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DEBORAH ROSS: Oh, Julian. It's the same old, lame old bonnety nonsense

This week not one but two new series from Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford, and you do wonder if he can be stopped




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Mark Bebbington album review: The performances are first class

Igor Stravinsky, not a great one for dishing out prizes to his colleagues, declared that Poulenc had the greatest melodic gift of any 20th-century composer.




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Maggie O'Farrell, Evie Wyld and Anakana Schofield: This week's best new fiction 

This radiant, immersive novel is anchored in its author's fascination with Hamlet . It begins one summer's day in 1596, when 11-year-old Judith comes down with a fever in Stratford-upon-Avon.




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Ren Harvieu album review: Most of these 12 songs are still gorgeously uplifting

For a music lover, there's nothing better than putting on a debut album by an unknown and realising that you've found a new favourite.




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From the useful new Coronavirus Global Update to Mel Giedroyc Is Quilting: This week's top podcasts

Covid-19 may have come from China but its spread has been horrifyingly global.




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Polly Samson, Sarah Butler and Nazanine Hozar: This week's best new fiction

To a teenage girl from England, in mourning for her dead mother, the Greek island of Hydra seems like an earthly paradise.




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Adrian Edmondson speaks to Event about Rik Mayall, coronavirus and playing monsters

'I've no idea what I am,' Adrian Edmondson says. 'I'm not saying that for effect. All I do know is that if people hope I'll be funny away from the screen they are usually disappointed.'




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Noel Fitzpatrick on why he gets invited to celebrity events, pet therapy during lockdown and

Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick has seen a lot of people weep for the creatures they love. 'Prince or pauper, it's a universal truth that they are always naked in front of their dog or their cat.'




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DEBORAH ROSS: It's the most moving show on the box... I was in pieces

The one show we all really need right now, at this most difficult time, has to be one of my personal favourites, The Repair Shop




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From Wallander to The Honourable Woman: The best on demand TV to watch this week

It's set in Sweden and is based on books by a Swedish author, but can this version of Wallander really be described as Scandi-noir?




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Kate Elizabeth Russell, Annalena McAfee and Nicolas Mathieu: This week's best new fiction

At 60, Eve Laing is a famous artist in crisis. She's working on what she believes is a masterpiece, but her marriage has ended in divorce.




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Gary Lineker gives his first exclusive interview after the coronavirus lockdown

Even in isolation, Gary Lineker is looking for the positives. Is it his job to help keep our spirits up? 'I am not sure it is part of my job, but I feel it is something I would love to be able to do,' he says




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'Your self isolation is easy,' said Geldof. 'No one wants to be near you anyway!'

Bob Geldof said he would never be interviewed by me because, as he put it in his typical fruity language: 'You're too f****** good a journalist and will get me to say stuff I don't want to say!'




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From The Anthill to Coronavirus: What You Need To Know and BudPod: This week's top podcasts

Why are conspiracy theories so hard to suppress? What is the meaning of nothing? These are some of the questions raised in brainy podcast The Anthill.




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From Flesh And Blood to new Ride Upon The Storm and Flo & Joan: The best on demand TV this week

Broadcast across four nights a few weeks ago, this domestic drama can now be binge-watched in its entirety. An all-star cast bring to life an intriguing story involving love and jealousy.




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Furmint is less of a rolling stone and more of an unforgettable

Furmint is a bit of a weirdo. I mean that in a good way, rather like the curious teenager misjudged by eccentricity before blossoming into a full-blown expressive genius.




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A. L. Kennedy, Nikita Lalwani, Carmel Harrington and Ingrid Persaud: This week's best new fiction

Connoisseurs of short stories that pack an emotional punch will find plenty to admire in this fine new collection. The leitmotif is desperation but Kennedy is mistress of many moods.




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From Jodie Comer in Killing Eve to Michael Palin In North Korea: The best on demand TV this week

International hitwoman Villanelle and MI6 operative Eve did not exactly part on the best of terms at the end of last series, and things are not going particularly well at the start of Series Three.




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On The Road by James Naughtie review: A sublime tapestry of the USA in all its glory and complexity

As a young student with journalistic ambitions, the broadcaster and former Radio 4 Today programme presenter James Naughtie spent the summer of 1970 in America.




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Why not try some red wines beyond the usual suspects

The classic reds to pair with lamb are Rioja, southern French reds, Chianti or Bordeaux. With Easter next weekend and roast lamb set to sizzle, rummage beyond the usual suspects.




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From Tanya Byron's How Did We Get Here? to The Rachman Review: This week's top podcasts

For better or worse, the pandemic has sent many of us back to our family units, and this podcast could be a lifeline to those looking to detoxify dynamics at home.




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DEBORAH ROSS: People coughed and no one scarpered. Imagine that!

Quiz, which told the story of Charles Ingram, who was convicted of cheating on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in 2001, was a joy and a hoot. And also deeply fascinating




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Stephen King, Beth O'Leary, Michael Arditti and Martin Edwards: This week's best new fiction

The title piece in King's latest collection of supernatural tales serves up a vivid metaphor for the media's unhealthy relationship with violent crime.




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The Ratline review: Switching between the distant and recent past only makes it more compelling

Like the Führer he served with unblinking loyalty, Otto Wächter was an Austrian.




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Austrian wines are of wonderful value for the quality that's on offer

I've been banging the drum for Austrian wine so loudly for so long that I sometimes worry my enthusiastic zeal for their liquid loveliness turns me into Animal, the drummer from the Muppets.




