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Bad Bunny Super Bowl show has MAGA hopping mad
AFP, Published on 01/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - Supporters of President Donald Trump, including a senior White House official, have lashed out after Latin megastar Bad Bunny was named as the headliner for next year's Super Bowl halftime show.
The Speak Easy
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 24/09/2025
» Angelo Sparvoli returns "home" to the American Bar, the longest surviving cocktail bar in London and one of the most renowned in the world, after four years.
Bob Geldof and Brian May mark Live Aid's 40th at London musical
Published on 14/07/2025
» LONDON - Musicians who performed at Live Aid, the transatlantic concert that raised millions for famine relief in Ethiopia, reunited in London on Sunday to mark the event's 40th anniversary, attending a special performance of the musical "Just For One Day".
Beach Boy Brian Wilson, surf rock poet, dies at 82
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» NEW YORK - Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys co-founder who masterminded the group's wild popularity and soundtracked the California dream, has died, his family announced on Wednesday. He was 82.
If in doubt, just have a cup of tea
Roger Crutchley, Published on 25/05/2025
» You may recall last week's Battle of Britain item in PostScript featured two English ladies' who came across a German pilot who had crashed in a field. Their first reaction was to offer him a cup of tea, an indication of just how "having a cuppa" is ingrained in British culture. Admittedly that was 85 years ago but even these days most Brits wouldn't turn down a "cuppa".
'Criminal': Elton John condemns UK's AI copyright plans
Published on 18/05/2025
» LONDON - Elton John on Sunday accused the British government of "committing theft" by proposing that tech firms could train artificial intelligence models on the UK's music and creative output without guaranteeing proper recompense.
Please don't blame it on the penguins
Roger Crutchley, Published on 13/04/2025
» There has been quite a fallout from Mr Trump's Tariffs, from which even penguins and seals were not spared. So much for Happy Feet. As one American commentator observed with tongue firmly in cheek "the penguins have been ripping us off for years."
Director Sam Mendes touts four new Beatles movies
AFP, Published on 01/04/2025
» LAS VEGAS - Director Sam Mendes is preparing to release four movies about The Beatles in the same month, with Paul Mescal playing Paul McCartney and Barry Keoghan portraying Ringo Starr in “the first bingeable theatrical experience”
The art of choosing the right words
Roger Crutchley, Published on 09/03/2025
» The word "diplomacy" has been making frequent appearances on newspaper pages in recent days and unless you have been in hibernation there is no need to explain why.
Lisa sings tribute to James Bond at the Oscars
Online Reporters, Published on 03/03/2025
» Thai K-pop star Lalisa "Lisa" Manobal took to the Oscars stage on Sunday night, singing and dancing the theme song from a classic James Bond movie.