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2 weeks ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Peter Robertson
Thirty-five years ago, the American singer-songwriter Maria McKee spent four weeks on top of the UK singles chart with the power ballad Show Me Heaven. Forty years ago, A Good Heart, which Maria wrote when only a teenager, was a No.1 for the Northern Irish singer Feargal Sharkey.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Codie Bullen |Peter Robertson
Comedian and presenter Frank Skinner has married his long-term girlfriend Cath Mason after 24 years together. The couple met when she was working for his management company, and they share son Buzz, who was born in 2012. On the latest episode of his podcast Frank Off The Radio, the 68-year-old shocked his co-hosts Emily Dean, who burst into tears, and Pierre Novellie with his news. Frank, whose real name is Christopher Collins, excitedly shared: 'Can you brace yourselves?
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3 weeks ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Peter Robertson |John Toner
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1 month ago | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Peter Robertson
Dame Evelyn Glennie, 59, is the first person to sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist, performing worldwide with great artists and orchestras, writes Peter Robertson. Born in Aberdeenshire, her hearing declined from the age of eight, making her achievements all the more remarkable. She's worked with artists include Danny Boyle (on the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics), Bjork and Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler. She was made a Dame in 2007. Divorced, she lives in Cambridgeshire.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Mark Duell |Peter Robertson
British singer and actor Mike Berry - known for his hits 'Don't You Think It's Time' and 'Sunshine Of Your Smile' - has died aged 82, his manager has confirmed. Berry was the last surviving star of the hit BBC TV sitcom Are You Being Served?, and was a regular on the original series of Worzel Gummidge. He most recently performed in a sold-out show at the Half Moon live music pub in Putney, South West London, on February 23.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
expressdigest.com | Peter Robertson
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Peter Robertson
Alas, poor Mr Tennant...star offers to bequeath his own skull for use in HamletBy PETER ROBERTSON Published: 15:51 EST, 5 March 2025 | Updated: 15:51 EST, 5 March 2025 It is an iconic scene that sees Hamlet lament the death of Yorick while holding his skull. And now Scots star David Tennant has claimed he would happily bequeath his own skull to be used in productions of the famous Shakespeare play.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Peter Robertson
It is an iconic scene that sees Hamlet lament the death of Yorick while holding his skull. And now Scots star David Tennant has claimed he would happily bequeath his own skull to be used in productions of the famous Shakespeare play. The star of TV shows such as Doctor Who and Broadchurch worked with a real skull in a 2008 staging of the play in which he starred as the Danish Prince mourning the dead court jester Yorick whose skull is exhumed.
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Mar 1, 2025 | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Peter Robertson
Tony Christie is known for hits such as I Did What I Did For Maria and (Is This The Way To) Amarillo, which went to No 1 in 2005 when Peter Kay revived it for Comic Relief, writes Peter Robertson. Diagnosed with dementia in 2021, Tony's Great Farewell Tour runs from March 8 until September 18. His latest album A New Life is out on March 28. Tony, 82, lives in Staffordshire with his wife Sue, who he married in 1968. They have three children and seven grandchildren.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
thesun.co.uk | Amir Razavi |Clemmie Moodie |Peter Robertson
AS love stories go, it’s not quite Romeo And Juliet. But the marriage of late radio great Steve Wright’s “seriously ill” 94-year-old dad to his much younger carer has sparked a bitter family feud. Friends claim Richard getting hitched to Marta Juanes Martin — who is 43 years his junior — has “torn the family apart”. Steve’s younger brother Laurence is said to be particularly upset by their romance and did not attend the wedding last September.
