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Grayson’s Art Club (Channel 4) | All 4 Is it possible for anyone outside the confines of Northern Ireland, outside all those gaunt, dripping branches and rolling green hummocks, to cram so many vowel sounds into a single-syllable word, eg the word “now”? As in “Leave, now! Naouiheaiuughea, I tell ye!” We were reintroduced to that grand Belfast accent courtesy of BBC One’s nicely wriggly four-parter Bloodlands, and I feel I can still hear the chill tattoo of hard rain on tin roofs....

Look to the Stars February 24, 2021 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has received a letter signed by 50 of Britain’s biggest stars, including Dame Judi Dench, Brian May CBE, Leona Lewis, Gary Lineker OBE, James Arthur, Thandie Newton OBE, Alesha Dixon, Ricky Gervais, Mollie King and Dame Twiggy Lawson, urging him to implement a UK ban on the sale of real animal fur. Animal protection organisation Humane Society International/UK which leads the #FurFreeBritain campaign in collaboration wit...

Rating: What wouldn’t I give for a Mars Bar — a proper one, heavy as lead and full of toffee hard enough to break a tooth, smothered in chocolate like a winter overcoat and wrapped in an envelope of greaseproof paper. The recipe changed in the late 1970s, and a Mars has never been the same since. Maybe there’s a dusty box of them in the storeroom of a disused nuclear bunker somewhere . . . the Holy Grail of original chocolate. I’d even settle for a Marathon, the peanutty bar that was r...

23 February 2021 Share with: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has received a letter signed by 50 of Britain’s biggest stars, including Dame Judi Dench, Brian May CBE, Leona Lewis, Gary Lineker OBE, James Arthur, Thandie Newton OBE, Alesha Dixon, Ricky Gervais, Mollie King and Dame Twiggy Lawson, urging him to implement a UK ban on the sale of real animal fur. Animal protection organisation Humane Society International/UK which leads the #FurFreeBritain campaign in collaboration with other animal ...

Nicola Walker has been on a rollercoaster ride, filming the new series of ITVs acclaimed crime drama Unforgotten - and the journeys not quite over yet. Shes well aware that speculation will be rife as to who the killer is, over the next seven or eight weeks, and is living in fear of revealing their identity! You have no idea how much I worry about doing so, confesses Nicola, who plays troubled detective DCI Cassie Stuart in the long-running, cold case whodunnit. Its like my nerves are buzzing a...

Unforgotten cast: Who stars in series 4 alongside Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar? The full cast of Unforgotten series four as the ITV crime drama returns to television 20:57, 22 FEB 2021 The full cast of Unforgotten series 4 as the ITV crime drama returns (Image: ITV Pictures) There are always big stories on WalesOnline - dont miss any with our daily emailInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to se...

How Unforgotten made Nicola Walker’s DCI Cassie Stuart the queen of TV crime As the hit series returns to our screens, its creator Chris Lang explains how his female lead broke the mould Nicola Walker as Cassie in Unforgotten, which returns tomorrow Credit: ITV Who needs maverick detectives, with their vintage cars, flowing coats and unorthodox methods? The best sleuth on our screens right now is the decent, dedicated and quietly diligent DCI Cassie Stuart, who returns tomorrow in ITV crime d...

Must go harder on soft drinks We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss February 13, 2021 — 12.05am Normal text size Credit:Fairfax Media While I applaud the regulators for trying to update the health star rating system so that people understand there is sugar in fruit juice (“Juice as a ‘soft drink’ gives pips to growers”, February 12), to maintain the higher rating for diet soft drinks, which have no health benefits and contain chemicals t...

Unforgotten: all you need to know about ITV drama filmed in Bristol ITV has confirmed a start date for the new series Updated THE BIGGEST STORIES ACROSS BRISTOL IN YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your righ...

Now streaming on: When I was an altar boy, assisting at Requiem High Mass and planning how to spend my 50-cent tip at the day-old pastry shop, funerals were sad affairs, with weeping and collapses and all that Latin. The only speaker was the priest, whose sermon reassured us that the Heavenly Father was reserving a space even now in the name of the Faithful Departed. These days a lot of funerals have become vaudevillian, with readings, fond stories, laughter, favorite golden oldies and everybod...