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The price of survival

The new Apple TV limited drama series Lucky is a high-stakes thriller about survival, identity and the difficult process of escaping the life you were born into. At the centre of the story is Luciana "Lucky" Armstrong (Anya Taylor-Joy), a brilliant but troubled con artist raised by her father, John…

Bangkok Post · Aug 4

Lucky: Anya Taylor-Joy is undeniably cool in this explosive tale of cons, revenge and ass-kicking

Leapfrogging the roofs of lorries, slipping in and out of different personae to evade capture, The Queen’s Gambit star is audacious in this reluctant last stand drama

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11

New hall at St Anthony's is much more than a building

The primary school community came out in force to celebrate its opening.

The Canberra Times · Jun 12

144 tributes, death and funeral notices from across Merseyside

Loved ones have paid tribute to those who have passed away in recent weeks

Liverpool Echo · Jan 22, 2023

Death notices and funeral announcements from Manchester Evening News this week

Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one

Manchester Evening News · Dec 11, 2022

‘Never as popular as pie and peas’: Trevor Beales, Hebden Bridge’s lost musical son

Playing folk blues in West Yorkshire in the 70s, Beales looked to the future long before his hometown became trendy. His talent is now being recognised

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2022

Award-winning play may never hit the stage

John Armstrong's play Ali in Zombieland has won a new $10,000 award for playwriting, but theatre funding cuts mean it's too expensive to stage his show.

AAP · Jul 12, 2022

Trauma surgeons detail the horror of mass shootings in the wake of Uvalde and call for reforms

When Dr. Roy Guerrero, a pediatrician in Uvalde, Texas, testified before a U.S. House committee June 8 about gun violence, he told lawmakers about the horror of seeing the bodies of two of the 19 children killed in the Robb Elementary massacre. They were so pulverized, he said, that they…

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2022

Live export ban class action costs could more than triple for federal government

Two years on from the Federal Court ruling in favour of the livestock industry, analysis finds compensation costs for the federal government could triple the original estimate.

ABC News · May 11, 2022