Róisín Teeling

Róisín Teeling

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Getting to know Joanna Scanlan: From The Thick of It to Riot Women

Fresh from the success of BBC hit Riot Women and with a gripping new Channel 5 thriller, Missed Call, on the horizon, BAFTA-winner Joanna Scanlan is entering one of the most fulfilling chapters of her career. From razor-sharp comedy to devastating drama, her work has long championed resilience, reinvention and the power of being heard, at any age.

Joanna Scanlan is an actor, writer and producer, best known for her roles in The Thick of It, Getting On, No Offence, Slow Horses and Riot Women. She...
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After the Flood season 2: Meet the familiar faces and striking new arrivals

Season two also digs deeper into the personal fallout of last series’ events. According to Glenister, the relationship between Jack and Molly is far from settled. “They’ve got quite a tempestuous relationship. She’s not the most forgiving of people, and Jack’s on the back foot trying to convince her about what he knows, why he left and what went on at the end of the last series.”

A year on from the floods, Deepa Das has grown into her uniform, and she knows it. There’s a new confidence to the w...

Hope Tala returned to London with a set that hit clean and close

Six years on from Girl Eats Sun, and freshly armed with the glow of her debut Hope Handwritten, the British‑Jamaican artist stepped back into London with the ease of someone returning to a place that’s helped shape every line she’s written.
On Tuesday 25 November, Camden’s velvet‑red cocoon of KOKO became the backdrop for a homecoming that felt loose, warm and electric. Tala throws the doors open within minutes with ‘Cherries’ and ‘All My Girls Like To Fight’, her biggest tracks, offered with z...

5 minutes with Planet Giza: The Montréal rap trio blending rap, R&B and brotherhood

When Rami B picks up our Zoom call, he’s exactly where Planet Giza’s records suggest he’d be: chilled out on a slow Saturday, coffee in hand. “I just woke up an hour ago,” he laughs. The mood is easy, but the thinking is sharp. Very Planet Giza. The Montréal-based rap trio leans into memory the way some artists lean into nostalgia, mining their own biographies and the half-forgotten DNA of early-2000s rap-R&B hybrids. It’s music built for backseat confessions and late-night bus windows. Toughnes...

Lleo is turning chaos into clarity

Roisin Teeling: Where did your music journey begin?
Lleo: I was really ill from seven to seventeen, in and out of the hospital, so I didn’t have a normal childhood. I stayed in my room and taught myself piano. If a real pianist watched me play, they’d probably throw up.
RT: When did songwriting become the outlet?
L: I began writing songs at twelve about my first little gay heartbreak. I went to music college in Leeds, and that’s when I really started to push myself. In 2020, I launched Lleo and...

Lleo loves a girl but they love playing shows even more

Lleo hasn’t performed yet, but they already seem at home in one of music’s most storied rooms. We meet just before their set at Sound Bite’s official launch party with Johnnie Walker Black Label. Fresh off tour, Lleo is settled rather than nervous — present, talkative and visibly buzzing to get on stage. As partygoers will soon see, there is a quiet tension at the centre of Lleo’s work. On first glance, they carry a grunge-leaning edge — blue-blonde hair and smudged eyeliner — that hints at dist...

“Being young makes everything feel world-ending”: Nadia Loren talks Kiss and Drive

It’s snowing when I speak to Nadia Loren, not enough to settle, but enough to make it impossible not to mention. The ‘Sad But True’ singer and I talk about the way the flakes catch on your eyelashes and how the pavements never quite turn white. It feels fitting. Loren describes her music as existing in the “in-between”, and I learn she’s just as comfortable there emotionally, too.
There’s a quiet renaissance in pop right now, led by women who are building worlds to belong in. Loren’s own world i...
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How accurate is Hamnet? The real story behind the death of Shakespeare’s son

Adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel and fresh from awards recognition at this year’s Golden Globes, Hamnet is not a biography, nor a lesson in literature. It begins with a simple, devastating truth: Shakespeare had a son named Hamnet, who died aged just 11. From that one fact the film imagines the emotional aftermath, particularly for the woman history has largely forgotten: his wife.

Hamnet observes family life in close detail, from childbirth and childhood illness to the bonds b...
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Who really is the Secret Traitor Fiona and what's her game plan to win?

