Freddie Starr

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Freddie Starr: the comedian as Adolf Hitler in 1977; his controversial act probably wouldn’t be tolerated today. Photograph: Graham Wood/Evening Standard/Getty
Freddie Starr: Chicken-thrower, Hitler impersonator and ‘idiot’

Freddie Starr, who died yesterday, at the age of 76, at his home in Spain, was an eccentric and unpredictable talent best enjoyed in a typically chaot(...)

The Jessica Harrington-trained Sandymount Duke, which is owned by Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, has been ruled out of Saturday’s Grand National. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
Ronnie Wood’s Sandymount Duke ruled out of Grand National

Ronnie Wood has learned you can’t always get what you want, as his colours will not be carried in the Grand National. The Rolling Stones guitarist own(...)

Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather during the press conference at the SSE Arena in Wembley, London. Photograph: Scott Heavey/PA Wire
‘Conor McGregor ate my €5m Leprechaun! And 10 reasons why he hates Man Utd’

Ah, made you look; job done. It’s rubbish, obviously. Even in a post-truth world everyone knows ‘Themcgregornator’ is a United fan. But as clickbait i(...)

Muhammad Ali, a few weeks shy of his 40th birthday, takes on Trevor Berbick in his last ever fight on December 11th, 1981 in the Bahamas. Berbick won the fight in a ten-round unanimous decision. Photograph: Focus on Sport/Getty Images
Dave Hannigan: Writing about Ali is like entering a rabbit hole

A couple of years back, I asked a roomful of college freshmen and women to name the world’s most famous living Muslim. “Barack Obama! ” stage-whispere(...)

A file phoptograph taken on December 15th, 2006 in Paris, shows Greek singer Demis Roussos performing on the stage of the Zenith music hall. Roussos has died at the age of 68. Photograph: Agencies
Singer Demis Roussos dies aged 68
  • World
  • January 26, 2015, 14:04

Greek singing star Demis Roussos, who had a string of hits in the 1970s and whose flamboyant style inspired satirists, has died aged 68.Roussos, with (...)

British celebrity publicist Max Clifford arrives to Southwark Crown court in London, this morning. Mr Clifford is on trial accused of a string of sex offences against children and young women. The jury has retired to consider its verdict. Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA
Max Clifford sex trial jury considers verdict
  • UK
  • April 16, 2014, 13:06

Jurors have resumed their deliberations in the trial of publicist Max Clifford who is accused of a string of indecent assaults. The 71-ye(...)

Veteran BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall admitted indecently assaulting 13 girls, the youngest aged nine.
The dark reality behind television images from our childhood

Everybody under 60 has a television childhood, a sort of snowy screen in the memory that fizzes into life at peculiar times, most often these d(...)

Rolf Harris officially unveils his oil portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at The Queen's Gallery in Buckingham Palace in December 2005. Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Rolf Harris named as sex abuse suspect
  • UK
  • April 19, 2013, 10:54

Rolf Harris was today named as the veteran entertainer who was arrested by police investigating allegations of sexual abuse following the Jimm(...)

Jimmy Savile photographed in 2009. Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire
Australian arrested as part of Savile abuse inquiry

A prominent Australian entertainer has been arrested on suspicion of sexual offences as part of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse investigation, th(...)