72 m. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Americans are wedded to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness while Britain sinks ever deeper into a bitter, socialist quagmire

Echoing the Daily Mail's front page on Wednesday, Nigel Farage lamented the state of free speech in Britain. 'At what point did we become North Korea?'

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79 m. ago Marc Guehi to Liverpool: Fresh details emerge on surprise Crystal Palace U

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish left Marc Guehi frustrated on transfer deadline day when he pulled the plug on the club captain's move to Liverpool in the final moments

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1 hour ago Tom Holland opens up about struggling with ADHD and dyslexia as he reveals diagnosis for the first time in candid admission

Tom Holland has opened up about his daily struggle with ADHD and dyslexia as he revealed his diagnosis for the first time in a candid admission.

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1 hour ago Keir Starmer vows 'I will act' in Angela Rayner statement amid stamp duty admission

The Prime Minister has declined to say if he would sack his deputy following an investigation

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2 h. ago Brit woman who vanished from Greece sunbed found dead, grieving husband reveals

Michele Bourda, 59, vanished on August 1 in Greece while her husband Chris slept on a beach - today he revealed police officers had finally located his wife's body

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2 h. ago Novak Djokovic hopes body will not let him down in US Open semi

The 38-year-old is aiming to reach his first Grand Slam final of the season

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2 h. ago Darth Vader’s lightsaber among movie props up for auction in Los Angeles

Weapon valued up to $3m and items from movies including Alien and Armageddon for sale in three-day online auctionIconic movie props from a galaxy far, far away, and from a search for the Holy Grail much closer to home, are for sale in a blockbuster auction in California featuring a trove of silver screen history.Darth Vader’s lightsaber from the final two films of the original Star Wars trilogy is the most valuable lot in the three-day online auction hosted by Propstore, a Los Angeles company specializing in movie memorabilia. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago The Defector: KGB agent's defection after Soho drink drive arrest changed the shape of the Cold War

The Evening Standard scooped the world in 1971 with the first and only picture of Russian defector Oleg Lyalin, who is now the subject of a compelling new book

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3 h. ago Bruce Springsteen to release fabled electric version of 1982 album Nebraska

Studio versions of the stark, home-recorded album have never been issued, but will appear alongside new Springsteen biopicOne of the great lost albums in rock history is to finally see the light of day, as Bruce Springsteen announces the release of the electric version of his 1982 album Nebraska.The original was famously recorded in the bedroom of his New Jersey home, unaccompanied, on a four-track tape recorder rather than a multitrack studio setup. Springsteen attempted to work the songs up into more fleshed-out versions but felt the studio versions lacked the ghostly drama of the originals, and – to some confusion in his fanbase and record label – insisted on releasing the stark four-track takes. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago I found my most beloved new houseplant in this glorious jungle of an Edinburgh shop and cafe

I have a new addition to the family

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3 h. ago Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts: ‘Lady Gaga told me she wanted to be the moon for a day. I’m like: where do I go next?’

Ahead of her debut in London’s West End with the musical Hadestown, Roberts answers your questions on navigating overnight fame as a teenager and why she would drop everything to work with Kate BushHow does it feel to finally be making your West End debut in Hadestown, after City of Angels was cancelled due to Covid? LucyHampton6Super exciting. It feels like I’m experiencing a new way of performing. I said to the director when we first started that I wanted to throw myself into this and to be pushed as far as I can. When you’re in a band, or you’ve been perceived a certain way for a very long time, it’s nice to go into something where you can shake off the Post-it notes that have been put on you by yourself, or by other people.If there was to be a musical made with the Girls Aloud soundtrack like Mamma Mia!, or Here & Now, what do you think the plot should be? SophieehOur experience of going from complete normality into a talent competition and becoming somewhat famous overnight...

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3 h. ago Woman finally finds thermometer that got stuck up her bum as a schoolgirl 22 years ago

The thermometer was discovered lodged in the woman's left buttock in a 3D CT scan 22 years after it was initially lodged there. Her doctor said she was 'lucky there wasn't any mercury inside'

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3 h. ago Giorgio Armani's mysterious love life and secret crush that changed him

Just one year before his death at the age of 91, Giorgio Armani opened up about the summer crush that would change the course of his life forever, in a candid admission he had kept private for years

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3 h. ago Costa brings back iconic autumn drink hailed as the 'best coffee of the year'

Step aside pumpkin spice latte, as another iconic autumnal drink is finally here.

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4 h. ago The Smiths fans heartbroken as Morrissey takes drastic measures for 'health' reasons

Morrissey has seemingly put an end to any lingering hopes of The Smiths reuniting after he issued a lengthy statement on social media to distance himself from the band

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4 h. ago Marks & Spencer's viral £40 faux suede bag has landed online and it's selling fast

Marks and Spencer's Suedette Buckle Shoulder Bag has finally dropped online after only being available for purchase in store, and shoppers are already rushing to buy it

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4 h. ago Coronation Street fans prepare for 'something sad' as legend sparks 'worry'

It came as fans finally saw a successful proposal take place between couple Lisa Swain and Carla Connor

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4 h. ago Giorgio Armani closes 2025 Armani Privé show in final public appearance months before death

Watch as Giorgio Armani walks down the runway at his Paris Couture show in January in his final public appearance before his death on Thursday (4 September).

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4 h. ago Marks & Spencer fans are rushing to buy £40 viral faux suede bag that’s finally dropped online

Marks & Spencer's £40 viral handbag has landed online and it's selling fast with shoppers who have compared it to designer versions

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4 h. ago Mozart: Six String Quintets album review – deep understanding of these under

(Alpha)Spunicunifait (their name taken from a nonsense word used by Mozart) perform these six quintets with flexibility and easy athleticismFormed by string players from some of Europe’s leading orchestras and ensembles specifically to give historically informed performances of Mozart’s string quintets, Spunicunifait takes its name from a nonsense word used by Mozart in one of his letters, the meaning of which remains a mystery. “We wanted to make a recording that would approach the quintets with the same reverence that [Mozart’s] quartets receive,” they say, and that approach results in performances of the six works that have transparency, flexibility and easy athleticism. There are the five well-known mature quintets, as well as the early B flat work K174, for which Spuncunifait play two versions of its finale. All are composed for a quintet of strings with two violas (unlike Boccherini’s quintets and Schubert’s famous C major quintet, which employ two cellos).The players – Lorenz...

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