I really don’t like New Year. Despite happy memories of getting engaged on 31 December many moons ago, I find it makes me a bit insecure. I worry there’s a party everyone is going to that I’m not invi

Movie magic I watched A Day to Remember after reading John Bird’s column [Issue 1697, 15-26 December]. Please say thank you to him. The movie had a depth and poignancy that I would have missed if he h

A key figure in 70s pub rock is back with more songs “about politics or idiots with fingers on buttons”.

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I love soaps, and I’ll be watching the Coronation Street and Emmerdale “Corriedale” crossover on catch-up. A lot of my fellow Aussies like Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan had huge soap careers, but it

Leigh Lawson has embraced acting and poetry with the same determination that sustained Marie Lloyd, the music-hall queen whose memorabilia he collects, as Carla Passino discovers