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TOM PARKER BOWLES: Sunland cuisine in the heart of London

Sola is a new Soho restaurant from chef Victor Garvey, a man who was born in New York. But moved west, to Los Angeles, at just one month old




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Try these apps and games to get you through self-isolation

Like many people, I'm now facing the possibility of several weeks confined with my four-year-old, a prospect only marginally less alarming than being cooped up with Frankenstein's monster




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Event's tips on how to make the lockdown work for you

Look on the bright side. Self-isolation can be an opportunity for self-improvement. The internet can help you learn almost anything and can connect with talented teachers in the virtual world




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Robert Webb, Adele Parks, Ilaria Bernardini and Stephanie Scott: This week's best new fiction

Comedian and memoirist Webb tries his hand at fiction in this romance about a widowed tech expert who travels back to 1992 to warn her future husband about his fatal brain tumour.




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Fiona Apple album review: Fetch The Bolt Cutters is one hell of an achievement

In a fascinating, fitful career, Fiona Apple has often felt like a one-woman band - singing, playing the piano, perhaps throwing in some rudimentary percussion.




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From Rafe Spall in Trying to new Medici: The Magnificent & The Bill: The best on demand TV this week

The streaming service's first British series looks like being one of its best shows to date. The series' pedigree is certainly impressive.




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From Grounded With Louis Theroux to Her Spirit, This Is Money and Babbage: This week's top podcasts

In his new podcast series, the cult documentary-maker Louis Theroux calls up people that he finds interesting and wouldn't necessarily get to interview in normal life.




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Lionel Shriver, Caroline Hulse, Adam Macqueen and Ellen Alpsten: This week's best new fiction

Identity politics, extreme exercise and tattoos are among the fads skewered in Shriver's tale of ageing Boomers. It centres on Serenata and Remington, whose marriage is rock-solid.




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Kylie Jenner accused her of trying to look like Beyoncé

It's her latest selection of snaps that's causing a stir on social media as her followers - and fans of Beyoncé - have noticed how strikingly similar the reality star looks to Beyonce.




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Kylie Jenner shares tribute to her daughter Stormi Webster, 2, in honor of International Women's Day

The 22-year-old 'self-made billionaire' posted several snaps of her tiny toddler modeling outside their $12M eight-bedroom Hidden Hills mansion




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Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are 'together romantically' and waiting to 'title' their relationship

The 22-year-old billionaire isn't quite ready to 'put a title on their relationship,' but the couple have been spending a lot of time together and don't see other people, according to TMZ sources.




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Kylie Jenner shows off her long legs in tight denim mini dress

Kylie's trip to her Kylie Cosmetics office featured a glamorous photoshoot in different locations around the corporate building in Oxnard, California.




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Kendall Jenner unbuttons her baggy plaid jacket after making a coffee run in West Hollywood

Kendall Jenner bundled up on a breezy day in West Hollywood with an oversize plaid coat and black sweatpants. She stopped by Alfred Coffee for a quick caffeine fix.




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Kylie Jenner removes waist-length hair extensions and dyes her roots... before eating nachos

It's been less than a month since the 22-year-old reality star originally lightened her short raven bob




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Jordyn Woods tries on Cartier diamonds as she remains in Abu Dhabi

She's stuck in Abu Dhabi and unable to get a flight back into the United States due to the coronavirus outbreak. And Jordyn Woods proved she was taking full advantage of her extended stay.




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Kylie Jenner says she didn't leave house for months when pregnant as she encourages self-isolation

On Wednesday, the reality star, 22, shared with her Instagram followers that she got used to staying home all the time while expecting her daughter Stormi.




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Surgeon General appeals to Kylie Jenner to tell her millennial followers to stay at home

In an appearance on Good Morning America, Surgeon General Jerome Adams said the country needed social media influencers like Jenner to use their platforms to get through to young people.




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Kylie Jenner tells her followers to stay home and do PUZZLES during the coronavirus pandemic

On Thursday afternoon, Jenner, 22, shared a video to her Instagram Stories, saying that she had heard Surgeon General Jerome Adams' appeal.




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Kylie Jenner asks for movie suggestions as Britney Spears offers to help fans

And Kylie Jenner and Britney Spears are doing their best to stay busy as they hang out indoors. Kylie, 22, asked her fans for film suggestions as she relaxed by herself inside her opulent house.




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Kylie Jenner's rumored reunion with ex Travis Scott is DEBUNKED by her nephew Mason Disick

Mason Disick debunked a prominent theory about his aunt Kylie Jenner on Tuesday, when the eldest son of Kourtney Kardashian took to Instagram for a live chat with fans.




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Kylie Jenner marks second week in quarantine by filming daughter Stormi Webster's 'tattooed' legs

The 22-year-old reality star's two-year-old privileged princess appeared to be wearing all 24 of a $3 package of Trolls temporary tattoos




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Kylie Jenner sets temperatures rising in throwback bikini photos from beach vacation

Kylie Jenner revealed on Tuesday that she was missing vacation times before the coronavirus outbreak. The 22-year-old shared some throwback photos from her trip to Turks and Caicos.




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Kylie Jenner makes $1M donation to help buy masks and protective gear for doctors

The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star has donated a whopping $1M to help doctors get the face masks, face shields and protective gear they need to help the sick suffering from COVID-19.




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Kylie Jenner reveals she missed Paris Fashion Week show last year due to severe strep throat

The 22-year-old reality TV star spoke about her serious illness in a comment she made on a fan account on Wednesday.




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Khloe Kardashian hits back at a fan accusing her of forgiving Tristan Thompson but not Jordyn Woods

Khloé Kardashian claimed she has forgiven both Tristan Thompson and Jordyn Woods, though she disputed Jordyn's claims that the NBA star kissed her at a party without her consent.