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He's back! Arnold Schwarzenegger honoured in Belfast

Film star and politician recognised for his contributions to public service, environmental advocacy, and the arts.

Tributes to Showaddywaddy guitarist after death

A former bandmate describes Trevor Oakes as "an innovator and a fantastic asset to the band".

‘After one gig, someone stole my car with my dole money in it’: Morcheeba on how they made The Sea

‘The string section we got in thought I was the tea boy. When I asked for a psychedelic improvisation like A Day in the Life, they went: “Why is this guy telling us what to play?”’We’d made our first...

The nightmarish sounds of Squid Game composer Jung Jae-il: ‘Having no identity very much defines my identity’

Korean composer behind Netflix’s most-watched series on the calculated imperfection in his scoresGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIf you were among the 265 million viewers who made Squid Gam...

Scott Mills sacked from BBC Radio 2 after allegations over 'historic relationship'

He's not hosted his show since Tuesday and the BBC said he is "no longer contracted to work" there.

AI lectures, Old West folk heroes and Mark Twain: what is Bob Dylan up to joining Patreon?

By far the biggest musician to have joined the membership-based platform, Dylan’s posts have so far been puzzling – and therefore entirely in characterA couple of years back, the august music writer D...

‘African people are surreal’: songwriter and blues poet Aja Monet on Black resistance and love as spiritual warfare

Radicalised by the inventiveness of groups such as the Harlem Renaissance, the LA-based musician is determined to reclaim the radical possibilities of culture in an age of institutional and algorithmi...

Sophie Turner injury halts filming on Tomb Raider TV show

Filming on the Prime Video series is paused "as a precaution" while the Game of Thrones star recovers.

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Painting considered workshop copy is in fact by Rembrandt, expert says

Exclusive: UK owner’s version of Old Man with a Gold Chain reunited in Chicago with undisputed work by Dutch masterA portrait in a UK collection that has long been dismissed as a workshop copy of an a...

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Glasgow arts hub tenants condemn ‘unsustainable’ rent rises by landlord

City Property, which manages buildings for council, accused of ‘coercive and unfair’ increases and issuing eviction noticesTenants at one of Glasgow’s leading cultural hubs are battling what they desc...

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Bronze Age shield found in peat bog returned to Scotland for first time in over 230 years

The shield is one of six to feature in an exhibition on Bronze Age Scotland this summer.

‘I’m an old b****** looking back’: the bizarre renaissance of piano-jammer Bruce Hornsby

The AOR jazzer behind smash hit The Way It Is veered off into the avant garde. But he’s having sudden mainstream acclaim. ‘Well,’ he says as he releases yet another album, ‘it’s nicer than being ignor...

Harry Potter star Paapa Essiedu hopes his TV drama Babies will break pregnancy loss silence

The BBC drama follows a couple in their 30s trying for a baby and navigating the complexities of pregnancy loss.

Thieves steal Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse paintings in three-minute Italian heist

The paintings were taken from a museum in Parma by four masked men in the middle of the night, police say.

Nicole and Natalie Appleton look back: ‘She was my home away from home during the craziness of All Saints’

The singers and sisters on growing up in west London, finding fame in the 90s and relaunching their music as a duoBorn in Canada, Natalie and Nicole Appleton are singers best known as members of the g...

‘My mum bought me Hardcore Ecstasy when I was seven – it’s a great compilation’: Nick Grimshaw’s honest playlist

The presenter would do Common People at karaoke and avoids 6 Music during intimate moments. But which multilingual song makes him cry?The first song I fell in love withMy dad had a quite a small recor...

Fill that Glasto-shaped hole! The 40 best UK festivals you can still book

Who needs Worthy Farm? From woodland raves and psych freakouts to fell walks and barbecue hoedowns, there’s a festival for everyone this summer. And some of them don’t even require a tentDownload10 to...

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HBO Max pins hopes on Friends and Harry Potter to win UK streaming war

Warner Bros-owned brand’s late arrival to British TV prompts deals for viewers as battle for subscribers heats upThe launch of HBO Max into the increasingly crowded UK television market last week has...

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Freya Ridings on buying a plane ticket and reclaiming her career: 'I felt like a naughty schoolchild'

The singer defied her team and fled to LA to record a new album. It was the best move she's ever made.