BBC staff who had authority to cut Bob Vylan livestream ‘were at Glastonbury'
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BBC News
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Devito's Circus aims to be host the kindest and most inclusive Big Top
A new circus aims to host the most inclusive and kindest Big Top in the Circus, set up by David Devito, is the smallest touring Big Top circus in the country with just 175 seats and six performers. It offers relaxed performances for neurodivergent team hires children from the community in partnership with the Glastonbury-based charity Children's World."We went to the charity with this idea 12 months ago and we've finally got to the stage of opening this year," said Mr Devito. Mr Devito said he had always wanted to run his own circus as he has Asperger syndrome and was bullied at school."Every child can have a dream and this is my dream, which is finally coming true," he said."I've been in the circus since I was 15 and this is my happy place." The show, titled Laughter is a Worldwide Language, is a blend of classic circus entertainment and timeless the Clown is played by Mark Foot, who has dyslexia and struggled at school. He said the circus helped him to express himself better through performance. "Within the circus, it is very, very culturally diverse and is very accepting of everybody and anything."It doesn't matter what your weaknesses or strengths are, you all have a level base that you can communicate on and come together like a big family," he said. Children and young adults from Children's World are employed to work front of house in the box office or selling candy floss and popcorn, and as backstage hands doing lighting or sound. The first performance was held in Castle Cary earlier this month, with further shows booked on 2 and 3 August at Paddington Farm, Glastonbury, and 5-7 September at Merriman Park, Street. Story part 2 goes here
Spectator
8 hours ago
- Spectator
When did double-barrelled surnames stop being posh?
When the lead singer of Bob Vylan's name was revealed, it caused a fair amount of amusement. This anti-establishment musician who hit the headlines after ranting about the Israel at Glastonbury is actually called…Pascal Robinson-Foster. 'A posh double-barrel name is perhaps not the best handle for a self-styled Rasta radical. So he goes by the name Bobbie Vylan instead,' wrote veteran broadcaster Andrew Neil. But while it's vaguely amusing that Vylan's real name is rather less 'rock-n'roll' than his stage act suggests, Neil got one thing wrong: the era of double-barrelled surnames signifying poshness is over. Once upon a time, hyphenated surnames were a way of aristocrats displaying their social cachet. The upper class is full of Parker-Bowleses and Spencer-Churchills. The list of current earls in the Peerage of England includes a Chetwynd-Talbot, a Hastings-Bass, a Fiennes-Clinton, and an Ashley-Cooper. When, in 1964, the fourteenth Earl of Home faced the fourteenth Mr Wilson, it can't have been lost on the electorate that the former was a Douglas-Hume. It is no accident that the poshest pupil at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books is named Justin Finch-Fletchley. But times have changed, and now double-barrelled surnames can be more of a disadvantage than an advantage. Double-barrelled names have more recently reared their head as a political liability. When Annunziata Rees-Mogg, Jacob's sister and sometime Brexit Party MEP, embarked upon her political career, then-Tory leader David Cameron famously advised her to change her name to Nancy (also, curiously, the name of his own daughter: yes, the one he left at a pub). Less well-known is that Cameron also reportedly told her to drop the Rees; Nancy Mogg might have been the future, once. Under Cameron's leadership, there were reports that other Tory candidates were told to go single barrel: thus Simon Radford-Kirby became Simon Kirby, and candidate Scott Seaman-Digby became Scott Digby. But while politicians were dropping the hyphens from their names, the same wasn't true in other fields. In football, there has been a crop of stars with double-barrelled names, including Trent Alexander-Arnold, James Ward-Prowse, Emile Smith Rowe, and Dominic Calvert-Lewin. It is a sign of the times that, whereas the men's and women's England football squads contain between them five double-barrelled names, Britain's Olympic equestrian team – surely the poshest sport – has none. There are proportionately far more double-barrelled surnames in elite football than rowing. All this reflects a wider trend. In 2017, it was reported that 11 per cent of couples now take on a double-barrelled name on marriage. It is difficult to work out what's driving this change. Is it that double-barrelled names are more common in mixed-race families (like Bobby Vylan's own), because both sides wish to preserve their cultural heritage? The shifting politics of double-barrelled names might also reflect an increase in single-parent families, or other deviations from the traditional norms of the nuclear family; single mothers quite understandably want to share a name with their children. Double-barrelled surnames can also carry some advantages. Aside from appearing to promote equality between the sexes, they also make people more distinctive, lowering the risk of confusion. Hence the full-back Kyle Walker-Peters, who plays for Southampton, is not the right-back Kyle Walker, who recently signed for Burnley. Names can still be signals of social class, with all that this implies: there is every difference, in the Shire of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit, between the humble Bagginses and their snooty Sackville-Baggins cousins. But one should not be deceived by appearances: Ainsley Maitland-Niles could have been an excellent Victorian high court judge. In fact, he used to play for Arsenal.
Scottish Sun
16 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
Lewis Capaldi locked in planning battle with neighbour at £1.6M pad weeks after emotional Glastonbury comeback
Read on to find out what the beloved singer has planned SOMEONE VIEW LOVED Lewis Capaldi locked in planning battle with neighbour at £1.6M pad weeks after emotional Glastonbury comeback Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) LEWIS Capaldi is locked in a battle over a new fence at his £1.6million mansion as neighbours reckon it will wreck their view. The Someone You Loved singer, 28, hopes to beef up privacy with a 6ft-high wooden barrier around the grounds of his farmhouse, near Glasgow. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 4 Lewis Capaldi wants to beef up security with a massive fence 4 Neighbours are opposed, claiming the borders are "oppressive" 4 They have objected to planning application 4 They said it the fence should be lowered "without delay" But resident Adam Dunwoodie has objected to the star's planning application claiming an existing fence has already had a 'significant adverse impact' on his home life. He said he understands Lewis's 'desire for security and privacy' but argued the height of the proposed partition would be 'oppressive'. In a letter to the council he claimed the current fence was too tall and too near his own pad and should be lowered 'without delay'. Mr Dunwoodie writes: 'Our concerns have been mirrored by every visitor to our property. The fence, as currently located, has a significant adverse impact on our daily lives. "Whilst we fully understand the applicant's desire for security and privacy, there are several significant factors we strongly oppose. 'The oppressive height of the fence, the proximity of the fence, the standard of finish and appearance and the lack of maintenance access to ground between the properties. "Our hope would be that approval should be rejected and that work to relocate and alter the height should be completed without delay. "If required, we would hope to engage in constructive discussion with the applicant.' We told how Lewis snapped up the pad in 2020 after superstar pal Ed Sheeran scoured property listings on his behalf. After moving in he complained it smelled of cigarette smoke and dogs but has embarked on an upgrade. Lewis Capaldi reveals he reached 20st & is on anti-psychotic medication after Glastonbury breakdown The music star recently won permission to construct a recording studio and last year built a triple garage for his car collection. He has also added a swimming pool, changing rooms, spa and sauna and hopes to add a sun room with glass windows and slate roof. Mr Dunwoodie insisted he was not opposed to the upgrades. He told East Renfrewshire Council: 'We do not object to any other construction work that has proceeded or is due to proceed as part of this or other applications.' The local authority is due to rule on the fence in due course. The row comes after Lewis made a triumphant return to Glastonbury last month after struggling to finish his set at the festival in 2023. He took time off after the previous performance was cut short due to a Tourette's flare-up. Now he has returned to the charts with single Survive and will perform at Glasgow's OVO Hydro and Aberdeen's P&J Live as part of a UK arena tour in September.
