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Original Abba members celebrate expansion of London education programme
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Original Abba members celebrate expansion of London education programme

Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad appeared at performance of Abba Voyage for schoolchildrenAbba Voyage concerts can be deafening enough. But when the real-life Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngs...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Notting Hill and Love Actually actors star in film about Parkinson's disease
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Notting Hill and Love Actually actors star in film about Parkinson's disease

Rhys Ifans and Laura Linney are two people who have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Theatregoers to face phone ‘ban’ when Broadway’s Liberation comes to London
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Theatregoers to face phone ‘ban’ when Broadway’s Liberation comes to London

New York audiences were asked to put phones in sealed pouches, and producer says she hopes to do the same in UKWhen a Pulitzer prize-winning play about a feminist activist opened in New York, audience...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Marilyn Monroe auction features star's make-up and gowns on 100th birthday
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Marilyn Monroe auction features star's make-up and gowns on 100th birthday

The auction has already brought in thousands in bids and includes intimate items from her life.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Oscar-nominated Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi dies aged 56
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Oscar-nominated Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi dies aged 56

The French-Iranian author and illustrator was known for her graphic novel series and Oscar-nominated film.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Boom Box: the story of undercover police who set up a fake music studio in London
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Boom Box: the story of undercover police who set up a fake music studio in London

New four-part documentary reignites criticism of Operation Peyzac, in which officers posed as music industry figures to gather intelligenceIt was the undercover police operation that led to 37 people...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Bob Harris steps down from BBC Radio 2 shows because of ill health
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Bob Harris steps down from BBC Radio 2 shows because of ill health

Veteran broadcaster makes ‘one of hardest decisions of my entire life’ weeks after revealing spread of cancer to spineThe veteran broadcaster Bob Harris has announced he is stepping down from BBC Radi...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Sing when you’re winning: the 20 greatest songs about football – ranked!
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Sing when you’re winning: the 20 greatest songs about football – ranked!

​As World Cup fever begins, we go beyond terrace chants and team anthems to look at footy-mad songwriting, from Cardiff rap to Zimbabwean rumbira ... and Rod StewartAh, fathers and sons and football....

The Guardian Music4 months ago
'Nothing left to chance' for Bayeux Tapestry's journey to London
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'Nothing left to chance' for Bayeux Tapestry's journey to London

The 950-year-old work will be as safe "as a baby" during its move to London, French officials say.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Mike D review – ex-Beastie Boy’s first UK gig in two decades, in a Tyneside bingo hall, is uproarious fun
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Mike D review – ex-Beastie Boy’s first UK gig in two decades, in a Tyneside bingo hall, is uproarious fun

King Street Social Club, North ShieldsTeeing up a forthcoming solo album, the rapper doesn’t reheat his old Beastie Boys sound, instead throwing down everything from ballads to Kraftwerk referencesAda...

The Guardian Music4 months ago
‘I don’t listen to indie music any more’: Ed O’Brien’s honest playlist
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‘I don’t listen to indie music any more’: Ed O’Brien’s honest playlist

The Radiohead guitarist once serenaded a girl with the Smiths and thinks George Michael was a genius. But what is his favourite football song?The first single I bought Ally’s Tartan Army, the 1978 Sc...

The Guardian Music4 months ago
Harry and Meghan celebrate Lilibet's fifth birthday
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Harry and Meghan celebrate Lilibet's fifth birthday

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex share a picture of their daughter Lilibet, calling her "our dream girl".

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Leftwing US commentator calls decision to ban him from UK ‘Kafkaesque’
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Leftwing US commentator calls decision to ban him from UK ‘Kafkaesque’

Cenk Uygur was due to appear at SXSW alongside streamer Hasan Piker but Home Office cancelled travel authorisationUK politics live – latest updatesA leftwing US political commentator has described the...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Bob Harris to step down from Radio 2 after 56 years on air
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Bob Harris to step down from Radio 2 after 56 years on air

The broadcaster, who is being treated for cancer, called it "the hardest decision" he'd ever made.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Aguilera completes line-up for Sandringham festival
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Aguilera completes line-up for Sandringham festival

The appearance at the royal music event will be the star's only live UK appearance in 2026.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Edinburgh festivals hope to launch joint box office for all 11 events
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Edinburgh festivals hope to launch joint box office for all 11 events

Bosses believe single booking process will drive up ticket sales for all festivals to offset funding squeezeThe Edinburgh festivals hope to launch a single box office for all the city’s 11 festivals t...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Indian film union drops boycott call against Bollywood star Ranveer Singh
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Indian film union drops boycott call against Bollywood star Ranveer Singh

The producers of Don 3 had earlier complained that Singh's alleged exit from the film had caused major financial losses.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
‘It’ll never be like that again’: Sonny Rollins and Steve Schapiro on jazz’s golden age – in pictures
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‘It’ll never be like that again’: Sonny Rollins and Steve Schapiro on jazz’s golden age – in pictures

Schapiro’s stunning images of jazz greats in New York – from Dizzy Gillespie to Elvin Jones – make up a new book featuring a foreword by late saxophone icon Rollins Continue reading...

The Guardian Music4 months ago
Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury welcome second child
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Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury welcome second child

The reality TV star made the announcement on Instagram with a photo of her, Fury, their daughter Bambi and the new baby.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago
Why is government spending £1.3bn on Universal UK?
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Why is government spending £1.3bn on Universal UK?

The government is committing many millions of pounds to the new theme park planned for Bedfordshire.

BBC Entertainment & Arts4 months ago