QUICK QUIZ

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Who won the women’s singles title at last month’s Australian Open tennis championship?

The part of the arm near the ulnar nerve is informally known by what name?

In the TV comedy Only Fools and Horses, what make of vehicle did Del Boy and Rodney drive?

Which record label derived its name from the nickname for Detroit?

Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?

What is the name of the author and illustrator of the book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse?

The first Brit awards ceremony – known as the British Record Industry Britannia Centenary Awards – took place in 1977 at Wembley Conference Centre. The event was part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee celebrations and marked a century since Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. Winners that retrospective night included Sir Cliff Richard, Dame Shirley Bassey and the Beatles.

A second ceremony was held in 1982, after which it became an annual event, with the awards changing their name to the Brits in 1989. Nominees in this year’s 43rd ceremony include the UK’s Eurovision star Sam Ryder, Dua Lipa and Stormzy, who has been nominated in the album of the year, best hip-hop/grime/ rap act and artist of the year categories.

In interviews leading up to the release of his No 1 album This Is What I Mean, the rapper was vocal about his connection to faith when creating it. He said that during the recording ‘God was in the room’. In one of the tracks, ‘Holy Spirit’, he sings: ‘Hold me with your tightest embrace, oh Lord, you/ You will never lead me astray.’

Stormzy is not unique in singing such things. Music has been an expression of

Stormzy, whose album references his faith, is up for three awards

Fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9

7. Hilarity (9)

1. Melt (4)

2. Encounter (4)

21. Leading (5)

22. Bisect (5) 23. Lament (4) 24. Way out (4)

Look up, down, forwards, backwards and diagonally on the grid to find these romantic films

AMELIE AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER BRIEF ENCOUNTER CASABLANCA

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GONE WITH THE WIND THE ENGLISH PATIENT THE WAY WE WERE