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🎭 Delighted to have launched my brand new website, . Head there for all my latest #MustSeeTheatre reviews, production news, features and interviews. Exciting times.

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5 years

Four stunning shots of #Krakatoa from my Twitter feed this morning.

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#Outlander : Here's where to see #SamHeughan and #Succession star #BrianCox in #Edinburgh this week... @ARedinburgh @theusherhall @SamHeughan

Outlander: Here's where to see Sam Heughan and Succession star Brian Cox in Edinburgh this week

Two of Scotland's best-loved stars of stage and screen are heading to the Capital this week to launch two very different books – a memoir and a guide.

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The epitome of the quality of politician in the U.K. today. And to be clear, not in a complimentary way.

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#KayBurley “it doesn’t matter if the Prime Minister lies?” Government Minister Thérèse Coffey “I’m very proud of my Prime Minister” This was superb from @KayBurley . The House of Cards is finally starting to wobble

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There’s a name for the cloud formation over #Edinburgh right now but for the life of me can’t remember what it is. Anyone?

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Finally, a ‘proper’ song and a great voice from #Latvia . Simple but effective. Love this guy’s voice. #Eurovision #Eurovision2024

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5 years

This made me laugh. Can you spot #Alf ? via Venesa Salinas

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8 years

Richard Nixon campaign badges. Such innocent times.

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7 years

Chuffed to see my pic of @domholland & @TomHolland1996 made front of @edinburghpaper today. Thanks again guys. #EdFringe #EdFringe70

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The brilliant @domholland wrote us this great piece on the pitfalls of being #SpiderMan 's dad. #Eclipsed #Edfringe

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Sad to read that legendary choreographer, dancer and director Lindsay Kemp has left us at the age of 80. A towering talent and inspiration in everything he did.

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10 months

Another of the best things about last night’s #DoctorWho was the return of the fabulous @bonnie_langford . Such a huge bundle of talent and wonderfully empathetic and quietly knowing as the mature ‘Mad Auntie Mel’! Bravo, Bon! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #DoctorWho60

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. @petshopboys at @FunnyGirls saw Neil and Chris at their most relaxed yet. A great singalong evening, here’s It’s A Sin, sung mostly by the fans.

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6 years

Gutted to hear that @jimmyosmond has suffered a stroke. One of the nicest guys in show-business. Speedy recovery Jimmy. Sending you huge positive vibes pal.

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Secrets of the #BayCityRollers on @ITV was not an easy watch. Having met and worked with a number of the Rollers, Tam Paton left every one of them damaged. Evil man. Kudos to @NickyAACampbell for telling their story.

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Farewell to photographer Terry O’Neill, the man responsible for so many iconic pop images over the decades, including these ones of @petshopboys and @reallminnelli . Gone at 81.

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Neil: “After 40 years, we are still the @petshopboys .”

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The Elm Row clock at the top of #Leith Walk is back in all its refurbished glory. #Edinburgh 📸©️LiamRuddenMedia

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WATCH: #Hollywood star Russell Crowe and #Edinburgh musical theatre legend @RealJeffLeyton go viral as online duet gets a million plus views.

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GEORGE TAKEI’S ALLEGIANCE, @CharingCrossLDN , #London Star Trek icon George Takei delivers a mesmerising masterclass in ‘being’ in this beautiful, devastating piece of musical theatre that explores a dark and almost forgotten shameful period of US history. 1/ #ThreeTweetReview

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5 years

The old Central Station #Leith , made famous by @IrvineWelsh ’s #Trainspotting .

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@COLOURFULREGRET @johnnieblue15 No 6 was...

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@Panderson2588 Aw, bless. Cherish her. That’s wonderful.

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From #NicholasHammond to #AndrewGarfield I love a good #SpiderMan movie - he was my comic book hero, along with Tarzan - but it’s taken me three years to get round to watching #SpiderManHomecoming . Cracking film. @TomHolland1996 is perfectly cast. Now to see his later outings.🕷

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Farewell Bill Maynard, gone at 89. Loved him as Selwyn Frogatt, a character you'd never get away with now.

