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Audience go off-piste on eclectic third album The House On The Hill
Audience’s 1971 album “The House On The Hill” demonstrates the band’s distinctive approach to progressive rock, blending soul, R&B and innovative arrangements. Though the band enjoyed college gigs in the early 1970s, their originality and willingness to “distort things a little bit and go in off-beat directions” (as singer Howard Werth put it) never quite…
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Sam Wood’s neighbours at $3,000-a-night Noosa holiday villa reveal what they witnessed before DV charges were laid – as details emerge of the multi-millionaire’s ‘mental health concerns’ in lockup
Sam Wood, a multi-millionaire businessman and former Bachelor star, has been arrested and charged with domestic violence offences following an alleged incident at a luxury beachfront resort in Noosa on Saturday night. The 46-year-old has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm and strangulation in a domestic setting, with the alleged incident occurring whilst he…
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John Boyega praises Damilola Taylor for helping him to be ‘unrealistic with his dreams’ as he shares poignant poem school friend wrote before he was killed aged ten
John Boyega has paid tribute to his childhood friend Damilola Taylor, who was stabbed to death aged 10 in Peckham in 2000, crediting the boy’s ambitious dreams with inspiring his own successful acting career. Speaking in a new BBC documentary, the Star Wars actor has reflected on how Damilola’s legacy of refusing to be limited…
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Holiday cottage company insisted on a death certificate to amend our break
Sykes Holiday Cottages required official proof of death before transferring a family’s booking, despite being told the husband who made it had died shortly before the trip. The case highlights the distress rigid procedures and poor communication can cause grieving customers, particularly when a company has no formal bereavement policy. The £2,400 cottage break was…
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A+E Global Media Hires Banijay Distribution Veteran Chris Stewart
Chris Stewart, an international television distribution executive with decades of industry experience, has joined A+E Global Media as Vice President of Content Sales. He will oversee sales across the UK, Ireland and Germany from a UK base, bringing to the role extensive expertise in sales, acquisitions and programming across major media companies. His appointment comes…
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West Virginia awards five abused children $4.4 million over CPS failures
Five children abused by their adoptive parents have been awarded a $4.4 million settlement from West Virginia over Child Protective Services’ handling of repeated reports about their welfare. The settlement recognises failures in the agency’s response and will be held in a trust to support the children, some of whom have significant needs linked to…
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Four killed in US strike on Caribbean vessel accused of drug trafficking
The US military conducted a lethal strike on a Caribbean vessel on Sunday, killing four people it identified as narco-traffickers. Video footage captured the vessel erupting in a dramatic fireball, marking the latest operation in an expanding Trump administration campaign against alleged drug smugglers. Southern Command claimed intelligence showed the vessel’s involvement in trafficking along…
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Three critically injured after hayride overturns near Wellsburg, New York
A hayride carrying 19 people, most of them children from a German Baptist community, overturned near Wellsburg, New York, on Sunday after its tractor lost control at an intersection. Three people were reported to be in critical condition, and investigators are examining the circumstances of the crash. Fourteen people were treated at the scene and…
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From hotel suites to virtual reality, museums turn to licensing deals as costs rise
UK museums are expanding licensing deals to generate income as funding cuts and rising costs put pressure on their finances. By linking collections and exhibitions to products and experiences, institutions can reach audiences beyond museum visits and build on public interest in cultural events. UK sales of licensed merchandise and services rose 7% to $19.2bn…
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France to close up to 500 schools amid student unrest
Up to 500 French schools will be partially or totally closed on Monday following violent clashes between riot police and student protesters demanding educational reforms. The demonstrations, which began last week and have spread from Paris to cities including Montpellier, Nantes and Marseille, are driven by student grievances over insufficient teachers, overcrowded classrooms and deteriorating…