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The best internet radio stations

telegraph - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 17:33
The best internet radio stations from pop to soul, classical to community radio, selected by Pete Naughton






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TPP NOT FOR PROFIT: Head of Finance

Guardianjobs - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 17:32
£50000 - £55000 per annum: TPP NOT FOR PROFIT: This is an excellent opportunity to work in a well-known arts organisation based in Central London. Leading a small team of 3 people, this post is responsible for the effective management of the organisation's finances. London
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Mick Jagger sends himself up at Monty Python Live (Mostly) press conference

telegraph - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 17:30
Veteran rocker Mick Jagger gamely lampoons the Rolling Stones in this video introduction to the Monty Python new live show






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Lou Reed: Walk on the Wild Side singer leaves $30 million fortune

telegraph - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 17:28
Earnings after death bring in millions for wife, mother and sister






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The best history podcasts

telegraph - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 17:27
The best history podcasts, from oral histories to trivia about royal history, selected and updated by Pete Naughton






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The best podcasts for stories, fiction and poetry

telegraph - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 17:27
The best story and poetry podcasts including short stories, readings of fiction and real-life dramas, selected and updated by Pete Naughton






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The best music podcasts

telegraph - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 17:27
The best music podcasts, from conversations with artists to trivia about the Beatles, selected and updated by Pete Naughton






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River of Fundament, review: 'a mess'

telegraph - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 17:19
Artist Matthew Barney's epic film dismays Richard Dorment






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The Who announce 'long goodbye'

BBC - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 17:18
The Who announce they are planning to record some new songs ahead of a 50th anniversary UK tour.
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Dolly Parton: Just a country girl, now I feel like a rock star

telegraph - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 16:29
Country music star Dolly Parton talks to the press about being at Glastonbury and her botox saying she feels like a "rock star" now






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BET awards: Beyoncé, Pharrell and Nicki Minaj win as Chris Rock presides

Guardian - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 16:12

Lionel Richie, Lil Wayne, John Legend and Missy Ellliott performed as newcomers and mainstays won awards

Pharrell's Happy is keeping a smile on the musician's face: the song won video of the year Sunday at the BET Awards, the top prize in a show marking the best in black entertainment.

His win came in the second hour of the three-hour-plus ceremony that featured performances by Pharrell as well as Lil Wayne and Usher. Last year, the network didn't announce the top award in the jam-packed show.

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Jagger helps launch Python gigs

BBC - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 16:11
Sir Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones film a sketch to help promote the Monty Python team's reunion shows at London's O2 Arena.
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Glastonbury 2014, Friday: as it happened

telegraph - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 16:00
Mud, lightning, Lily Allen and Arcade Fire. Catch up with all the action here






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Monty Python: 19 of their best bits

telegraph - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 15:55
With Monty Python about to play the O2, Dominic Cavendish presents his very own Monty Python Greatest Hits album






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Megan Abbott and fiction for teens: 'Noir suits a 13-year-old girls mind'

Guardian - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 15:46

Like David Lynch for teenagers, Abbott's fiction features a suburbia of closed doors, sexual hysteria and texting

Fear of missing out pervades the young-adult fiction of Megan Abbott. It starts with puberty and is fueled by boredom. How pathetic, says a high-school cheerleader in Abbott's novel Dare Me, from 2012, to an adult who wants to get to know her. Im not even interested in our lives. To be just interesting enough to see how uninteresting you actually are: this is the predicament of the 15-year-old. It leads the teen-girl heroes of Abbotts fiction to drink white wine, take diet pills, and have sex with unworthy boys. Afterward, they go home and text about it.

Reached by phone, in Memphis, where she was on tour with her new book, The Fever, Abbott said, I remember adolescence being a daily disillusionment. Its like a checklist of experiences that you havent had, that you want to have.

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Glastonbury 2014: day three in pictures

Guardian - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 15:43

A tomato fight, a Dolly Parton flashmob dance, Kasabian backstage and Ellie Goulding on stage don't miss our highlights of the final day at Glastonbury

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Hacking retrial over corrupt payments

BBC - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 15:41
Former NoW journalists Andy Coulson and Clive Goodman are to face a retrial on a charge they bought royal telephone directories from police officers.
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Glastonbury 2014: the best moments

telegraph - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 15:15
From Skrillex's space rave to Dolly's Benny Hill saxophone solo, Rupert Hawksley and Alice Vincent pick this year's top bits






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Digital Revolution, Barbican Centre, review: 'gimmicky'

telegraph - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 15:13
This exhibition showcases impressive creative technology, but the actual art is weak, says Alastair Sooke






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Mametz, National Theatre Wales, Great Llancayo Upper Wood, Usk, review: 'pierces the heart'

telegraph - Mon, 30/06/2014 - 15:03
This open-air show powerfully evokes the horror and waste of the First World War, says Dominic Cavendish






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