Lily Ebert, who was recognised for her services to Holocaust education and made an MBE last year, went from 'near-death at Auschwitz to creating five generations of Jewish life'.
There’s been a lot of movement in the professional wrestling world in recent years, but it looks like Finn Balor has decided to stay with WWE. The former Universal Champion got the wrestling world talking about his status when he posted the following on social media: “I would like to take this moment to say […]
Have a look at HSBC staff and the times they impressed us with their community work on Wearside. We are continuing our look back at companies in the Echo headlines and this time the spotlight is on the popular bank. Staff dug in to help at a countryside project near Penshaw Monument in 2005, and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for charity in 2011. That’s just for starters. Check out this line-up of achievements.
If you really want to know about making music, fame, exploitation, addiction, egos and challenging personalities – look to fiction. Here are our favourites Making a movie about an iconic musician can be perilous – there are so many stakeholders with differing versions of events, and so many diehard fans looking for a perfect representation of their hero, that many music biopics end up being sanitised and glib. Look no further than Back to Black, Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic, for a...
Khmer New Year is a festival of great significance in cultivating the spirit of national unity and preservation, protection and love for traditions and customs, and in promoting the Khmer civilisation.
According to job search company, Zippia, Black mixologists make up less than 6% of America’s bartenders. Charleston native Latoya Vickers is hoping to shine a light on that disparity — and showcase those Black mixologists who are serving up drinks all over the country. On April 26, Vickers has invited four talented Black mixologists from across […]
The May 2 deadline is approaching for teams to pick up fifth-year options on rookie contracts. Which teams have made a decision?
'The Gates' premieres in January 2025.
UNTOLD organizers announced a new name to the festival lineup, Grammy Award-winning artist, DJ and producer of South African origin, Black Coffee. With outstanding talent and an unconventional approach to electronic music, Black Coffee is one of the most respected DJ/producers in the underground culture. In 2023, he climbed 14 places in the DJ Mag […]
Montgomery, the state’s capital, is included in a new congressional district, and on Tuesday, a runoff will decide who stands in NovemberMontgomery, Alabama is the birthplace of the Confederacy and of the civil rights movement. Its history speaks volumes about the state of American democracy. It is perhaps ironic, then, how the last generation of its voters have largely been silenced.For decades, Alabama’s capital city has been split between two or three different congressional districts – a...
Since April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and because so many of the finest practitioners of the genre were born this month, let’s pay a special birthday tribute to three of the all-time top jazz vocalists! Ella Fitzgerald (born April 25, 1917), Billie Holiday (born April 7, 1915), and Carmen McRae (born April 8, 1920) are all from the same generation, but each had a unique sound. And since this year’s JAM is a celebration of the great Duke Ellington, we’re playing these ladies’ renditions of his...
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