Imagine if you worked in advertising and then daubed subversive messages on street hoardings in your spare time. That's pretty much what the jingle writer, comedian, actress and improviser Rachel Parris is up to in her debut solo show.
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Mum's the word: Simon Cowell stays quiet on baby rumours at X Factor USA press conference
Friday 02 August 2013
Simon Cowell has spoken for the first time since reports emerged that he is to become a father, insisting the matter will be kept private.
One Direction, two careers: Can Louis Tomlinson be a pop star and a footballer at the same time?
Thursday 01 August 2013
Dreams. Most of us never fulfill any. But now One Direction star Louis Tomlinson has aced two of the most common boyhood desires - to be a footballer and a member of a globally successful boy band - in one fell swoop (and at the tender age of 21).
One Direction star Louis Tomlinson signs for Doncaster - but don't worry 1D fans, he's sticking with the band
Thursday 01 August 2013
Publicity stunt sees the singer sign for the Championship side
Never mind the egg incident: Britain's Got Talent runners-up Richard and Adam storm UK album charts
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Richard & Adam thought their dreams of becoming recording artists were over when a member of the orchestra stormed the stage during their performance in Britain’s Got Talent’s live final and pelted judge Simon Cowell with a carton of eggs.
Mixed success for X Factor stars as Jahmene Douglas hits number one but One Direction lose out to Avicii
Monday 29 July 2013
X Factor veterans had mixed fortunes at the top of the charts this week as Jahmene Douglas went straight in at number one with his debut album but One Direction lost out to all-conquering Avicii in the singles.
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Monday 29 July 2013
Overall ranking: 66th out of 124 in the Complete University Guide for 2014.
BBC apologises after 139 people complain about Holly Willoughby's 'unsuitable' low-cut dress on The Voice
Wednesday 26 June 2013
The racy dress Holly Willoughby wore to present the final of BBC talent show The Voice on Saturday night has prompted 139 complaints from viewers.
Beady Eye's Liam Gallagher booked to perform on The Voice (but Noel said 'no' to The X Factor)
Thursday 13 June 2013
Liam Gallagher has been booked as an unlikely guest on BBC1 talent show The Voice - and claimed it has been ambition to appear on the series.
The Britain's Got Talent 2013 finalists hoping to steal the show
Friday 07 June 2013
Tomorrow night 11 finalists will be hoping they will triumph when ITV series Britain's Got Talent reaches its climax.
Little Mix eclipse the Spice Girls with top five US debut DNA
Thursday 06 June 2013
X Factor winners Little Mix have become the first British girl group to debut in the US top five - beating even the Spice Girls.
'I'd rather appear on Loose Women' - Liam Gallagher makes X Factor U-turn
Wednesday 05 June 2013
Liam Gallagher says he has had a change of heart after pledging to perform on The X Factor.
X Factor judges arrive in Glasgow for first round of auditions
Tuesday 04 June 2013
It was sunshine and smiles for The X Factor judges as they arrived for the first of this year's auditions.
Police investigate Tulisa Contostavlos over 'cocaine dealing' claims after Sun sting
Monday 03 June 2013
Police are looking into claims that chart star and past X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos was involved in a drug deal.
Theatre and opera needs to get with the programme
Saturday 01 June 2013
Plus: An interesting insight into industrial relations from Eddie Braben's obituary and is Harry Hill in bed with the devil he's lampooning?
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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