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Sir Peter Cook on designing the Serpentine's Play Pavilion

Serpentine Galleries and LEGO Group recruited legendary architect Sir Peter Cook to design the new Play Pavilion which will keep the children more than entertained this summer

Evening Standard

The animals that keep a beat

The ability to keep a beat was once thought to be uniquely human. Some animals are suggesting otherwise

Salon

‘Like an expanding crepe-paper ornament’: Serpentine unveils its first movable pavilion

Marina Tabassum has built emergency homes for the delta-dwellers of the Ganges using grass and bamboo. Her Serpentine pavilion – part tropical glasshouse, part 70s office block – is a chic, meditative place for an overpriced coffee

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“They played us The Things We Do For Love. We thought it was beige. They said, ‘We need a weird one, a slushy one and humour.’ I said, ‘We don’t work to order’”: How Godley and Creme quit 10cc and went to play with their Gizmotron instead

Kevin Godley on the machine they invented at the wrong time, an overheard conversation, the decision that ended the band, missing the punk explosion, discovering video – and being mistaken for the drummer in Paper Lace

Louder

Scientists once thought only humans could bob to music. Ronan the sea lion helped prove them wrong

Researchers say Ronan the sea lion can still keep a beat after all these years

The Independent UK

Christie Brinkley recalls ‘the most tortured relationship’ she had that ended in an affair

Brinkley detailed the story in her new memoir, ‘Uptown Girl’

The Independent UK

Tim Miller obituary

Other lives: Film-maker who became a probation officer and helped start Centrepoint and Private Eye

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First look: Serpentine unveils plans for first ever interactive children's pavilion by Sir Peter Cook

Interactive children’s pavillion will sit alongside the main, more sober, structure

Evening Standard

'Gamechanger for dance' in London as Sadler's Wells East opens in Olympic Park

A total of 27 different productions are already on sale from now until December, ranging from ballet to hip hop

Evening Standard

Colin Fournier obituary

Other lives: Architect who co-designed the Kunsthaus in Graz and was a professor at the Bartlett School of Architecture

The Guardian - UK

"The result is a track that perfectly encapsulates the 'anything goes' atmosphere of the early '90s, and makes a great Christmas record for the discerning raver": The top 10 most unlikely sample sources

Aled Jones meets rave and Macaulay Culkin goes jungle

MusicRadar

'The Bonza effect': How many Novocastrians flew with airline over past year

The airline was humbled by the support of Newcastle.

Newcastle Herald

A look back at Queen Elizabeth II's best royal tour moments

The late Queen went on countless tours in her lifetime; we look back on some of the most significant ones

Woman & Home

From a 100-mile city to a desert ski resort: why is Saudi Arabia spending billions on architectural ‘gigaprojects’?

The Saudi crown prince is creating wildly ambitious projects masterminded by renowned architects, curators and designers. The upshot is either progressive modernisation or image-laundering, depending who you ask

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Have I Got News for You season 66: release date, guests, trailer and everything we know

Have I Got News for You season 66 sees Ian Hislop and Paul Merton return with their satirical comedy and an interesting array of presenters and guests.

Newcastle Herald

Rescue helicopter's humble heroes reflect on a century of service

The trauma, the jobs that won't be forgotten, and the mateship that tethers the team.

Louder

"We were the luckiest b******s on the planet!” Shagged-out chic and avant-garde pop: How Godley & Creme became Britain's weirdest popstars

Cannibalism, concept albums with Peter Cook and reinventing the pop video: What Godley & Creme did after 10cc.

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RA Architecture Prize 2023 awarded to Shane de Blacam

The RA Architecture Prize 2023 has been announced, naming Dublin-based architect Shane de Blacam as its winner

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Barry Humphries: Outrageous comedian and creator of Dame Edna

As Australia’s best-known comic performer, Humphries was renowned for his caricatures and politically risque humour

The Guardian - UK

Barry Humphries, Australian comedian and creator of Dame Edna Everage, dies aged 89

Famed for personas that also included the vulgar Sir Les Patterson, Humphries became a household name in a seven-decade career

The Guardian - UK

I didn’t know how to tell my mum that Mike Nichols hated my script

I had my icons and I worshipped them. And one of them dumping on me from a great height was painful – though perhaps useful, too

Nottingham Post

Tributes paid as Nottingham satirist John Bird dies aged 86

A statement said he died peacefully on Christmas Eve

Evening Standard

John Bird dead: Famous satirist dies peacefully on Christmas Eve at age of 86

Bird was known for appearing in Channel 4’s satirical show Bremner, Bird And Fortune and for the Long Johns comedy skits

Wales Online

Comedian John Bird dies aged 86 as Rory Bremner pays tribute

He was well-known for his work in Bremner, Bird And Fortune

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