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Andy McSmith's Diary: Nadine Dorries claims she will work as an MP ‘for free’ – but read the small print
Thursday 27 June 2013
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Album: Kanye West, Yeezus (Def Jam)
Saturday 22 June 2013
Kanye's running scared of reviewers. His label didn't send out Yeezus until the day after release, Snakes on a Plane-style.
Album: Black Sabbath, 13 (Mercury)
Saturday 08 June 2013
Like track one of Black Sabbath's debut, this starts with big, sludgy Tony Iommi doom-chords and Ozzy Osbourne mournfully wailing a rhetorical question ("Is this the end of the beginning?").
Album review: Black Sabbath, 13 (Vertigo)
Friday 07 June 2013
Album of the Week: Doom-laden, sci-fi metal signals Sabs' return to form
Want bigger blooms? Blast your plants with Black Sabbath (and avoid playing Cliff Richard)
Friday 19 April 2013
Garden guru Chris Beardshaw is recommending a new technique for bigger blooms - blast your plants with heavy metal.
Ozzy Osbourne sets record straight on split-up rumours: 'Sharon and I are not divorcing...but I have been drinking and taking drugs'
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Ozzy Osbourne has confirmed he has not separated from his wife Sharon after internet rumours reported the pair had split up.
UK holds out for a hero as Bonnie Tyler chosen for Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Thursday 07 March 2013
“Total Eclipse of the Heart” singer Bonnie Tyler will represent Britain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.
End of the World Playlist: get into the doomsday groove
Thursday 20 December 2012
Whether tomorrow brings destruction or disappointed speculation, we've got the music to get you through it
The Boy With Tape On His Face, The Duchess Theatre, London
Thursday 20 December 2012
Kiwi mime artist Sam Wills tops off his Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award success earlier this year with a West End run of his winning show: a sweet treat, perfect for the season of goodwill and frivolous entertainment.
Eminem to headline Reading and Leeds
Tuesday 11 December 2012
US rapper Eminem will take to the stage to headline the Reading and Leeds festivals next year - more than a decade after he first topped the bill.
Kiss: Why the crazy crazy guys are still monsters of rock
Monday 26 November 2012
After five decades, heavy metal’s most outrageous made-up men refuse to grow old gracefully. James McNair meets Kiss
Jimmy Savile: Young girls were just another victim of the rock'n'roll years
Wednesday 03 October 2012
Teens were easy prey in an era with different morals
Jack Osbourne vows to ‘adapt and overcome’ after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis
Monday 18 June 2012
The reality television star Jack Osbourne has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, it was revealed today.
Dark Shadows, Tim Burton, 113 mins (12A)
Sunday 13 May 2012
Tim Burton's stalwart star gives good fang, but this gothic comedy feels about as fresh as stale garlic
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- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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