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The Camper-produced single opens her independent EP ‘After The Storm’, due in January. Elton John discovered the Scottish singer, songwriter and broadcaster when she was 13, and industry veteran Ron Fair signed her the…
Dunagan was six when he was chosen to provide the voice of the young deer in the animation's most heartbreaking chapter. He recalled the experience in the recording booth as easy and relaxed, with rudimentary technology…
In his sentencing remarks, judge Joel Bennathan described Brand as a "sexual predator" and criticised his "staggering arrogance". The 51-year-old was sentenced to nine years for rape, with an additional 18 months, nine…
Not so, according to creator and writer Joe Barton. "We made the first series so quickly," he explained. "It went from not existing at all as an idea, to us filming it within about eight months. I always describe it as…
Returning again in Ocarina of Time 3D, the mode offers a more challenging way to play, with rearranged dungeons, tougher puzzles and enemies, and even a mirrored world in the 3DS remake. But is Master Mode in the 2026…
Heist film The Take will see him star alongside Hollywood icon Denzel Washington and Normal People star Daisy-Edgar Jones , and Netflix has just confirmed a release date for the movie. The streamer has confirmed that the…
Why, then, 29 years later, does he still command such awestruck attention, including a night dedicated to him on BBC Four this week? For a start, he was an otherworldly character whose birth and death both have mythical…
When my friend Rubina suggested we discuss tradwives on our podcast, Brown Girls Do It Too, in 2024, my response was: “What’s a tradwife?” She explained that they’re women who embrace traditional gender roles. The…
Everybody cooed, although none of us realised then that we were looking at what would become a classic cover, deftly evoking Dennis Potter’s TV masterpiece, The Singing Detective . “It’s been a great calling card for me…
In a remote Norwegian restaurant-hotel above the Arctic Circle, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are enjoying a quiet, private meal. Though it’s not that quiet – over dinner they bicker, do impressions and complain about the…