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Paul Smith’s Claridge’s Christmas tree is a playful slice of ‘countryside in the centre of London’

Sir Paul Smith is the latest in a long line of fashion designers to curate the iconic Claridge’s Christmas tree. Here, he talks to Wallpaper* about the inspiration behind the tree, which features bird boxes and wooden animals

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"We walked into the control room to listen to the first track, and everybody was grinning, like: 'Okay, this will work'": Charlie Starr on music, life, and two decades of Blackberry Smoke

Album number eight Be Right Here is a rebirth for the southern country rock family of Blackberry Smoke as they reflect on almost a quarter of a century of keeping their dream alive

Louder

Juno Reactor's Ben Watkins on the 1997 Goa trance classic Bible of Dreams: "What really gave the album its sound was the Raindirk Symphony desk. It was like another member of the band… suddenly we had a three-dimensional sound in the studio"

How the fusion of multiple genres and cultures helped inspire Juno Reactor's influential fourth album

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Train Sim World 4 and how The Sims ironically inspired the simulator's approach to community generated content

“I think it’s fair to say that products like The Sims, and the attach rate [of the expansion packs] was part of the philosophy."

PC Gamer

“I really liked the concept, but it was a bit impractical. My bass playing tends to rely more on my hands than any kind of trick”: Listen to Paul Jackson’s double-stop funk on Herbie Hancock’s Watermelon Man

Paul Jackson’s big-bottomed stank came courtesy of his modified Fender Telecaster Bass, Geraldine

Guitar World

The exquisite physical comedy of Dirty Birds: a new Aussie post-COVID Theatre of the Absurd

Theatre is littered with sister double acts: Antigone and Ismene, Kate and Bianca, Blanche and Stella, Fleabag and Claire. The shared history of sisters delivers inbuilt emotional stakes and lots of baggage. The doubling of experience brings both love and rivalry, the joys of being known and the horrors of…

The Conversation

“The whole track is driven by the bassline!” How “Ready” Freddie Washington conceived the dance-funk classic that later became a massive hit as Will Smith's Men In Black

The story of Patrice Rushen’s Forget Me Nots, the song that became more famous as the theme from the Will Smith and Tommy Lee film Men in Black and was sampled by George Michael

Guitar World

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Teenager’s death after police pursuit ruled as misadventure

Kelvin Bainbridge, 19, was hit by a police vehicle as he exited his moving car while trying to get away from officers

The Independent UK

Pc apologises at inquest to parents of teenager who died in police pursuit

Disqualified driver Kelvin Bainbridge, 19, was one of County Durham’s most wanted criminals when he was spotted behind the wheel of a car in 2019.

The Independent UK

Drinks off the beaten track to help celebrate World Rum Day

Day was launched in 2019 by Paul Jackson, spirits writer and editor of World Rum Guide

Wales Online

Vigilante who spent hour fixing giant 'dangerous' pothole left stunned by council

The man took matters into his own hands using two bags of concrete to fill a pothole outside his home last week

Irish Mirror

Man filled 'dangerous' pothole himself after becoming fed up waiting - but is left stunned by council

Paul Jackson bought two bags of concrete to fill in the pothole outside his home last week

Daily Record

Man fed up waiting fills 20cm pothole, and is shocked by council response

Multiple drivers had reported the large hole in the road but no-one showed up to fix it, until Paul did it himself

Wales Online

Council leaves man 'stunned' after he filled in 'dangerous' 20cm pothole himself

"The council/ highways are a joke."

Manchester Evening News

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Daily Mirror

Vigilante spends an hour fixing giant pothole before council leaves him stunned

Paul Jackson used two bags of concrete to fill a pothole outside his home last week in Exeter, Devon - he said the pothole was 'dangerous' and was tired of reading about how it damaged residents' cars

Liverpool Echo

'Much loved' community farm forced to close due to planning row

Farm owner Paul Jackson said the trouble started when people mistakenly believed he wanted to build houses on his farmland

Los Angeles Times

‘A living spirit’: Native people push for changes to protect the Colorado River

FORT MOHAVE, Ariz. — On a bluff overlooking the Lower Colorado River Valley, the ground bears an image of two giant figures. Known as the Twins, these ancient figures are revered by members of the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, who say they show their people’s deep connection to the land…

Daily Record

Man mortified at work after calendar mistake reveals odd private reminder

He realised his calendar wasn't private after being asked about the bizarre entry.

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Blackberry Smoke anniversary show revisits ‘The Whippoorwill’

The band has been touring relentlessly, drawing fans to the flames of their melting-face medley of blues rock, outlaw country, honky tonk jams and rootsy R&B.

The Guardian - UK

‘A band member got high and jumped on a forklift’: unsung heroes of the music industry share their secrets

Performers get the adoration, but where would they be without the crew toiling in pop’s engine room? Four backstage reveal all

The Guardian - UK

‘We took the sitcom and blew it apart’: how The Young Ones changed comedy for ever

With flying eclairs, falling beds and exploding buses, the anarchic antics of Rick, Vyvyan, Neil and Mike shoved alternative comedy into the mainstream. Forty years on, we ask the show’s creators how they pulled it off

Belfast Live

Brexit Protocol would see British trade to NI grind to halt within 48 hours, it is warned

"The Northern Ireland Protocol for us as a company has been a complete disaster. It simply does not work for our customers"

The Independent UK

Full implementation of NI Protocol ‘would halt east-west trade within 48 hours’

A Lords Committee was warned that British companies were already pulling out of the Northern Ireland market.

Birmingham Post

North East deals of the week: key acquisitions, contracts and investments

Companies in this week's round-up include Reece Group, PDQ Engineering Ltd, e-Therapeutics and Tolent

Birmingham Post

Management team acquires PDQ Engineering Ltd with seven-figure finance deal

The seven-strong team at the Washington engineers has taken 100%

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