There’s nothing wrong with Patrick Stump’s taste: On his debut longplayer, the once and future Fall Out Boy frontman cribs wholeheartedly from Justin Timberlake and the best of Michael Jackson’s “ Thriller ” years. “ Soul Punk ” is an odd, sweet little album; more soul, less punk. It’s groovy and heartfelt, defiantly uncool, packed to its rafters with synth-heavy, ’80s-evoking R&B/disco tracks that feel stripped-down and spare, dance-pop songs draped over acoustic folk skeletons. Read full article > >

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CD review: Patrick Stump, “Soul Punk”

Paula Radcliffe beats UK Athletics’ qualifying mark for London 2012 at the Berlin marathon as she finishes third, while Patrick Makau sets a new men’s world record.

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Radcliffe inside London 2012 time

The life of travel writer Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor

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‘Heroic man of letters’

Actor Sir Patrick Stewart speaks about his decision to become a patron of an organisation campaigning to legalise assisted suicide in the UK.

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Trek actor joins suicide debate

Proposals are being put forward by Irish International Olympic Committee member Patrick Hickey for a European Games, the BBC has learned.

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IOC member plans ‘European Games’

Actors including Sir Patrick Stewart and Maxine Peake hand over a petition at Downing Street protesting against cuts in arts funding.

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Actors protest over art funding

St Patrick’s Day celebrated in Belfast and Dublin

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St Patrick’s Day celebrated in Belfast and Dublin

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The 700th edition of the Sky At Night airs on Sunday, being fronted as ever – with the exception of one programme in 2004 – by Sir Patrick Moore.

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Rock stars: They’re just like us. In a poignant and painful essay for Salon, journalist Denise Grollmus describes the end of her marriage to Patrick Carney, drummer for the Grammy-winning Black Keys. While the causes are perhaps unusual-not everyone…

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Grammy Winner’s Ex Tells All

The BBC’s The Sky At Night programme was first broadcast on 24th April 1957 – making Sir Patrick Moore the longest-running presenter of the same television show in the world.

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It seems Charlie Sheen is really eager to get back to Two and a Half Men. In a strange radio interview with The Dan Patrick Show, Sheen criticized show executives for not allowing him to return to work until he sought treatment, and talked about…

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Sheen Desperately Wants to Work

Renault’s Patrick Pelata says the impact of industrial spying on the carmaker could have been much worse, as France’s industry ministers refuses to speculate about Chinese involvement.

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Renault plays down spying damage

Memoirs and a collection of letters exchanged with Patrick Leigh Fermor offer a look at the life of the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire.

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The Last Mitford