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The half-time team talks from head coach Eddie Jones and Owen Farrell that helped inspire the lads to victory in Australia. Watch the full episode: http://bit.ly/3csI4NA EDITORS PICKS Top 25…
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Leicester Tigers hero Freddie Burns has revealed all about theLeicester Tigers’ Gallagher Premiership title celebrations. One player he was specifically worried for was winger Chris Ashton, who found himself being…
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England rugby star Ben Youngs breaks down in tears during moving interview about his brother Tom. “I couldn’t have asked for a better sibling, to be honest with you,” Youngs…
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Manu Tuilagi is ready to commit to making the 2023 World Cup by signing another contract extension at Sale Sharks, according to the Mail Online. The 30-year-old centre, who has…
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Back in August, we told you that the eighth series of ‘Portrait Artist of the Year’ would be returning to the UK’s Sky Arts channel and streaming service NOW in August – and yes, there’s relevance to Pink Floyd fans! The series ‘Portrait Artist of the Year’, with hosts Stephen Mangan and Joan Bakewell, brings together a batch of amateur and professional artists as they battle it out to impress expert judges Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano and Kate Bryan. On Wednesday, December 8th, it is the semi-final, where each heat winner will paint none other than Nick Mason, taking a break from the preparations for the Saucerful Of Secrets tour next year. The three best portraits will see their artists progress to the grand final. The long-running publication Radio Times previewed the episode: ‘A pink background with a gong centrepiece tips us off that the semi-final sitter is drummer and Pink Floyd co-founder Nick Mason. It makes a change for the musician to be foregrounded: âFinally after 50 years!â he says, with a wry smile.
As the competitors brandish gold foil, fabric and polaroid photos, their styles are described variously as âmaster of melancholicâ, âpure imaginationâ and âbonkersâ. It’s a bewitching watch, and the competition is so tight thereâs not a sheet of paper between the artists. âItâs everybodyâs to lose,â judge Kate Bryan says about the usual temptation to tinker⦠A momentary lapse of reason could make the difference. Portrait Artist of the Year will air on Sky Arts, Sky Arts HD, Sky Showcase, Sky Showcase HD, Freeview Channel 11, and streaming service NOW, from 8pm – 9pm on Wednesday, with repeat screenings on December 9th, 11th and 12th, at various times. The following tweet also gives a very quick glimpse of Nick and the gong! Just some out of context @StephenMangan (https://twitter.com/StephenMangan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for your Monday. Are you ready for the semi-final of #PAOTY (https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAOTY?src=hash ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)?! Tune in this Wednesday at 8pm on @SkyTV (https://twitter.com/skytv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s #SkyArts (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SkyArts?src=hash ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). pic.twitter.com/d3csCwoRj5 (https://t.co/d3csCwoRj5)— Storyvault Films (@StoryvaultFilms) December 6, 2021 (https://twitter.com/StoryvaultFilms/status/1467895645440725001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
On October 13th 2021, ‘Portrait Artist of the Year’ will make a return to the UK’s Sky Arts channel and streaming service NOW for its eighth season – and yes, there’s relevance to Pink Floyd fans! The series ‘Portrait Artist of the Year’, with hosts Stephen Mangan and Joan Bakewell, brings together a batch of amateur and professional artists as they battle it out to impress expert judges Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano and Kate Bryan. Taking the famous subjectâs chair this year are: Celeste (Singer/Songwriter), Kelly MacDonald (Actor), Gabrielle (Singer/songwriter), Lydia West (Actor), Nish Kumar (Comedian), Alexa Chung (Model/TV Presenter), Alistair Campbell (Politician), Ian Hislop (Journalist), Hugh Skinner (Actor), Daniel Mays (Actor), Gyles Brandreth (former politician) Emma Dabiri (Author), Sophie Cookson (Actor), Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (Actor), Polly Walker (Actor), Philip Glenister (Actor), Chris Packham (Naturalist), Ali Jawad (Paralympic powerlifter), Arlene Phillips (Dancer), Grace Neutral (TV Presenter), Maggie Aderin-Pocock (Scientist), Sergei Polunin (Ballet dancer), Karen Gibson (Conductor) and David Olosuga (Historian). Nine artists compete in each of the eight heats, and each heat winner will go on to paint none other than Nick Mason, taking a break from the preparations for the Saucerful Of Secrets tour next year, in the semi-final. For the grand finale, three finalists will battle it out to take home the crown, painting the iconic Barry Humphries, best known for his on-stage and television alter ego Dame Edna Everage. This seasonâs Portrait Artist of the Year winner will receive a £10,000 commission to paint the esteemed Scottish-Italian classical solo violinist, Nicola Benedetti, which will be exhibited at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Portrait Artist of the Year will air on Sky Arts, Freeview Channel 11, and streaming service NOW. Episode screening dates and times aren’t yet available.
The Lions must go for extreme pace and try to prevent the constant stoppages, according to World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward. Woodward wrote in his column for the Mail…
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Cult series Paradise City is one to sink your teeth into. It is set in Los Angeles, California surrounding the [read more]
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Never afraid of making his opinion known, former England and Lions winger Ugo Monye has picked his 2021 squad on this week’s episode of Rugby Union Weekly. These are the…
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Many of you now will have seen the first two of Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets’ guitarist Lee Harris’s “Live At Lee’s” which he is sharing on his social media pages – these looked at how he approached a couple of the songs in the Saucers repertoire. For the third episode, he recorded something a little different – a chat with fellow guitarist Tim Renwick. Tim, of course, has had a long history with the Floyd (amongst others on his extensive CV which is a bit of a who’s who of top musicians) taking in things like Roger Waters’ 1984 tour, Pink Floyd from 1987 onwards (including the 2005 Live 8 appearance at London’s Hyde Park, and playing guitar on The Division Bell and Richard Wright’s Broken China. We’ve mentioned before on Brain Damage that Tim remains very active, with some lovely solo albums available from his website (https://www.timrenwick.com). Here’s the interview: