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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: David essex - The Untold Story

Thursday news quiz: Elections denied, a dog surprise, and a very viral raccoon

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The Guardian - UK

“I'm really hoping that they will travel to California. Number 1, it's sunny, and number 2, I'm here. What more could you want?”: How Vince Clarke, Neil Arthur and Benge made their Doublespeak synth-pop covers album without ever being in the same room

You've never heard ABBA, The Carpenters or David Essex quite like this before...

MusicRadar

“There was no master plan apart from we didn’t want to do the Thin Lizzy/Status Quo blues bendy thing”: Bruce Watson on the birth of Big Country, Stuart Adamson’s legacy and the secret to bagpipe guitar

Bruce Watson shares the guitar story of the Scottish rock stalwarts, the "Itch and Itch" amps so crucial to his tone, and how “Scotland’s answer to Jimi Hendrix” was the heart of Big Country's sound

Guitar World

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Miriam Margolyes wants Italian citizenship

Miriam Margolyes wants to seek citizenship from a third country before the end of her life to help make it easier for her to move to Italy.

BANG Premier

David Beckham to receive knighthood at Windsor Castle

He will be accepting honours alongside Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sir Kazuo Ishiguro and West End performer Dame Elaine Paige.

The Independent UK

Arise, Sir David Beckham! England legend receives knighthood from the King as proud Victoria watches on

The football star, 50, was given the honour at a star-studded investiture ceremony on Tuesday

Evening Standard

The Jacksons announce first UK gigs since the death of Tito Jackson

The Jacksons have announced a pair of outdoor concerts in Berkshire and Essex.

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Herbie Flowers obituary

Bassist who played on an estimated 500 hit songs – the most recognisable being the motif he provided for Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side

The Guardian - UK

“Every week, every month, I was doing something new… but fighting Martians has become a lifestyle for me”: Jeff Wayne on waging the relentless War Of The Worlds

Composer of prog’s greatest conceptual album – among many, many overshadowed works – recalls cutting the invaders’ language in half, casting Phil Lynott as a vicar and scraping his wife’s best pots for a tension-building sound effect

Louder

Gateshead hedgehog 'hogspital' plea after huge rise in animals being injured in gardens

Sam Fender, David Essex, Rod Stewart and Michael Caine are among the hedgehogs recovering at Hope for Hedgehogs 'hogspital' in Gateshead as the charity witnesses a huge rise in admissions

Chronicle Live

Line-up at hotel group includes Katherine Jenkins, Alfie Boe and Tony Hadley

Sheridan Smith, David Essex, Russell Watson and Joe Pasquale are also on the line-up

Wales Online

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet - it's been nearly 40 years but where are they now?

It was the start of their careers - Geordies Tim Healy, Jimmy Nail and Kevin Whately joined Timothy Spall, Gary Holton, Pat Roach and Christopher Fairbank to play Dennis, Oz, Neville, Barry, Wayne, Bomber and Moxie in the hit TV series - here we look at what they did next

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