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‘Our computer sampler cost more than a house!’: how the Korgis made Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime
James Warren
, vocalist/bassist/songwriter
We’d had a Top 20 single in the UK with If I Had You and were recording our second Korgis album, Dumb Waiters. I was living in Bath and had a piano in the flat that I couldn’t really play – I am a guitarist and bass …
GSK to buy US cancer drug firm IDRx for up to $1.15bn
GSK has struck a deal worth up to $1.15bn (£950m) to acquire a Massachusetts-based developer of rare cancer therapies, in an attempt to bolster its expanding oncology business.
behind AstraZeneca, said the acquisition of IDRx, based in Plymouth near Boston, would help it …Liz Truss says UK will fail unless British media outlets are ‘fixed’
Liz Truss, who has positioned herself as a champion of free speech since her short time in Downing Street, has said the country will fail unless British media outlets such as the Guardian, the Times and the BBC are “fixed”.
The former prime minister, who described herself as a “big …
‘My Scottish accent is coming back’: Fearnley revels in defeat of Kyrgios
It is undoubtedly a little too early for Jacob Fearnley to be hailed the new Andy Murray, especially given when he opened his mouth courtside after his shock Australian Open victory over Nick Kyrgios on Monday he immediately confirmed he had lost his Scottish accent.
Having spent five years at …
Nicola Sturgeon announces divorce from Peter Murrell
Nicola Sturgeon has announced her divorce from her long-term partner Peter Murrell, who was previously the chief executive of the Scottish National party.
Their decision to split is not unexpected: it is understood Sturgeon moved out of the couple’s home in Baillieston, Glasgow, after Murrell was arrested and later charged …
Oliviero Toscani, photographer behind provocative Benetton ads, dies aged 83
Tributes have been paid to Oliviero Toscani, the Italian fashion photographer renowned for the provocative images used in Benetton’s advertising campaigns, who has died aged 83.
Toscani, who for two decades was the art director of the global clothing chain, died on Monday after being hospitalised close to his home …
‘Just the start’: X’s new AI software driving online racist abuse, experts warn
A rise in online racism driven by fake images is “just the start of a coming problem” after the latest release of X’s AI software, online abuse experts have warned.
Concerns were raised after computer-generated images created using Grok, X’s generative artificial intelligence chatbot, flooded the social media site in …
Things aren’t all bad: hail the UK customer service heroes of 2024
Once a site of horror, a tiny Caribbean island could become a Garifuna shrine
Arriving in Baliceaux, it is hard to imagine that this private island in St Vincent and the Grenadines was once the site of one of history’s worst genocides perpetrated by the British government.
Shrouded in mystery, folklore and historical intrigue, with fishermen reporting sightings of skeletons in the surrounding ocean …
Business confidence falling in UK and eurozone, recruiters warn
Recruitment companies have warned about declining confidence across Europe and the UK, as political uncertainty adds to concerns about economic growth.
The FTSE 250 recruiter PageGroup said on Monday that profits had dropped by nearly a quarter in Germany and 17% in France during the last three months of 2024, …