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Very sad to hear that my lovely friend George Logan, one half of Hinge and Brackett, has left us at the age of 78. Sharp, outrageous and wickedly witty he was a trailblazer who could make me cry with laughter. Rest well, George. #RIP #RIPGeorgeLogan

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Never realised there was SO much love for #Outlander and #SamHeughan out there. Phenomenal. @Outlander_STARZ @SamHeughan @theusherhall

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Outlander: Here's where to see Sam Heughan and Succession star Brian Cox in #Edinburgh this week | @LiamRudden

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2 years

This evening… #ABBA @ABBAVoyage

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6 years

Every car should be fitted with one of these👇😆

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A year and a few days ago, #BradleyWelsh told me his story for @edinburghpaper . It was clear then that his family meant the world to him. My thoughts are with them now at this devastating time for all his nearest and dearest.

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Just watched the first episode of @IrvineWelsh ’s #Crime . Edinburgh’s never looked more real. Gritty, dark and disturbing, it’s everything a good TV cop drama should be. Great to see a crop of Scottish talent in top form too, eh? Even the East Coast accents are good.

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2 years

What a way to start the week. #DoctorWho ’s #Cybermen have arrived at @NtlMuseumsScot #Edinburgh . The 12-year-old me would have been beyond excited.

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6 years

Okay #Edinburgh . Time to add 20 minutes to your bus journeys as every tourist boarding mistakes the bus driver’s cab for a tourist information office. #NearlyFestivalTime

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Farewell to Kenneth Cope, gone at 93. Loved him in everything he did but he will forever be the ghostly Marty Hopkirk in Randall and Hopkirk (Desceased) for me, a series way ahead of its time. #RIPKennethCope #RIP

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This was a surprise. Highlight of the night for me. Chris and Neil performing #Paninaro , a true @petshopboys ’ classic with Chris taking the lead on vocals. #Edinburgh #Hogmanay @edhogmanay

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4 years

Devastated to hear that the supremely talented #Edinburgh panto legend and star of TV and stage Andy Gray has left us at 60. Too, too soon. My thoughts with Tamara, Claire, his family & friends @GrantStottOnAir , @AllanMayStewart & @MHARRISON_ENT . 💔 #RIP #RIPAndyGray

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The touring cast of @ThrillerLive celebrate the show's 7000th performance while in #Edinburgh .

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Phenomenal sunset in #Edinburgh this evening. #CaltonHill http://t.co/wB66mC5aUN

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The newspaper stand in my local shop this morning. #LesMcKeown #RIPLesMcKeown #LesMckeown #FrontPages

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Devastated by the news my friend @alanlongmuirbcr has left us. He was one of the most gentle, generous & kind-hearted people I’ve ever known & touched the lives of all he met with a smile that made them feel special.” My heart breaks for Eileen & his family. Rest in peace Alan x

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It’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from me. #ABBAVoyage : Avatars of Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn and Anni-Frid are astounding, blissful, brilliant and astonishing… #ABBA @ABBAVoyage

ABBA Voyage concert review: Avatars are astounding, blissful, brilliant and astonishing

It takes a lot to get me emotional but this week, as the world descended on London’s docklands for the biggest pop event in four decades, it was hard to hold back the tears as all four members of...

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In my happy place… with @petshopboys .

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I’m old enough to remember The Village People original, but love that @petshopboys have basically now owned this song for 31 years now. #GoWest

UK Back in the Day

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Pet Shop Boys released "Go West" on this day in 1993

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Watching @WhoFrazer on #Doctors playing Mr Troughton… Someone has a sense of humour. 😂 #DoctorWho

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Jo and the Five Doctors, starring @ManningOfficial . Love this photo. #DoctorWho

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Fucking brilliant! Now that is what I call #DoctorWho and I reckon I’ve just met my favourite Doctor since Jon Pertwee. Russell T Davies does it again. #DoctorWho60

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3 years

Oh, need to know more…

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2 years

Just remembered that Billy Connolly story about his mate at the disco…

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1 year

Dear Ladies ❤️ For three such iconic entertainers to leave us in such quick succession is very sad. They all made the world a happier and more colourful place. #RIPPaulOGrady #LilySavage #RIPBarryHumphries #DameEdna #GeorgeLogan #DrEvadneHinge

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Absolutely devastated to read we’ve lost #PaulOGrady . One of the funniest, most genuine people I’ve known. We first met when I did his first big magazine interview in 1986 and he became a good pal. A real trooper to the end. Sleep well, Paul. 💔 #RIPPaulOGrady #RIP

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4 years

Exposed railway arches beneath #Leith Walk. The tram works have certainly given us a fascinating look at so much of hidden #Edinburgh .

