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Covid: Have the lockdown success stories lost their shine?

Some businesses which boomed during the Covid pandemic are seeing their popularity fade.

Eurovision: The perfect balance of sequins, loo roll and kindness

From the moment the show opened with a moving rendition of John Lennon's Give Peace A Chance, Eurovision 2022 proved to be exactly the glittering, glossy antidote Europe needed.

'Glory to Ukraine!' - Ukrainian folk-rap band wins Eurovision Song Contest

Ukraine has won the Eurovision Song Contest in a huge show of support from the rest of the continent following Russia's invasion of the country.

Ukraine wins 2022 Eurovision song contest as UK finishes second in Turin

Stefania by Kalush Orchestra rides wave of public sympathy to claim Ukraine’s third Eurovision victoryUkraine has won the 66th Eurovision song contest, which was held on Saturday evening in Turin in Italy. Riding a tidal wave of support from the tele...

Britney Spears loses her 'miracle baby early in the pregnancy'

Britney Spears says she has lost her "miracle baby early in the pregnancy".

Ed Sheeran helped pay for some of Tom Parker's brain cancer treatment

Ed Sheeran helped to pay for some of Tom Parker's treatment for an inoperable brain tumour, the late Wanted star has revealed in his autobiography.

Ye Vagabonds: Nine Waves review – a gently engaging follow-up

(River Lea)Singing in English this time, and backed by Crash Ensemble, the Mac Gloinn brothers maintain their distinctive sound As elsewhere across these isles, Irish folk is gathering momentum. Ye Vagabonds – brothers Diarmuid and Brían Mac Gloinn –...

On my radar: Marwa al-Sabouni’s cultural highlights

The Syrian architect and writer on the idea of home in Branagh’s Belfast, smart Arab horses in Homs and the joy of lentils in DamascusMarwa al-Sabouni is a Syrian architect and writer. Born in Homs in 1981, she was living in the city when the civil w...

The Quiet Girl review – exquisite debut drama set in rural Ireland

A young girl sent to live with relatives for the summer blossoms in Colm Bairéad’s beguiling first featureIt seems a modest little story at first, a cinematic wallflower content to cling to the corners of its tight, boxed-in aspect ratio, rather than...

One to watch: Ethel Cain

Her rocky upbringing in a Southern Baptist community has paved the way for Hayden Anhedönia’s powerful debut album mixing alt-rock, gospel and popHayden Anhedönia’s Ethel Cain alter ego came about as an escape from a particularly tortured teenhood. R...

Harry Potter and the missing sketches: JK Rowling’s first drawings of boy wizard

Author’s original sketches for her first Hogwarts novel to appear in print – alongside the return of a mysterious wizardWhen JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone she didn’t just bring the characters to life with words, she also d...

What links The Essex Serpent to a brave De Niro impression and a Taylor Swift T-shirt?

As the TV series lands, come down the rabbit hole for a swift visit to Claire Danes, Cannes and Conversations With FriendsBack in 2016, Sarah Perry’s second novel, The Essex Serpent, went from well-received to word-of-mouth bestseller to award winner...

Fred Ward: Tremors and The Right Stuff star dies aged 79

Fred Ward, who starred in films including Tremors, The Right Stuff and The Player, has died aged 79.

‘The poems began to dance among themselves’: curating a fresh mixtape of Black British poetry

A companion to 1998’s The Fire People, Kayo Chingonyi’s anthology creates a space for a new generation of voices to express the wide range of their workPutting together an anthology is, as the American poet Katrina Vandenberg once said, like making a...

Russian operator to suspend electricity supply to Finland

Russian operator RAO Nordic says it will cease deliveries from Saturday, citing payment problems.