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"I wasn’t fired, they just didn’t call me back. I didn’t even get a note from David saying it’s time to move on": The unlikely story of George Murray, the David Bowie bassist who became a school superintendent

Plucked from obscurity in 1975 to be in David Bowie’s band, then unceremoniously dumped five years later, bassist George Murray looks back on his time with the Thin White Duke

“James Brown kept saying, ‘We’re gonna take it to the bridge.’ Finally, he whipped around and said, ‘Hit me!’ Unfortunately, I did not hit him at all”: Carlos Alomar was fined by the Godfather of Soul, scolded by Chuck Berry – and adored by David Bowie

“James Brown kept saying, ‘We’re gonna take it to the bridge.’ Finally, he whipped around and said, ‘Hit me!’ Unfortunately, I did not hit him at all”: Carlos Alomar was fined by the Godfather of Soul, scolded by Chuck Berry – and adored by David Bowie

Playing professionally since his teens, Carlos Alomar was part of the DAM Trio rhythm section that backed David Bowie from the mid-’70s – and now, he says, it’s time to commemorate that legendary collective

“I had forgotten something – I don't know what. As I came back, I heard my father say, ‘Wait a minute, here he is!’” George Murray became part of David Bowie’s famous D.A.M. rhythm trio – but almost missed the call-up because he had to catch a bus

“I had forgotten something – I don't know what. As I came back, I heard my father say, ‘Wait a minute, here he is!’” George Murray became part of David Bowie’s famous D.A.M. rhythm trio – but almost missed the call-up because he had to catch a bus

The D.A.M. Trio recorded and performed extensively with Bowie across the '70s, but the revered rhythm section could have looked very different had Murray caught his bus

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Are AI Companies Ripping Off Writers? Canadian Authors Speak Out

Yann Martel, Heather O’Neill, Douglas Coupland, and others weigh in on their books being used to train AI systems

The abandoned 'haunted' Scottish mansion used as an Outlander filming location

Outlander fans may recognise the ruins of Dunmore Park House from the television series, in which it was used to film a scene in the very first episode, but it has a fascinating history of its own.

Hundreds gather for funeral of 'kind' Scots homeless man as locals raise thousands to give him send off

George Murray, 51, was a popular figure in Northampton town centre where he lived on the streets for 15 years after moving from Ayrshire.

The Indigenous people killed by police in Australia

After recent acquittals of police officers, Indigenous Australians ask ‘when are they going to stop killing us?’

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Every Hill Got A Story: collected First Nations oral histories are a profound gift to national memory

Every Hill Got A Story: collected First Nations oral histories are a profound gift to national memory

Bequeathed from memory to memory, these records remind us how recently central Australian Indigenous people felt the upheaval of colonialism

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The Kumanjayi Walker murder case echoes a long history of police violence against First Nations people

The Kumanjayi Walker murder case echoes a long history of police violence against First Nations people

Readers are advised that the following article contains the names and images of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons. This article also contains mention of past deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There is also mention of sexual assault.

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Secret love letters between exiled Jacobite and wife who were forced apart after Culloden found

Secret love letters between exiled Jacobite and wife who were forced apart after Culloden found

The lovesick pair had to use codes to avoid being found out.

Elderly Whickham couple finally reunited after five months of separation due to 'shortage of social care'

Elderly Whickham couple finally reunited after five months of separation due to 'shortage of social care'

George and Dorothy Murray endured five months of separation after George was admitted to hospital in August

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