The final of the competition, which was broadcast on Sunday night on BBC2, was won by teenage cellist Laura van der Heijden. However Norman Lebrecht, the arts critic and BBC Radio 3 presenter, criticised the corporation’s coverage as being “low-key to the point of torpor”. Viewers also accused the corporation of using a lightweight production [...]
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Archive | Festivals and Celebrations
BBC accused of dumbing down Young Musician coverage – Telegraph
Posted on 16 May 2012.
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BBC News – Cellist wins BBC Young Musician prize
Posted on 16 May 2012.
Fifteen-year-old cellist Laura van der Heijden has won the BBC’s Young Musician prize for 2012. The teenager played Sir William Walton’s Cello Concerto with the Northern Sinfonia at the competition’s final at The Sage in Gateshead. Accepting the £2,000 prize, van der Heijden, from East Sussex, said she felt “amazing” and “so, so lucky”. She [...]
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Harrods marks Jubilee by broadcasting national anthem every day – Telegraph
Posted on 16 May 2012.
The Knightsbridge retail emporium will mark the Queen’s 60 years on the throne by broadcasting the national anthem from speakers on the side of the building every day for a month. The tune will be played every day at midday from this Wednesday until Friday June 15. During the actual Jubilee weekend of June [...]
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Jubilee fairy cakes recipe – Telegraph
Posted on 15 May 2012.
We used ready-to-roll red and blue sugarpaste icing (£1.15 for 250g from janeasher.com) to decorate. It’s so easy children can do it. For the cakes 250g (9oz) butter, slightly softened 250g (9oz) caster sugar 4 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten 250g (9oz) self-raising flour 1 tsp vanilla extract 5 tbsp milk For the icing [...]
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BBC News – When children meet the Queen
Posted on 15 May 2012.
Throughout the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year we are featuring some of your memories of meeting and seeing Queen Elizabeth II. While children have formed an important backdrop to the various celebrations and landmarks of the Queen’s 60 years on the throne, it is impossible to predict what a child will do – whether it is [...]
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War Horse author on the childhood heroes behind his stories for Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville | Mail Online
Posted on 14 May 2012.
There are two wondrous events I remember as a young boy: Hillary and Tenzing climbing Everest in 1953, and in 1954 Roger Bannister running the first sub-four-minute mile. I’ve never run a mile – competitively, that is – nor have I ever climbed a mountain: a few tors on Dartmoor has been my limit. But [...]
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Church minister literally marries off all five of his daughters as he performed each ceremony after walking them down the aisle | Mail Online
Posted on 11 May 2012.
A church minister is celebrating after performing each of five of his daughter’s wedding ceremonies, after walking them down the aisle. Proud Reverend James Munro, 64, started the tradition in 2001 when he decided to marry off his first daughter Eilidh, But now his duties are finally complete, after giving away his youngest daughter Kirsteen, [...]
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BBC News – Wonderland’s Alice day celebrated in Llandudno
Posted on 07 May 2012.
An event has been held to mark the 160th anniversary of birth of Alice Liddell, the inspiration behind Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Celebrations have included a massive Mad Hatter-themed tea party on Llandudno’s promenade. Organisers are now waiting to see if they have also earned a world record for the largest number of jam [...]
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Posted on 14 February 2012.
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Rabbits ‘liberated’ from Italian nativity scene – Telegraph
Posted on 09 January 2012.
Elaborate nativity scenes are a staple of the festive season in Italy, but the Franciscan monks in Grosseto, in Tuscany, decided to go one better by placing guinea pigs, hamsters, chickens and rabbits among the more traditional plaster cast statues of Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus and the Three Wise Men, in the church adjoining [...]
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What did Santa bring? | Children’s Christmas presents | Life and style | The Guardian
Posted on 07 January 2012.
Gwen Mooney, Robbie’s mother We had a hell of a lot of problems last year: Robbie was diagnosed with diabetes; my brother died; I had a breakdown. I haven’t been able to look after the kids, so Robbie’s dad had to leave work. There are seven of us, and things have been hard, with fuel and [...]
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Church of England seeks user ratings for christenings and funerals – The Independent
Posted on 04 January 2012.
