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Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet at Sadler's Wells review: 'you can’t look away'

4/5 A glittering opening night for The Who’s ballet included a star-making performance from Paris Fitzpatrick

Evening Standard

Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet review – a razor-sharp reboot of the Who’s rock opera

Pete Townshend’s tragic story of teenage angst returns to the stage in a visceral dance production full of the original’s swagger and bravado

The Guardian - UK

The Who meets ballet? A rousing revival of Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia brings mod culture to the stage

IN FOCUS: Paul Roberts’s adaptation of The Who’s 1973 double album brings themes of identity crisis and masculinity that are just as pertinent now as they were 50 years ago, writes Lydia Spencer-Elliott

The Independent UK

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Pete Townshend remakes Quadrophenia for a new generation: ‘The world is a dangerous place at the moment’

It may be set 60 years ago, but a new ballet version of The Who’s rock opera asks questions about youth, society and masculinity that still resonate – and it brought its original creator to tears

The Guardian - UK

Road hogs: what is Australia’s love of big cars costing us all?

SUVs are now Australia’s most popular new car to buy. But while owners enjoy tax benefits and more powerful engines, society is paying in ways big and small

The Guardian - AU

Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier

About 60% of the 1.2m cars that drove out of the showroom last year were SUVs, but road fatalities reached a 12-year high too

The Guardian - AU

Abuse by Guildhall tutor in 1980s left me in despair, says opera singer

Idit Arad calls for better protection for music students as London college admits failing in its duty of care to her

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'Worst In Show' Products From CES: AI-Powered Crib, Wasteful Refrigerator

The Worst in Show Awards highlight what some consider the worst products from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

International Business Times

Former CEO Of Digital Advertising Firm Guilty Of Securities Fraud

The company's fraud detection tool was itself a fraud, prosecutors say

International Business Times

Pete Townshend and Paul Smith: our Mod ballet will bring the Sixties back to life

The Who’s Pete Townshend and star tailor Paul Smith are teaming up for a new version of Quadrophenia. The pair on how it wasn’t just their generation: teens are still trying to find their way

Evening Standard

Nudes, prudes and a love triangle: the hunt for Adelaide’s most scandalous Stobie pole

Forty years on from its lavish unveiling and mysterious disappearance, the search is on for the power pole painted by an Archibald winner that marked a South Australian cultural shift

The Guardian - AU

The megabats of Adelaide: SA adjusts to new and growing colonies of flying foxes

With wingspans over a metre and an insatiable love for fruit and nectar, grey-headed flying foxes have settled in massive numbers across South Australia

The Guardian - AU

Patient one of first to be fitted with new pacemaker the size of a pen lid

Experts at University Hospital Southampton took just 30 minutes to fit the Aveir VR leadless pacemaker

The Independent UK

K-Klass: "I used the redundancy payout to buy a Roland TR-505 and my dad kicked me out the house! He only apologised when we had a record in the charts..."

Paul Roberts and Russ Morgan join us to pull a rewind on one of UK dance music's most influential LPs, Universal

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ABC News

Farming incidents involving powerlines prompts warning from SA Power Networks

South Australia's power provider has issued a warning to farmers preparing for seeding after two recent incidents involving machinery hitting powerlines or poles over two days.

ABC News

Stobie poles are a South Australian icon, but how did they come about?

Unless you've lived in South Australia you probably have no idea what Stobie poles are, or why they are so iconic to their home state. Here's a look.

ABC News

Electricity authority warns of more SA power blackouts linked to booming bat colony

SA Power Networks says dozens of blackouts last year linked to Adelaide's growing bat colony left more than 100,000 homes and businesses in the dark, and is warning of further power cuts in coming weeks.

Daily Mirror

Gary Lineker calls on MPs to crack down on trophy hunters with animal parts ban

The BBC presenter has signed a letter from stars backing the Mirror’s campaign to outlaw the vile sport, and ban sick “trophies” from being imported

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AAP

Work continues to power up flood-affected SA

SA Power Networks says it's continuing to work to restore electricity supplies to those homes, businesses and irrigators hit by flooding along the Murray River.

Nottingham Post

Everton transfer theory emerges as Andre Ayew joins Nottingham Forest

Latest Nottingham Forest transfer news from NottinghamshireLive as Everton fans respond to Andre Ayew's snub

Manchester Evening News

Tributes to 'loving' grandad, 63, who died after being hit by car

“We are beyond devastated and struggling to comprehend what has happened"

Liverpool Echo

'Devastated' family pay tribute to 'loving dad' who died after being hit by car

The family have issued a tribute after yesterday's crash

Salon

Automakers sue over right to repair

The legal battle has major implications for drivers' pocketbooks, and for the climate

ABC News

Floods are engulfing River Murray communities — but irrigators are facing potential water shortages

Riverland irrigators say that, despite the inundation of their region, they are facing the possibility of being unable to water their crops because of unexpected power cuts to their pumps.

Liverpool Echo

Faces of 40 Liverpool criminals who were jailed during November

Murderer, paedo teacher and Croxteth Crew killer were among those locked up last month

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