By rejecting the bombast of 80s pop, the late singer-songwriter’s track has endured, and thereby perfectly captures the nostalgic feelings at the heart of Christmas. • Chris Rea, rock and blues singer-songwriter, dies aged 74 ... ....
Britain isn’t a great island for road songs. It’s not big enough, really, for you to hit the road and drive ... Eight years later, he paired his lyric with some jazzy chords he’d written and a song was born ... It was a slow burner because it’s not grand ... .
The troubled group, which runs 49 cinemas across the UK, said poor box office takings in recent months meant sales and profits will come in below City forecasts ....
Ed Sheeran. 3Arena, Dublin. ★★★★☆. Ed Sheeran returns to Dublin at the end of an up-and-down year ...It’s a song, not real life ... “That song went on to become a big love song that a lot of people have connected to ... The Music Quiz ... All Together Now 2026 ... .
British-Ukrainian writer Marina Lewycka has posthumously been named the winner of the Vintage Bollinger prize, a winner-of-winners award marking the 25th anniversary of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction ... ....