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Interview: musician Francis Dunnery

Francis is probably best known as the drummer and lead singer of the 80’s group It Bites, but since then he has gone on to record ten studio albums and enjoy solo hit singles, including American Life In Summertime.  Contrary Life asks him about his plans for his current tour and what he’ll be up […]

Interview: Nikki Dudley, author of Ellipsis

Crime thriller, Ellipsis, is Nikki Dudley’s first novel.  Read on, as Contrary Life finds out more from the author herself: Ellipsis is your first novel. Tell us a bit about it. Ellipsis is a psychological thriller but it didn’t really start that way.  I love alternative detective novels so I started out with an aim to […]

Interview: Simon Evans, director of Madness in Valencia

Madness in Valencia is Lope de Vega’s riotous comedy of love and insanity. The canonical Spanish play follows what happens when two sane people are mistakenly incarcerated in a lunatic asylum. In the midst of the madness, they fall in love. The play transfers to the West End this month, following rave reviews at the […]

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Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Make some noise for Whitby’s Krampus Run
Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK this weekend, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…

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