Fiona grew up in a house full of boys, and as the only girl, has a competitive edge she hopes to bring to the Traitors' team. She says: 'We were and still are a family that enjoy all sorts of games, whether that's cards or board games, we still get a lot of enjoyment out of them.' Her eldest brother has spoken about her crafty ways, saying that he was never sure of her hand during card games, because no matter her cards, she always wore a smile.

He says: 'We get a cross-section from all age gro...
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The heartwarming true story behind Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson's last ever film, The Great Escaper

The Great Escaper (2023) follows Royal Navy veteran Bernie and his wife René, who lead a seemingly peaceful life in a care home overlooking the sea in Hove. Both remain fiercely independent, even as time has narrowed the world around them. When Bernie is told he cannot join the organised trips to Normandy for the 70th anniversary of D-Day, he refuses to accept the limitation. With René’s knowing encouragement, he takes matters into his own hands and sets off alone.

That decision leads him acros...
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Free business support programme launches for Preston-based cleaners

A new business support programme aimed at cleaners and home help workers in Preston is set to begin next week, offering practical guidance to those looking to start or develop a small cleaning business.

The Clean Collective aims to support sole traders and small local enterprises operating in the cleaning sector. The programme is being delivered through a partnership between Preston City Council, Preston Cooperative Development Network (PCDN) and Kind Communities.

Despite its scale and importa...
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Preston artist brings overlooked women to the fore at ING Discerning Eye

Much of her work draws on Old Hollywood, particularly the period between the late 1920s and 1950s, an era she describes as a “blueprint for how women are still treated now.”

“These women were often working class, with traumatic upbringings, who saw Hollywood as a way out,” she says. “Everything was heightened with the paparazzi, the magazines, the expectations, but so few people actually know who they were or what they went through.”

Alongside archival imagery, Harlow also frequently works wit...
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Cooking up confidence: How women in Preston are turning skill into sustainability

Sessions covered UK‑specific requirements, including food safety, allergen law, kitchen inspections, pricing, invoicing, branding and tax. Rushtons Accountants also delivered sessions on record‑keeping and HMRC requirements, an area many participants said they had previously found intimidating.

“People often think pricing is just ingredients and packaging,” Patel explained. “They don’t account for shopping time, energy bills, their kitchen, or the hours they spend cooking. Many of them had neve...
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Review: Braving the queues more than once to check out the cracking Wallace and Gromit exhibition at The Harris

A small price to pay for Wallace and Gromit.

Before even stepping into the exhibition, it’s worth saying that The Harris itself is stunning. I took time to wander through the library, now re‑opened as part of the £19 million transformation. What was once a fairly closed‑off space is now bright and spread across multiple levels, with new seating and shelves that stretch far beyond what you’d expect.

As you enter the exhibition, you’re faced with a map… and casually informed that you’re now on W...
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The audio play keeping a Preston family’s wartime memories alive

A former University of Lancashire student has transformed his family history, rooted in Chorley and Preston, into Marie, a historical audio play about wartime love, memory, and the quieter lives lived alongside global conflict.

Written and produced by Sebastian Towyn-Brown, Marie is loosely inspired by his grandmother, who grew up in Chorley. While fictionalised, the play’s emotional centre comes directly from stories passed down through his family. “It’s not a straight retelling,” Towyn-Brown...
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Sundays in the City: Hearing the Voices of Hong Kong Helpers

Interviewing these women made me want to understand more. I owe much to a co-worker who challenged me to dig deeper and pointed me to wider sources such as this New Naratif article, which helped me see how the export of Filipino labour isn’t an accident or just a response to poverty - it’s an intentional policy, promoted by the state for decades. The Philippine government has systematically made it easier for citizens to leave, not harder, because the money they send home now forms the lifeblood...
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A New Spin on Fitness: A Conversation with Grover Cheng

"During my master’s, I studied some areas of Buddhism, and one concept really stuck with me: suffering is unavoidable. There will be suffering in life, and we can’t avoid it. What matters is how we deal with it. Even if it’s a shitty day, we can bring ourselves back up. That’s resilience.""You see the growth bit by bit, and when you talk to the kids, they remember what you said. That is so magical. I had one case and eventually, he got adopted in the US. His parents sent me updates, and within s...

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