Bath Spa UniversityA professional singer and DJ has joined a university faculty to “empower” the next generation of musicians with her 20…
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Little Boots aims to ’empower’ aspiring musicians at Bath Spa Uni
Bath Spa UniversityVictoria Mason joins the faculty alongside Emmy-award winning lecturers and songwriters for famous artists -
‘I make people laugh but I couldn’t make myself smile’
Catherine MooreBBC News NI
Serena Terry imagesSerena Terry said she was in the “depths of depression” Serena Terry is well-known for her brutally honest stand-up comedy.
But after selling out her previous two UK and Ireland tours and becoming the…
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TV tonight: Niamh Algar and Tom Hollander’s big hide-and-seek thriller | Television
The Iris Affair
9pm, Sky Atlantic
There’s a propulsive opening to Niamh Algar and Tom Hollander’s cat-and-mouse thriller. Iris Nixon (Algar) is an elusive puzzle-solving genius who is invited by entrepreneur Cameron Beck (Hollander) to solve…
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Why does the Peebles Bronze Age hoard have a silvery ‘glow’?
Giancarlo RinaldiSouth Scotland reporter
NMSInitial conservation work has revealed the “exceptionally rare” silver-coloured objects Initial conservation work has revealed “exceptionally rare” silver-coloured items in a hoard of Bronze Age artefacts…
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Disabled Bristol hotel guest said he had to sleep in wheelchair
Rohan TarryRohan Tarry said he could not turn his wheelchair around in the bathroom A man said he had to sleep in his wheelchair in a hotel for three nights despite the room he booked being advertised as accessible.
Wheelchair user Rohan Tarry,…
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Unseen Bohemian Rhapsody verses to feature in Freddie Mercury lyric book | Freddie Mercury
His voice is one of the most distinctive in pop history and now the words Freddie Mercury sang are to be given the rock star treatment in a lyric book that will also include unreleased songs and alternative versions of Queen anthems.
A Life in…
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Pair’s three-legged Yorkshire challenge for Children in Need
BBC Look North presenter Amy Garcia and Lindsey Burrow, wife of rugby league legend Rob Burrow, are to walk three-legged for over 30 miles in Yorkshire to raise money for Children in Need.
Amy and Lindsey plan to take to three legs and walk…
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Diane Keaton died of pneumonia, family reveals | Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton died of pneumonia, the Oscar-winning actor’s family have revealed, as they expressed their thanks for the “extraordinary” response to her death last week.
“The Keaton family are very grateful for the extraordinary messages of…
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Scrooge gets a hip-hop spin and the RSC does the BFG: 20 of the best UK stage shows this Christmas | Christmas shows
Ebony Scrooge
Sadler’s Wells East, London, 26 November to 4 January
Choreographer Dannielle Rhimes Lecointe gives a hip-hop makeover to A Christmas Carol with a family-friendly yarn about a fashion designer who cancels Christmas to concentrate…Continue Reading
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The Other Girl — Annie Ernaux’s letter to her ‘angelic’ dead sister
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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
When the French author Annie Ernaux was 10, she overheard her mother tell an acquaintance that, before Annie’s birth,…
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