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The Phoenix Singers: an amateur choir with a difference

Tony Bryant

The Phoenix Singers, the Costa del Sol's most recently formed choir, is currently holding auditions for a series of live shows to raise funds for local charitable organisations. The choir is based in the Coín area and was formed last year by jazz ... different: he believes he has achieved this with The Phoenix Singers. Kevin adapts and arranges all of the music to produce innovative four-part harmonies. Kevin expresses his professionalism and passion for music through his choir, using classical phrasing

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Secondary poems

...never seen the Gruffalo, Or the Phoenix in the snow, Without my little window. Recently, I saw that same window, The same one, where I started dreaming, That’s when I realised my life was beginning, Imagining the stories, with birds

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Phoenix College, the only sixth form college in Andalusia

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A little bit of the UK in the very heart of Málaga. That’s what pupils will find at Phoenix College, the only sixth form college in Andalusia where they can finish off their secondary studies and prepare for entry to the best universities. ... Phoenix College opened during the last academic year and benefits from a team of teachers who each have more than 25 years of experience in the sector. James Riley, Kirsty Ridyard and Alex Mitchell, co-founders of the College, are graduates from Durham, ... We seek to help them develop skills and abilities that they will find very useful in the future.” As well as being an Edexcel approved centre for exams. Phoenix College is also accredited by UCAS and provides an assessment and orientation service

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Many reasons to be cheerful on the Costa

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...mezzo-soprano; and guitarist Bruce Reynold performed, followed by Juliet and Ricky with songs from Chicago, Aspects of Love and Les Miserables. Phoenix College Opening celebrations Students and teachers came together in Malaga recently to celebrate the ... opening of Phoenix College. The centre is the first sixth form college of its kind on Spanish mainland and provides A-Level classes in subjects such as Applied Maths, Physics, Geography and Politics for students with a high level of English. Many of the

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Rising from the ashes... the Serbian Phoenix plant

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When the heat of summer manages to kill a favourite plant, despite your best efforts to keep it alive, then you might want to consider sourcing the Serbian Phoenix plant (Ramonda serbica). This amazing plant is one of the few European

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Antonio Banderas gets his first Oscar nomination for his role in Pain and Glory

Francisco Griñán

...biography, faces stiff competition from Joaquin Phoenix, who beat Banderas to the Golden Globe last week, for his role in Joker. The other Academy Award nominees in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category are Leonardo Di Caprio (Once Upon a Time in

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The Chinese Aerobatic Circus tumbles into Torremolinos

Tony Bryant

...excitement. The protagonist of the show, which the New York Times described as "a delight to the five senses", is a child who enters a fantasy world and falls in love with a phoenix. China's prestigious Great Aerobatic Circus has amazed audiences around

Opinion

Antonioooo!

Ivan Gelibter

...took to the stage with a G&T too many. You can never give up hope, but it seems that the Joker of a man who consumed Joaquin Phoenix is the clear favourite to walk away with the most important prize in the acting world. Even so, and risking sounding ... academy members decide the award should go to a performance - that of Phoenix - which, although excellent, is still part of the theology of remakes that we've been immersed in in recent years. At the end of the day, we're not hoping for pain, but for

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Golden Globe nomination follows top European award for Antonio Banderas

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...from fellow nominees, Christian Bale (Ford v Ferrari), Adam Driver (Marriage Story), Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) and Jonathon Pryce (The Two Popes). The Malaga actor however goes to the Globes with heavy support, from the Cannes prize and the European

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Art, music and culture during the lockdown

Denise Bush

Amazing Spider-Man, Dark Phoenix Saga and Kree/Skrull War etc. More info on https://www.marvel.com/ How to be Happy The Science of Wellbeing Yale University has made this course completely free. The ten-week course, led by instructor