25 h. ago ‘I yearned to be a California Girl – but I lived in Burnley’: readers on their love for Brian Wilson

From memories of photoshoots and telephone calls with the late Beach Boy, to appraisals of his complex but pure music, Guardian readers pay tribute to a greatWhether wistful or euphoric, Brian Wilson made pop’s most overwhelmingly beautiful musicRay Davies, Graham Nash and others on Brian Wilson’s songwriting geniusEndless summer: how Brian Wilson soundtracked CaliforniaI remember the Christmas after my mother’s death in 1989 when I was 15, I purchased the best-of collection from Asda, interested to see what I would hear. It had the hits, of course, but also a few of the deeper cuts from Pet Sounds and onwards. To say this changed my life is an understatement – Brian’s music, harmonies and subject matters struck an incredible chord in me. It did exactly what he existed for, bringing comfort to a heart and soul that needs it. I’ve been a fan ever since – I saw him at the Royal Festival Hall on his first Pet Sounds tour, watched him perform Smile in utter disbelief and wonder in Liver...

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial is underway on Friday in Manhattan federal court. He faces life in prison of convicted of sex-trafficking and racketeering.

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59 h. ago How a French sex worker got away with murder by blackmailing Edward VIII

On the first episode of a new 'Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things' podcast series, Robert Hardman and Kate Williams examine the 'objectionable' love lives of King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.

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4 d. ago Craig Bellamy 'beyond proud' of Wales after heartbreaking Belgium defeat

Craig Bellamy says his side are 'aren’t going anywhere' with qualification still very much in their sights

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4 d. ago Craig Bellamy asks Wales players 'to understand' as Belgium accused of 'lack of respect'

Wales fought back from three goals down to level the scores in their World Cup qualifier in Belgium. only for Kevin De Bruyne, the former Manchester City star, to score a winner in a seven-goal thriller

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4 d. ago Love Island 2025 live updates: Launch show sees major dating profile shakeup as viewers go wild for the new twist

LIVE UPDATES: Follow MailOnline's live coverage of the Love Island 2025 launch show as 12 singletons head to the villa for the latest series of the ITV2 dating show.

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4 d. ago Love Island 2025 live updates: Launch show sees major twist while one islander is already dumped from villa

LIVE UPDATES: Follow MailOnline's live coverage of the Love Island 2025 launch show as 12 singletons head to the villa for the latest series of the ITV2 dating show.

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4 d. ago Blake Lively expresses ‘love and gratitude’ after judge tosses Justin Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit

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5 d. ago Belgium v Wales Live: Score updates as Doku makes it three in early rout

Craig Bellamy's Wales face Belgium in an important World Cup 2026 qualifier tonight

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5 d. ago Who is Alima Gagigo? Here's everything we know about the Love Islander from Glasgow

The Love Island star went to university in Glasgow and still lives in the city.

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5 d. ago Love Island LIVE: Chaos as girl thrown out of the villa hours before launch

Love Island is back tonight with a huge twist in the first episode, as one Islander has already been sent out the villa in a shock dumping twist that has already been filmed

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5 d. ago What time does Love Island start tonight? When to watch the 2025 series on ITV2 and ITVX

Love Island is back on our screens and it's not to be missed as a brand new group of singletons live together in a villa in the hopes of finding love and winning a cash prize

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5 d. ago Harvey Elliott loves Liverpool but doesn’t want to ‘waste years’ on sidelines

The 22-year-old was limited to just 18 appearances during the last Premier League season.

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5 d. ago The best year of my life – Craig Bellamy relishing unbeaten start as Wales boss

Avoiding a loss in Brussels would equal a Welsh record of 10 games without defeat.

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6 d. ago Craig Bellamy: ‘I loved living in Brussels it gave me freedom and allowed me to breathe’

Coach learned his trade under Vincent Kompany at Anderlecht, now he leads Wales back to Belgium for a World Cup qualifierThe last of Craig Bellamy’s 78 Wales caps came in Brussels in October 2013 and although that 1-1 draw concluded an underwhelming World Cup qualifying campaign, the Belgian capital is where he considers his coaching career achieved liftoff. He spent a little more than two years working at Anderlecht alongside his former Manchester City teammate Vincent Kompany, first as the under-21 coach and then as Kompany’s assistant, a springboard that has led him to representing his country at the King Baudouin Stadium for another qualifier, this time as a manager.It is a city Bellamy remembers fondly, despite leaving Anderlecht in September 2021, before the end of his contract, to return to Cardiff to deal with depression after struggling being away from his family. “I loved living in Brussels,” he says. “It gave me a good step back. I was completely unrecognisable – no one h...

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6 d. ago The main talking points as Wales prepare to face Belgium in World Cup qualifying

The Dragons went top of their World Cup qualifying group after beating Liechtenstein 3-0 on Friday.

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6 d. ago Meet Love Island 2025 boys including personal trainer with famous dad

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7 d. ago Saturday Kitchen star shares secret struggle with presenting BBC show live that viewers won't notice

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