The Only Way is Essex - Week One
Ten series ago, a group of bright-eyed, vajazzled-tailed Essex elites propelled themselves into 'Closer' magazine fame as they went about their hopelessly dramatic, yet poorly enunciated, lives with...
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COMPETITION: Set Sail For Greece With '300: Rise Of An Empire'
To celebrate the release of ‘300: Rise of an Empire’ from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, in cinemas on 7 March 2014, The Huffington Post UK are offering one lucky winner the honour of...
View ArticleA Classroom Culture Clash
Judging from the figures released at the turn of the year by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the UK's creative industries are in fine fettle. Worth more than £70bn last year, the sector...
View ArticleWhy '12 Years a Slave' and 'Roots' are Inadequate Representations of Slavery
When Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley was published in 1976, it was greeted by waves of attention and immediate success. Within a month of its publication date, it climbed to the...
View ArticleGetting Closer to No Boundaries
In 2013 I sat at home to watch the Arts Council of England's State of the Arts Conference online. I turned off within 20 minutes - not because of the content but because I couldn't access the content...
View ArticleDissing Other Authors Can Be Dangerous--Or Not
When I was first starting out as a published author, and before my first book was published, a famous writer at an awards banquet offered me unsolicited advice about launching a career. "Don't attack...
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OSCARS 2014: What's Going To Win Best Film? '12 Years A Slave' Takes On...
The Oscars are coming! The little gold statuettes are being polished as we speak, ready to be handed out on Sunday evening in Los Angeles. Each day this week, we've been wondering who should be...
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Where Lies the Future of British Music Theatre?
In a church hall somewhere in Dalston an astonishing sound is being created. Eight unaccompanied voices are uniting in a series of intricate harmonies - maybe not unusual on a Sunday in some of the...
View ArticleThe Power of Music Therapy
Music means many things to many people, but for me I think it is best described as nourishment for the soul. With a song, tune or melody to match every mood, it is something most of us cannot live...
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'Muppets Most Wanted' Musical Trailer Finds Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzy Singing...
A brand new 'Muppets Most Wanted' trailer has dropped, giving us a glimpse of the musical talents of this unique dramatic company. Putting on my top hat... Poking fun at this follow-up to the previous...
View ArticleJK Rowling's Books Changed My Life - She Should Never Stop Writing
It is fair to say that all of JK Rowling's books have profoundly touched my life in different ways. Lynn Shepherd's plea for her to stop publishing made me immensely sad. For like many of my friends I...
View ArticleCelebrating Cruelty-Free Fashion at Mahiki
The idea of wearing an animal's fur has always made me feel sick. You only have to see the videos of skinned animals lying in a heap, still breathing and lifting their heads, to understand that...
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Susanna Reid Confirms Split From Dominic Cotton, INSTEAD Of Announcing Move...
Susanna Reid was meant to be celebrating yesterday, after being named as the new face of ITV's breakfast schedule. Instead, the BBC presenter found herself confirming the end of her long relationship...
View ArticleJustin Bieber Turns 20: See His 20 Most Troublesome Moments (PICTURES)
Justin Bieber is finally a grown up. In numbers, at least. His teenage years have been rather turbulent recently (as our gallery below illustrates), but will his twenties be more peaceful? Some of his...
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Roger Daltrey Birthday: The Who Frontman Turns 70 (PICTURES)
Saturday marks the 70th birthday of The Who frontman Roger Daltrey. Daltrey's career with the band began back in 1964 and in 2005 he collected a CBE for his services to music, the entertainment...
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'Match of the Day' Is Too White, Says BBC Boss, Citing Current Lineup Of Gary...
'Match of the Day' has too many white men on its lineup and needs to become more diverse. That is the criticism of the BBC's director of television, Danny Cohen, who has made it clear he expects to see...
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Nick Grimshaw Taken To Hospital After Swallowing Glass During Radio 1...
Nick Grimshaw was forced abandon his Radio 1 Breakfast Show this morning when a freak accident saw him swallow a chunk of glass. Keen to reassure fans that all is well, the 29-year-old has already...
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Jake Bugg brands American Idol a "dream smasher" following live performance
Jake Bugg has never been one to keep his opinions to himself, having previously slammed acts like One Direction, who he described as "terrible", as well as Leona Lewis and Mumford and Sons. This time...
View ArticleFlipping Marvellous Food Tube Pancake Recipes
We fired up our frying pans at Food Tube HQ this week and challenged the whole family to come up with top toppings for Shrove Tuesday. And the gang did not let us down, whipping up a splendid batch of...
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The Haunting Appeal of Katee Sackhoff
Thirty years ago, this aspiring writer, weaned on Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica, spent three weeks in Lake Oswego, Oregon, while The Goonies was being shot a few miles away. At the time,...
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