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‘A mermaid brushed her hair while people put objects under her boobs’: discover the tiny secret festivals rivalling Glasto for vibes
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‘A mermaid brushed her hair while people put objects under her boobs’: discover the tiny secret festivals rivalling Glasto for vibes

Fed up with expensive tickets and omnipresent branding, some festival fans are creating their own anarchic, ticketless events full of glitter and silliness. They explain how it’s donePicture the scene...

The Guardian Music4 months ago
Labour MPs fear backlash over expected Burnham coronation
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Labour MPs fear backlash over expected Burnham coronation

Labour MPs are under pressure from their local members who want a leadership contest rather than a coronation of Andy Burnham as prime minister.

Sky News - UK4 months ago
City of Culture legacy grants announced
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City of Culture legacy grants announced

Bradford Culture Company has announced eight projects that will receive funding of up to £20,000.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Uncovering the West Midlands roots of Thomas the Tank Engine
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Uncovering the West Midlands roots of Thomas the Tank Engine

It is Christopher Awdry's measles in the 1942 that led his father to create Thomas the Tank Engine.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
TV Festival to move from Edinburgh to Manchester
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TV Festival to move from Edinburgh to Manchester

The event is relocating from the Scottish capital next year in a move to "radically" cut costs.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
‘I carry the pain of the world’: Oscar-winning singer Camille on her tumultuous triple album about motherhood
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‘I carry the pain of the world’: Oscar-winning singer Camille on her tumultuous triple album about motherhood

She has won acclaim and countless awards for her body-tapping, raspberry-blowing music. Now she has spent 15 years making her boldest work yet – an epic about birth, infancy and adolescenceIt took Cam...

The Guardian Music4 months ago
Actor Iain Robertson found guilty of rape
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Actor Iain Robertson found guilty of rape

Former River City actor Iain Robertson has been found guilty of rape following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

Sky News - UK4 months ago
Former River City actor Iain Robertson found guilty of rape
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Former River City actor Iain Robertson found guilty of rape

The 45-year-old, who played Stevie O'Hara in the BBC soap, was also convicted of assaulting two other women.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
‘There’s a way to fly mindfully. Like, I don’t have my own plane any more’: can DJ megastar Alok make dance music more sustainable?
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‘There’s a way to fly mindfully. Like, I don’t have my own plane any more’: can DJ megastar Alok make dance music more sustainable?

The Brazilian musician, who collaborates with Indigenous artists and puts millions into philanthropy, explains his mission – and defends his jetsettingWhen Alok, the most successful Brazilian DJ of hi...

The Guardian Music4 months ago
Dame Jilly Cooper leaves £8.5m fortune to children
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Dame Jilly Cooper leaves £8.5m fortune to children

Dame Jilly died after sustaining a fatal head injury in a fall at her Gloucesterhire home in 2025.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Sniffin’ Glue at 50! Do you make a music zine? If so, we want to see it
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Sniffin’ Glue at 50! Do you make a music zine? If so, we want to see it

To mark 50 years since the punk DIY publishing explosion, we want to compile a map of the UK’s contemporary zine sceneThis year marks what is officially considered the 50th anniversary of punk: five d...

The Guardian Music4 months ago
‘I’ve had a huge life, so I needed a big budget’: Madonna says biopic was scrapped after ‘falling out’ with studio
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‘I’ve had a huge life, so I needed a big budget’: Madonna says biopic was scrapped after ‘falling out’ with studio

‘Maybe they just didn’t believe in me,’ the pop star said of Universal, which was set to make a film about her life starring Julia GarnerMadonna says that the long-gestating movie about her life that...

The Guardian Music4 months ago
Ticket reseller StubHub UK customers to get refunds over illegal hidden fees
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Ticket reseller StubHub UK customers to get refunds over illegal hidden fees

The Competition and Markets Authority said StubHub must refund 50,000 customers and pay a fine.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Noise, blood and confetti: how Industrial Coast built a radical arts scene in ‘dark, deprived’ Middlesbrough
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Noise, blood and confetti: how Industrial Coast built a radical arts scene in ‘dark, deprived’ Middlesbrough

The Teesside town struggles with drugs and social discord, but inspired by its magical light and mercurial artistic spirit, some say it has the best cultural scene in the UKAt a gig in a Middlesbrough...

The Guardian Music4 months ago
StubHub customers to get £10 refund over illegal hidden fees
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StubHub customers to get £10 refund over illegal hidden fees

The Competition and Markets Authority said StubHub must refund 50,000 customers and pay a fine.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Ashley Cain says he's 'not proud' of sexist language
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Ashley Cain says he's 'not proud' of sexist language

The former BBC Three presenter says he has changed since the historical tweets were posted.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Artwork removed from National Portrait Gallery after row over Churchill’s role in Bengal famine
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Artwork removed from National Portrait Gallery after row over Churchill’s role in Bengal famine

Turner prize winner Helen Cammock withdraws piece after 50 peers criticise claim former PM ‘starved people’An artwork by a Turner prize-winning artist has been removed from the National Portrait Galle...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Ransom note claims Nancy Guthrie died after abduction
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Ransom note claims Nancy Guthrie died after abduction

The note from the possible kidnappers reportedly stated that they did not mean for her to die and included an apology to the family.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Edinburgh International Festival will be phone-free - Benedetti
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Edinburgh International Festival will be phone-free - Benedetti

The violinist, who has been festival director since 2023 says the policy has come at the request of artists and audiences.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Clive Davis, music mogul behind Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen, dies aged 94
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Clive Davis, music mogul behind Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen, dies aged 94

The record company executive also worked with Billy Joel, Pink Floyd, Alicia Keys and Aerosmith.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago