“let them know it’s christmas time”

Lees, Holroyd, Wolstenholme and Pritchard; you might think it sounds like a legal firm in, say, Oldham, Lancashire. And you’d be right about the Oldham part. John Lees (guitar), Les Holroyd (bass), St

THE origins of “Bohemian Rhapsody” are found in the late 1960s, when graphic art and design student “Freddie” Bulsara jotted a few ideas on some scraps of paper. A couple of years later, as Queen fron

A once-neglected patch of land in Duddingston, Edinburgh has been transformed into a welcoming green space by volunteers. Jock Tamson’s Gairden – named in honour of Duddingston’s Rev John Thomson, ins

Bob Cooper of Macclesfield, Cheshire remembers: From an early age, I have always loved reading and writing. My best subject at school was English to the detriment of maths, and I managed to become top

When she joined Atomic Kitten as a teenager in 1999, Natasha Hamilton thought she’d landed the best job in the world. But faced with punishing tours, frayed friendships and worries about her weight, t

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