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Whatever you already think about the pop star, this album isn’t going to alter it
Forever contemporary Cruella leaves Mary Poppins in ‘olden times’
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Volume one of Gibb Brothers’ songbook with Nashville twist
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The Bee Gees’ last surviving member on falling out with his brothers before they died
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – You can’t look the other way
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The Irish woman who wed a Bee Gee: ‘It was like being married to the family’
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, a new film, chronicles the band’s extraordinary career
Bernard Dillon: The Derby-winning jockey from Kerry who had it all and lost it all
Dillon and his famous wife Marie Lloyd were the Posh and Becks of Edwardian Britain
‘Civil discobedience’: Dancing in protest as UN climate summit proceeds
Protest called by Extinction Rebellion blocks Madrid’s central shopping street Gran Via
Before Brexit: Pop, escapism and racism in England
Karl Whitney, author of Hit Factories, on his journey through the UK’s industrial heartlands
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Take the hassle out of the festive season by following our expert guide
Tell me more, tell me more: the story of Grease, 40 years on
Released four decades ago today in Ireland, the hit coming-of-age movie has barely faded
The 12 best overlooked albums of 2018 (so far)
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Louis Walsh: ‘Boyzone were more fun than Westlife’
‘Ireland’s Got Talent’ star on ungrateful popstars and being falsely accused of sex assault
British honours for Barry Gibb, Darcey Bussell and Ringo Starr
Jilly Cooper, Eamonn Holmes, Marc Almond, Alexandra Shulman, Rick Stein also recognised
Blair couldn’t help the Remain campaign but he could help steer Brexit
UK Politics: Remainers should make it their mission to shape Britain after EU exit
Grammys 2017: Adele wins album and song of the year – and she lauds Beyoncé
Beyoncé’s jaw-dropping multimedia homage to motherhood stunned the audience and set social media on fire
Just duet! Flo Morrissey on her new covers album with Matthew E White
The Irish English singer has teamed with American White for an album of covers ranging from Leonard Cohen to the hit theme from Grease
From CB radio to SodaStreams: the technology that time forgot
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Clean up begins as Glastonbury folds up its tent for 2016
Coldplay, Muse and Adele were among the highlightswhile Brexit cast its shadow
Dexys usher in their new Irish vision
Kevin Rowland opens up about his Irish roots, 1916, the Birmingham pub bombings of 1974 and an encounter with Muhammad Ali
Gareth Hutch funeral told ‘every tragedy has a human face’
Call for path to peace as Mass for seventh victim of Kinahan- Hutch gang feud held
Lulu: survivor and thriver with something to shout about
The pop veteran has put pen to paper for her first album in 10 years. Why? ‘When you write songs, you have to reveal something of yourself’
My Obituary: Annabel Karmel, the woman who ‘banned bland’ from kids’ meals
A series in which people help to pen their own obituaries: ‘The death of her first child inspired Karmel to start a business dedicated to the wellbeing of children and families’
Cantillon: Virgin’s bird’s eye view of Aer Lingus sale
Virgin has publicly expressed fears about a deal’s impact on competition
Hozier: “I’m still figuring it out. I’m still figuring myself out”
On the cusp of super-stardom, Hozier reveals all to Una Mullally
We love them yeah yeah yeah – what 1D have learned from The Beatles
One Direction show the boyband genre is an art form by following in the marketing footsteps of the most famous boyband of them all
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