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Canada is welcome to join Eurovision, says song contest director
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Canada is welcome to join Eurovision, says song contest director

‘We know that Mark Carney wants to sort of embrace Europe,’ says competition director Martin GreenCanada is welcome to join Eurovision if it wishes, its director has said, months after the country rev...

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UK Eurovision act: The BBC gave me a stress test to check I could cope under pressure
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UK Eurovision act: The BBC gave me a stress test to check I could cope under pressure

"It could go well or completely wrong, I'm just here for the ride," says song contest hopeful Sam Battle.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Hundreds of comedians unpaid by one of UK's biggest comedy festivals
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Hundreds of comedians unpaid by one of UK's biggest comedy festivals

Leicester Comedy Festival says it is committed to paying comedians but waiting on money themselves.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Australia soars into Eurovision final as UK song debuts
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Australia soars into Eurovision final as UK song debuts

Delta Goodrem is now a favourite to win Eurovision, following a spectacular semi-final performance.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Original Coronation Street cast member dies aged 89
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Original Coronation Street cast member dies aged 89

Alan Rothwell was best known for playing David Barlow in the original cast of Coronation Street.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Songwriters on the Run by Robert Forster review – Go-Betweens frontman hits a dud note
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Songwriters on the Run by Robert Forster review – Go-Betweens frontman hits a dud note

There’s little melody or rhythm in Forster’s prose, while the dialogue is plodding and full of expositionRobert Forster, frontman of the Go-Betweens, knows how to write music and how to write about it...

The Guardian Music4 months ago
Clarence Carter, US soul star who had hits with Patches and more, dies aged 90
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Clarence Carter, US soul star who had hits with Patches and more, dies aged 90

Singer-songwriter, and former husband of Candi Staton, was blind from birth and had further hits including Slip Away and Back Door SantaClarence Carter, the US soul singer who had numerous hits includ...

The Guardian Music4 months ago
GB News should lose its licence, says ex-Sky News editor Adam Boulton
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GB News should lose its licence, says ex-Sky News editor Adam Boulton

Veteran broadcaster accuses channel of ‘clear violations’ of Ofcom’s due impartiality rulesUK politics live – latest updatesThe former Sky News political editor Adam Boulton has said GB News should lo...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
‘Magical’ objects from iron age hoard found in UK go on display
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‘Magical’ objects from iron age hoard found in UK go on display

Exhibition of Melsonby hoard in York challenges ideas about life in northern Britain 2,000 years agoIron age objects that tell a dramatic story of female power and that dispel the myth that northern B...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
BBC and YouTube launch creator training programme
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BBC and YouTube launch creator training programme

Under the scheme, 150 media professionals, including producers and journalists, will develop their skills.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
‘AI isn’t going to have any beneficial influence on humans’: Beth Orton on creativity, craft and the inspirational power of David Bowie
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‘AI isn’t going to have any beneficial influence on humans’: Beth Orton on creativity, craft and the inspirational power of David Bowie

Ahead of her new album, the singer-songwriter answers your questions on big 90s nights out, financial survival and the time a whole tube carriage serenaded herI’m curious how you found out you could s...

The Guardian Music4 months ago
‘We can all coexist’: artist Es Devlin uses selfies to unite UK in portrait of a nation
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‘We can all coexist’: artist Es Devlin uses selfies to unite UK in portrait of a nation

A National Portrait for the National Portrait Gallery aims to bring people together in increasingly atomised countryCan a collective portrait of Britain hold together a country that feels as if it is...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Colbert discusses his show’s end with late-night peers
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Colbert discusses his show’s end with late-night peers

Stephen Colbert met with Seth Meyers, John Oliver, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon to talk about the end of his late night show.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Swapping Love Island for Eurovision: Antigoni's pride at representing Cyprus
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Swapping Love Island for Eurovision: Antigoni's pride at representing Cyprus

Antigoni Buxton says appearing on the dating show was more "random" than her taking part in the song contest.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Kevin Morby: Little Wide Open review – midwestern elegist mulls over the mystery of life’s big questions
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Kevin Morby: Little Wide Open review – midwestern elegist mulls over the mystery of life’s big questions

(Dead Oceans)With help from Aaron Dessner, Bon Iver and Lucinda Williams, the Americana artist shares his uncertainties around his roots and relationships in unhurried, subtly melancholic songsThe fir...

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Fit for a king: Ian McKellen to play Lear at newly rebuilt Yard theatre in east London
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Fit for a king: Ian McKellen to play Lear at newly rebuilt Yard theatre in east London

Role marks a major return for the actor after falling off the stage in 2024 and is a coup for the forward-thinking theatreIan McKellen is to play King Lear in his first major theatrical role since fal...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Madonna, Shakira & BTS to headline World Cup half-time show
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Madonna, Shakira & BTS to headline World Cup half-time show

Madonna, Shakira and K-pop boy band BTS will headline the Super Bowl-style half-time show at this summer's World Cup final.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Nigerian film star Alexx Ekubo dies from cancer aged 40
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Nigerian film star Alexx Ekubo dies from cancer aged 40

The actor was recognised for his contributions to entertainment as well as his humanitarian efforts.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Olly Murs cheered on in charity challenge
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Olly Murs cheered on in charity challenge

The singer is running, cycling and rowing between Manchester and London to raise money for charity.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Most famous image of JMW Turner not a self-portrait, says expert
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Most famous image of JMW Turner not a self-portrait, says expert

Painting that inspired depiction on £20 note more likely the work of John Opie, says Romantic artist’s biographerIn 2020, Tate Britain hosted the launch of a new £20 banknote bearing representations o...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago