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‘We listen to it to remind us of home’: 100 years of the Shipping Forecast

An enigmatic nautical bulletin that has transmitted across dark waters for a whole century, it has beguiled everyone from Carol Ann Duffy to Blur – and offered a very British comfort to people across the globe

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Blur: To the End to The Fall Guy – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

A glorious and intimate look at the run-up to the Britpop band’s big Wembley reunion, plus Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt flex their comedic muscles in a fun stuntman flick

The Guardian - UK

Parkas, bucket hats and union jacks: how the Oasis reunion tour is fuelling a comeback for the Britpop look

With Noel and Liam set to return, the style they popularised in the 1990s is back in the spotlight – but what will the Insta-fashion-conscious Gen Z make of it all?

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Alex James reveals why he thought a Blur reunion would' never happen

Alex James thought a Blur reunion would "never happen" because life had become so different for him since their heyday.

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Over the Rainbow: Tales from an Unexpected Year by Alex James review – Blur reunited

The britpop bassist tears himself away from cheese just long enough to play with his old bandmates in this joyfully chaotic memoir

The Guardian - UK

Over the Rainbow by Alex James review – blessed is Blur’s cheesemaker

The Britpop bass player’s engaging memoir of the last Blur reunion reads like a freewheeling adventure without consequences – except when he crosses ‘the boss’

The Guardian - UK

Secret Level creators address potential crossover with Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40k adaptation: "There are so many stories to tell in Warhammer"

Exclusive: Secret Level creator Tim Miller and executive producer Dave Wilson open up about their Warhammer 40K episode

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"I loved it as an egg, I loved it as a caterpillar, I loved it as a pupa, and I still love it." Blur's Damon Albarn on Pure Love, his collab with dance producer DJ Koze

Damon Albarn, the gift that keeps on giving

Louder

Blur’s Alex James praises Noel and Liam Gallagher’s ‘good manners’ over Oasis reunion tour

Manchester-formed band will play a series of stadium shows around the world in 2025

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Alex James almost went bankrupt but was saved by Vindaloo

Blur star Alex James has admitted he almost went bankrupt when work dried up during the COVID-19 lockdowns but he was saved by royalty money from his football anthem 'Vindaloo'.

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Blur bassist Alex James: ‘I’m so happy for Oasis. Liam is an incredible singer, and he can’t help being a rock star’

The musician on struggling to fit into his Britpop pants, his ambition to make giant Frazzle, and the football song that keeps him fed

The Guardian - UK

Alex James has already spent Blur reunion money

Blur star Alex James has confessed he's already spent all of the money he earned from the band's recent reunion - revealing he brought in enough cash to convert a barn on his farm into an annexe.

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Blur’s Alex James recalls ‘car crash’ meeting with bandmates before reunion tour

‘I’ve sort of blocked it out,’ said guitarist

The Independent UK

“Damon Albarn was like a living ATM. You’d press a button and a hook would come out of him”: how the Blur frontman altered the course of his career by forming Gorillaz

Diving into the beginnings of Gorillaz, Damon Albarn’s virtual pop side-project that became even bigger than Blur

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Scottish rockstar blasts Blur bassist for hanging out with David Cameron

FRONTMAN for Scottish rock band Primal Scream Bobby Gillespie has hit out at Blur bassist Alex James over a picture he took alongside ex-Tory Prime…

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Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie hits out at Blur’s Alex James for ‘hanging out with David Cameron’

‘That’s obviously social climbing going on there, right?’ he said, adding, ‘I don’t mean it like that’

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NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #251 (Saturday, November 9 2024)

We help you find today's Strands answers with some useful hints and tips to win.

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Blur drummer says UK law on assisted dying is ‘psychopathic’

Dave Rowntree speaks out about his ex-wife’s choice to take her life at Dignitas in Switzerland

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‘Julian Cope told me: you’re unemployable in the real world’: David Wrench, the Welsh studio wizard behind pop’s A-list

Wrench has mixed music for Frank Ocean, FKA twigs, Blur and dozens more – all drawn to what have been called ‘the finest ears ever’. He explains how he went from the dole to the big time

The Guardian - UK

A moment that changed me: I first heard Oasis at 14 – and they gave me the swagger to come out

Definitely Maybe spoke to me as a working-class Glasgow teenager and gave me hope. Be Here Now brought it all crashing down

The Guardian - UK

‘We were banging our heads against a wall – the wall won’: the genius pop and tragic demise of Boys Wonder

They swaggered into the late 1980s, a potent brew of punk, glam and classic rock. But they went nowhere, then had to watch as their recipe conquered the charts. Now they’ve returned – so are they looking back in anger?

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A Look Back At Oasis’ Legacy Because Their Supersonic Rise To Fame Is One For The Books

It’s been a legacy 30 years in the making.

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Oasis ‘set to be supported by Richard Ashcroft and Cast on reunion tour’

In another rumour about the final line-up of the group’s warm-ups acts, it’s been reported Oasis are set to be supported by Richard Ashcroft and Cast on their reunion tour.

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SNL enrages UK viewers with ‘cringe’ Oasis sketch that’s ‘agony to watch’

‘Never knew Oasis were secretly from London,’ one person wrote

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'It's good for fans': Blur guitarist Graham Coxon is thrilled about the Oasis reunion

Blur guitarist Graham Coxon has expressed his delight that the band's old rivals Oasis will be reuniting after Noel and Liam Gallagher ended years of feuding.

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