16 h. ago ‘The King Lear in I Am the Walrus? That came from John Cage’: Paul McCartney on the Beatles’ debt to great avant

In the mid-60s, the Beatles tuned in to the world’s most audacious experimental musicians. Paul McCartney reveals how many of the Fab Four’s ‘far-out’ masterpieces were inspired by their sonic breakthroughsIt is a sunny October afternoon and I am sitting in a long wood-panelled hallway in an old converted townhouse in London waiting to be called into the office of Paul McCartney. I am dressed in my best clothes and trying not to let nerves get the better of me. I am here to ask him about an aspect of his career that is rarely discussed but which, I believe, helped cement his reputation as a world-conquering compositional force and which made the Beatles the most interesting and influential band of all time.In the mid-1960s, as well as topping the charts, turning a generation of teenage girls hysterical and finding themselves the focus of obsessive media attention, the Beatles were also engaged with, and educating themselves about, the work of classical music’s most audacious and imp...

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21 h. ago Francis Ngannou opens up on fatal crash which killed teenage girl

Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou was involved in a motorcycle accident over the Easter weekend and a 17-year-old woman died from her injuries

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31 h. ago ‘Take that risk’: the New Zealand teen author named one of Time magazine’s girls of the year

Rutendo Shadaya, who wrote a series of children’s fantasy books featuring strong female leads, has been recognised along with nine other girlsWhen New Zealand teenager Rutendo Shadaya was nine years old, she wanted to create the perfect birthday present for her best friend – an act of kindness that has helped land her on the front of Time magazine.“I was very good with gift giving, and I knew she liked reading so I was like ‘Why don’t I write a book for her?’” Shadaya tells the Guardian. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Desperate leaked texts from ex mob boss John Gilligan reveal what his life is like behind bars in Spain

John Gilligan, 73, from Dublin, was imprisoned in Spai n in Alicante after he was discovered running ' Breaking Bad'-style pink cocaine drug lab thought to have produced €8 million worth of narcotics.

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69 h. ago Teenage girls are the worst... we don't even bother ringing the police anymore: Desperate workers reveal what life is like on the front line of Britain's shoplifting CRISIS

Every week videos are posted on social media of thieves brazenly stuffing bags, clothes and pockets full of stolen food, alcohol and other goods.

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4 d. ago Little Trouble Girls review – monstrous choirmaster spikes a sublime Catholic coming

Utterly absorbing Slovenian debut reinvents the cliched idea of a Catholic girl’s sexual awakening, and proves that no teacher can be as cruel as a music teacherThis elegant and mysterious debut from Slovenian director Urška Djukić, with its superb musical score and sound design, reinvents the cliched idea of a Catholic girl’s sexual awakening. It’s also proof, if proof were needed, that no teacher in the world can be as cruel and abusive as a music teacher. We have already seen JK Simmons’ terrifying jazz instructor in Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash and Isabelle Huppert’s keyboard monster in Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher; now there is Slovenian actor and musician Saša Tabaković playing a demanding, yet insidious choirmaster in charge of a group of talented, vulnerable teenage girls. The film incidentally has a lesson for any teenage person watching: if a music teacher asks you to sit next to them on the piano stool with no one else in the room and murmurs “You can confide in me” y...

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4 d. ago Glasgow crime: Busy kebab shop egged and two schoolgirls, aged 14, charged after alleged 'assault'

Two 14 year old girls have been charged.

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5 d. ago Teenage boy, 16, arrested on suspicion of raping and murdering 13

A teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of raping and murdering a 13-year-old girl who was found dead at home.

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6 d. ago First picture of 'Clapham Common Prowler' who sexually assaulted schoolgirls as they walked home alone

John Nyhan has admitted prowling around Clapham Common looking for teenage girls to sexually assault

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6 d. ago Teenage girls making TikToks: Philippa James’s best photograph

‘My daughter and her friends are part of the smartphone generation. The more time I spent with them, the more I learned about the darker side of their mobiles’This started as a project with my daughter and her friends, who are all part of the smartphone generation. They were 14 years old at the time and I wanted to learn more about the relationship they had with their mobile phones. In 2022, a study by Ofcom showed that nine out of 10 children owned one by the time they reached the age of 11, and that 91% of them used video platforms, messaging apps and social media by the age of 12. I spoke to my daughter and her friends about how they use their phones and the negative reputation that surrounds teenagers and their screens. They told me the positives as well as the negatives, such as how social media can raise confidence as well as knock it down.I asked if I could photograph them. There was very little direction from me and – rather than photographing them in a controlled portraitur...

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7 d. ago Boy, 15, is charged with rape after 'teenager attacked near tennis courts'

The teenage boy has been charged after a 17-year-old girl was reportedly attacked at Cripplegate Park in Worcester.

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8 d. ago Police issue urgent appeal for teenage girl reported as missing for 24 hours

Police say Tyra has not been seen since around midday on Sunday

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8 d. ago Urgent appeal issued to find teenage girl last seen miles away from home

She went missing 24 hours ago

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8 d. ago Scientists reveal exactly what a nuclear winter would look like

A nuclear winter - a feared scenario following a nuclear war - 'would cause an unfathomable loss of life' numbering billions due to crop loss, scientists in Pennsylvania reveal.

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9 d. ago Police rescue 11 babies in major bust on international surrogacy ring exploiting Vietnamese women

Authorities found financially vulnerable women were being recruited and paid £8k-£11k per pregnancy

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1 week ago Teenage girl mauled by 10 dogs while jogging left with terrifying injuries

17-year-old Tracy Azpeitia ended up receiving 500 stitches after she was attacked by the pack of dogs, with her mum admitting she did not even recognise her due to her wounds

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1 week ago Prince Andrew linked to FOURTH man accused of sex with teenage girls

Jeffrey Epstein’s long-term butler has told how Prince Andrew enjoyed afternoon tea in Saint-Tropez with his boss and disgraced British photographer David Hamilton

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1 week ago Police probe after teenage girl 'raped' on footpath near south London golf club

Police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward

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1 week ago Teenage girl reports 'rape' on footpath near South London golf club

Teenage girl reports 'rape' on footpath near South London golf club  My London

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1 week ago Promethea review – a stylishly creepy supernatural drama you’ll want to binge

This French thriller about a teenage girl who turns up with no memory is a nicely paced, emotionally intense mystery – that spills over into the realms of fantasy The greatest mystery in any French mystery drama is how the characters look so much better than any English person has ever looked. How did the cast of The Returned (more than 10 years ago now, though it feels like yesterday) look so gorgeous all the time, despite seemingly ordinary costumes, hair and makeup? Is Gallic bone structure really that different? Do clothes just hang better on the other side of la Manche? Is that why they call it “the sleeve”? Is it a clue?Forgive me. I am consumed by this puzzle. The success of a French drama can be measured by how successfully the official narrative mystery distracts me from the conundrum, and here the new six-part series Promethea does just fine.Promethea launches on Channel 4 on Sunday and is available from streaming now. Continue reading...

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