26 m. ago David Bowie’s favourite songs revealed on note in new exhibition

Influential musician was a fan of Jeff Beck, Sonic Youth and The Beatles

Politics

32 m. ago Netflix The Wrong Paris star Madison Pettis completely unrecognisable in forgotten 2000s role

Netflix's new romcom features various former child stars

Politics

37 m. ago The Wrong Paris' Miranda Cosgrove reveals friends had secret 'crush' on Netflix co

Miranda Cosgrove has opened up about the moment she 'knew for sure' her romcom co-star was right for the role.

Politics

52 m. ago Self Esteem to star as raging rock star in revival of David Hare’s Teeth ’n’ Smiles

Rebecca Lucy Taylor will play Maggie, a role originated by Helen Mirren, in a ‘landmark’ 50th anniversary production in London in MarchFifty years after Helen Mirren originated the role, Rebecca Lucy Taylor AKA Self Esteem is to play a raging rock star in a West End revival of Teeth ’n’ Smiles by David Hare.It will take Taylor back to the Duke of York’s theatre, where she performed a four-night “theatrical presentation” of her third album, A Complicated Woman, in April. In Hare’s 1975 play she takes the lead role of a singer, Maggie, in an imploding band who put on a concert for a Cambridge University May ball at the end of the 1960s. The mood is summed up by the band’s closing number, Last Orders on the Titanic. Taylor will contribute additional music and lyrics to original song by the brothers Nick and Tony Bicât respectively. Continue reading...

Politics

67 m. ago Mark Hamill nearly turned latest role because of gun violence: ‘It’s one of the worst aspects of American life’

‘No other country has the tragedies that we have’ said the actor

Events

77 m. ago Tosca review – punchy new Puccini rises above the ‘Shame on you’ Russian soprano protests

Royal Opera House, LondonOutrage over the casting of Anna Netrebko didn’t make it to the inside of the auditorium – where roars of approval greeted this high-stakes game of blood-spattered conflict directed by Oliver MearsAfter a summer of institutional mishaps to raise the pulse of the most hardened spin doctor, the Royal Ballet and Opera’s new season was audible far beyond the venue. “Shame on you,” chanted protesters over a powerful PA system outside. Some, standing amid yellow and blue flags, simply held placards. “Art is not neutral,” read one. And indeed it isn’t, though opera’s entanglements in international geopolitics are rarely as visible as at Covent Garden in recent months. “It feels like crossing a picket line,” a colleague muttered grimly.But modern opera houses are well soundproofed. By the first interval of Oliver Mears’ new production of Puccini’s Tosca with Russian soprano Anna Netrebko in the title role, the protesters had dispersed. Controversial as Netrebko’s ca...

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97 m. ago Strictly Come Dancing star picked own partner after 'rejecting' two professional dancers

Singer Toyah Wilcox danced with Neil Jones on the hit BBC Latin and ballroom dance show in 2024

Politics

1 hour ago I visited little seaside town just 5 miles from major resort

Lytham St Annes, located just five miles south of Blackpool, is a seaside town that often slips under the radar of holidaymakers. I visited the area to see what it was like

Politics

1 hour ago Ayrshire businesses invited to sign up for flagship travel trade event

VisitScotland are inviting businesses to sign up for their VisitScotland Connect 2026 event which brings tourism companies together with international tour operators

Transport

1 hour ago Former Ayrshire opencast mine identified for peatland restoration project

The site is contained within the Netherton former open cast coal site and work is expected to begin in October and last until March 2026.

Politics

1 hour ago Woman convicted for 'reckless damage' at 'nationally important' Ayrshire site

Dagmara Lesiow Lasczcewski was found guilty of three charges of causing reckless damage to two SSSIs at Paisley Sheriff Court on 28 July 2025.

Events

2 h. ago Holiday accommodation proposal in Ayr is rejected due to 'overprovision'

The proposals related to a property at 3 Marlborough Court, where the applicant, Lisbeth Kirsop, hoped to be granted permission for the venture.

Politics

2 h. ago Douglas Alexander accuses John Swinney of 'playing politics' over whisky with Donald Trump meeting

The Scottish Secretary said the First Minister had misrepresented his own role

Politics

3 h. ago Yvette Cooper announces new sanctions on Russia as she visits Kyiv

The Foreign Secretary is in the Ukrainian capital for her first overseas visit in her new role.

Politics

3 h. ago Sir David Jason to reprise Open All Hours role for 50th anniversary special

‘Only Fools and Horses’ star will close fictional corner shop for final time

Politics

3 h. ago Rio Ferdinand speaks out about football manager ambitions as he makes family admission

Rio Ferdinand has opened up on his decision to retire from his role as a pundit, stating he has no interest in a management role in the future

Society

3 h. ago Meet Nicola Peltz's nepo brother Will as billionaire heiress praises Euphoria actor following his latest movie role

The actress and heiress, 30, shared a snap of her elder sibling, 39, looking almost unrecognisable in thick glasses and a prison jumpsuit from a scene in Apple TV's Somnium.

Culture

3 h. ago Sir David Jason, 85, to reprise legendary Open All Hours role for TV special ahead of the beloved sitcom's 50th anniversary after it was slapped by 'woke' trigger warnings

The legendary actor will reprise his role as fan-favourite character Granville for one final time as part of the 90-minute episode.

Events

3 h. ago Cerys Hafana: Angel review – tracing the life cycle with the Welsh triple harp

(tak:til/Glitterbeat)On their third release in 18 months, this exceptional musician draws from folk story, Breton influences and nature to explore the sublime potential of its titleWelsh musician Cerys Hafana’s first release on the brilliant subsidiary of Hamburg-based global music label Glitterbeat explores the full sublime potential of its title, one all too often invoked to mean meekness and sweetness. Opening track Helynt Ryfeddol (An Incredible Ordeal) introduces a folk story about an old man drawn towards the purest music he has ever heard, sung by a bird, to which he listens until it stops. He returns home to find his house entirely changed and lived in by different people. Seven tracks later, the title track tells us that the bird was an angel, and that the man went away for 350 years, never to be seen again.Angel is the third release by this piercingly beautiful singer and exceptional, adventurous musician in 18 months. (Their collection of precise piano instrumentals, Difr...

Sport

5 h. ago Coronation Street's Sue Devaney says life 'pulls you another way' in soap exit admission

The Debbie Webster actress has addressed being happy in her role on the ITV soap before she was told of her eventual exit

Events