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Heardle - Spotify’s audible answer to the runaway success of Worldle

What is today’s Heardle answer for March 24?

Clockwise from top left: Martha Stewart, Tiger Woods, Harvey Weinstein, Lindsay Lohan, and Bernie Madoff are all notable names who have undergone ‘perp walks’ (Photos: Getty Images)
Clockwise from top left: Martha Stewart, Tiger Woods, Harvey Weinstein, Lindsay Lohan, and Bernie Madoff are all notable names who have undergone ‘perp walks’ (Photos: Getty Images)

Donald Trump reportedly requesting handcuffs for perp walk if arrested

There are common idioms which mean the opposite of what you think.
There are common idioms which mean the opposite of what you think.

5 idioms that mean the opposite of what you think like fat chance

Heardle - Spotify’s audible answer to the runaway success of Worldle
Heardle - Spotify’s audible answer to the runaway success of Worldle

What is today’s Heardle answer for March 22?

Heardle - Spotify’s audible answer to the runaway success of Worldle
Heardle - Spotify’s audible answer to the runaway success of Worldle

What is today’s Heardle answer for March 21?

These idioms have innocent meanings but dark origins.
These idioms have innocent meanings but dark origins.

Explainer 12 idioms with unexpectedly sinister origins and their meanings

St Patrick’s Day: quotes, famous poems, popular songs and messages

The three colours used to represent International Women’s Day, purple, green and white, have links to suffragettes.
The three colours used to represent International Women’s Day, purple, green and white, have links to suffragettes.

History of three colours that symbolise International Women’s Day

The new Barbie dolls which have been added to the Barbie role models collection for 2023. Photo by Mattel.
The new Barbie dolls which have been added to the Barbie role models collection for 2023. Photo by Mattel.

22 Barbie dolls created to represent pioneering women - the full list

The meanings and origins of 14 common English phrases explained.
The meanings and origins of 14 common English phrases explained.

Meanings and origins of 14 unusual English phrases explained

Aristocrats at the races in 1910 (Photo: Getty Images)
Aristocrats at the races in 1910 (Photo: Getty Images)

Aristocrats own large swathes of land and wealth to this day in the UK

Grimsby Town celebrate victory over Southampton in FA Cup fourth round
Grimsby Town celebrate victory over Southampton in FA Cup fourth round

Greatest FA Cup upsets in history as Grimsby reach quarter-finals

Courteney Cox attends her Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony on 27 February 2023 in Hollywood (Photo: Leon Bennett/Getty Images)
Courteney Cox attends her Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony on 27 February 2023 in Hollywood (Photo: Leon Bennett/Getty Images)

Hollywood Walk of Fame: how long is it and how to get a star

Adam Nagaitis as Brink’s Mat robber Micky McAvoy in The Gold, wearing a balaclava (Credit: BBC/Tannadice Pictures/Sally Mais)
Adam Nagaitis as Brink’s Mat robber Micky McAvoy in The Gold, wearing a balaclava (Credit: BBC/Tannadice Pictures/Sally Mais)

What happened to the Brink’s-Mat robbers - and the gold they stole?

Viola Davis in The Woman King
Viola Davis in The Woman King

Is The Woman King a true story? Real history of the Dahomey Kingdom

Harry said Jeremy Clarkson’s “cruel” article in the Sun newspaper about his wife Meghan encourages people around the world to believe it is an acceptable way to treat women. He said: “When we’re talking about accountability… the Jeremy Clarkson article… what he said was horrific and is hurtful and cruel towards my wife, but it also encourages other people around the UK and around the world, men particularly, to go and think that it’s acceptable to treat women that way.”
Harry said Jeremy Clarkson’s “cruel” article in the Sun newspaper about his wife Meghan encourages people around the world to believe it is an acceptable way to treat women. He said: “When we’re talking about accountability… the Jeremy Clarkson article… what he said was horrific and is hurtful and cruel towards my wife, but it also encourages other people around the UK and around the world, men particularly, to go and think that it’s acceptable to treat women that way.”

IPSO starts investigation into Jeremy Clarkson’s Meghan Markle column

(Photos: Getty Images)
(Photos: Getty Images)

Syrian war explained: did Russia invade - why has there been a war?

Letters written by Mary Queen of Scots while she was in captivity have been found and decoded - more than 430 years after the former Queen of Scotland wrote them.
Letters written by Mary Queen of Scots while she was in captivity have been found and decoded - more than 430 years after the former Queen of Scotland wrote them.

Codebreakers crack secrets of Mary Queen of Scots’ lost letters

Bill Russell was an NBA superstar and civil rights icon
Bill Russell was an NBA superstar and civil rights icon

NBA star and civil rights icon Bill Russell is focus of Netflix doc

The Thornborough Henges complex.
The Thornborough Henges complex.

What is Stonehenge of the North? Thornborough henges gifted to nation

Cody Gakpo was one of the biggest signings of the January transfer window. (Getty Images)
Cody Gakpo was one of the biggest signings of the January transfer window. (Getty Images)

Explainer Premier League clubs record highest ever net spend in winter window

The culmination of the annual Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Shetland Islands (Getty)
The culmination of the annual Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Shetland Islands (Getty)

Why people in Shetland hold a festival of fire every year

Auschwitz survivor Renee Salt, 93, visits the exhibition
Auschwitz survivor Renee Salt, 93, visits the exhibition

Holocaust survivor, 93, recalls horrors of Auschwitz

Burns Night: the food, poems and traditions explained

Watercolor painting of Robert Burn reciting poetry (ATALLAH AHMED - stock.adobe.com)
Watercolor painting of Robert Burn reciting poetry (ATALLAH AHMED - stock.adobe.com)

The hidden history of Robert Burns and why his legacy prevails

Leo Suter as Harald Sigurdsson in Vikings: Valhalla
Leo Suter as Harald Sigurdsson in Vikings: Valhalla

Vikings: Valhalla season 2: how many episodes are in Netflix series?

