Britain’s sharpest and funniest writers are heading for this year’s Cornbury Music Festival for what looks to be the summer’s most entertaining literary festival. The brains behind the popular BBC QI series have joined forces with groundbreaking publisher Unbound to create the first Festival of Words which will run alongside the Cornbury Music Festival at [...]
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Beverley Knight Added to Mardi Gras Line-up
Queen of UK Soul, Beverley Knight will entertain thousands at the Millennium Stadium this summer by performing at Cardiff Mardi Gras. Having been making music since the mid 1990’s, we can expect to see her perform a huge repertoire of hits on August 31st. Some of these include: ‘Greatest Day’, ‘Shoulda Woulda Coula’, ‘Keep This [...]
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Homophobia in football debate hits the headlines again
The fight against homophobia in football has hit the headlines again after it was revealed at least eight professional players are gay but won’t come out due to fear of a backlash from fans. The headlines come after the first ever current professional in a major US sporting team came out last week. Gay campaigners [...]
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The Ultimate Eurovision 2013 Guide
Hello, Euroboys and Eurogirls! Hal de Vil here with some thoughts on this year’s Eurovision entries. My first thoughts about this year’s crop was that it was largely a bit dreary, but upon closer inspection, I began to realise that there’s some cracking stuff lined up for us. There is also some stuff which is [...]
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Shocked gigs cancelled after homophobic rant
US folk singer Michelle Shocked has had eight of the venues for her tour cancel after she gave an anti-gay hate speech at one of her gigs. During a small gathering at Yoshi’s in San Francisco the born again Christian gave a hate speech in which she cited passages from the Bible and gave her open [...]
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Rainbow flag parade will be pride of celebrations
Exeter will host the largest rainbow flag parade the city has ever seen as part of the biggest lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) celebration in the South West. A 50 metre-long rainbow flag will be part of the Exeter Pride parade down Exeter High Street to Exeter Phoenix on Saturday, March 23. The Lord [...]
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Eurovision odds
According to BetVictor, these are the latest odds. (Incidentally, BetVoctor are so convinced that Norway won’t win, they are offering to refund any bets up to £50 if they win! There money is safe we think!) Favourites to Win: Denmark 5/6 Ukraine 7/1 Norway 7/1 Russia 10/1 Azerbaijan 12/1 [...]
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The Ultimate Eurovision Guide
Our resident Eurovision expert Hal de Vil takes you through every song in this year’s contest. Are you ready for this? Enter
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Join the Global Rainbow Flashmob today!
If you haven’t heard yet, this year the IDAHO committee team is lending a special support to rainbow themed flashmobs around the world today (May 17th). It is hoped this will give an added vibrancy, buzz and common signature to unique local actions. You can find out all about it in the new, dedicated website: [...]
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Exeter Pride Ceilidh
Exeter Pride Ceilidh will be held at The Lemongrove, Cornwall House, University of Exeter, 8pm to 11.30pm, Thursday, February 28, with the band Going Steady and the caller, Martin Hodge. Please come along and encourage as many people as possible to help make it a great night out. No previous experience necessary! It is just £3 [...]
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