51 minutes ago AD FEATURE: The Welsh independent school where students take centre stage

Christ College Brecon offers opportunities for students passionate about music and performing arts

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26 hours ago M&S shoppers go wild for 'stylish' £30 denim jacket 'perfect for transitioning seasons'

The high street retailer's Pure Cotton Denim Relaxed Shacket will be a hard-working wardrobe staple no matter the weather.

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4 hours ago Amandaland star Lucy Punch: ‘My list of failures? I did a film with Woody Allen’

After decades of playing posh, smug supporting roles, comic actor Punch finally has the opportunity to star as a posh, smug lead in her own BBC show, ‘Amandaland’. She tells Hannah Ewens about the drama involved with making the ‘Motherland’ spin-off, her own approach to parenthood, and how she was gifted her big break by Woody Allen

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2 hours ago Before Sunrise is back in cinemas – and, 30 years on, it’s far sadder than it used to be

Richard Linklater’s rapturous 1995 romance about Interrailing strangers – played by Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy – once felt uncomplicated and joyous. Revisiting it, though, feels almost heart-piercing, while only further illuminating the skill of a filmmaker fixated on the passing of time, writes Xan Brooks

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28 hours ago Amazon is offering massive £450 discount on 'solid' Google Pixel 8 Pro mobile

Amazon is offering huge 45% discount on the mobile phone that incorporates Google AI for cutting-edge photo and video features

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12 hours ago Miss Austen review – Keeley Hawes is magnificent in this absolute treat of a period drama

Arguably the greatest act of literary vandalism in history becomes masterly TV, as we see Cassandra Austen destroy thousands of her sister Jane’s letters following her death – out of loveThis year is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. Janeites rejoice (in suitably restrained and quietly sardonic fashion)! Brontë devotees – I suppose you had better go for a long walk across a large moor until it is one of your lot’s time to shine again.Until then, it is all things Austen. Expect genteel celebrations from Bath to Hampshire and screen and print schedules stuffed with tributes to, dramas inspired by and features about the great woman and her works for the next 12 glorious months. First off the televisual blocks is Miss Austen, an adaptation of Gill Hornby’s book of the same name, which tells the story of the just-beginning-to-be-famed Regency novelist through the eyes of the beloved sister who long survived her, Cassandra – played by Keeley Hawes with her customary controlled...

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18 hours ago Beloved heritage railway line under threat after landslide leaves giant section of track hanging over thin air

Around 30 metres of track and track bed were damaged on Wednesday due to an "embankment failure" along the Severn Valley Railway (SVR) route.

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2 hours ago Vista Mare review – fascinating look at invisible labour in Italian beach hotspot

Directing duo Julia Gutweniger and Florian Kofler subtly subvert the postcard-perfect ideals of the north Adriatic coast in this engrossingly odd documentaryAll the familiar pleasures of a beach getaway – seafood feasts, open-air concerts, lazy lounges under the hot sun – take on a fascinatingly odd dimension in this idiosyncratic documentary. The second feature from directing team Julia Gutweniger and Florian Kofler, Vista Mare foregrounds the invisible labour that goes into the business of holidays on Italy’s north Adriatic coast.The film opens in the grey months of the off-season, where the only signs of life are the rhythmic churning of a sand dredger. Soon, umbrellas are erected on the beach, while restaurants and souvenir shops start gearing up for business. Shown in static shots, these vignettes reveal the behind-the-scenes logistics not captured in glossy travel brochures. Continue reading...

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22 hours ago Elon Musk backs mission to Mars to investigate remarkable 'square structure' seen on the red planet as Joe Rogan brands bizarre feature 'wild'

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has backed a mission to Mars to investigate the remarkable 'square structure' (pictured) that was captured on NASA's Mars Orbiter Camera.

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3 hours ago Debenhams' headphones with potential to rival AirPods slashed by 49% in online sale

With very similar features to Apple's AirPods, these wireless earbuds from Krane & Bauer could be worth a try.

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25 hours ago Ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson: ‘There’s a saying that dancers die twice, the first time when they stop dancing’

The Royal Ballet principal on her late career debut, taking her daughters to work, and playing goodies and baddiesBorn in Devon in 1984, Lauren Cuthbertson joined the Royal Ballet School aged 11 and the Royal Ballet in 2002, becoming a principal six years later. She has danced leading roles in all the great classical ballets including Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, has performed in works by Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick Ashton, and created many new ballets, particularly those by Christopher Wheeldon, who cast her as Alice in his three-act Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and as Hermione in The Winter’s Tale. She has recently become principal guest artist at the Royal Ballet and is taking a teaching diploma. She lives in west London with her boyfriend and their two daughters, aged four and two.You’re about to make your debut as Tatiana in John Cranko’s Onegin, based on Pushkin’s classic verse-novel. How are you feeling?It’s a funny sensation making such a significant debut so ...

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15 hours ago Boyzone documentary viewers lash out at Louis Walsh as they slam talent scout's treatment of Stephen Gately and Mikey Graham

The explosive new Boyzone documenary was finally released on Sunday, featuring never-before-seen footage from the band's heyday.

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30 hours ago Whisky firm under fire for Harrison Ford TV advert featuring kilt made by English firm

Scots kilt makers have criticised the decision to hand the contract to an English firm.

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25 hours ago ‘Heartbreaking’: Iceland’s pioneering female fishing guides fear for wild salmon

First women working as fishing guides on Laxá River, featured in new film, call for action after farmed fish escapeFor seven generations, Andrea Ósk Hermóðsdóttir’s family have been fishing on the Laxá River in Aðaldalur. Iceland has a reputation as a world leader on feminism, but until recently women have not been able to work as guides to wild salmon fishing for visiting anglers – a job that has traditionally been the preserve of men.The 21-year-old engineering student, her sister Alexandra Ósk, 16, and their friends Arndís Inga Árnadóttir, 18, and her sister Áslaug Anna, 15, are now the first generation of female guides on their river in northern Iceland, and among the very first female fishing guides in the country. Continue reading...

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32 hours ago Keir Starmer relaxes border laws meant to stop illegal immigrants getting British citizenship in 'total capitulation to people smugglers'

Keir Starmer has been accused of making Britain 'the soft touch of Europe' after rolling back border laws designed to make it near impossible for illegal migrants to become UK citizens.

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