Nowhere is this clearer, perhaps, than in the sheer glee he expresses at working on The Purple Bird, his 30th studio album, his 25th under the moniker Bonnie “Prince” Billy and his first with ...

The subject omitted in the title of The Purple Bird’s first song is, of course, Earth itself; the proposed solution in parenthesis. Yet it sounds neither totally bleak nor didactic, more like sharing ...

This might be Oldham’s (aka Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy) most country – certainly most Nashville – album yet. A rare collaboration with a producer and with a host of country names duetting or playing, at ...

Out of caution, the zoo has temporarily closed the farmyard and outdoor aviary, restricted access to birds to essential personnel only, and canceled all bird-related volunteer and ambassador programs.

There might be a whole lot of awful shit going on around us, but The Purple Bird is here to remind us at times that no matter how much the world might want to swallow you up in the negativity, we have ...

The Purple Bird is Oldham’s Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s new album. The 12-song outing was recorded with David Ferguson and written during infamous Nashville writing sessions. Oldham finds himself ...

A strain of bird flu capable of infecting humans has been detected in recent outbreaks across Scotland and England. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has implemented extended ...

An avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) has been declared across the whole of England and Scotland in response to escalating cases of bird flu. Starting on Saturday 25 January 2025, all bird ...

A strain of bird flu known to infect humans, H5N1, has been confirmed in recent outbreaks across Scotland and England. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has extended ...

A poultry farmer who lost 100,000 birds to bird flu said he was on "high alert" after prevention measures were imposed across England. Mark Gorton, of Shropham-based Traditional Norfolk Poultry ...

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Strict bird flu restrictions have been put in place for the whole of England and Scotland following an increase in cases, the Government has announced. A national Avian Influenza Prevention Zone ...