16 h. ago Joanna Lumley and Tulisa confirmed for Cheltenham Literature Festival 2025

Thought to be the world's oldest literature festival, the event, which was first held in 1949, features talks and discussions from a variety of authors, journalists and public figures.

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4 d. ago Man assaulted at New London assisted living facility has died: police

Man assaulted at New London assisted living facility has died: police  NBC Connecticut

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6 d. ago Clyde Scouts celebrate 100 years of outdoor adventure at Auchengillan

Clyde Scouts have officially launched Auchengillan 100, a year-long celebration marking the centenary of Auchengillan Outdoor Centre and recognising its transformative impact on hundreds of thousands of young people.

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7 d. ago Wednesday: here's who’s joining the cast for season two, from Joanna Lumley to Lady Gaga

There are some big names on the bill

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7 d. ago Hiroshima anniversary: mayor says Ukraine and Middle East crises show world ignoring nuclear ‘tragedies’

On 80th anniversary of atomic bombing, Kazumi Matsui urges younger people to recognise ‘inhumane’ consequences of nuclear weapons as a deterrentThe mayor of Hiroshima has led calls for the world’s most powerful countries to abandon nuclear deterrence, at a ceremony to mark 80 years since the city was destroyed by an American atomic bomb.As residents, survivors and representatives from 120 countries gathered at the city’s peace memorial park on Wednesday morning, Kazumi Matsui warned that the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East had contributed to a growing acceptance of nuclear weapons. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago National treasure Joanna Lumley, 79, is still raking in an astronomical figure each week as she joins the cast of Netflix's horror comedy

The hugely popular TV and film star has just snagged a role in the second series of Netflix 's horror comedy-drama Wednesday.

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1 week ago Inside Joanna Lumley's Wednesday season 2 role as Jenna Ortega link revealed

Joanna Lumley is set to star in season two of Netflix's Wednesday, but what do we know about her role in the upcoming season of the horror comedy-drama series?

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3 w. ago Joanna Lumley says she ‘wouldn’t mind’ an assisted death if ‘miserable’

‘I wouldn’t mind saying farewell,’ actor said

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3 w. ago Joanna Lumley ‘wouldn’t mind’ assisted dying if she reached a ‘miserable’ state

‘When I get to the stage where I can’t speak and have to be fed, that won’t be me any more and that’s when I wouldn’t mind saying farewell’

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3 w. ago ‘Robin Williams said: “I’ll buy the club!”’: how The Comic Strip set the UK comedy scene ablaze

It started in a strip joint and ended up bringing alternative comedy to our TV screens. Ahead of a new Edinburgh show, Peter Richardson tells us why his riotous creation still makes audiences laugh 40 years onIt was the moment comedy broke with sexism – yet it happened in a strip club. It was a fervour of free creative expression – yet it retained a commercial, careerist edge. It was one of the longest-running and most successful brands in UK comedy history – which few people could now recognise.At the Edinburgh fringe this summer, The Comic Strip Presents will be memorialised in a series of film screenings and Q&As with its creator and prime mover Peter Richardson. Richardson was the impresario behind the legendary comedy club The Comic Strip, which opened in 1980. When he and his star performers – Rik Mayall, Alexei Sayle, French and Saunders among them – created Channel 4’s The Comic Strip Presents a couple of years later, he could legitimately claim to be the man who brought...

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3 w. ago 'Don't let me turn into someone who doesn't recognise the people I love most', says Dame Joanna Lumley as she speaks out in favour of assisted dying

The actress, 79, said she supported the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which would allow adults with less than six months to live to apply for assisted death.

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3 w. ago Joanna Lumley backs assisted dying and reveals exactly when she 'wouldn't mind saying farewell'

The 79-year-old star said she supports the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which was backed by MPs last month and is heading for the Lords this autumn

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3 w. ago Joanna Lumley ‘wouldn’t mind’ assisted dying if she got to a ‘miserable’ state

A Bill would allow terminally ill adults with fewer than six months to live to apply for an assisted death.

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last month Soap star behind Jet2's viral voiceover 'gutted' people don't recognise her

The voiceover star of Jet2 Holidays' television adverts is known across the nation, with her words recently becoming a popular TikTok meme - but most people had no who the voice belongs to

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