club, half church service as diminutive singer answers fans’ prayers

Wembley Stadium, LondonMars sings every line like it’s his big solo in a show that leans more on his stage presence than pyro and pageantryWembley Stadium is awash with crimson as the Bruno Mars opera...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
‘We were in danger of running it into the ground’: Brittany Howard on fleeing fame, fighting Trump and the epic return of Alabama Shakes
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‘We were in danger of running it into the ground’: Brittany Howard on fleeing fame, fighting Trump and the epic return of Alabama Shakes

The soul-rockers achieved worldwide success before surprising everyone by deciding to quit while they were ahead. Now they’re back with a new album railing against the state of contemporary AmericaIn...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Bruno Mars has an unexpected opening before Wembley party starts
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Bruno Mars has an unexpected opening before Wembley party starts

After an eight-year absence from UK stages, Bruno Mars returned to Wembley Stadium with a polished, hit-filled show.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
‘People say they’ve conceived to my music’: Tricky’s honest playlist
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‘People say they’ve conceived to my music’: Tricky’s honest playlist

The trip-hop star doesn’t believe in getting jiggy to songs and would choose Cyndi Lauper at karaoke. But which classic reminds him of his mum?The first song I fell in love with I was going out with...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Signed Hockney print found in a book sells for £41K
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Signed Hockney print found in a book sells for £41K

The print, found in a book donated to a Salvation Army shop, is snapped up by an anonymous bidder.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Natalie Imbruglia: ‘I forget the words to my own songs on stage. You’d be surprised how few people notice’
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Natalie Imbruglia: ‘I forget the words to my own songs on stage. You’d be surprised how few people notice’

The singer on struggling with the English weather, a secret celebrity crush, and her terror of tinned spaghettiBorn in Sydney, Australia, to an Italian father and Australian mother, Natalie Imbruglia,...

The Guardian Music2 months ago
Is the fear of unintentionally going viral changing clubbing for Gen Z?
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Is the fear of unintentionally going viral changing clubbing for Gen Z?

For some young clubbers, the fear is not dancing badly, it's becoming content.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
'Wham! concerts changed lives in China' - Ridgeley
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'Wham! concerts changed lives in China' - Ridgeley

A new documentary shows the impact Wham! had on people during their ground-breaking visit to China.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Gracie Abrams captures pain of early adulthood in new album - but you're left wanting more
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Gracie Abrams captures pain of early adulthood in new album - but you're left wanting more

The singer's third album is full of incisive, witty lyrics that are let down by muted production.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
16 World Cup viral moments - from Posh Spice's nonchalance to Haaland's bromance
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16 World Cup viral moments - from Posh Spice's nonchalance to Haaland's bromance

We look at some of the most memorable scenes during the 2026 World Cup that set the internet alight.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Kim Jong Un was meant to be their only idol - then North Koreans discovered K-pop
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Kim Jong Un was meant to be their only idol - then North Koreans discovered K-pop

Defectors tell the BBC that despite restrictions, K-pop has cut through in the stifling dictatorship.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Original watercolours by William Weston Young expected to fetch up to £25,000 at auction
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Original watercolours by William Weston Young expected to fetch up to £25,000 at auction

A series of watercolours by ceramicist William Weston Young are to go under the hammer.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Bayeux Tapestry in 'wonderful state' after journey to London, French minister says
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Bayeux Tapestry in 'wonderful state' after journey to London, French minister says

The French culture minister has told the BBC that the Bayeux Tapestry is in "a wonderful state".

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 months ago
Lauren Laverne reveals blood and bone marrow disorder diagnosis
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Lauren Laverne reveals blood and bone marrow disorder diagnosis

Radio and TV presenter, who recovered from cancer in 2024, announces she has smouldering myelomaLauren Laverne has announced she has been diagnosed with a blood and bone marrow disorder, less than two...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago