Iceland Airwaves and surviving Reykjavík: Here’s What You Need To Know

A half-day trip that takes you to geysers, the site of the old Icelandic parliament and location of the tectonic continent shift, and a stunning waterfall, the outing is both memorable and fun—but it's also tourist heavy…

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Emmerdale airs emotional Kim Tate and Thea Ramsden scenes as their secret is revealed in early ITVX release

Last month, viewers became privy to the secret during a flashback scene that showed a younger Kim - achieved through archive footage - walking down a maternity ward and gazing at a newborn baby. Posters on the walls and…

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Sam Fender pre-sale tickets finally go live today after 'bot attack' and pricing changes

Fender has made headlines this week for stepping in to combat what he described as 'astronomical' ticket prices. After being alerted to the cost of his concerts, the Geordie star stepped in, posting the following on…

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Coronation Street airs major turning point in Lucy Parkinson story in early ITVX release

It comes after she whacked foster daughter Lucy Parkinson (Anya Dewin) over the head with a vase, believing she was an escaped prisoner dressed up as a ghost. Yes, that really happened. Sally's other foster daughter…

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Can AI ever truly capture the emotional connection of live music?

It won’t play out of tune or run out of breath and it always plays the right notes. There’s no diva making demands, no grumpy band on the road or tortured creative. But is it really music? As a conductor, I work with the…

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Caroline Frost: "For Gardeners' World's longest-running lead presenter and his millions of fans, it really is the end of an era"

Yet none of this made it any easier to watch Monty Don plant up a new patch of hostas earlier this month and tell his millions of Gardeners’ World viewers: “This is what gardening is about, connecting you to the soil…

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John Malkovich on Wild Horse Nine, Oscars buzz and why he will never retire

Now the 72-year-old Illinois native is back as a CIA agent in Wild Horse Nine , a brilliant black comedy from Martin McDonagh ( In Bruges ). The role has already won Malkovich the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at this year’s…

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Inside the Gozo filming locations of The Madame Blanc Mysteries

After taking a flight to the small Mediterranean island, I hop on a 25-minute ferry ride to its sister-island of Gozo, embarking on the same journey that the cast and crew of The Madame Blanc Mysteries make when they…

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The horror films you thought were fiction – but were inspired by terrifying true stories

But, what about the scary movies where the truth is more surprising and ghastlier than the fictional on-screen depiction? Here are 10 films that fit the bill – and be warned, there are gristly details of real-life cases…

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Wicker review – Olivia Colman finds the perfect lover in intriguing folk-horror romance

It's almost funny but not exactly, and almost disturbing but not exactly, occupying a strange and intriguing Venn-diagram overlap between macabre horror and sentimentality. Yet devotees of bucolic British…

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