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Freddie Mercury’s collection of stage costumes, handwritten lyrics and ‘beautiful objects’ up for auction
he contents of the singer’s home will go on show in London, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong ahead of being sold
TV Baftas 2022: Social issues take spotlight at inclusive ceremony
Pleas to save Channel 4 took centre stage on Sunday night amid uncertainty over future
Fintan O’Toole: We need schools for messers, dreamers and misfits
Great explosion in English rock music was unintended result of art schools
Paralympic Games: Opening ceremony an uplifting show of empowerment
Amid the pandemic and the politics, the focus was firmly on the parade of athletes
Queen’s Brian May: ‘I never have a single day without thinking about Freddie’
Queen guitarist recalls the period of turmoil that gave rise to his first solo album
Keilidh Cashell: ‘I gravitate towards artists who don’t care what anyone else thinks’
Soundtrack of My Life: The make-up artist and influencer on George Michael, Miley Cyrus and Queen
Different decade, different virus but the same anguish, loneliness and dread
London Letter: Early casualties of Aids in the 1980s were mostly in their 20s and 30s
Elton John: ‘George Michael was too stubborn to get sober’
Elton answers questions from celeb fans Victoria Beckham, Billie Eilish, Bob Dylan and more
Ireland’s hopes still hinge on their porcelain doll Johnny Sexton
Outhalf ran show for 40 imperious minutes before being wrapped in cotton wool again
Donohoe accused of using ‘magic money’ to fund promises
Minister warned ‘it’s a mistake you’ll regret’ to run roughshod over Fianna Fáil
Bryan Singer to pay $150,000 settlement over rape allegation
Director to settle out of court over claims he assaulted a 17-year-old boy in 2003
Sex in the movies: Why there’s no ‘sick filth’ left to ban
Pornography – even hard-core – was once big box office. The internet changed everything
Spaced invaders: who to blame for the spate of on-pitch attacks?
If you want to know why fans cross the line to assault players, look outside the stadium
They fixed the Oscars! Or did they just get harder to predict?
Analysis: How did Green Book, an indifferent film with lazy racial politics, win best picture?
Oscars 2019: Olivia Colman and Green Book triumph in a night of shocks
Green Book is best film, Bohemian Rhapsody wins most. Glenn Close overlooked for 7th time
Oscars 2019: Donald Clarke’s guide – Who will win? And who should?
The Favourite may be overlooked for the big prizes with Roma likely to steal the show
Rami Malek: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ experience with Bryan Singer ‘not pleasant’
Bryan Singer’s alleged victims ‘deserve to have their voice heard’, says Oscar-nominated actor
Oscars 2019: 10 nominations for Irish production ‘The Favourite’
Academy Awards: Dubliner Robbie Ryan has been nominated for best cinematography
Golden Globes: shock as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ wins best drama
Freddie Mercury biopic and ‘Green Book’ win big at awards ceremony on Sunday night
Irish film ‘Late Afternoon’ shortlisted for Academy Award
Cartoon Saloon’s ‘Late Afternoon’ is now in contention for Oscar nomination
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ now most-streamed 20th century song
The six-minute song overtook the likes of Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ and Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Sweet Child O’Mine’
Freddie Mercury: Bohemian Rhapsody is no tribute. It’s full of unconscious homophobia
Biopic demonstrates Queen members’ control over the singer’s legacy and memory
Freddie Mercury’s teeth in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’? Meet their maker
Rami Malek’s giant choppers were painstakingly crafted by Chris Lyons of Fangs FX
Bohemian Rhapsody’s box-office gold? It’s the year of the criticproof movie
What matters these days isn’t what the critics think but how well-established a brand is
‘In Freddie Mercury I saw a very shy and at times lonely figure’
Actor Rami Malek on portraying the late Queen frontman in the new biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
Calling Natalie Portman a ‘supporting actor’ is like saying Thumper is the star of ‘Bambi’
Why is ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ not a musical? Because it wants to be an Oscar contender
Elton John biopic promises a ‘wild ride’ of glam excess
‘Rocketman’ trailer features concerts, pools, parties, emergencies and lots of 1970s colour
World Aids Day: ‘How I have lived with HIV for 26 years’
When she asked about Aids, ‘the doctor replied, “it’s like this – you’re dying”.
Freedom: George Michael gets his final right to reply – and it’s a thing of beauty
There is no mention of the post-Wham! fallout but this documentary is as close to Michael as you could possibly get on screen
Top of the Pops was the perfect pop show: its return should be a triumph
The BBC is to launch a new Top of the Pops-style show. Here’s why the original was more than just a music programme
Wolfgang Rihm can chat and compose at the same time
The German composer is a master of quite contradictory styles and his output runs to more than 400 works
Una Mullally on George Michael: A gay man devoid of shame
‘Pop hunk transformed into a gay icon when few celebrities had the guts to come out’
Ten songs in the key of George Michael’s life
Brian Boyd selects 10 songs that tell part of the story of the British pop superstar’s life
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