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‘Nuns quivered at the naughty bits!’ The story of trailblazing gay pop song Kay, Why?

Unknown to many, this hilarious slice of high-camp 60s psychedelia is a sought-after cult classic, made when being gay was still taboo. Its secret creators speak for the very first time

The Outfit review – Mark Rylance’s mob tailor makes the cut

The Oscar-winner gives a cool, calm centre to this tightly-buttoned drama about Chicago gangsters rooting out a mole

UK dating app Fluttr aims to beat the ‘Tinder swindlers’ with biometric ID

Platform hopes personal verification will prevent near-£100m lost to scammers on dating apps last year

Beryl Vertue obituary

Writers’ agent who became a television producer with credits including Sherlock, Men Behaving Badly and CouplingBeryl Vertue, who has died aged 90, played an important role in the history of British television comedy.

Alt-J: The Dream review – a stroll around the curiosity shop

(Infectious)The ambitious British indie crooners embrace an American sound while confronting crypto and Covid on their enjoyable fourth album

Taliban release British journalist Andrew North from detention in Kabul

Journalist and several other reporters freed after being held while on assignment with UNHCR

Little Simz’s long path from council estate to Brit awards podium

Hard work and creative friends from local youth club drove genre-defying rapper to mainstream recognition

British journalists receive death threats from Russia over Valieva controversy

Journalists from Inside the Games subjected to abuseAnger among Russian media in Beijing flares on FridayThe journalists who broke the story of Russian skater Kamila Valieva’s positive drugs test on Wednesday say they have faced death threats, abuse, and warnings they should check their tea.

How Neighbours was shunted off air by All Creatures Great and Small

Longest-running drama in Australian television history loses out to homegrown British show

Team GB prove a hit with China in the Winter Olympic fashion stakes

Ben Sherman duffle coat and Chelsea boots proving popularTeam GB reveal efforts to make athletes welcome and safeThe wait for Britain’s first gold medal at these Winter Olympics goes on, but Team GB has become a surprise success off the snow and ice after its opening ceremony kit became a sensation on Weibo, the most widely used social media platform in China.

How comic genius Charlie Chaplin survived his hungry childhood

A recently unearthed interview with an old friend recalls how the actor was looked after by a kindly ‘foster mother’ who made sure he did the right thing

Dune and The Power of the Dog lead Bafta nominations as awards move on from Noel Clarke

Sci-fi blockbuster has 11 nominations and Jane Campion western starring Benedict Cumberbatch has eightBaftas 2022: the full list of nominationsAfter last year’s event was overshadowed by the controversy surrounding Noel Clarke, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) are hoping that it can regain credibility with its 2022 edition, for which the nominations have been announced.

Baftas 2022: the full list of nominations

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‘And the loser is …’: Are music awards shows in crisis?

With plummeting ratings and accusations of racial and gender bias, the Brits and Grammys are facing a battle to stay relevant

Stan Tracey Trio: The 1959 Sessions – genius brewing

(Resteamed)Six years before he defined a new British style of jazz, the pianist and composer was already out on his own

Yard Act: The Overload review | Alexis Petridis's Album of the Week

(Island Records)Waspish portraits of the country’s worst people – from alpha male businessmen to middle-class foodies – are punchily delivered by this excitingly undeveloped Leeds quartet

Six Nations: Pivac urges injury-hit Wales to keep defying the odds against Ireland

Wayne Pivac: defending champions have ‘nothing to lose’Alun Wyn Jones and George North among those ruled outIt is an ominous omen for Wales’s Six Nations title defence that there has been more said about the players not taking part than those who are.

F1 sprint races in danger as big teams dig their heels in over money demands

Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari want bigger budget capTopic to be discussed at F1 commission on 14 FebruaryFormula One sprint races could be deleted from the calendar this year due to a row over money.

Fifa investigates after St Kitts appoint coach accused of sexual abuse

Ahmed Mohamed appointed as director of footballSt Kitts FA says it had ‘positive recommendations’ about himFifa will request more details about the appointment of a coach accused of sexually abusing and harassing female players in Barbados after it was suggested that he was given “positive recommendations” to take over as director of football in St Kitts and Nevis by the president of the Barbados Football Association.

Bond actor Lashana Lynch nominated for Bafta rising star award

The Briton is up against Kodi Smit-McPhee, Millicent Simmonds, Ariana DeBose and Harris Dickinson

Talking Horses: listen to jockeys in battle of the scales with racing’s rulers

The latest war of words between the jockeys’ association and the British Horseracing Authority is unlikely to be the last

Scotland wary of ‘unpredictability’ of England playmaker Marcus Smith

Harlequins fly-half impressed Scotland coaches on Lions tourSmith expected to make his Six Nations debut at MurrayfieldScotland have been told to keep a close eye on Marcus Smith if they want to make a winning start in the Six Nations.