Thousands of spectators are expected to travel to Spaceport in Cornwall to witness the launch (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)
Thousands of spectators are expected to travel to Spaceport in Cornwall to witness the launch (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)

Crowds gather as historic UK space launch takes place in Cornwall

There have been a number of changes to freeview TV this year. (Getty Images)
There have been a number of changes to freeview TV this year. (Getty Images)

Freeview TV: list of channel changes explained

Ken Burns documentary The US and the Holocaust explores America’s response to the Nazis’ genocide of Jewish people
Ken Burns documentary The US and the Holocaust explores America’s response to the Nazis’ genocide of Jewish people

The US and the Holocaust: BBC release date of Ken Burns WW2 docuseries

American filmmaker Ken Burns
American filmmaker Ken Burns

Ken Burns documentaries: how to watch filmmaker’s history programmes

Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl will be the first orbital launch from the UK (Photo: Getty Images)
Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl will be the first orbital launch from the UK (Photo: Getty Images)

The first space launch from the UK is due to take place today

Elon Musk is the co-founder and CEO of Tesla who (until recently) was the richest person in the world, he has a net worth of $138.4 billion.
Elon Musk is the co-founder and CEO of Tesla who (until recently) was the richest person in the world, he has a net worth of $138.4 billion.

Explainer Elon Musk breaks record for worst loss of personal fortune in history

King Charles III will celebrate his coronation on Saturday 6 May. (Getty Images)
King Charles III will celebrate his coronation on Saturday 6 May. (Getty Images)

How to apply to be at King Charles III’s coronation

Edward Norton has discovered that Pocahontas is his 12th great grandmother (Photos: Getty Images)
Edward Norton has discovered that Pocahontas is his 12th great grandmother (Photos: Getty Images)

Edward Norton discovers Pocahontas is his 12th great-grandmother

Explainer Pope Benedict XVI funeral live: how to watch on Facebook and YouTube

Author Fey Weldon has died aged 91. (Credit: PA)
Author Fey Weldon has died aged 91. (Credit: PA)

Explainer Prolific novelist and screenwriter Fey Weldon dies aged 91

Pele, a footballing icon, has died in his native Brazil.
Pele, a footballing icon, has died in his native Brazil.

Brazilian football legend Pele dies aged 82

Transgender artist Lili Elbe celebrated by Google Doodle

French philosopher Nostradamus allegedly made predictions about the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the lives of King Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry.
French philosopher Nostradamus allegedly made predictions about the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the lives of King Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry.

Nostradamus: who is French astrologer, did he prophesise Queen’s death

France are the reigning World Cup champions. (Getty Images)
France are the reigning World Cup champions. (Getty Images)

World Cup 2022 final date, venue and kick-off for France vs Argentina

Who will get their hands on this in December? (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
Who will get their hands on this in December? (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

Who has won the World Cup most ahead of France v Argentina final?

Theo Hernandez celebrates scoring France’s’s first goal during the World Cup semi-final meeting with Morocco (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Theo Hernandez celebrates scoring France’s’s first goal during the World Cup semi-final meeting with Morocco (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

France on the brink of history as magnificent Morocco fall short

Todd Hoffman
Todd Hoffman

Todd Hoffman: where is he now, how did he meet John Leonard?

1899 is streaming now on Netflix
1899 is streaming now on Netflix

1899 Netflix series: cast of period series, what is the story about?

25 endangered UK regional words and what they mean - from slithag to progger
25 endangered UK regional words and what they mean - from slithag to progger

25 endangered UK words and what they mean - from slithag to progger

Clockwise from top left: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, William Henry Harrison, Ronald Reagan, and James Buchanan (Photos: Getty Images)
Clockwise from top left: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, William Henry Harrison, Ronald Reagan, and James Buchanan (Photos: Getty Images)

2024 could be the oldest vs the second oldest US president ever

Boy George is the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club
Boy George is the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club

Boy George: The history of Culture Club - and their best known songs

Bonfire Night Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot composite (graphic: Mark Hall)
Bonfire Night Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot composite (graphic: Mark Hall)

Guy Fawkes’s Gunpowder Plot explained - why we celebrate 5 November

Battersea Power Station opened on Friday 14 October (Getty Images)
Battersea Power Station opened on Friday 14 October (Getty Images)

A new look Battersea Power Station has opened in London

The government has released advice detailing what people should do if they feel unwell before they receive their jab (Shutterstock)
The government has released advice detailing what people should do if they feel unwell before they receive their jab (Shutterstock)

Can you get the Covid vaccine if you have a cold?

The Winchesters
The Winchesters

Where can you watch The Winchesters in the UK? How to access The CW

The Vivienne makes her debut as the first drag queen on Dancing on Ice (Pic:Getty)
The Vivienne makes her debut as the first drag queen on Dancing on Ice (Pic:Getty)

Drag Race UK winner joins Dancing on Ice 2023 line-up

(Photo: MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images)
(Photo: MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images)

Easter Island statues: stone Rapa Nui moai heads damaged by fire

Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima (Getty Images)
Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima (Getty Images)

The players who have scored the most World Cup goals of all time

Replicas of the official Nobel Peace Prize gold medal.
Replicas of the official Nobel Peace Prize gold medal.

Nobel Prize 2022: what are the prizes, what is the prize money?

Queen Elizabeth II is the head of the Commonwealth countries. (Credit: Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II is the head of the Commonwealth countries. (Credit: Getty Images)

Which countries are in the Commonwealth?