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It was the sad fate of the actor Edmund Purdom, who has died aged 84, that the best known of his films, The Student Prince (1954), is remembered more for the star who wasn't in it. After the temperamental tenor Mario Lanza was fired from the film, the non-singing unknown Purdom replaced him. Luckily for

The battle over land rights and sovereignty on the island of Roatn has galvanized the whole country Straight ahead of Wilford Websters hilltop home, waves break over the turquoise waters that surround the reefs offshore.

Jeremy Clarkson was left in no doubt that the BBC viewed his use of the N-word during a taping of Top Gear very seriously, the corporations director general, Tony Hall, has said. The popular but often controversial presenter mumbled the N-word while reciting the childrens nursery rhyme eeny, meeny, miny, moe to choose between two

To mark the recent 35th anniversary of the death of Ian Curtis, heres a classic interview with Joy Division, first published in Sounds in November 1978, and taken from Rocks Backpages, the online home of music writing

The Shelby gang return and their lives are as garish, glorious and overflowing with swagger as ever Welcome back everyone. I make no apologies for the fact that Peaky Blinders is the garish, glorious show of my heart and this hugely confident opening episode, overflowing with swagger and coming across like the adrenaline-fuelled love