In 2017, Wicked author Gregory Maguire set out to tell the backstory of another classic fairytale. His novel Hiddensee focuses on Herr Drosselmeyer, the…
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The 10 best folk albums of 2025 | Folk music
10. Spafford Campbell – Tomorrow Held
Inspired by Talk Talk’s Spirit of Eden and the quivering soundscapes of early Bon Iver, Tomorrow Held is the beautiful second album by fiddler Owen Spafford and guitarist Louis Campbell, their first on…
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Rental Family offers connection in an increasingly polarised world
Rental Family, the latest film from director Hikari (Beef), is about the most persuasive argument for the need for human interaction in a society awash with artificial (and sometimes malicious) imitators.
So, it tracks that the project started…
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Jethro Tull founding member Mick Abrahams dies aged 82
Jethro Tull were formed “out of the ashes” of The John Evan Band and McGregor’s Engine, the blues band Abrahams formed with Clive Bunker in the Luton/Dunstable area, said Anderson.
Abrahams, external played on Tull’s first album, This Was, but…
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Jethro Tull founding member Mick Abrahams dies aged 82
Mick Abrahams, a founding member of rock band Jethro Tull, has died at the age of 82.
Posting on the band’s official website, lead singer Ian Anderson said he was sorry to hear of the death of the “strong vocalist and experienced, powerful and…
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Rob and Michele Reiner death certificates reveal new details
Wednesday, December 24, 2025 5:14PM
LOS ANGELES — Tragic new details have emerged more than a week after the deaths of actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner.
Death certificates from the Los Angeles County Public Health…
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Rob and Michele Reiner death certificates reveal new details
Wednesday, December 24, 2025 5:14PM
LOS ANGELES — Tragic new details have emerged more than a week after the deaths of actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner.
Death certificates from the Los Angeles County Public Health…
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Lee from Steps performing in Sleeping Beauty pantomime in Chatham
“The great thing with pantomime, not that we should be getting things wrong, but we do get a lot of audience participation.
“Sometimes it does go off on a tangent slightly and I think the audience want that, and they like that, and maybe expect…
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Old friend Mel Brooks pays tribute : Here & Now Anytime : NPR
Actor/Director/Producer Mel Brooks (L) and Actor Dick Van Dyke talk at the celebration for Cloris Leachman’s 60 years in…
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