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2 years

And so, a journey that started 22 years ago under the Barclay Brothers, then Johnston Press, JPI Media and latterly National World finally reached its terminus today. Stay tuned for news of my next adventure. Coming tomorrow. #RememberRememberTheFifthOfNovember

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6 years

Kudos @riverisland . 👏👏👏

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Saw @domholland 's #MustSee #Eclipsed . My Spideysense tingled... look who swung by. Good to meet you @TomHolland1996 . #SpidermanHomecoming

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Last for now. @PaoloNutini joins @LesMcKeownUK @alanlongmuirbcr & @stuartwoodybcr on stage. #BayCityRollers http://t.co/CpmAmhBAAs

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Here's @stuartwoodybcr in full swing... #BayCityRollers http://t.co/cEljdNnsZu

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The architecture, #FleshmarketClose and #CityArtCentre signs and deep fried Mars Bars - this picture just screams #Edinburgh .

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6 years

Undoubtedly my favourite candid shot of my lovely pal @ManningOfficial and her #DoctorWho leading man #JonPertwee . They both look so relaxed and happy.

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Sending my love, strength and condolences to Peko, Jubei and all his fans worldwide on the sudden death of #BayCityRollers legend, Les McKeown. A very sad day indeed. Farewell pal. #RIP #RIPLesMckeown

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Farewell ma pal. What a lovely send off.

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Four years ago today I interviewed the very talented #JamesMcAvoy - we talked @IrvineWelsh 's #Filth .

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Big shout out this morning to @ZoeTheBall and a big thank you for an amazing interview with the #ABBA legend that is Anni-Frid Lyngstad. What a gorgeous soul and lovely lady. #ABBAVoyage

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Here’s the #SamHeughan / #BrianCox story in print in today’s #Edinburgh Evening News... but should the pictures have been the other way around? 🗞 @theusherhall @ARedinburgh #Outlander #Succession

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This is the level British daytime TV has been reduced to. Glorying in their own ignorance. Is this the best you can offer @thismorning ?

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Should people be allowed to sing at theatres? 🎭 After one theatre in Manchester banned audiences from singing along, @VanessaOnAir has her say...

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Today’s #Edinburgh Evening News front page. 🗞 #RIPLesMcKeown #BayCityRollers #LesMcKeown

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9 years

What a stunning photo of the brilliant @DavidBedella from backstage at tonight's @rockyhorroruk Live steaming. http://t.co/8QZik7sqmt

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So sad to read that June Whitfield has left us at 93. Another of my comedy heroines. Her domestic double-act with Terry Scott was never bettered and her knack for accents quite supreme. Thanks for all the laughs.

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In the studio: @SawbonesHex and @bonnie_langford are reunited as the Sixth Doctor and Mel by @bigfinish in Russell T Davies’ first ever #DoctorWho script, Mind of the Hodiac, out on audio in March 2022. Here they are in action. More details at

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Sad to read that Dudley Sutton has left us at the age of 85. A ground-breaking actor, I always believed was under-rated. He was guilty of being one of my most outrageous, witty and intelligent interviewees ever... and he was in George and Mildred movie. A clever casting.

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Amazing #Edinburgh #sunset this evening.

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Tonight’s credits… @petshopboys at @FunnyGirls #Blackpool .

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EXCLUSIVE: My @edinburghpaper review of @AddamsFamilyUK @edtheatres The Addams are back in all their ghoulish glory.

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Love Anni-Frid’s expression in this shot. Photographer has captured such a natural sense of fun. #AbbaVoyage #Abba

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It’s all signed off so happy to say I’m delighted and honoured to be hosting this event starring my lovely talented friend @ManningOfficial . Details coming Friday. On sale very soon. #SecretSecrets #Edinburgh #May #DoctorWho

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There’s delusional and then there’s Dorries taking it to another level.

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“What has the country lost do you think” with Boris Johnson’s resignation? @KayBurley “He he helped to take us into economic growth out of the pandemic” Nadine Dorries Imagine her shock when she watches Tuesdays leadership debate!

