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Joanna Lumley’s 'Christmas isn’t Christmas' without sprouts, 'compulsory' hats and Mariah Carey

Joanna Lumley shares all about how she celebrates the big day - and it sounds, well, absolutely fabulous

Woman & Home

Dame Joanna Lumley wants no 'memorial service'

Dame Joanna Lumley told her husband, Stephen Barlow, that she does not want a "memorial service" after she dies - but Stephen said it will be his and her son Jamie's decision on whether to honour her wish.

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Smyth’s Der Wald and Respighi’s Lucrezia review – Wagner’s spirit presides over double bill

The UK premiere of Respighi’s 1937 work was paired with Ethel Smyth’s dark and dramatic Der Wald, both imaginatively staged by Stephen Barlow

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Stern court warning for alleged serial bird abductor

A man who previously admitted slaughtering an ibis with the intention of eating it is accused of abducting two other birds using bread and fishing wire.

AAP

The week in classical: Platée; Tosca review – a reality TV winner and shades of Callas

Breathless action and Rameau’s fizzing score ignite in Louisa Muller’s ingenious take on French baroque, while Stephen Barlow’s 60s-set Puccini sparkles in a long-overdue revival

The Guardian - UK

Woman convicted after leaking data to accused kidnapper

A former Service NSW worker has been sentenced after providing confidential information to her then boyfriend who has been accused of a violent kidnapping.

AAP

Marx in London! review – Dove’s opera is capital entertainment

A magnificent cast led by Roland Wood and Stephen Barlow’s vivid staging ensure that Scottish Opera’s production of Jonathan Dove’s rumbustious farce is both cogent and witty

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The week in classical: Dialogues des Carmélites; Tristan und Isolde; LSO/Rattle – review

Poulenc’s shattering opera disturbs and confounds in Barrie Kosky’s new Glyndebourne production; Wagner meets the pre-Raphaelites at Grange Park Opera. Plus, a thrilling farewell from Simon Rattle

The Guardian - UK

Joanna Lumley predicts King will put green issues high on his agenda ahead of Coronation

Dame Joanna, who has been personally invited to join King Charles and Queen Camilla at the event on May 6, is devoting next week to finding the perfect outfit

Daily Mirror

The week in audio: Joanna & the Maestro; Conversations from a Long Marriage; Real Money; Ken Bruce

Joanna Lumley delights in musical exchanges with her real husband, and turns up the comedy with a fictional spouse; the excellent Aleks Krotoski tells the story of cryptocurrency Tether; and Ken Bruce pulls a shocker

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: The sinister theories behind the ‘Havana syndrome’ phenomenon

In this week’s newsletter: American officials have for years been struck by a mystery illness on diplomatic visits. One journalist investigates why in The Sound. Plus: five of the best anthology podcasts

The Guardian - UK

Champions crowned at HSCC and BRSCC meetings

National champions were crowned up and down the country last weekend, as the Historic Sports Car Club and British Racing & Sports Car Club were in action at Silverstone and Snetterton

Autosport

Dumfriesshire community garden volunteers given Absolutely Fabulous boost

Dame Joanna Lumley and her husband Stephen Barlow paid a visit to Bridgend Community Gardens

Daily Record

Cowardly teen killer sent desperate texts to Nan after knifing hero dad in doorway

Levi Westhead, 18, attempted to hide from police in a nearby garden after stabbing Mark Webster 12 times last July.

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Teen killer sent barrage of desperate texts to gran after stabbing father of ex

Mark Webster died from his injuries on July 23 2021 and the teenager was charged with his murder

Liverpool Echo

Merseyside men charged with plotting to raid Belfast home of Kentucky Fried Chicken king

THREE Merseyside men were remanded in custody charged with conspiring to commit robbery at the home of one of Northern Ireland’s richest men.

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