Privatising Channel 4 will harm UK ‘levelling-up’ plan, warn TV bosses

Selling channel would concentrate programming and investment in south-east England, say executives

Norma Waterson was one of folk’s greatest voices – and greatest people

The British folk singer, who has died aged 82, was proud of the music she made – and her warmth as well as her toughness sang loudly in her songs

‘I had the perfect life – then both my husbands died’: singer Labi Siffre on love, loss – and happiness

The man behind Something Inside So Strong and It Must Be Love talks about his half-century in music, coming out in the 70s – and his menage a trois on a Welsh mountain

Skier Dave Ryding: ‘Now I just have to put on the video and say: watch that’

The man whose slalom victory in Kitzbühel made him the first Briton to win an Alpine World Cup is ready for the Olympics

Big Narstie: ‘Describe myself in three words? Electrifying, orgasmic and charismatic’

The British rapper on preferring dogs to people, his phobia of kissing and his crush on Debbie McGee

‘Our managers were like: it’s going to be a dud’: how Glass Animals became the biggest British band in the world

The Oxford quartet’s song Heat Waves is the most played globally on Spotify this week, and a curveball amid pop’s solo artists. Frontman Dave Bayley explains how it happened

History rewritten with wrestler Louis Bruce revealed as Britain’s first black Olympian

Tram driver competed at 1908 London Games, research showsHe is sixth earliest known black Olympian from any countryA feat of detective work – plus the chance discovery of dozens of well-preserved documents at a wrestling club in Wigan – has unlocked a remarkable secret that rewrites more than 100 years of British Olympic history, the Guardian can reveal.

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson: ‘Dressing up was fun – but my codpiece was distinctly unfragrant’

Playing the flute on one leg, Anderson’s jester-like image turned the prog rockers into global stars in the 70s. With their first new album in 20 years, he talks about the passion behind the pomp – and why he could never be ‘generic, like the Stones and the Who’

Samm Henshaw: Untidy Soul review – a wry, low-key take on the modern self

(Dorm Seven)The 26-year-old singer-songwriter’s debut blends rootsy soul, 90s hip-hop and gospel with self-effacing, intimate lyrics

History rewritten as wrestler Louis Bruce revealed as Britain’s first black Olympian

Tram driver competed at 1908 London Games, research showsHe is fourth earliest known black Olympian from any countryA feat of detective work – plus the chance discovery of dozens of well-preserved documents at a wrestling club in Wigan – has unlocked a remarkable secret that rewrites more than 100 years of British Olympic history, the Guardian can reveal.

The Spin | From gloves to bats, cricket gear buyers are stumped by a lack of clarity

No one buying equipment for the new season has much idea if it is being made ethically or sustainably and that should change

Amulet review – Romola Garai makes directorial debut with smart upscale horror

Garai’s first feature as director is a classy chiller where a haunted war veteran is offered uneasy solace by a twinkly-eyed nun

‘You don’t know me’: Morrissey accuses Johnny Marr of using him as clickbait

‘Must you persistently, year after year, decade after decade, blame me for everything?’ singer writes in open letter to former Smiths bandmate

Glass Animals become first UK band to top global Spotify singles chart

Oxford quartet’s single Heat Waves continues its remarkable slow-burn success since being released in June 2020

Jana Bennett obituary

Groundbreaking BBC executive whose list of achievements included the launch of BBC Three, BBC Four and iPlayerJana Bennett, who has died aged 66 of brain cancer, was the first woman appointed as director of television at the BBC, and its first director of vision, with responsibility for the corporation’s entire output, across TV, online content and interactive technology.

Bernal has ‘two successful surgeries’ and in intensive care after training crash

Ineos say the rider had operations on his spine and right legColombian reportedly struck a bus while training in BogotáIneos Grenadiers say two-time Grand Tour winner Egan Bernal currently remains in intensive care after “two successful surgeries” following a serious crash suffered while training in his native Colombia.

Children’s TV makers say British shows could die as ministers scrap £44m fund

Nadine Dorries urged to restore help for UK broadcasters competing with global rivals

Taylor Swift criticises Damon Albarn for saying she doesn’t write her own songs

The singer tweeted that the Blur and Gorillaz frontman’s ‘hot take is completely false and SO damaging’ after comments in interview

D Double E review – grime originator unites the generations

Ritz, ManchesterDespite inspiring grime’s biggest stars, this is only the first nationwide tour from the east Londoner – a victory lap that draws on decades of Black British music

Idles review – like being punched and hugged at the same time

O2 Brixton Academy, LondonGalvanised by newly sober-sharp Joe Talbot, the impassioned Bristol band aim wider, higher and louder in a thrilling showcase of their latest album, Crawler

Classical home listening: young composers and Handel’s power women

The National Youth Choir of Great Britain have been busy commissioning, while Sandrine Piau soars on Enchantresses

Dave Ryding makes British skiing history with first Alpine World Cup win

Briton ends 55-year wait for World Cup race victory, in slalom‘There’s life in the old dog yet’, says 35-year-old OlympianDave Ryding won the Kitzbühel men’s slalom on Saturday, becoming the first British skier to win a gold medal in the 55-year history of the Alpine World Cup.

‘Panicked’ Dan Evans blown away by fast-improving Felix Auger-Aliassime

Last Briton left in Australian Open singles loses 6-4, 6-1, 6-1‘I missed my chance and panicked.

Raducanu leaves Melbourne with no regrets but new desire to ‘stay at the top’

Briton says experience will help her strive for more success‘You have to be on it every week.

The fight for the future of the BBC | podcast

The latest skirmish between the BBC and the government is part of a running debate over who the BBC serves, which dates back to the organisation’s earliest days. But this time, the stakes are higher

There’s too much at stake to risk losing the BBC | Letters

We must protect the BBC from this attack on its tradition of fearless reporting, writes Giles Swayne. Plus letters from Meirion Bowen and Linda Rhead

Yard Act: The Overload review | Alexis Petridis's Album of the Week

(Island Records)Waspish portraits of the country’s worst people – from alpha male businessmen to middle-class foodies – are punchily delivered by this excitingly undeveloped Leeds quartet

Jimi Hendrix estate sues bandmates’ heirs after alleged royalties and copyright threat

Estate claims families of Hendrix’s bassist and drummer threatened them with a copyright infringement case over ‘millions of pounds’ of unpaid royalties

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