7 h. ago Billy Joel closing beloved New York motorcycle shop after brain disorder diagnosis

Billy Joel’s beloved motorcycle shop on Long Island, New York, is closing down after nearly 15 years of offering fans a free peek at his personal collection of dozens of bikes

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12 h. ago Beloved UK holiday park with beautiful location closes for good after 47 years

The Baltic Wharf Caravan and Motorhome Club site in Bristol, which has been in operation for nearly 50 years, has closed its gates for the final time as it is to be redeveloped

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6 d. ago From the Stones to Cardi B, this college haunt has attracted big acts for 50 years

A Connecticut nightclub with a storied history is celebrating its 50th year in business

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7 d. ago Elio Pace celebrates Billy Joel’s legacy ahead of Scottish tour dates: ‘His music changed my career and my life'

“Billy Joel’s music taught me how to play piano, how to sing, how to communicate with an audience,” says Elio Pace in tribute to the iconic singer songwriter, whose music he celebrates in The Billy Joel Songbook tour.

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8 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Do You Have ADHD?: 'Do you fidget and get distracted by noise? Maybe you've got ADHD too'

These days, the most talked about diagnosis is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder [ADHD].

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9 d. ago King Charles' Balmoral Castle forced to close as warning issued in statement

Balmoral Castle on the royals' beloved Balmoral estate in the Scottish Highlands has been forced to close it's doors today due to Storm Floris with visitors asked to stay away

Events

1 week ago The end of the road? What The Salt Path scandal means for the nature memoir

It wasn’t the first hit memoir to tell a story of redemption inspired by the great outdoors – but could it become one of the last? Authors and publishers assess the damageWhen The Salt Path came out in 2018, it was a publishing phenomenon, going on to sell more than 2m copies globally. As even those who haven’t read it are likely to know by now, the book charted Raynor Winn and her husband Moth’s emotionally and physically transformative long-distance walk along the South West Coast Path in the wake of utter disaster: a financial collapse that cost them their home, and Moth’s diagnosis with an incurable neurological disorder. Winn followed it with two further books in a similar vein, The Wild Silence and Landlines, also bestsellers. Earlier this year came a film of The Salt Path, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs. That original book by a first-time writer had become what writers, editors and booksellers all dream of: a bestselling, spin-off generating brand.But it wasn’t th...

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3 w. ago ‘He told us to just tell the truth’ – behind a revealing Billy Joel documentary

In HBO’s five-hour portrait, the chart-dominating singer-songwriter gives unusual insight into his career with support from his A-list friends and collaboratorsIn 2011, singer-songwriter and pop legend Billy Joel returned a multimillion-dollar advance paid on a memoir to his would-be publisher, HarperCollins. He had apparently co-written an autobiographical book as planned, but ultimately decided that he didn’t want to publish it. “It took working on writing a book to make me realize that I’m not all that interested in talking about the past,” he said at the time, “and that the best expression of my life has been and remains my music.”Billy Joel: And So It Goes, a two-part feature documentary premiering this week on HBO, feels like an attempt to stay true to that same basic ethos while not shying away from Joel’s public and private life over the years. The five-hour project tells Joel’s story, but does so by prioritizing his music, in content and in form. “He has 121 songs in his ca...

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