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Lady Gaga fans share same Taylor Swift theory after new album release

‘Why is there a Taylor Swift song on this Lady Gaga album?’ asked one shocked fan

The Independent UK

The 30 best albums of 2023, from Olivia Rodrigo to Lana Del Rey

Amid the chaos and confusion of the past 12 months, critics Mark Beaumont, Helen Brown, Annabel Nugent and Roisin O’Connor found plenty of comfort and solace in the year’s musical offerings

The Independent UK

BBC denies that Roisin Murphy was removed from 6 Music line-up over puberty blockers row

Programme celebrating Irish singer has been axed from the schedule, weeks after she became embroiled in a trans row

The Independent UK

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Lawnmowers and ripped Pope pictures: Inside Sinead O’Connor and Madonna’s fraught history

Singers butted heads in the early Nineties over beauty ideals and O’Connor’s stance on the Pope

The Independent UK

Sewage discharges in Edinburgh rivers 'like return of gardyloo' as calls made to fix 'scandal'

Local environmental groups warned of an "obvious increase" in discharges of human waste in Edinburgh's waterways.

Edinburgh Live

40 essential albums to hear before you die

Some records are so good that they can change your life. Our critics Helen Brown, Chris Harvey and Roisin O’Connor pick the albums you need to hear

The Independent UK

40 albums to listen to before you die, from Fleetwood Mac to Massive Attack

Some records are so good that they can change your life. Our critics Helen Brown, Chris Harvey and Roisin O’Connor pick the albums you need to hear

The Independent UK

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Obsession review: cringeworthy Netflix adaptation of Josephine Hart’s Damage

Josephine Hart’s 1991 novel Damage was the Fifty Shades of its day, “only much darker and much more elegantly written”, said Helen Brown in The Daily Telegraph. It was made into a film starring Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche, and now Netflix has turned it into a four-part TV series…

The Week

'Brave' Emily Atack praised for ‘provocative’ sexual harassment documentary

Emily Atack: Asking For It? saw the actress and comedian discuss her own experiences of sexual harassment and explore how the issue can be addressed

Wales Online

People queuing 90 minutes for prescriptions in town suffering pharmacy crisis

It is a busy lunchtime in the Swansea valley town of Pontardawe. People are visiting their local bakery to get a bite to eat and picking up their prescriptions from the high street. Perhaps at first glance, you would not guess there were any tensions

Wales Online

Lizzo says she recorded 50 different versions of her hit single ‘About Damn Time’

‘I thought we’d never finish it,’ singer said

The Independent UK

Book of the Week: Notably Māori

Sally Blundell reviews a unique record of New Zealand life

Newsroom.co.nz

An article about a teenager who died from undiagnosed diabetes saved my daugther's life

Helen Brown rushed daughter Bella straight to the doctor when she recognised the potentially deadly symptoms

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