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Alison Goldfrapp

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Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden in 2023. Image: Aron Chown/Press Association.

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Larry Owens

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Sophie Ellis-Bextor PIC: Michael Gillen / National World

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Madonna was admitted to hospital suffering from a bacterial infection

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Madonna

Madonna is ‘on the road to recovery’ after intensive care ordeal

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Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening night of "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at State Farm Stadium on March 17, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. The city of Glendale, Arizona was ceremonially renamed to Swift City for March 17-18 in honor of The Eras Tour. (Photo by John Medina/Getty Images)

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Helmut Berger at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival in southern France (Picture: AFP/Getty)

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom—
BT Murrayfield

Beyoncé performed before a crowd of 54,943 delighted fans who danced and sang along in a rain soaked stadium.

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Stylist: KJ Moody
Hair: Neal Farinah
Makeup: Rokael Lizama

Photographer: Mason Poole

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Ryuichi Sakamoto’s work covered the spectrum from classical to techno

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A pair of Madonna's knickers are set to make history - as they are sold off in bits as NFTs.

Pair of Madonna’s knickers to be sold off in bits at NFTs

Not our holiday house

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Piers Morgan under fire after ‘gross’ comments about Madonna

Madonna acquired the painting in the 80s.

French city’s plea to borrow lost painting now owned by Madonna

Madonna ‘planning’ a Greatest Hits Tour which includes gigs in London

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The faded black and white photograph of Susan Dalgety playing football as a toddler which makes her look to the past - but also the future. PIC: Contributed.

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One of the images from the new Deacon Blue book, To Be Here Someday, by Paul English. Picture: Simon Murphy

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Rankin photographing food waste to highlight the environmental impact of sending this to landfill.

Photographer Rankin puts focus on food waste

Rev Dr Susan Brown has been appointed as a Worship Advisor within the Presbytery of Duns. Picture: Contributed

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The Scottish tennis star is 'clearly happy to spread the wealth that he has accumulated over his sporting career', according to the report. Picture: SNS Group.

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Great Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson perform during the ice dance programme event at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm.

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People view the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' at Sotheby's auction house in central London in April 2012 (Photo: CARL COURT/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Stadio Artemio Franchi is Serie A side Fiorentina's home ground. Picture: Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images

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Ian Rankin donated his personal archive to the National Library last year.

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Kevan Christie is thinking about doing something he’s never done before – going ‘island hopping’ on a CalMac ferry (Picture: Robert Perry)

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Madonna has told the royals to head to NYC instead. Pictures: AP/PA

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Two stars of The Archers pictured in 1983: Sarah Conrad (voice of Caroline Bone) and Jack May (Nelson Gabriel) with Desi Angus, who played Jenny Stewart in BBC Radio Scotland's Kilbreck show

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Lewis Capaldi performs on the main stage during the TRNSMT Festival at Glasgow Green on July 14, 2019 PIC: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

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Lewis Gibson and Lilah Fear won gold at the British championships.

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Lazarus Chigwandali, second from right, with Team Lazarus, from left, Esau Mwamwaya, Clem Kwizombwe and Spiwe Zulu, numbers Madonna among his fans

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Crystal gives us club anthems, a light-up storybook and a heart as huge and beautiful as her voice. Picture: Contributed

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An Audience with Yasmine Day, Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33)

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Musik, Assembly Rooms (Venue 20)

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The Raconteurs

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National Library of Scotland's head of general collections, Graeme Hawley. Pic: Lisa Ferguson

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Lisbon's red roof panorama

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A Jewish woman prays in a cave that contains tombs of holy Jewish rabbis at the ancient cemetery of the northern Israeli city of Safed - a city associated with Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah. PIC: Menahem Kahana / AFP/Getty Images

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