The Church of England is asking its followers to give feedback on funerals and christenings in a drive to make services more popular. The Archbishop’s Council has commissioned independent researchers to delve into how the Church ministers to its faithful at the key moments of birth and death. The research is partially motivated by concerns [...]
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China’s city made of ice
Posted on 03 January 2012.
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‘Show them love’: Archbishop of Canterbury defends summer rioters (again) in New Year’s message
Posted on 02 January 2012.
‘They showed us a face of our society we don’t like to think about – angry, destructive, lawless’ says Dr Williams
Pope Benedict praises young people as key to a secure future
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Christmas Day tug of war between an England football star’s ex, their children and Christine Bleakley
Posted on 31 December 2011.
The lowdown on the Christmas Day tug of war between an England football star’s ex, their children and Christine Bleakley
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Ignored by her children again – Mark was in Barbados, Carol was skiing.
Posted on 31 December 2011.
Mark was in Barbados, Carol was skiing. Only the intervention of her housekeeper saved Thatcher from spending Christmas alone
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Mother told she would never have children celebrates birth of daughter following pioneering ‘ring of steel’ treatment
Posted on 30 December 2011.
Cradling her newborn baby in her arms, Rachel Backhouse appears like any ordinary new mother overjoyed at her precious arrival.
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It’s nicer than last year’s Christmas dinner
Posted on 30 December 2011.
Woman enjoys first proper turkey meal in years after hypnosis persuaded her she had gastric band and forced her to live on liquid diet
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Listeners outraged as Radio 4 broadcasts Woman’s Hour Christmas special… on female masturbation
Posted on 29 December 2011.
Female masturbation is not a topic many of us want to discuss over our morning coffee. But yesterday, thanks to the usually innocuous Radio 4 programme Woman’s Hour, that is exactly what happened.
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BBC re-heats its festive offerings
Posted on 29 December 2011.
The Christmas shows repeated within hours
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Can you ever have a happy Exmas? Like many divorcees AMANDA LYNCH will spend Christmas with her ex for the sake of their child
Posted on 28 December 2011.
There can be no greater feeling of desolation than waking up on Christmas morning without your child.
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Put her down! Jack Osbourne moves in for a Christmas day smooch with his pregnant fiancée under the tree
Posted on 28 December 2011.
Some public displays of affection are quite sweet while other can border on nauseating for those who have to witness them.
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Christmas tree blaze kills boy, 9
Posted on 28 December 2011.
A mother was said to be inconsolable after her nine-year-old son died in a fire which was apparently sparked by their Christmas tree.
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Pregnant Sheree Murphy enjoys a leisurely stroll with the family as she counts down to birth of baby number four
Posted on 28 December 2011.
She is due to give birth within the next couple of weeks.
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Frank Lampard’s children ‘start calling Christine Bleakley mum’… as its claimed Elen Rivas ‘tried to phone them at 3am on Christmas’
Posted on 27 December 2011.
Over the weekend, they became embroiled in a Twitter row when Elen Rivas accused her ex Frank Lampard and his fiancée Christine Bleakley of ‘trying to stop his children from speaking to their mother over Christmas’.
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Season to be jolly?
Posted on 27 December 2011.
Not for the mother who’s allergic to Christmas trees, tinsel, mince pies and turkey
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‘Yule log embers’ started Christmas fire where elderly couple and their three granddaughters died
Posted on 27 December 2011.
Grandparents Lomer and Pauline Johnson were to celebrate their 49th wedding anniversary today
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Parents welcome Christmas babies in Scotland
Posted on 26 December 2011.
Proud parents have been celebrating the arrival of Scotland’s Christmas babies, with the first being born just minutes after midnight.
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Bombs kill 40 at Catholic churches during Christmas Day mass as series of explosions rock Nigeria
Posted on 26 December 2011.
Terror attacks targeted at Christians, including two bombs at church services, have killed at least 40 across Nigeria.
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Christmas comes early for shoppers after ‘quiet and unassuming’ mystery woman pays for Toys R Us gifts
Posted on 26 December 2011.
