The little-known friendship between Nina Simone and Langston Hughes

That year, at a lecture in Asheville, North Carolina, Hughes met a 16-year-old girl, Eunice Waymon, who would go on to make history in her own right using her stage name, Nina Simone . Hughes and Simone became friends…

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Arizona man arrested over alleged threat to drive into Pride parade and open fire

Read next The charges followed an investigation into the alleged harassment of a former schoolmate, including more than 100 voicemails and social media messages. Man accused of threatening to drive into Pride parade…

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Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney confirms intimacy rehearsals for season 2 are underway

The Crave hit stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie as rival hockey players Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander, whose secret romance develops alongside their on-ice rivalry. Read next Speaking to V Magazine , he said…

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What channel is Liverpool v Villarreal Champions League match on? TV coverage, live stream and kick-off time

The Reds will be hoping to add a third consecutive victory in Europe's top-tier club competition and tighten their grip on one of the top-eight spots, which offer passage straight to the round of 16. Villarreal are…

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One Piece English dub release schedule: When are new episodes on Crunchyroll?

After years of multi-episode batch drops, Crunchyroll has moved the long-running Toei Animation series to a weekly simuldub schedule for the Elbaph arc, the latest chapter in Eiichiro Oda's pirate epic. The arc follows…

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Doves’ Jez Williams Confirms Debut Solo Album

The Manchester musician has been teasing something new, with an ultra-limited seven inch being shipped surreptitiously to record shops over summer. The disc contained instrumental versions of Magnificent Morning and Walk…

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‘It’s important that Michael’s voice is heard’: Jaafar Jackson says second biopic of his uncle will cover sexual abuse allegations

In part, this was due to a legal clause, only spotted late in production, which stipulated that one of the men who accused Jackson of abusing them as a boy could never be depicted in a fictionalised account of the…

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Katie Razzall: BBC closures make business sense, but far more savings are needed

Scots simply aren't tuning in in the numbers to make it cost-effective. (Interestingly, BBC Alba, which is aimed at Gaelic speakers and learners, reached 43% of Gaelic viewers in Scotland weekly - was it boosted by its…

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BBC Three to close again after Drag Race UK and I Kissed A Girl/Boy axings

Read next Shows previously shown on BBC Three will continue on BBC iPlayer and YouTube, with the corporation pledging to increase investment in content for younger audiences. “We need to make every pound work harder for…

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BODUR And Coby Sey Didn’t Plan This

When we speak, it is a year to the day since D’Angelo died. Coby Sey raises it himself, partway through explaining how ‘LEAVE’, the lead single from his collaborative EP with BODUR , came to sound like classic R&B.…

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