9 h. ago Parklife: Faces from the very first festival in Heaton Park over a decade ago

Having started in 2007 as the Mad Ferret Festival the event grew, changed its name to Parklife, and moved to Heaton Park in 2013

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50 h. ago Jane Birkin’s original Hermès handbag to be sold at auction in Paris

The bag was made for the British-born singer and actor after a chance encounter with the head of the French luxury goods firmA unique Le Birkin handbag, the only one of its kind made for the British-born singer and actor Jane Birkin, is to go on sale in Paris.The prototype model of the iconic Hermès bag, which Birkin used for nine years, is expected to fetch a six-figure sum at auction next month. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Glastonbury founder shares major change for 2025 that explains why people struggled to get tickets this year

Glastonbury Festival's Emily Eavis revealed the changes she's made to the site to help avoid overcrowding at this year's event

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3 d. ago Lady Gaga tickets and how to get yours from resale websites after general onsale

Lady Gaga fans can still get tickets to the star's The Mayhem Ball live tour dates in 2025 after the first run of dates sold out in record time.

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3 d. ago Full list of everything you should and shouldn't pack for Glastonbury 2025

Organisers have shared what you should and shouldn't take to Glastonbury 2025

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4 d. ago 15 of the most wanted CDs according to Discogs in June 2025: have you picked any up recently?

Has the run up to festival season changed what CD’s fans are after on Discogs this month?

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4 d. ago Can you boost your chance of winning the £210m EuroMillions today? From rare numbers to lucky places to buy

After a shock roll-over when no players hit the jackpot on Tuesday, entrants now have another chance. But one question will be on everyone's lips - is there anything they can do to boost their chances?

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4 d. ago Glastonbury organisers reveal 'a few thousand' fewer tickets were sold for 2025 festival to change dynamic

Glastonbury Festival is set to take place in Somerset in a matter of weeks

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5 d. ago Can you boost your chance of winning the £210m EuroMillions tomorrow? From rare numbers to lucky places to buy

After a shock roll-over when no players hit the jackpot on Tuesday, entrants now have another chance. But one question will be on everyone's lips - is there anything they can do to boost their chances?

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6 d. ago Looted from Syria, sold on Facebook: antiquities smuggling surges after fall of Assad

Collapse of once-feared security apparatus, coupled with widespread poverty, has triggered a gold rushThey come by night. Armed with pickaxes, shovels and jackhammers, looters disturb the dead. Under the cover of darkness, men exhume graves buried more than 2,000 years ago in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra, searching for treasure.By day, the destruction caused by grave robbers is apparent. Three-metre-deep holes mar the landscape of Palmyra, where ancient burial crypts lure people with the promise of funerary gold and ancient artefacts that fetch thousands of dollars. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Can you boost your chance of winning the £208M Euromillions? From rare numbers to lucky places to buy

After a shock roll-over when no players hit the jackpot on Tuesday, entrants now have another chance. But one question will be on everyone's lips - is there anything they can do to boost their chances?

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9 d. ago How to win the £208 Euromillions on Friday: Experts reveal rare numbers that boost chances, luckiest places to buy and if tickets bought online are more likely to hit the jackpot

After a shock roll-over when no players hit the jackpot on Tuesday, entrants now have another chance. But one question will be on everyone's lips - is there anything they can do to boost their chances?

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1 week ago How to win the whopping £208m in the EuroMillions on Friday: Experts reveal the numbers drawn the most, luckiest places to buy and whether tickets bought online are more likely to hit the jackpot

After a shock roll-over when no players hit the jackpot on Tuesday, entrants now have another chance. But one question will be on everyone's lips - is there anything they can do to boost their chances?

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1 week ago Coachella costs Steps star Ian 'H' Watkins thousands by insisting he change name of his tiny Welsh pop festival 'Cowchella'

The 49-year-old had been happily organising his 'Cowchella' festival in Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, when the 250,000-capacity music venue got in touch.

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1 week ago Coachella in legal row with tiny Welsh festival over its name

H from Steps says it is 'mindblowing' that Coachella has forced his small Welsh festival into a name change - but says he will take it as a 'massive compliment'

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1 week ago ‘Mindblowing’ Coachella forces Welsh festival to change name – Steps star

Ian ‘H’ Watkins thinks that Coachella saw the Welsh festival as ‘a little bit of a threat’.

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2 w. ago ‘Small and mighty, that’s what we are’: the team turning discarded tents into bags

Lauren Mason decided to take action after witnessing huge amounts of camping gear abandoned at festivalsWhen Lauren Mason volunteered to help with the cleanup at a festival two years ago, she had no idea it would change the course of her life. She’d heard about the tents being dumped and left behind. Her mother, she says, is “an amazing seamstress”, so Mason thought she might be able to use some of the material to make clothes.“I originally went to clean up with the idea to make my own jacket. But that’s when I realised the problem was bigger than we thought.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago I'm a boomer and the changes to Scotland over 75 years are staggering

Former director of Edinburgh Festival Fringe documents “staggering pace of change” over his lifetime

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2 w. ago Labubu alternatives to add to your shopping haul before they sell out too

Feeling left out from the most viral trend of the year being completely sold out? Here are five Labubu alternatives for the 2025 bag charm trend - and yes, they are still available

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3 w. ago Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘vagina candle’ is still burning bright – at five times the original price | Arwa Mahdawi

In the latest twist in the Goop candle saga, the famous creation, which retailed at $75 in 2020, is now on offer at $400 on eBay. Not bad for a product that started out as a jokeI have a foolproof way to make millions. It’s a little tricky to execute, but hear me out, OK? Step one: find a time machine. Step two: travel back to 2020. Step three: quickly, before they all get nabbed, buy the entire stock of the This Smells Like My Vagina candle that Gwyneth Paltrow notoriously sold on Goop for $75 a pop. Then come back to 2025 and sell them on eBay for $400 each. Seriously, that’s what they are going for now. We’re talking a 433% return!How do I know this? Not, to be clear, because I am spending my evenings searching for vagina-scented candles. No, I know this because the chatter around Paltrow’s candle is impossible to fully extinguish; it keeps popping back up in the news. In 2021, for example, there was a big hoo-hah because a Texas man claimed that the candle exploded on his bedsid...

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