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Two years ago, she was delivering parcels - now KWN is an R&B star
The R&B singer broke out with the single Worst Behaviour, which she sold on a custom-built website.
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Going to a festival as a neurodivergent person can be tough - but there are ways to recharge
Some festivals are rolling out calm spaces and noise-cancelling headphones, but there are calls to go further.
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Madonna & Graham review – it’s ‘gay heaven’ when Kylie arrives
You can’t blame Graham Norton for being tongue-tied over the icon. They have a nice, hammy time – and another pop queen serves the…
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Madonna was 'jealous of Kylie' - and more things we learned in her Graham Norton interview
All the revelations from Madonna's chat with Graham Norton, including a big hint about Glastonbury.
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At Mexico City’s Laboratorio Arte Alameda, restoration shapes artistic practice
A site-specific project emerges from the conservation of the museum’s 16th-century building
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Comment | Art Basel’s Zero 10 grows up and outgrows the digital community that led to its inception
The digital art showcase’s third edition, at Art Basel’s hometown fair, offered much-needed historical context while prompting a f…
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Canadian Museum for Human Rights show on Palestinian displacement offers nuanced, empathetic perspective amid uproar
Met with opposition and outrage from the moment it was announced, the show gathers historical objects and images, poetry, contempo…
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Colossus review – masses of dancers, masses of fun in a show that goes whoosh!
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Full of surprises, Stephanie Lake’s 2018 piece is a feat of logistics as 60 performers display split-…
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Creative climate messaging and other eco wins of the week
An artist in Mali and climate scientists in the US are finding new ways to inform the public about the climate crisis.
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Comedy legend Mel Brooks turns 100
His parody of Hitler in the landmark 1968 movie "The Producers" was just the beginning for US actor Mel Brooks. The 100-year-old c…
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Grab your Stetsons! How country music is taking over the UK
With country music festival attendances soaring and US artists selling out tours, are British and Irish audiences ready for “the f…
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Teenage boys in UK ‘stuck’ reading primary-level books while girls’ tastes expand
Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series accounts for eight of the 10 most read books by 11- to 14-year-old boys, while girls the…
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Vatican begins restoration of Raphael Loggias, featuring celebrated fresco cycle by Renaissance master
More than 20 experts are expected to work on the decorative cycle over five years
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Canada eligible to join Eurovision competition
Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the idea of Canada joining the song contest in his 2025 budget.
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O what a tangled web: unweaving the weirdest fan rumours surrounding Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Will X-Men’s Jean Grey be in the fourth Marvel Spidey film? What about Spider-Girl? Which Hulk will we see? Who is the real villai…
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Jonathan Baldock: Held review – lick me, trap me, pull me in
Arnolfini, Bristol The English artist has created a tense world of folkloric psychedelia and pagan aesthetics that is weird, threa…
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Can travel solve the loneliness epidemic? WeRoad's co-founder Fabio Bin thinks so
Speaking to Euronews in Cannes after being shortlisted for the European CMO of the Year Award, Fabio Bin explained he turned a per…
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'Marketing is more important than ever': Serviceplan CEO at European CMO of the Year awards
Speaking to Euronews, Serviceplan Group CEO Florian Haller said marketing has evolved far beyond traditional advertising, and now …
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Wagner festival reinstates Holocaust memorial event after cancellation
The Bayreuth Festival had canceled a planned memorial lecture featuring Jewish author and broadcaster Michel Friedman, drawing sha…
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‘Have more joy! Believe in yourself!’ Legally Blonde is back – as a life-affirming TV prequel
Reese Witherspoon’s 00s movie is a beloved cult classic – and now she’s using a spinoff to battle these dark times. The creators o…
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Initiation stones, buried recordings, and Ringo Starr’s drumkit: inside the visionary world of reggae master Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
The late production genius’s chaotic reputation has always preceded him. But could two new books, a posthumous album and a flurry …
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What Andy Burnham’s achievements in Manchester tell us about his views on the arts
The UK prime-minister-in-waiting’s legacy is seen as not just about big-hitter projects such as Factory International but also the…
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Relics review – toxic heirloom cues hugely entertaining family clash
Lyric Hammersmith, London Four siblings squabble over an art treasure possibly stolen by their grandfather in this riotous play by…
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Love Island USA removes second contestant for using racial slur
Alannah Keyser appeared briefly in Thursday's episode before viewers were told she had left the villa.