59 h. ago He was millionaire glam rock heartthrob... but things began to fall apart

Brian Connolly had huge success in the 1970s as frontman of glam rockers The Sweet

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65 h. ago Brian Connolly of The Sweet died penniless after selling house for tax payments

Brian Connolly was the frontman of The Sweet, who enjoyed huge success in the 1970s, but by the time of his death in 1997, he was living in a council flat and had been doing regular gigs in Butlins to earn a living

Economics

5 d. ago World comes to Kirkcudbright as annual floodlit tattoo is a huge success

Irish dancers Trim the Velvet went down a storm with the huge crowd, who also enjoyed a Jacobite battle re-enactment

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1 week ago Tulisa admits she 'had a gut feeling she'd lose it all' as star reveals she went from £500k dream home deposit to becoming homeless during drug sting nightmare

The singer, 37, found fame in the hip-hop trio N-Dubz in 2000, with the group going on to achieve huge success with two platinum-certified albums.

Economics

1 week ago Tulisa reveals she 'had a gut feeling she'd lose it all' as star reveals she went from £500k dream home deposit to becoming homeless during drug sting nightmare

The singer, 37, found fame in the hip-hop trio N-Dubz in 2000, with the group going on to achieve huge success with two platinum-certified albums.

Economics

2 w. ago The London graphic designer creating fonts for Real Madrid and Revolut

This east London firm crafts fonts for big names from Real Madrid to Revolut — spelling huge success for its owner

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2 w. ago Michelle Keegan 'excited' as she lands huge new role after Netflix Fool Me Once success

ITV have announced their latest crime drama is currently in the works with Michelle Keegan taking on the leading part in the gripping six-part series, her first acting role since becoming a mother

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2 w. ago ‘I knew my job was to fulfil a man’s fantasy’: Elizabeth McGovern on Downton, early fame and co

As the Downton Abbey finale hits the big screen, the actor looks back on the pitfalls of scoring huge success so young – and the liberation she later found singing in a band and writing a play about Ava GardnerFor the maudlin among us, the final Downton Abbey film should perhaps come with a warning. Everything in it is tinged with wistfulness – a goodbye to cherished characters and a farewell to a stately home that was a sturdy presence in a transient world. When the ITV series started in 2010, wasn’t life better? Did Elizabeth McGovern feel this too, the sense of time passing? After all, her character, Cora, is now ageing out of custodianship of Downton along with her husband, Lord Grantham, in favour of a younger generation and a changing era as the 1930s dawn.“No!” says McGovern, snapping me out of my melancholy. “I feel very excited that I’m going into a gratifying new phase in my career.” As well as reviving Cora, there is the play she has written, Ava: The Secret Conversations...

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2 w. ago Ellie Goldstein, 23, smiles as she steps out after being the first star with Down syndrome to be cast on Strictly Come Dancing after making waves modelling for Vogue and launching a Barbie doll

The trailblazing Down syndrome model, 23, has seen huge success in her career and has now achieved another major milestone after joining the 2025 series of Strictly.

Culture

2 w. ago The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar review – whimsical fantasy in a kingdom long, long ago

In this first adult novel from the acclaimed children’s author, an immortal magician returns to tell the story of a royal court where he cast his spells some 500 years beforeThe American author Louis Sachar’s most celebrated book, 1998’s YA novel Holes, was a huge word-of-mouth success on both sides of the Atlantic. Its short, punchy chapters tell the story of plump, hapless Stanley Yelnats, sent to a summer camp for wayward boys, where a terrifying Warden has peculiar ideas about character reformation. The 5ft-deep holes the boys are required to dig turn out to have a surprising purpose. Shifts of time, register and perspective render a simple premise mesmerisingly intricate. It has peril, love, crime, wickedness, redemption and friendship in, well, spades.A quarter of a century later, Sachar has written his first supposedly adult novel, in which many of the same ingredients reappear. A man “dressed like a typical American tourist”, but with an odd habit of storing cake crumbs in t...

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3 w. ago Princess Andre eyes up Kylie Jenner empire as Katie Price says she’s been 'shut out'

Reality TV star Princess Andre has been tipped as the UK version of Kylie Jenner as she sets her sights on a huge beauty empire following the success of her ITV show

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3 w. ago Oasis 'flooded with huge offers for 2026 shows including Knebworth' amid reunion success

Liam and Noel Gallagher could carry on their huge Oasis reunion tour into next year as offers have reportedly been put to the band as the decision is all in their hands

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3 w. ago Cult classic 90s comedy shaped a generation finally streaming on Netflix

Clueless was a hit with critics and audiences alike and quickly became a cultural touchstone - not to mention a huge box office success. The film was followed by a TV series spin-off, which ran for three seasons from 1996 to 1999.

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3 w. ago Kirkcudbright buzzing as annual art and crafts trail proves a success

Organiser Colin Saul reckons there were record numbers as visitors enjoyed nearly 130 venues.

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