Imagine a shattering portrayal of Pakistani life through a chain of interlocking novellas, and you’ll be somewhere close to understanding the breadth and impact of Daniyal Mueenuddin’s first novel. Reminiscent of Neel Mukherjee’s dazzling…
Category: 5. Entertainment
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Life lessons with radio legend Jenni Murray: the best podcasts of the week | Television & radio
Experience Is Everything
Former Woman’s Hour host Jenni Murray offers an amiable slant on the celebrity interview podcast. Her Saga magazine series features exclusively older interviewees, speaking about the life lessons they’ve learned thus…
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Slow TV for kids: Relax and unwind with low-stimulation shows on ABC iview
Children’s shows that emphasise loud music, intense colours and fast-paced scenes could be making it harder for children to focus and self-regulate, according to studies.
It’s led more parents to seek low-stimulation — or “slow TV” — options…
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Somerset charity has helped women in Africa for 25 years
After founding the charity in 2000, they got involved in community tree planting projects in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
“I realised this unmet need for family planning was a thing which kept people in poverty and was having an impact on the…
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Cotswolds 60th year as AONB to be celebrated with film
The Cotswolds is the largest of 46 AONBs in the UK, and received its designated back in 1966.
The Cotswolds National Landscape stretches from Warwickshire and Worcestershire in the north, to Wiltshire and Bath in the south.
Land with AONB status…
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Theatre numbers up but new play openings fall, says report
In 2019, musical theatre accounted for a third of all performances, half of all attendances, and almost 60% of all box office income.
In 2023, those proportions rose to 40% of all performances, over half of all attendances, and nearly 66% of all…
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Theatre numbers up but new play openings fall, says report
Thomas MagillBBC London
BBCPunch was a huge success on the West End Theatre audiences returned in greater numbers than expected after the pandemic, according to an industry body, the British Theatre Consortium.
The British Theatre: Before and after…
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Service in Guernsey to help young people quit vaping
The States of Guernsey said 29 people had downloaded an official self-help booklet and “discussions are ongoing regarding the future delivery of the service”.
Alex Hawkins-Drew, associate director of Public Health, said the pilot allowed “young…
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Guernsey nightlife scene witnessing ‘tsunami of change’
On a busy night in Les Folies d’Amour nightclub it is clear there remains an appetite for going out among some people.
One person told us the club was “absolutely brilliant” and they go out “every weekend, as much as we can”.
Another person said:…
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Claudia Winkleman teases ‘extraordinary’ twist as she reveals new red cloak
Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter
BBCWinkleman said viewers could expect some “juicy roundtables” in the forthcoming series of The Traitors Viewers have been sharing their theories on social media after a teaser released on Christmas Day showed…
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