July 2019

Conductor Karina Canellakis makes Proms history with stirring First Night

Image copyright CHRIS CHRISTODOULOU Image caption Karina Canellakis took up the baton after being encouraged by Sir Simon Ratt;e Karina Canellakis has made history, as the first woman to conduct the First Night of the BBC Proms. The US musician led the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and BBC Singers in a stirring and dramatic […]

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Pound sterling: 5 holiday destinations where a weak pound still goes far

Image copyright Getty Images The timing couldn’t be worse. Just as many of us are preparing to jet off on our much awaited summer holiday break, the pound has taken a further tumble. Tourist exchange rates are based on how the pound trades on international money markets. Lately it hasn’t been good. This week, sterling

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Thurman looks to end Pacquiao’s resurgent career in showdown

Keith Thurman certainly seems like more than the modern Manny Pacquiao should be able to handle. Thurman (29-0, 22 KOs) is a decade younger, certainly more powerful and maybe even a bit faster than his famously speedy opponent. Thurman is a tough, voluble welterweight champion in his prime competitive years, and Pacquiao represents the biggest

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Sam Smith Goes Full-On ‘Dancing Queen’ In Sexy ‘How Do You Sleep?’ Video

Sam Smith may be best known as a tear-jerking balladeer, but he’s taking a different approach on his latest single, offering up summery beats and slinky dance moves.  The four-time Grammy winner dropped the music video for “How Do You Sleep?” early Friday, and it’s quite a departure from his previous work. “How do you sleep when

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HS2: Costs review ‘ongoing’ amid reported £30bn overrun

Image copyright Getty Images The government has insisted that a review of the cost of a new high-speed railway linking London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds is continuing. The assurances come despite the project reportedly needing an extra £30bn. HS2 chairman Allan Cook has written to the Department for Transport to warn that the project will

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For 50 Years Since Apollo 11, Presidents Have Tried to Take That Next Giant Leap

Hoping to reinvigorate the program, President George Bush announced on the 20th anniversary of Apollo 11, in 1989, an initiative to return to the moon and then to go to Mars. “Why the moon? Why Mars?” Bush asked. “Because it is humanity’s destiny to strive, to seek, to find. And because it is America’s destiny

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Kristen Bell And Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Celebrity Meet Cute Is So Pure

It almost makes sense that Kristen Bell and Lin-Manuel Miranda had never met before because we truly didn’t know if a single room could contain that much charisma.  And yet San Diego Comic-Con didn’t implode on Friday when the two finally crossed paths after stanning each other on the internet, and we’re all the better

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