2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (299+ words) MARION McMULLEN looks at how a search for the next musical theatre star launched 20 years ago HUNDREDS of stage hopefuls applied to play the starring role of Maria von Trapp in the West End in The Sound Of Music when…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (526+ words) The Bear star Edwin Lee Gibson chats to YOLANTHE FAWEHINMI about what viewers can expect from the fifth and final season of the hit drama EDWIN Lee Gibson wasn’t expecting his career to blossom after the first season of The…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (342+ words) ONE in four events planned for Bristol Harbour this year have been cancelled, leaving a worrying dent in its finances. And the hugely popular Queen Square Live concerts are also taking a break in 2026, it has been announced. A total…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (322+ words) Cross-generational friendship between TikToker and TV star is a hoot STILL celebrating winning show of the year and best comedy series at the inaugural Scottish Podcast Awards, Ford Kiernan and Shelby May are proof age gaps can work. He's 64, she’s…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (348+ words) OSCAR Wilde was a master of satirising Edwardian society, and through true wit opening up the falsehoods behind its elegant facade. His beautifully written plays often hit a nerve with the people he satirised, who in retaliation, with the power…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (403+ words) A lighter, brighter and warmer palate of neutral tones is key to a modern aesthetic in the kitchen, says SAM WYLIE-HARRIS IF your kitchen feels dark, dated, or done its time and due for a refurb and in need of…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (344+ words) NOEL Coward was at the height of his powers as a playwright when in 1927 he wrote The Marquise for his friend Marie Tempest. A successful star of musical comedy before she deserted the musical stage for drama, she proved to…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (459+ words) AFTER three decades together, Foo Fighters never walk alone, and definitely won't when they rock Liverpool next week. The band have been marking their 30th anniversary with two massive gigs at Anfield Stadium this week. When it was first announced, Dave…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (505+ words) It was the summer of Euro 96, the Festival of the Sea, a new Severn bridge opened and everything was looking great for Bristol. Eugene Byrne, our man bumping into things because of his Noel Gallagher glasses, tears himself away from…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (432+ words) FAST, funny and farcical, John Cleese’s iconic comedy transitions hilariously to the stage some 50 years after it first appeared on BBC2 television. Now on a tour of the UK and Ireland, directed by Caroline Jay Ranger, it is playing to packed…...