For most of this millennium, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll has been famous for three things: her mane of hair, her truth-telling hips and, of course, her voice (which shifts registers so rapidly that it has been likened to yodelling). And now, more than 30 years into her career, the “Queen of Latin Music” can add a few more things to the list: strawberry jam, receiving the “Latin Woman of the Year” award at the inaugural Latin Women in Music gala, and alleged tax evasion!
Sophie Mackintosh returns this month with her mysterious new book Cursed Bread, which is based on the real-life story of the 1951 Pont Saint-Esprit mass poisoning
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