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Whether you’re planning an exotic break or a UK staycation, no holiday would be complete without a great book to escape with. We caught up with the British novelist Nicholas Leigh whose fast-paced books will carry you through the summer and beyond.

The growing list of political figures and lobbyists pranked by Sacha Baron Cohen for a new series is truly tantalising. The Ali G, Bruno and Borat star took political pranking to new levels with former Vice President Dick Cheney signing a water board and prominent right wingers Sarah Palin, Roy Moore, and radio host Joe Walsh publicly attacking the comedian for making them look stupid. The latter can be seen in this hilarious ten minute first look at the new show...

The “Shape of You” singer, 27, will install a set of double pedestrian gates and cast iron railings which will prevent “opportunities for rough sleeping” and provide increased security, according to his planning agent.

The Brigade criticised the nation's favourite reality show for conforming to stereotypes after the boys dressed as firemen for a hot and sweaty challenge - insisting that real firefighters aren't sexy.

Bay City Rollers star Alan Longmuir was laid to rest at Allan Church in Bannockburn, Stirling today.

Ahead of her headline show at Somerset House this evening, yesterday Sigrid celebrated the release of her new EP Raw by  treating lucky fans to an intimate acoustic performance at hmv’s flagship Oxford Street 363 store. The release of Raw cements what can only be described as a stellar year for one of music’s most exciting emerging talents. From winning the BBC Sound of 2018, to storming the stage at Coachella and playing on Jimmy Fallon, to moving Helen Mirren on the Graham Norton Show, and reaching the top 10 in the...

Green Day's American Idiot has moved into the top 20 in the UK charts ahead of Donald Trump's visit to the country this week. The President is set to arrive in London on Thursday and will be welcomed with hostile crowds and a Trump baby blimp in the skies. But protesters look to have gone one step further by launching a concerted campaign to get American Idiot to the top of the music charts. Through a combination of purchases and streams,...

The Jungle’s an urgent political immersive monumental piece of theatre set in an Afghan restaurant deep inside the Calais refugee camp, which was bulldozed to the ground by the French authorities in 2016. It’s a hypnotic play. Part documentary, part fiction, part activist, it gives voice to the stories of the refugees and to the reflections of the playwrights Joe Robertson and Joe Murphy, who themselves the cracks in the pavement where cultural shifts happen, the “theatre of hope” to...

Cast members from the award winning TV series The Handmaid's Tale are raising awareness about violence against women and girls by joining forces with women's rights group Equality Now to share real-life stories that eerily reflect plotlines from the show. In a two-minute film, cast members including Joseph Fiennes, Samira Wiley, Madeline Brewer and Ann Dowd, and lead production crew share the words of women and girls describing personal experiences of rape, sex trafficking and female genital mutilation. "This is not...