27 h. ago Andrew Lloyd Webber is ‘hot again’ –with help from new kids on musicals block

Veteran composer’s work is everywhere, but generation who grew up admiring him say he has never been out of touchWhen Andrew Lloyd Webber walked on stage to collect the Tony award for best musical revival for Sunset Boulevard, it was the first time in 30 years he had been recognised by the American Theatre Wing.The Jamie Lloyd-directed revival was the star of the show at American theatre’s big night last Sunday with its three wins signifying a return to prominence for the veteran composer. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago Noel Gallagher breaks silence on Oasis rehearsals and gives verdict on band

Noel and Liam Gallagher will walk on stage for the first time together in public, since the band split nearly two decades ago, on July 4 at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium

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5 d. ago Blix Not Bombs review – former UN weapons inspector revisits the Iraq war

Greta Stocklassová’s documentary films Hans Blix, aged 97, and asks about his role in the war, WMD, and why his world of diplomacy has now disappearedAt the age of 97, entirely lucid, still writing books and physically spry enough to be shown swimming in a Norwegian lake, former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix has given an extended interview to the Czech-born Swedish film-maker Greta Stocklassová about his life and times, about George W Bush Jr, Saddam Hussein and the weapons of mass destruction that were not there. The result is insightful and a vivid time capsule for the grim and mendacious era of the “war on terror”, during which Blix was tasked with discovering the truth about Saddam’s supposed weapons. The film is also unexpectedly spiky, with Blix at one stage threatening to walk out, as Stocklassová presses him on his apparent fence-sitting, then as now, insisting on an absence of evidence for WMD but also reluctant to commit himself definitively to this being evidence of abse...

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5 d. ago As a child I showed little interest in my mum’s sewing skills. After she died, I realised what I’d missed out on | Nova Weetman

She filled my wardrobe with patchwork skirts and home-knitted vests and a dark-green corduroy coat – things that I would kill for nowThere is a photograph of a very young me wearing a homemade A-line denim dress with a peace sign boldly embroidered on the front. Mum made me the dress for an anti-nuclear rally sometime in the mid-1970s. I don’t remember wearing it that day, or being carried on my dad’s shoulders as we marched with thousands of protesters, but I do recall wearing many of the other clothes Mum made me as a child.There was a lemon floor-length cotton number that she pintucked by hand for my role as the narrator in the school play that would swish around my ankles as I walked across the stage. And a white cropped top that she splattered with neon paint, designed to show up under the fluorescent lights of the Blue Light disco when I was in my Wham phase and trying to attract a boy I liked from school. But my favourite was the spotted taffeta bubble skirt of my dreams that...

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1 week ago ‘Accept it or you have to walk’: Labour’s UK spending review battles enter final stage

Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces ‘make or break’ moment for government’s pledge to deliver 1.5mn new homes

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2 w. ago Britain's Got Talent's Amanda Holden slams Ofcom complaints about sexy outfits

Amanda Holden has addressed Ofcom complaints about her daring outfits on the ITV show but insists her wardrobe is always checked by production before walking out on stage

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2 w. ago Britain's Got Talent's Amanda Holden slams complaints over risqué outfits

Amanda Holden has addressed Ofcom complaints about her daring outfits on the ITV show but insists her wardrobe is always checked by production before walking out on stage

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2 w. ago Thom Yorke reveals 'heavy toll my mental health' has suffered since walking off stage following pro

The rock-star's revelation came in a social media post on Friday, in which he also spoke out abut his thoughts on the ongoing conflict between Israel Palestine.

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2 w. ago Diddy was 'so high' during Chelsea Handler appearance assistant nearly walked on stage to yank him off: Live trial updates

Sean ' Diddy ' Combs' ex-assistant and alleged victim 'Mia' became the second woman to say the disgraced mogul raped her during his sex-trafficking trial in New York.

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2 w. ago Kings of Leon cancel UK tour dates after lead singer's freak accident.

The band were scheduled to perform in Cardiff and Lytham over the next two months.

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2 w. ago Kings of Leon singer's 'freak accident' causes cancellation of UK tour

Caleb Followill suffered a painful injury and shared an emotional message online, announcing the cancellation of the Kings of Leon UK and European tour dates.

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2 w. ago ‘Infused with the fire born of resistance’: the magic of the Calabash literary festival

Marlon James, Ian McEwan and Sheryl Lee Ralph lit up the Jamaican book event, celebrating the small island’s gargantuan cultural footprint with readings, discussions and DJs“Do I look like a rebel?” Booker prize winner Marlon James jokingly asks the crowd moments after walking on stage, head-banging his dreads to the sound of Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit.If your only experience of literary festivals are polite, well-mannered affairs inside tents in the British countryside, the Calabash literary festival, held on Jamaica’s Treasure Beach, hits differently. It’s not just the setting but the rare joy of seeing a majority-Black audience and roster at a literary event. It’s a festival infused with the magic and fire born of resistance. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Olly Murs cancels more tour dates and explains why he left the stage mid

Olly Murs has been forced to cancel more tour dates after he recently walked off stage just 30 minutes into a show in Glasgow which left his fans completely baffled

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3 w. ago Olly Murs cancels two UK tour dates after contracting respiratory infection

The singer apologised to fans in Glasgow for walking off the stage on Thursday after he experienced issues with his voice.

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3 w. ago Olly Murs cancels more tour dates after walking off stage mid

Olly Murs has been forced to cancel more tour dates after walking off stage during a performance in Glasgow on Thursday night and cancelling his Manchester show on Friday night

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3 w. ago Olly Murs 'hurting' as he cancels more shows and apologises to Glasgow fans

The singer took to Instagram to apologise to fans for walking off stage at Glasgow's OVO Hydro last night.

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3 w. ago Olly Murs cancels more shows and apologises to Glasgow fans as he admits he's 'hurting'

The singer took to Instagram to say he's 'hurting' and to apologise to fans for walking off stage at Glasgow's OVO Hydro last night.

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3 w. ago Olly Murs cancels more shows after walking off stage as he 'has to put health first'

Pop star Olly Murs has announced that he's had to cancel more tour dates just hours after he walked off stage after six songs and declared to fans "I can't go on"

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3 w. ago Olly Murs concert: Singer cancels more tour dates hours before gig after walking off stage

Olly Murs has announced he's had to cancel more concerts just hours after he walked off stage at a tour date, meaning he will no longer perform in Manchester and Birmingham

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3 w. ago Olly Murs CANCELS Manchester AO Arena show tonight hours after walking off stage

Olly Murs has said he is "deeply sorry" to fans

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