Revenge of the Sussex survivors’ club: The inside story of how a fairytale turned into a nightmare

It is the one royal group that no one wants to join. Referred to only half-jokingly as the ‘Sussex Survivors’ Club’, its membership is sadly rising. But its select band of members have one thing in common: all have worked for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and lived to tell the tale. Joking aside, … Read more

Gavin and Stacey creators EDIT OUT controversial Fairytale Of New York lyric

Gavin and Stacey creators EDIT OUT controversial Fairytale Of New York lyric following backlash ahead of the Christmas special repeat By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 08:38 GMT, 24 December 2020 | Updated: 08:38 GMT, 24 December 2020 Gavin and Stacey have edited out a controversial lyric from the Fairytale Of New York scene in … Read more

Fairytale Of New York is named Britain’s favourite Christmas song

Fairytale Of New York has been named Britain’s top ten favourite Christmas song – despite controversy surrounding a homophobic slur in its lyrics. The festive hit, performed by The Pogues and featuring Kristy MacColl, was released in 1987, but never managed to reach the No.1 spot in the charts. However, it has now beaten Mariah Carey and … Read more

Brass band plays Fairytale of New York to raise cash for a foodbank

Fairytale of old York: Kindly woman hires a full brass band to belt out festive Christmas hits for her neighbours while raising £150 for a local food bank The New York Brass Band played Christmas hits to entertain householders Among the tracks covered by the band was The Pogues’ Fairytale of New York The impromptu … Read more

Amazon Alexa refuses to play Pogues’ Fairytale of New York because of its ‘offensive’ lyrics 

Alexa, don’t you know a Christmas classic when you hear one? Amazon device refuses to play Pogues’ Fairytale of New York because of its ‘offensive’ lyrics Owners must turn off the ‘profanity filter’ for Fairytale Of New York to be played   Comes after song was embroiled in censorship row over words ‘f****t’ and ‘sl*t’ Radio 1 … Read more

The Pogues’ Fairytale of New York beats Chris Rea’s Driving Home for Christmas as top driving tune

Britain’s Christmas driving Number One: The Pogues’ Fairytale of New York beats Chris Rea’s classic Driving Home for Christmas as top festive tune to listen to behind the wheel Fairytale of New York has been named as the top Christmas song to drive to Study found the Pogues song is still the top festive tune … Read more

Fairytale of New York ‘alternative version’ defended by BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 insiders have defended a decision to play its ‘alternative version’ of Fairytale of New York to avoid offending younger audiences who are ‘particularly sensitive’ to derogatory terms for gender and sexuality.  The station decided to edit the words ‘f***ot’ and ‘sl*t’ from the track – sung by Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan and … Read more

BBC Radio 1 bosses defend decision to play its ‘alternative version’ of Fairytale of New York

BBC Radio 1 insiders have defended a decision to play its ‘alternative version’ of Fairytale of New York to avoid offending younger audiences who are ‘particularly sensitive’ to derogatory terms for gender and sexuality.  The station decided to edit the words ‘f****t’ and ‘sl*t’ from the track – sung by Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan and … Read more

BBC Radio 1 BANS presenters from playing uncensored version of Fairytale of New York

BBC Radio 1 BANS presenters from playing uncensored version of Christmas favourite Fairytale of New York because of its ‘offensive language’ Presenters for BBC Radio 1 must play an edited version of Fairytale of New York  Track changes ‘f****t’ for ‘haggard’ and mutes the word ‘s**t’ from another lyric  Insider said boss decided to change … Read more

Gianluca Vacchi transforms his home into a fairytale kingdom to welcome home his baby girl Blu

He has enjoyed his first week of parenthood since welcoming his newborn daughter last Tuesday with his girlfriend Sharon Fonseca. And Gianluca Vacchi transformed his home into a fairytale kingdom as the couple brought their baby girl, Blu Jerusalema Vacchi, home for the first time on Sunday. The Italian playboy, 53, surprised his model girlfriend … Read more