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David Queensberry obituary: designer who shaped modern tableware

David Queensberry, the 12th Marquess of Queensberry and a major ceramics designer, has died aged 96. He helped shape modern tableware through Queensberry Hunt and taught at the Royal College of Art.

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Blogger turns body-acceptance journey into stage play

Nuala Moore has adapted her body-acceptance blog into the play My Phat Life, which debuted at Féile an Phobail in west Belfast.

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Nuala Moore, a woman with fair hair tied back, wearing a grey shawl-style jacket and black top.

Brenda Fricker’s funeral to take place in Dublin on Thursday

Brenda Fricker’s funeral will take place in Dublin on Thursday at St. Catherine's Church, followed by a private burial. The Oscar-winning actress died last month aged 81.

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A black and white photo of a lady wearing a watch on her right hand which hold her right cheek. She has on a dark top and white scarf.

How the Hollywood blacklist silenced the left and still resonates

Locarno’s retrospective on the Hollywood blacklist revisits HUAC, blacklisted artists, exile, and the long shadow of McCarthyism in US culture.

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Eleanor Parker, presses her hands against a wire mesh screen

From Belladrum to Delta Goodrem duet: Cammy Barnes's mad weekend

Cammy Barnes described a whirlwind weekend of festival gigs, a last-minute Belladrum return and a duet with Delta Goodrem at Glasgow's Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.

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A smiling Cammy Barnes, who is wearing a dinner suit, is hugged by Delta Goodrem, who is wearing a silver sparkly dress. Cammmy has ginger hair and beard and black framed glasses with red lenses. Delta has long blonde hair.

Gareth Evans-Jones yn ennill Medal Ryddiaith yr Eisteddfod

Gareth Evans-Jones o Ynys Môn yw enillydd Medal Ryddiaith yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol eleni, gyda'r beirniaid yn canmol gwaith a gafodd ei ddisgrifio fel campwaith.

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Leicester Comedy Festival operator ceases trading

Big Difference Company, which runs the Leicester Comedy Festival, has ceased trading after financial pressures and ongoing funding issues.

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A man standing on his stager with a crowd in front of him

Ateb y Galw: Christine James

Cyfweliad Ateb y Galw gyda Christine James, y fenyw gyntaf i fod yn archdderwydd, yn trafod ei hatgofion, ei hoff lefydd, ei llyfrau a’r lluniau sy’n bwysig iddi.

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Rhiannon Evans yn cyhoeddi ymddeoliad ar ôl dros 50 mlynedd

Rhiannon Evans, 79, will retire at the end of the year after more than 50 years making jewellery in Tregaron, with her work known internationally.

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Llun o fenyw â gwallt llwyd at ei hysgwyddau yn gwisgo siwmper las yn gweithio darn o fetel gyda theclyn

Tim Pope recalls wild music videos for Bowie, Queen, the Cure and more

Tim Pope reflects on his chaotic music-video career, from working with Bowie, Mercury and the Cure to a bruising Hollywood experience and life after MTV.

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Tim Pope directs Freddie Mercury in a prawn costume in his video for Queen’s song It’s A Hard Life, in Munich, 1984.

Tributes paid to theatre director and playwright Peter Gill

Peter Gill, the Cardiff-born theatre director, playwright and actor, has died aged 86. Tributes described his influence on British theatre as quietly seismic.

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