21 h. ago A Particularly Nasty Case by Adam Kay audiobook review – a wayward doctor turns detective

Andy Serkis revels in his narration of the first murder mystery from the author of This Is Going to Hurt, which showcases Kay’s signature pitch-black humourDr Eitan Rose is stark naked in a gay sauna when he is called upon to perform CPR on an elderly man and fellow patron who is having a heart attack. When arriving paramedics ask Eitan for his details, he declines to give his real name, instead giving them the name of his work supervisor and nemesis, Douglas Moran. Eitan is a hard-partying consultant rheumatologist who has just returned to work after several months off following a mental health crisis, and who uses liquid cocaine secreted into a nasal inhaler to get through the working day.When Moran dies in unexpected circumstances, Eitan suspects foul play and sets about finding the culprit. Soon he is performing illicit postmortems and impersonating a police detective so he can cross-examine a suspect. But when he tries to blow the whistle, his colleagues and the police decline ...

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28 h. ago 'Rare perfect' war film hailed 'masterpiece' on Film 4 tonight

Quentin Tarantino knows just how to grip audiences, and he did it again with his wartime black comedy from 2009, starring Brad Pitt and Christoph Waltz

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36 h. ago The gloves are off! I'm A Celebrity stars are pitted against each other in brutal trial twist as camp is split in two

With all 12 famous faces settled into camp life, the ITV show is now heading towards the first elimination.

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37 h. ago New I’m A Celebrity twist leaves camp split as ‘rivalries’ revealed

The winners went to a revamped main camp called ‘Win City’, while the losers were sent to ‘Doomsville’

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38 h. ago I’m a Celeb 2025 live: Celebrities pitted against each other as Rivals twist divides camp into two

New twist is set to shake up ITV series

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50 h. ago Ocean’s Eleven star Michael DeLano dies aged 84 as heartbroken wife pays tribute

The Hollywood star who appeared alongside Clooney and Pitt has been remembered on what would have been his 85th birthday.

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61 h. ago I’m a Celeb 2025 live: ‘Rivals’ twist set to rock camp after Ant and Dec news

Ant and Dec could barely contain their shock over his trial performance

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7 d. ago Man City boss Pep Guardiola offers advice to Nico O'Reilly and makes big Bernardo Silva claim

Pep Guardiola has told Nico O'Reilly to avoid the pitfalls of stardom after the Manchester City academy graduate made his England debut.

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8 d. ago I'm A Celebrity's Eddie Kadi HYPERVENTILATES as he's mobbed by reptiles and suffers major setback during brutal underwater trial

The comedian, 42, learned at the end of Tuesday's episode that he would be facing the next trial, 'A-Scare-ium'.

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1 week ago Kirsty Findlay on starring in The Sound of Music at Pitlochry: 'it's a show that tells a huge story'

Kirsty Findlay tells Joyce McMillan about returning to the role of Maria in Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s new production of The Sound of Music

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1 week ago Sharks circle wounded Starmer: Now Angela Rayner makes her pitch to Labour saying she has 'not gone away'

The humiliating failure of No10's pre-emptive strike on rivals last week has effectively fired the starting gun on a race to succeed Keir Starmer.

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1 week ago The moment I knew: I felt a pang of fear – but I knew we were an unbeatable duo

After spying Tom Box at a punk gig, Kate Logan made a Dalek poster to capture his attentionFind more stories from the moment I knew seriesLong before we’d met, I had heard a lot about a guy called Tom Box. I knew he was an Australian living in the South Island of New Zealand. I was in Wellington, and there’d been a few occasions when I’d travelled to the South Island for raves or anarchist conferences where some of the folks had gone to Tom’s place – but I splintered off somewhere else.Then one day, in 2007, I was at a punk gig when a mutual friend said, “Oh, do you know Tom Box? He’s over there. He’s just moved up to Wellington.” There in a sea of black-clad punks, jumping up and down at the front of the mosh pit, was this guy in a pale blue Star Trek uniform. To me, as a person unfamiliar with Star Trek, he looked like he was wearing pyjamas. This was my first vision of him, but we didn’t talk at all that night. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Alan Cumming: ‘After my rant about trans rights, I was worried I would be deported’

The actor is also a deeply concerned US citizen. He talks to Patrick Smith about the fear gripping the US, JK Rowling, the star-studded mini-festival he’s holding in tiny Pitlochry, and working on Russell T Davies’s new drama

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1 week ago ‘I’m not just putting on nice plays’: Hollywood star Alan Cumming’s plan to reignite theatre in the Scottish Highlands

What is the effervescent new boss at Pitlochry theatre planning for his first season? Huge names, undersung stars – and a King Lear played by ‘the woman who changed my life’‘Holy shit!” This was the instant response of one venerable theatre critic when Pitlochry Festival theatre sent round embargoed copies of the plan for Alan Cumming’s inaugural season. The man himself sits back in the cavernous workshop behind the theatre building, dapper in a grey plaid suit. “I loved that,” he says gleefully.When the Hollywood star was announced as the new artistic director of Scotland’s only major rural theatre last September, there was widespread shock – not least that Cumming answered an open recruitment call – followed by feverish speculation over which A-list pals he might charm away from London or New York to perform in Highland Perthshire. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Bryan Mbeumo left heartbroken as Man Utd star storms off pitch

Manchester United's Bryan Mbeumo was in action for Cameroon on Thursday night as they took on DR Congo in a World Cup play-off

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2 w. ago The Beast in Me cast from The Americans star to Pitch Perfect icon

The Beast in Me is a brand new thriller series on Netflix and it stars Matthew Rhys and Brittany Snow in the cast

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2 w. ago I’m A Celeb campmates to face ‘toughest camp ever’ as ITV unveils brutal twist

This year’s I’m A Celebrity contestants will face their toughest challenge yet — no luxury items, massive snakes, and a new Getaway Car twist designed to spark fights in camp

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2 w. ago Andrew Mountbatten Windsor applies to shut down business interests

Former prince seeks to dissolve Dragons’ Den-style startup competition and his innovation companyAndrew Mountbatten Windsor has applied to shut down some of his last remaining business interests including the Dragons’ Den-style startup competition Pitch@Palace Global.A document announcing the application to dissolve the firm was filed with Companies House on Tuesday, signed by its sole director, Arthur Lancaster. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Inside Emmerdale Bear Wolf star's life from real age to acting alongside Brad Pitt

Emmerdale star Joshua Richards has branded his current soap plot 'frightening' as the truth behind Bear Wolf's disappearance starts to unravel

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2 w. ago Inside Emmerdale Bear Wolf star's life from real age to Hollywood fame

Actor Joshua Richards once starred alongside Brad Pitt before arriving in the Dales as Bear Wolf.

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