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Adele gave the finger after James Corden cut short her acceptance speech for British Album of the Year. Corden was under pressure from television producers worried about the show overrunning, who later apologised to the singer. Adele said the middle finger was “to the suits at the Brit Awards” not her fans.
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Adele gave the finger after James Corden cut short her acceptance speech for British Album of the Year. Corden was under pressure from television producers worried about the show overrunning, who later apologised to the singer. Adele said the middle finger was “to the suits at the Brit Awards” not her fans.
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Britain now has fewer than 1,000 independent bookshops for the first time since records began
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New York art school hopes controversial £19m deal with developers of Extell Building will safeguard its existence for generations
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The Unbelievables: truth, lies and the myth of Eliot Ness' legendary battles with Al Capone
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Nymphomaniac review: Lars Von Trier's sex epic is brilliant but frustrating
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Cats, poo, trout, pies and God vie for votes in 'the Diagram Prize' - for the oddest book title of the year
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A town like Nirvana: Washington's Aberdeen is honouring its most famous son with its first annual Kurt Cobain Day
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Denmark bans kosher and halal slaughter as minister says ‘animal rights come before religion’
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One in four Americans 'don't know the Earth orbits the Sun' and only half believe in evolution
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Bernie Ecclestone ‘completely agrees’ with Vladimir Putin’s anti-gay laws, and so do ‘90 per cent of the world’, says F1 boss
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Ukraine crisis: Bloodshed on Europe's doorstep as EU tries and fails to stop killing
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Scottish independence: Alex Salmond hits out at George Osborne over 'ill-informed' comments in row over keeping the pound
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Ukip ‘disowns’ Cambridgeshire councillor Peter Lagoda following complaints he used ‘racist and offensive’ language
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