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For a pop superstar, Sheerans stans unlike the Swifties or the BeyHive are unusually low-key. As he releases an exposing new album, his Sheerios discuss their bond Ed Sheeran is very aware of the contradictions at the heart of his superstardom. The first line of his new Disney+ documentary, The Sum of It

Ian Watkins, the former lead singer of the Lostprophets, has lost a bid to reduce his 35-year sentence for a string of sex offences against children, including the attempted rape of a baby. Watkins' barrister, Sally O'Neill QC, told a court on Wednesday that the 37-year-old had not been given enough credit for his guilty

Film and TV director made famous by his Gidget surf movies Despite a long and varied career, in which he made several excellent films noirs, westerns, thrillers and war dramas, and a fair number of superior television movies, it was the wry fate of the film and television director Paul Wendkos, who has died of

What is Farepak? Farepak is, or rather was, a Christmas savings club. Customers chose Christmas hampers and vouchers months in advance, and then made regular payments towards the goods over the course of the year. It had around 150,000 customers, and agents across the country collected clients' funds. The firm has now gone into administration

Diabolically grotesque art from Jonathan Paynes sprouting finger sculptures right back to Hieronymus Bosch has staying power because our lives have not radically changed. As long as we have bodies, we will experience body horror