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‘The scale is blowing my mind’: Bradford ready to shift perceptions as city of culture
Below-zero temperatures are forecast at City Park on Friday evening but the warmth radiating from Bradford’s mighty UK city of culture opening will undoubtedly put everyone in the mood to celebrate.
The city was right in the centre of a badly timed amber weather warning this week and suffered a …
Bradford city of culture: five events to look out for in 2025
As Bradford prepares to kick off its celebrations as the UK city of culture, we take a look at five highlights for people to put in their diaries.
Bradford UK city of culture opening ceremony
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The magician Steven Frayne, better known as Dynamo, will kick things off on Friday …
Friday briefing: Why spiralling borrowing costs spell trouble for Rachel Reeves
Good morning. There has been no new meaningful data released this week that might prompt a change in perceptions of the British economy: no inflation update, no unemployment figures, no OBR forecast. Nevertheless, chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing what many observers see as a crisis.
UK borrowing costs have risen …
‘I’m bursting with ideas’: Michael Sheen launches new national theatre for Wales
Michael Sheen, a global star of screen and stage, is spearheading a new national theatre for Wales, promising to create big, bold plays that bring vital stories about his homeland to life.
said he was bursting with ideas and promised to appear in the newly forged …Birkenstock sues ‘copycat’ rivals claiming its sandals are applied art
Stephen Colbert on Los Angelenos: ‘Doing everything they can to help one another’
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opened Wednesday’s Late Show with a message to the people of Los Angeles …
Stuart Hogg was a world class Scottish rugby player who now has to relocate his moral compass | Robert Kitson
Scotland has not always been blessed with rugby players of genuine world class but prime-time Stuart Hogg was a rare exception. At the height of his powers he was the Six Nations Player of the Year in successive seasons in 2016 and 2017, mixing acceleration and attacking intent with a …
‘It’s our Olympic opening ceremony’: Dynamo, David Hockney and more unite for Bradford city of culture
Slathered in mud, the magician formerly known as Dynamo emerged from a five-tonne mound of earth. It was 2022 and Steven Frayne had just buried himself alive, a magic trick that even Houdini never successfully performed. In the coffin-sized pit he dragged himself out of, Frayne left behind the weight …
Royal Mail to celebrate The Vicar of Dibley with 12 special stamps
The Royal Mail is issuing 12 special stamps to celebrate the 1990s BBC comedy series The Vicar of Dibley.
Eight stamps depict memorable scenes from the sitcom, including a guest appearance by former ballerina Dame Darcey Bussell, while four stamps show a Dibley parish council meeting.
The Vicar of Dibley …