Kiwi songstress Lorde has made Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Songs of the Century - so far. The only New Zealand musician to make the list, 21-year-old Ella Yelich-O'Connor comes in at number nine with her 2013 track Royals. Featuring in Rolling Stone's July 2018 edition, the list was curated after the magazine polled artists, critics and industry insiders, creating "the era's truly essential moments". The magazine labels Lorde's hit "maybe the greatest striver's anthem of our modern era". "Written in half an hour by a 15-year-old in Auckland, New Zealand - perfectly reasonable, since no one views the world's absurd unfairness, or their own rights within in it, with greater clarity than a 15-year-old, especially one situated 8,800 miles from Wall Street and the heart of pop-culture imperialism," Rolling Stone says. "Ella Yelich-O'Connor, a.k.a. Lorde, came up with the name after seeing a picture of the Kansas City Royals' George Brett in a magazine, and its critique of luxury … [Read more...] about Lorde makes Rolling Stone’s Top 100 Songs of the 21st Century
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Queen’s Birthday Honours full list for 2018
Football legend “King” Kenny Dalglish has become Sir Kenny as he leads more than 1,000 people receiving gongs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. The former Liverpool striker and manager, 67, is knighted for services to football, charity and the City of Liverpool. Also honoured are screen stars Emma Thompson and Keira Knightley, ex-University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne and rapper Ms Dynamite. The list is full of hundreds of unsung heroes, from counsellors and a Holocaust survivor to Britain's longest-serving poppy seller. But there are also fatcat bosses of Royal Mail and Network Rail whose gongs are likely to prompt accusations of rewards for failure. Here is the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List in full. Honours in numbers In total, 1,057 people have received an award. Of the total number recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list this year, 210 have been made an OBE, 392 an MBE, and 318 awarded a BEM. There are always rows over gongs for cronies and … [Read more...] about Queen’s Birthday Honours full list for 2018
Military archives: Pension files highlight role of women in Irish wars and IRA’s 1922 massacre
A collection of military archives containing more than 4,300 new military service pension files have been released today. Niall Murray reportsRole of women in wars detailed in pension filesThe stories of 600 women’s roles in the War of Independence and Civil War feature in the latest release of military service pension files.The files relate to 1,442 people who took part in the events and are accessible from this morning on the Military Archives website.They form part of the Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection (MSPC) project which began a decade ago to make available the records that help piece together events being remembered in the ongoing Decade of Centenaries.The people whose files go online today include 82 who died between 1919 and 1921, whose families were entitled to payments if they could prove their dependence on them.The 603 women whose files are being released bring to nearly 1,500 the number of female applicants whose activities are now detailed at the … [Read more...] about Military archives: Pension files highlight role of women in Irish wars and IRA’s 1922 massacre
General Election 2017: Full list of the candidates in Norfolk and Waveney
Video PUBLISHED: 09:55 08 June 2017 | UPDATED: 09:55 08 June 2017 Voters will go to the polls on Thursday. Here, the general election candidates in Norfolk and Waveney say why you should vote for them. Picture: Matthew Usher. © Archant Norfolk 2015 We asked the general election candidates in Norfolk and Waveney to tell us why you should vote for them today. We also invited them to submit videos outlining their three priorities. This is what they said: General election candidates for Broadland (L-R): Andrew Boswell (Green Party),David Moreland (UKIP), Steve Riley (Liberal Democrat), Iain Simpson (Labour) and Keith Simpson (Conservative) Broadland Andrew Boswell (Green) General election candidates for Great Yarmouth (L-R): Catherine Blaiklock (UKIP), James Joyce (Liberal Democrats), Brandon Lewis (Conservative), Mike Smith-Clare (Labour) and Harry Webb (Green Party). “Broadland people, I meet, know this election goes much wider than who negotiates Brexit with the EU, … [Read more...] about General Election 2017: Full list of the candidates in Norfolk and Waveney
Hot List 2018: the people, places and events that will shape the year ahead
MUSEUM: V&A Dundee Not so very long now. At some point in the second half of 2018 the V&A Dundee will open its doors for the first time, marking the opening of a building designed by Kengo Kuma that has cost in the region of £80m and represents another giant step in Dundee's revival. Kuma's 21st-century ziggurat sits snugly alongside Captain Scott's Discovery and a mere hop, skip and dropped stitch away from the Dundee Contemporary Arts centre. Loading article content When it opens the V&A will shift the cultural heart of the city closer to the River Tay and, who knows, it might even drag a few Glaswegians to Dundee on days when Rangers or Celtic aren't actually playing at Dens Park or Tannadice. (Teddy Jamieson) SPORT: Glasgow 2018 European Championships Remember the buzz when Glasgow hosted the Commonwealth Games? Prepare to bask in sporting glory again as the city gears up to welcome the European Championships 2018 from August 2-12. The inaugural … [Read more...] about Hot List 2018: the people, places and events that will shape the year ahead