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A postie who moves like Jagger. A bewigged Blondie clone (called Debbie Harris!). And a teacher who soars to Wuthering Heights. Event meets the UK’s biggest rock ‘n’ roll copycats  The Bootleg Ball is rocking. Some of the UK’s finest tribute acts have descended on the southern seaside town of Bognor Regis to enjoy an … Read more

Gloria 54-56 Great Eastern St, London Rating: Gloria, a raucously flamboyant Shoreditch trattoria, doesn’t do things by halves. From the ivy-clad, pastel yellow-hued outside walls, flanked by chorus lines of succulent and herb-filled terracotta pots, to the lovely garrulous waiters clad in pink candy stripe jackets, the Neapolitan lounge-lizard low lighting and the throbbing house/disco/Eighties … Read more

For someone so famous, Nicholas Lyndhurst is remarkably shy. ‘You can hide in plain sight,’ says the co-star of Only Fools And Horses, still instantly recognisable as the hapless plonker Rodney, even after all these years. ‘It can be done. I get the train every day but I’m not bothered by anyone. I wear my … Read more

Best-selling author MC Beaton is often described as the ‘queen of cosy crime’. Her army of devoted fans can’t get enough of the quirky, gently amusing mystery stories about her two beloved characters, Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin, whose battles with poisoned quiches and despicable dustmen have made her one of the top ten most … Read more

Gustavo Dudamel And The Los Angeles Philharmonic  Celebrating John Williams                                                   DG (2 CDs), out now  Rating: I’m a big John Williams fan, and this rush-released double album is in my … Read more

Pie Fidelity Pete Brown Particular Books, £16.99 Rating: ‘The British Empire was created as a by-product of generations of desperate Englishmen roaming the world in search of a decent meal.’ The American food writer Bill Marsano’s pithy summation of our culinary heritage is the mainspring for Pete Brown’s quest to discover and codify the nation’s … Read more

Classic design but spanking new technology: Why Rob Waugh loves the iPad Mini By Rob Waugh Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 6 April 2019 | Updated: 22:50 GMT, 6 April 2019 Apple iPad Mini From £399  Having recently been forced to play Peppa Pig Snap for five solid hours on a … Read more

THURSDAY, MARCH 21 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are world-renowned for their slogan: the Mounties always get their man. This reputation was forged in 1932 when they spent six weeks chasing down illegal hunter Albert ‘Mad Trapper’ Johnson until they eventually caught and killed him. When the Spice Girls became the biggest pop band on … Read more

Roxy Music                           Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony                                                                  … Read more

7 Unmissable Events: From the return of The Durrells to Kieran Hodgson on tour & All About Eve in cinemas, Event picks the top things to see this week By Keeba Roy for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 6 April 2019 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 6 April 2019 The TV Show: The Durrells … Read more

Shazam!                                                                                      Cert: 12A, 2hrs 12mins Rating: There’s a joke early on in Shazam! … Read more

Talking to Chocolat author Joanne Harris is like dipping into a box of soft centres that has lost the little guide that usually comes tucked into the lid: you don’t know what delightful surprise you are going to get next. First she tells me that, aged 54, she’s thinking of getting her first tattoo, an … Read more