Helen Fielding launches Bridget Jones prize for northern comedy writing
The Bridget Jones prize for northern comedy writing will go to the funniest self-contained, first-person prose of 1,000 words. The format echoes the anonymous diary columns in the Independent that first brought Bridget…
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ANIQO Learns To Let Go With ‘ANOTHER LIFE’
The songwriter – real name Anita Goß – splits her time between Berlin and Lisbon, matching her musical commitment against her output as a visual artist. New album ‘EARTH, LOVE & VARIATIONS’ lands on November 6th , with…
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Shovel Dance Collective: Everything in Readiness review – ecstatic, dissonant folk music fighting for sonic and spiritual freedom
Everything in Readiness kicks off with a three-song suite that lasts more than 10 minutes and takes you, via a series of dramatic sonic jump-cuts, from a grinding one-note drone to a reel that seems to split the…
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The joy of strap-ons, Sherman’s plump pearls and a hypnotic apocalypse: five free exhibitions to see
Swing them open and you're greeted with eye-popping paintings of lust and sexual freedom. A demonic, fanged creature humps away at a blindfolded woman in one, a blue-skinned being with a curly little pig's tail performs…
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Blackpool, Sheffield, Milton Keynes and Wrexham shortlisted for UK city of culture 2029
The four places were chosen from a longlist of nine. The title will be announced in the new year and the three runners-up will each be given £125,000. That winner will be given a further £10m to help fund what has, in…
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Watch Mark Ronson, Salaam Remi, Corinne Bailey Rae, Jessie Reyez and more celebrate 20 years of ‘Back To Black’ with Amy Winehouse’s band at London’s Roundhouse
Check out footage from the night below. The ‘Back To Black 20’ concert took place at the iconic Camden venue last night (Wednesday October 21), just days before the 20th anniversary of Winehouse’s landmark second album.…
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BBC "actively considering" Vittorio Angelone row after upcoming sitcom star apologises for rape remark
Angelone, who stars in the upcoming BBC sitcom Rewarding , apologised on Wednesday (21 October) for referring to influencer Rebecca Goodwin in a remark about rape, which he made during an appearance on Have a Word…
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W.H. Lung Mark Indefinite Hiatus With Final Manchester Show
The cult art-pop group are perpetually fascinating, but it seems after a decade together the band are ready for a break. Going on indefinite hiatus, W.H. Lung have decided to play one final show, honouring their time…
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Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros delivers her verdict on unveiled Violet and Xaden castings
It's officially been confirmed that Esther McGregor (We Were Liars) is set to take on the role of Violet, the 20-year-old whose life is thrown into chaos when her mother orders her to become one of several hundred…
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‘Slow Horses’ fans in shock after deadly season six finale: “The best hour of TV this year”
Season six saw the return of Olivia Cooke’s MI5 agent Sidonie Baker after a four-year absence from the hit thriller. The happy reunion with fellow spy River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) didn’t last long though, with the pair…
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