Bristol's school choirs have been invited to take part in Bristol Old Vic's biggest Christmas competition yet, announced on Friday 26 September following the official launch of Swallows and Amazons, which will run at the theatre from 27 November until 17 January.

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Win tickets for your choir and the chance to perform at the opening night of Bristol Old Vic’s Christmas musical Swallows and Amazons!

THE Bristol Old Vic announced the Christmas revival of their smash-hit family show Swallows and Amazons last night, with The Divine Comedy frontman and Swallows' composer Neil Hannon at the helm. ...

El pasado 3 de julio en el Cultura Club de Palma tuvo lugar la presentación del libro “31 Conciertos” de Pau Forner con actuación de Anegats y varios amigos que versionaron a algunos de los grupos que aparecen en el libro. El libro en sí pasó a un segundo plano ya que el acto se convirtió en un home…

The Favourite Band is The Divine Comedy. ‘Band’ is a strong word, when we all know it’s just Neil Hannon. Anyway for his 42nd birthday he did a concert in London. Tickets sold out fast. But before they did, I had bought two.

This week, we released the 100th episode of The Fantasticast. In a break from showcasing tropes of The Fantastic Four (nearly) ever day, we're celebrating this milestone with a week of special blog...

Counting down our Top 10 Horse Songs... Yeah, we know it's an odd choice, but there's actually a surprising amount of cracking tunes in the mix...

With our Belfast studio up and running, we thought we'd delve into Northern Irish style with a feature on the 5 best-dressed male stars from the region.

Joby Talbot, composer

Neil Hannon by Patricia McCormack French

Neil Hannon je u šest minuta pjesme 'The Booklovers' ubacio 70 pisaca, od Twaina do Kundere, i dao im da izgovore po jednu rečenicu.

D comme : The Divine Comedy - Promenade "Happy the man and happy he alone, who in all honesty can call today his own". Romantique, badine, épicurienne et pourtant bercée de tragédies intimes et de mélancolie, cette Promenade

We want to thank everyone who came down and visited us in My Lovely Ranch during Electric Picnic for their generosity and warmth. Neil Hannon popped in and g...

Ce soir, c'est jour de fête au Grand Théâtre de Fourvière et pas uniquement parce qu'il s'agit du jour de la Fête Nationale ! En ce 14 juillet 2014, à notre arrivée à la gare SNCF de Lyon Part-Dieu, notre première, très terre à terre, préoccupation sera d'ordre météorologique, suite à la succession…

L’album sur lequel figure “Lady Of A Certain Age” n’a jamais déserté mon iPod depuis sa sortie. De là à en déduire qu’il m’est indispensable, il n’y a qu’un pas, que je franchis en piétinant au passage les orteils de ceux qui jugent Neil Hannon (monsieur Divine Comedy) trop verbeux ou chichiteux. Il ne connaît peut-être pas le minimalisme, mais il fait avec une grâce, une verve et un détachement blasé seulement égalés par Jarvis Cocker. Et je ne vais pas m’étendre sur ses talents de parolier, d’arrangeur et de compositeur, cette chanson s’en charge à ma place.

Whenever I think of Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World I can help thinking of this episode of The Goodies...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl8SRrlbbN0I particularly like his explanation for the Loch Ness Monster (just over 2 minutes in to this clip).