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The extraordinary untold story of Freddie Mercury: Mary Austin on her best friend – and love of her life

He was Queen’s flamboyant frontman. She was his shy girlfriend, dreaming of marriage until they both realised he preferred men. Thirty-five years after his death, in the week he would have turned 80, Mary Austin talks about their unbreakable bond

The Guardian - UK

400,000 inquiries for travel medical directory that helps people find insurance

As many people prepare for summer getaways, the British Insurance Brokers’ Association said that demand for the directory continues to grow.

Evening Standard

More than 35,000 households helped by flood insurance directory since launch

The flood insurance directory was launched in February 2022 to help households in flood-prone areas to access suitable insurance.

Evening Standard

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Wallace & Gromit, Biba style and the irrepressible Tracey Emin: what to visit and see this week

When I was growing up there were three channels on the telly, which seems quaint now. You watched what was on, like it or lump it. But I have only good memories of children’s TV in the 1970s. Hiding behind a cushion as we watched Dr Who, singing along to…

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The Biba Story: the fashion brand that lifted a drab postwar Britain into the swinging 60s

First conceived as a mail-order-only company in 1963, known as Biba’s Postal Boutique, the brand captured the revolutionary 1960s and 1970s attitude and style, offering trend-seekers affordable, high-fashion aesthetics and glamour akin to Paris catwalks.

The Conversation

Strategy will ‘open doors’ to people struggling to access financial services

The Government’s Financial Inclusion Strategy aims to improve access to financial services for various groups.

The Independent UK

Naivety cost me my Transit van and motorbike insurance

I have been driving for 38 years, I have never had an accident, but I can no longer get insurance

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"They seemed to come out of some New York film where it was all flick-knives on the street." The Damned's Dave Vanian on the gig that changed his life

In November 1973, a US rock band visited London for the second time and helped spark a punk rock revolution

Louder

‘They were inventing a new definition of sexy’: stars and scenesters on the New York Dolls’ riotous rock

Fifty years on from their dissolution, admirers from Joan Jett to Dave Vanian explain the appeal of a band who ripped up rock’n’roll in high heels – and pointed towards punk

The Guardian - UK

The best fashion revivals over the years, from throwback styles to entire brand comebacks

When it comes to fashion, everything comes back around after a while

Woman & Home

Warning over ‘cheap insurance’ offers that could land you in court

A ghost broker warning has been issued

The Independent UK

I've Spent Years Researching this List—Behold, the 63 Best Online Vintage Stores and Sellers

Meticulously curated by a vintage-obsessed fashion editor

Marie Claire

‘Bottle grief – you don’t want to be a bore’: Barbara Hulanicki

The fashion designer and Biba founder, 87, on the best business advice she’s been given, why she wears black and the reason she never cries

The Guardian - UK

Watch Procol Harum play a majestic version of A Whiter Shade Of Pale in the Biba Department Store in London in 1973

The Midnight Special has delivered the goods again

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"What a find!" In 1973 Humble Pie played a set at a trendy department store in London: That footage is now online

Filmed for US TV show The Midnight Special, Humble Pie pull out all the stops with a livewire version of their classic I Don't Need No Doctor with the Black Berries

The Guardian - UK

Microminis, Twiggy and flamingos: the ‘fabulous’ story of Biba

Exhibition in London captures the legendary emporium’s years at the height of fashion from 1964 to 1975

Evening Standard

1960s nostalgia sweeps London — from the Biba exhibition to the great return of the mini skirt

London swings again! Sixty years ago, Biba style rocked London — and now, a new exhibition celebrating the iconic shop’s cultural importance is opening in the capital, part of the next generation’s obsession with the clothes, music and freedom of the decade, says Victoria Moss

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How Biba’s make-up and cosmetics line started a beauty revolution

Ahead of a new Biba retrospective opening at London’s Fashion & Textile Museum, Hannah Tindle speaks to Barbara Hulanicki about its pioneering make-up and cosmetics line

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Evening Standard

Inside Biba: Kensington's Sixties fashion palace where Diana Ross, Princess Anne and David Bowie used to shop

From Barbara Hulanicki – the legend who started it all – to the Biba girls who worked the shop floor, as a new exhibition opens in London Isobel Van Dyke meets those who built London’s fashion empire of the swinging Sixties

The Guardian - UK

‘My mum was horrified’: how Biba’s store changed my teenage years

Barbara Hulanicki brought chic clothes to the masses in the 60s. Now those golden Georgy Girl years are to be celebrated in a new exhibition

Evening Standard

The best exhibitions to see in London in 2024, from CUTE at Somerset House to Francis Bacon at the NPG

The capital's museums and galleries are a treasure trove of glorious art and ideas – here's our pick of the year's offerings

Louder

"I've lived, I really have. I've done it all. I love the fact that I make people happy": The life and times of rock's most outrageous star, Freddie Mercury

How a shy kid from Zanzibar helped propel Queen to superstardom

The Independent UK

Inquiries jump to service which helps people to find affordable insurance

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association said that 97,862 inquiries were handled in 2022.

The Independent UK

Holidaymakers with medical conditions ‘face barriers to finding the right cover’

More than a third with pre-existing medical conditions had encountered problems buying travel insurance in the past three years, Which? said.

The Guardian - UK

Barbara Hulanicki’s forever fashion: ‘I made this jacket for Twiggy, which is why it’s so tiny’

The designer made this in the early 70s for her label, Biba. It is one of the few pieces she still has from that era

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