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So this happened... two pop legends @alanlongmuirbcr & @LesMcKeownUK on stage @IRanWithTheGang tonight. #IRWTG2016

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It’s been a long time coming but finally it’s happened. @BBCScotland are to rerun iconic Scottish sitcom #CityLights - an all star cast including Elaine C Smith, @AndyGray59 led, of course, by the comic genuis of the late, great Gerard Kelly. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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‘ #Edinburgh woman bit off man’s tongue in street brawl before a seagull swooped down and ate it...’ This has to be the most bizarre crime report I’ve read for a while...

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1 year

Glorious day in #Edinburgh and @edinburghcastle has never looked better.

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Love the way my @domholland @TomHolland1996 Evening News front page pic keeps being discovered on Twitter.

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A big Happy 70th Birthday shout out goes to @petshopboys ’ legend Neil Tennant today. Have an amazing day, Neil. Many happy returns. x

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You can now read my ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of @GeorgeTakei ’s @allegiancebway on my #Substack . 👇🏻

REVIEW: George Takei’s Allegiance

Charing Cross Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Opening her set @LIQUIDROOMS tonight, @toyahofficial was on blistering form with #DanceInTheHurricane , which is up there with the best tacks she has ever recorded. Phenomenal start to her Scottish tour.

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Seven years ago today I was interviewing #JamesMcAvoy . We were talking #Filth - the film based on @IrvineWelsh ’s novel that is.

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Gutted to learn that Roberta Taylor, #TheBill ’s Gina Gold, has left us at 76. Such a vibrant, clever and witty interviewee. Very sad news. Absolutely love this photo she did with two of her fellow Bill stars when they were all appearing in neighbouring Edinburgh theatres.

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Memories of people and places are already flooding back as I watch @BBCTwo ’s #PetShopBoys At The BBC. Some are happy, some are sad, and not a single one is boring. They really have provided the soundtrack of my life. Kudos Neil and Chris.

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Turning 59 today isn’t actually the scary thing, realising it’s the first day of your 60th year on the planet… that’s the mind blowing bit!

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My @edinburghpaper tribute to a friend and a comic genius: #Edinburgh mourns as Andy Gray, the king of #panto , takes his final bow. @captheatres @bbcrivercity @QdosPantomimes #RIPAndyGray

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Excited that a fellow #Leith boy is feeding me this evening, can not wait to tuck into this feast from Tony Singh MBE. Looks absolutely amazing. #Singh4YourSupperAtHome

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Very sad to read that the wonderful #DavidMcCallum , star of The Man From UNCLE, The Invisible Man, Sapphire & Steel, Kidnapped and Ducky in NCIS and so much more, has left us at 90. One of my favourite people to interview; funny, generous and a gentleman. #RIP #RIPDavidMcCallum

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Lost railway lines of #Edinburgh ... beneath this undergrowth, trains once ran. Hard to believe.

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Just like to say a big thank you to everyone who has left kind comments about the Les McKeown lockdown interview. Glad you all enjoyed it. In tomorrow’s @edinburghpaper extract from My Life with the #BayCityRollers , Les joins his first band #Threshold & is spotted by Tam Paton.

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Devastated. Farewell to a mentor and friend. #RIPRichardFranklin #DoctorWho

Richard Franklin (In Memoriam)

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It is with great sadness, that the family of Richard Franklin have asked me to share news of his passing, early this morning. Richard passed away peacefully in his sleep. Details of funeral arrangements will be shared here when announced. Sleep well Richard. #RIP - Líam Rudden

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Here's my catch up with @TonyMaudsley1 and @SherrieHewson from the other day. Be sure not to miss @benidormonstage @edinplayhouse . @BenidormTVshow

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‘Les McKeown's death robs Bay City Rollers’ fans of their first love...’ My piece for tomorrow’s #Edinburgh Evening News and Scotsman, read it online first here: #RIPLesMcKeown #BayCityRollers #LesMcKeown

Les McKeown's death robs millions of Bay City Rollers fans of their first love

From humble beginnings, Leslie Richard McKeown became one of the world’s greatest pop stars. A showman who knew how to entertain, he knew how to hold audiences spellbound and, until lock down last...

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#FirstLook at #DoctorWho Worlds of Wonder at #Edinburgh ’s @NtlMuseumsScot . Four of my personal favourites. 📸©️ #LiamRuddenMedia