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    Frankie Archer releases 'Close the Coalhouse Door', her second single. The artwork is the same as her first single, 'Over the Border' - the artist stands against an orange background, clutching a fiddle - but this time it has added white squiggles around the edges.

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    The Voices of Morris: An oral history project

    Bampton Morris dancing on the streets of Oxfordshire for Whit Monday

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