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    Freelance journalist and broadcaster, writing about music and the arts.

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    'Edna O'Brien is best known for her era-defining novels like The Country Girls, but dismiss her short stories at your peril.'

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    Who is Tilly Norwood, and why does Hollywood hate her?

    She looks like any other starlet; a pretty, doe-eyed, long-haired brunette, primed to play the ingénue in the next Richard Curtis rom-com. So why has Tilly Norwood become a pariah in Hollywood over the last week?

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