Another mystery shopper has popped up to help families pay their bills – this time brandishing an American Express card at a Californian Toys R Us.
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Occupy at Christmas: ‘One of my kids thinks I’m nuts. Another thinks I’m a hero’
Posted on 26 December 2011.
Christmas began in a tent outside St Paul’s Cathedral and turned into a day spent thinking of friends and family members they had left at home for those at the Occupy London camp.
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Back to Santa school: What does it take to be a department-store Father Christmas?
Posted on 25 December 2011.
It takes more than just a jolly laugh and a red suit to play Father Christmas to a queue of demanding children. Nick Harding dons hat, beard and fake belly to undergo some seasonal training.
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The best Christmas present Paddington Bear could wish for
Posted on 25 December 2011.
Wife of creator Michael Bond is given the all-clear from lung cancer
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Christmas magic as little girl’s balloon message finds her a secret Santa
Posted on 25 December 2011.
When five-year-old Helen Berence Reyes Cardenas wrote a Christmas message to Santa, she didn’t really ask for much.
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We don’t need to dream! Meet the only family in the UK who WILL have a white Christmas
Posted on 25 December 2011.
Brailsfords buy in snow machine to guarantee a dusting of the white stuff
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‘Dear Santa, if you bring presents, bring batteries’
Posted on 25 December 2011.
Children’s funniest Christmas wish lists revealed
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Santa Claus is coming to town! NORAD tracker shows if his sleigh is on its way (with a little help from Michelle Obama)
Posted on 25 December 2011.
Here’s hoping you’ve been good, because Santa is on his way.
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Jingle bell pop: Sisters perform adorable song for dad’s Christmas present
Posted on 25 December 2011.
If you’ve run out of holiday gift ideas for dads, then look no further for inspiration.
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How Santa Delivers All Those Gifts by Christmas Morning
Posted on 25 December 2011.
Santa Claus needs a tremendous amount of tech backup to effectively deliver presents to every child’s house in the world before the sun rises.
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Just in time for Christmas
Posted on 24 December 2011.
Chinese orphan abandoned in cardboard box because of her giant hairy mole celebrates amazing surgery with new family
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Dutch Father Christmas’s blacked-up helpers banned for being ‘racist’
Posted on 24 December 2011.
Sinterklaas, the Dutch version of Father Christmas and his blacked-up helpers Zwarte Pieten, or Black Peters, are to be banned in Suriname for being “racist”.
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My mother’s notebook of Christmas past
Posted on 24 December 2011.
For 46 years, Charles Boyle’s mother kept details of every Christmas present she gave. He explains why he’d brave a burning building to save her list
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Gaza Christians long for days before Hamas cancelled Christmas
Posted on 24 December 2011.
Since the Palestinian Authority left the Gaza Strip, festive celebrations and displays of crucifixes have become taboo
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No thank you, I don’t want a goat for Christmas
Posted on 24 December 2011.
If you give me an envelope this Christmas, I hope it won’t contain a card saying I’ve given chickens to an African village
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‘Eat here or the old b****** gets it’
Posted on 23 December 2011.
Cafe owner ordered to remove ‘offensive’ Santa sign by police
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Sorry, Santa Claus, but they’re only here for the deer
Posted on 23 December 2011.
Reindeer are the ultimate party animals – and now they are available for hire.
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The nativity play has come to the end of its run
Posted on 23 December 2011.
The nativity play has become a pain for teachers, parents and kids alike. Time to leave the Christmas story out of it altogether
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I want it my way! Mothers don’t enjoy Christmas at their children’s home… because they can’t get involved in the kitchen
Posted on 23 December 2011.
If you are having your parents over for Christmas, they might not be as appreciative of your hard work as you would like.
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It’s Christmas on the sofa for Britain’s biggest dog after he breaks his TOE while out for a walk
Posted on 23 December 2011.
It’s going to be a quiet Christmas for Britain’s biggest dog who will be spending the festive season on the sofa after breaking his toe.
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The worst Christmas ever was when I took the kids to Bethlehem
Posted on 23 December 2011.
Even the road signs for Sodom and Gomorrah didn’t amuse them
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