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Many people will have happy childhood memories of attending the Saturday matinee at Victoria Cinema in Inverurie.

Last modified on Fri 14 May 2021 05.06 EDT It’s late. It always is. Just 10 minutes until the front page has to be sent for printing. And above the main story, the splash, hangs a big white space, awaiting inspiration. The story: Donald Trump’s fractious state visit to the UK in 2019. The words are on the page, but the most important ones – the 60-point headline – are still wanting. A good, sharp headline here will not only sell the story but sell the paper itself. But it must be short, accurate, decent, rhythmic, in good taste, and a perfect tease of the 900 words that fo...

Frankie Howerd lives the Roman life in Up Pompeii (1971) Credit: Alamy Early on in Domina, Sky’s new drama about the life of the Roman Empress Livia Drusilla, there is a scene in which the 15-year-old Livia finds the future Emperor Augustus trying to force himself on her. She stops him by grabbing hold of his, ahem, imperial jewels – and the implication is that her hand will metaphorically remain there once she has married him, keeping the first ruler of the world’s greatest empire under her vice-like control.  As always in dramas of Imperial Rome, sex and politics are interdependent....

VE Day songs: Celebrate with these classics! Looking for some classic tunes to celebrate VE Day 2021? We’ve got you covered. May 8th is annually celebrated as Victory in Europe Day, commonly known as VE Day. On that day in 1945, Britain and its allies formally accepted Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender. On that day, now 76 years ago, Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced over the radio at 15:00 that the war in Europe had ended. Of course, everybody broke out into celebrations and since then we have witnessed block parties and so much more. With the nationwide lockdown still la...

The 64 buggy-friendly walks across Greater Manchester A handy website lets you search for walks - and even tells you if there's a cafe or pub nearby Updated (Image: Dan Smedley / Unsplash) After months in lockdown most of us are looking forward to getting out and about a bit more. With restrictions lifting, it means we can now go a bit further afield to enjoy a family walk. But if you don't know an area it can be a little tricky to find somewhere that's right for you - particularly if you've got babies and little ones in tow. That's why the Greater Manchester Walking website, which features...