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Spider-Man double calls role 'childhood dream'

Teifion Sussex from Somerset said he had always dreamed of playing the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man

‘I was so self-assured in my early 20s. Then my frontal lobe hit’: Rachel Chinouriri, every pop star’s favourite UK pop star

She faced racist bullying as a child – then pigeonholing as an artist. Now following up a hit debut album championed by the A-list, the Croydon singer-songwriter says she finally understands who she...

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Renowned climber missing after avalanche - as four bodies found

A renowned climber who served in the British special forces is missing after an avalanche on one of the world's highest mountains.

What your summer reading list says about you

Just picked your holiday book? Our choices can subconsciously reveal important parts of our personality, studies show.

Glen Hansard: A life in song and stories

Glen Hansard, who died in a motorbike crash on Wednesday, travelled an unusual journey to stardom.

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Staff at V&A site in London vote to strike over toilet and water breaks

Union calling for two paid breaks a day in what it says is punishing schedule for Storehouse ‘order an object’ workersStaff at the V&A’s Storehouse site in east London have voted overwhelmingly to str...

‘It’s the Meryl Streep of the orchestra’: why cinema loves the cello

From Audrey Hepburn to Pedro Pascal, cellists have become a movie shorthand for sensitivity, intensity and emotional depth. But why has Hollywood turned one orchestral instrument into a character in i...

Dedicated followers of passion: the Kinks’ 40 greatest songs – ranked!

To coincide with a new exhibition in London about the Davies brothers, we rate the best of a band who brought a sociologist’s eye to hard rock, gentle pastoralia and so much in betweenThe quality of K...

Shaboozey: The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales review – a striking addition to the rich canon of country concept albums

(American Dogwood/Empire)Beneath the Hollywood narrators, Pink Floyd-y interludes and accompanying comic books lies songwriting that proves the Tipsy singer’s breakout success was no flukeIt’s fair to...

Zendaya and Tom Holland's decade-long Spider-Man romance in pictures

A look back at 10 years of Spider-Man movie premieres for the newlyweds.

Paul McCartney becomes first-time nominee for Mercury prize, up against Olivia Dean, Dave and more

Big names including Raye and Suede face off against smaller artists such as Knats and Nia Archives for prestigious album awardA formidable array of chart-topping A-listers feature in a competitive sho...

Find out all about the albums up for this year's Mercury Prize

This year's best album shortlist includes several returning nominees - but Lily Allen misses out.

‘Give respect to Africa and the bush people’: Mulatu Astatke on pioneering Ethio-jazz and honouring his roots

The multi-instrumentalist faced resistance when he premiered his sound in the 60s but audiences have fallen in love with it since. Now aged 82, he’s still finding new directions – and wants recognitio...

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Festival bans camping stoves and disposable BBQs

The Dorset festival is banning items that post a fire hazard due to the hot weather and dry ground.

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Judge orders Amy Winehouse’s father to pay nearly £1m to her friends

Mitch Winehouse ‘knowingly and deliberately’ made unfounded allegations against Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay, judge saysThe father of British music sensation Amy Winehouse has been ordered to pay...

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Actor reached 'peak Welshness' working with Hopkins and Zeta-Jones

Celyn Jones says he "just needed Charlotte Church to call the bingo and I've gone full score Welsh".

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National Theatre to mark 50 years on South Bank

A free outdoor installation will tell 50 stories from the theatre's half-century in October.

Salman Rushdie attacker convicted of terror offences

Hadi Matar, 28, was convicted of attempting to help Hezbollah by attacking the British-Indian author.

Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct when they were teenagers

The actor and musician faces allegations from 10 women in total who say he mistreated them as teenagers.

Zendaya on working with Tom Holland in Spider-Man: ‘When you’re best friends it’s easy’

The couple walked the white carpet at the London premiere of their latest film, Spiderman: Brand New Day.