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The cello semi-finalists for the 2025 Isang Yun Competition have been announced, following the first rounds held on 2 and 3 November in Tongyeong, South Korea.
From the 24 participants in the first round, ten…
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Robert Macfarlane on Embracing Flow and Letting Rivers Heal Us
Robert Macfarlane
We are all water bodies. We are made so massively of water, our bones, our brain, our lungs, our blood, they all flow, even though we think of them as static. And that begins to tell…
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Paris launches lottery for burial plots among Morrison, Wilde and Piaf
Getty ImagesPère Lachaise, which has become popular with tourists, is the resting place of icons including singer Edith Piaf Parisians are being offered the chance to win a burial spot among some of history’s most famous artists, including the…
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‘Handbags at dawn’: Daniel Day-Lewis discusses his method acting conflict with Brian Cox | Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis has spoken out over being drawn into what he called a “handbags at dawn conflict” with fellow actor Brian Cox over method acting.
Speaking to the Big Issue, Day-Lewis reflected on his commitment to the technique being pitted…
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David Beckham receives knighthood for services to football and British society
Former England captain Sir David Beckham has been formally knighted for his services to football and British society.
The 50-year-old, who was named on King Charles’ Birthday Honours list earlier this year, was knighted by the King during a…
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Howard Rosenstein’s story set for the big screen
A trio of US-based producers, including George Linder, known for his work on the Running Man franchise, have secured the rights to develop a motion picture or television project based on the compelling non-fiction book, Treasures,…
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Tell us: what 90s dance track would you gift to your teenager? | John Lewis Christmas ad
In the new John Lewis Christmas ad, a boy buys his dad a vinyl copy of the track Where Love Lives by Alison Limerick. But this wouldn’t be everyone’s choice. With this in mind, we would like to hear your favourite 90s club tracks that you…
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The Strad News – Pekka Kuusisto loaned 1695 ‘Sandars’ Stradivari violin
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The violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto has received the 1695 ‘Sandars’ Stradivari violin, on loan from the Anders Sveaas Charitable Foundation (ASAF).
Kuusisto previously performed on the c.1709…
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‘You definitely felt disposable’: models – one 27, one 62 – discuss Botox, weight loss, creativity and the threat of AI | All ages
It’s easy to think of models as people whose lives are full of glitz and glamour, who “don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day”. But according to New York-based Danielle Mareka, 27, and 62-year-old Dee O, who lives in London, the…
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The Lost Boys of Mercury review – heartbreaking film on the enduring wounds of church-school abuse | Film
Great courage, physical and moral, is shown by the three principal interviewees in this heartbreaking French documentary. André, Michel and Daniel are former wards of the church-run Belle Étoile correctional school in the Savoie town of Mercury…
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