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Sentencing of members of ‘depraved’ child abuse ring postponed until new year

The two women and five men were convicted of a range of offences last year which the trial judge said plunged ‘the depths of human depravity’.

The Independent UK

“I just had to tell him, ‘You’ve outdone me, you bugger!’” Iron Maiden used to merely hint at their prog credentials… now they flaunt them

A selection of the NWOBHM veterans’ longest, deepest and weirdest tracks – and they weren’t all written by Steve Harris

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‘She did not suffer a fool or hypocrite and loved a good laugh’: novelist Edna O’Brien

An email correspondence about Bosnian Serb war criminal Radovan Karadžić led to Ed Vulliamy’s unexpected bond with the Irish author, who died last week aged 93

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Melissa Etheridge connects with incarcerated women in new docuseries 'I'm Not Broken'

Melissa Etheridge realized two career dreams with her new docuseries “Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken”: performing for imprisoned women and recording the concert for a live album

The Independent UK

Beckett Unbound: Krapp’s Last Tape; All That Fall – review

Denis Lavant is remarkable as old man Krapp in Beckett’s minor masterpiece, while Adrian Dunbar shrouds his short radio play in total darkness

The Guardian - UK

The President review – Hugo Weaving satire verges on an endurance test

Sydney Theatre CompanyWeaving delivers a funny, commanding performance but this rarely performed 1975 Thomas Bernhard play feels neither relevant nor prescient

The Guardian - AU

Melissa Etheridge's Journey: Music, Family, And Activism

Explore the inspiring journey of musician Melissa Etheridge, her activism, family life, and resilience in the face of personal tragedies.

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Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps and wife Nicole welcome fourth son

Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, now has four sons - Boomer, seven, Beckett, five, Maverick, four, and newborn Nico

Evening Standard

Sentencing of Glasgow child abuse ring delayed for another three months

A judge has told the child abusers they face “very substantial” jail terms for “extraordinary depravity”

The Independent UK

Scottish child abuse ring members have sentencing delayed for three months

Seven people convicted of being part of a Scottish child abuse ring face at least a three-month wait to find out if they will be given life…

The National (Scotland)

'Extreme depravity': Child abusers told they face 'substantial' jail time

A CHILD abuse ring who preyed on victims in a drugs den have been warned that they face “very substantial” jail terms for “extraordinary…

The National (Scotland)

‘After rehearsal, my face hurts from laughing!’ The Ghosts cast on fun, fame and their festive farewell

It’s one of the UK’s most cherished comedies, but now it’s bowing out for ever. The stars talk about nicking things from the set – and being called ‘outrageous and shameful’ by Piers Morgan

The Guardian - UK

The exquisite physical comedy of Dirty Birds: a new Aussie post-COVID Theatre of the Absurd

Theatre is littered with sister double acts: Antigone and Ismene, Kate and Bianca, Blanche and Stella, Fleabag and Claire. The shared history of sisters delivers inbuilt emotional stakes and lots of baggage. The doubling of experience brings both love and rivalry, the joys of being known and the horrors of…

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The Independent UK

Inside the horror of the drug-addled gang that held ‘child rape nights’ in Glasgow home

Residents left ‘sick to their stomach’ after paedophile ring exposed in case which ‘plunges to the depths of human depravity’, Amy-Clare-Martin reports

The Guardian - UK

Prom 43: Endgame review – music brings compassion to Beckett’s austere drama

For its UK premiere, György Kurtág’s opera faced a challenge summoning the play’s claustrophobia in this venue, but performances and players were superb

The Guardian - UK

‘I compose to seek the truth’: György Kurtág on depression, totalitarianism and his 73-year marriage

He was mentored by Ligeti, too shy to meet Beckett, and half of one of the greatest ever musical and romantic partnerships. As his opera arrives at the Proms, the avant garde master gives a rare interview

Daily Record

Mum of pregnant woman pushed off Arthur's Seat haunted by her chilling last words

Fawziyah Javed, 31, asked if she was 'going to die before' her and her unborn child were murdered at Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh in September 2021.

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The Independent UK

Mother of woman murdered at Edinburgh landmark haunted by daughter’s last words

Kashif Anwar was jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering his wife in September 2021.

The Guardian - UK

All of It review – Alistair McDowall’s extraordinary tales of ordinary life

Three audacious monologues by McDowall, dazzlingly performed by Kate O’Flynn, open vivid windows on to day-to-day existence

Daily Mirror

Killer beat his own gran to death when he was supposed to be looking after her

Scott McCulloch repeatedly punched and stamped on frail Patricia Bitters in her own home in Forres, Moray, in a "appallingly violent assault" and she died days later

MusicRadar

Watch Chad Smith break down Red Hot Chili Peppers drum beats and fills in a virtual masterclass with Drumeo

Chad took a trip to Drumeo HQ to talk through some of the band's biggest songs

The Independent UK

Murderer Kashif Anwar ‘showed no remorse’ after killing his wife, court hears

Lord Beckett said the killing of Fawziyah Javed on Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh, in September 2021, was ‘intentional murder’.

Irish Mirror

Pregnant woman 'pushed off hill in Edinburgh by husband had secret code with her mum'

The trial presided over by Judge Lord Beckett, heard of the instances of alleged abuse and control from Anwar

Daily Record

Killer Andrew Innes jailed for at least 36 years for murdering mother and tot, 2, in Dundee home

Andrew Innes, 52, was found guilty of murdering Bennylyn Burke, 25, and Jellica Burke at his Dundee home in 2021.

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