23 h. ago Sir Tim Rice reveals mystery royal who could have been a successful theatre star

Songwriter Tim Rice penned lyrics to Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita and The Lion King but will now be taking to the stage himself in an upcoming tour to celebrate his life

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32 h. ago Sir Tim Martin's wild night with Elvis Presley, the Moon, a jet and a few pints

EXCLUSIVE: Wetherspoon boss Sir Tim Martin had a very strange night in ineed, after tucking into a few pints of 'nectar of the gods' Aboot Ale, his favourite beer

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4 d. ago Wetherspoons' Sir Tim Martin tells Ryanair boss to ‘chill out and buy me pint or two’

EXCLUSIVE: Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary has accused 'Spoons boss Sir Tim Martin of not having to pick up the pieces from drunk and disorderly behaviour, but now the pub mogul has hit back telling him to 'chill out'

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5 d. ago ‘He still features in my nightmares’: how a sinister psychiatrist put hundreds of women in deep, drug

In the 1960s, William Sargant used a combination of narcosis and ECT to ‘reprogram’ troubled young women. Now his patients, including the actor Celia Imrie and the former model Linda Keith, are trying to piece together what happenedFrom the reinforced windows of ward five, high up in the Edwardian eaves of London’s Royal Waterloo hospital for children and women, a 14-year-old Celia Imrie used to stare down, hoping to spot her mother. “When I walk past that old, redbrick hospital building today, on my way to the Imax or the National Theatre,” says Imrie, who went on to become a successful actor, “I can see the window where I’d sit waiting for her and a deep chill passes through me.”Every day, thousands of commuters and tourists pass beneath the former hospital. Some might look up to admire the terracotta facade, with its ornate colonnades and glazed tile lettering, but few are aware of the medical horrors that took place in one small room on the top floor: the Sle...

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6 d. ago Tim Martin on his favourite Wetherspoon meals, what he drinks and why the weird carpets

EXCLUSIVE: Sir Tim also lifts lid on the famous Wetherspoon carpets and reveals why they are different in every pub and how he hopes they 'pull in the history of the area'

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6 d. ago Tim Martin on his favourite Wetherspoon meals, what he drinks and why the far out carpets

EXCLUSIVE: Sir Tim also lifts lid on the famous Wetherspoon carpets and reveals why they are different in every pub and how he hopes they 'pull in the history of the area'

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1 week ago Spoons boss Tim Martin tells Rachel Reeves to 'save British pubs for our mental health'

EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Star sat down with JD Wetherspoon boss Sir Tim Martin to discuss the health of the pub industry as part of our deep dive into the issues facing the nation's boozers

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1 week ago Wetherspoons: Price hikes could be on cards as Martin warns of £60m staffing cost hit

“The combination of much higher VAT rates for pubs than supermarkets, combined with increased labour costs will weigh heavily on the pub industry” – Sir Tim Martin

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1 week ago Wetherspoons: ‘Cost of burger and pint will have to rise’ amid £60 million staffing cost hit

“The combination of much higher VAT rates for pubs than supermarkets, combined with increased labour costs will weigh heavily on the pub industry” – Sir Tim Martin

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2 w. ago Man who became internet meme for famous 'fish and rice cake' diet is now set to star in a new E4 dating show

Danny Andrews, who became an internet celebrity after revealing his unusual 'fish and rice cake' diet, is set to become the star of a new E4 dating show.

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2 w. ago Panic at the palace as Queen Mary is struck down by a mystery illness and forced to cancel all her upcoming royal engagements

Queen Mary of Denmark has cancelled scheduled engagements after coming down with a mystery illness. 

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2 w. ago Trump the Musical on the cards as Sir Tim Rice says Orange Manbaby could be smash hit

Britain’s top lyricist, Sir Tim Rice - who wrote Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita - predicted the adventures of US President Donald would pack in theatre crowds

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3 w. ago Another Simple Favor review – supremely silly sequel serves more absurd twists

SXSW film festival: Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively return in Amazon’s ridiculous yet glossily enjoyable follow-up to 2018’s fan favoriteOn paper, there are plenty of reasons to make a follow-up to A Simple Favor, Paul Feig’s 2018 comic mystery film starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively as two delusive, scheming suburban moms. Though it gestured at being a serious thriller – a sort of Gone Girl for cable channel – the film, based on the 2017 novel by Darcey Bell, ultimately devolved into ridiculousness, untethered from logic yet with plenty of road for more twists. Lively’s Emily Nelson, an archly manipulative psychopath straight out of a Justin Baldoni lawsuit, remains her best work since Gossip Girl. And most pertinent to Amazon MGM studios, the film found post-theatrical success on streaming, becoming a modern camp classic during the pandemic.But Feig, by his own admission at the SXSW film festival on Friday evening, is wary of sequels, and for good reason – rarely does lightnin...

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