George Michael was a genius in his field and to create music that is both popular and long-lasting is a special talent

Loss Christmas

GENIUS is an overused word. But George Michael was a genius in his field.

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It’s difficult enough to create songs that people want to hear once. But to create music that is both popular and long-lasting is a special talent.

George’s music didn’t just define the 1980s. It will still be loved in the 2080s, and well beyond.

His personal problems were well-documented. But genius often comes with complications. His life may have been cut tragically short, but he achieved more in his five decades than most artists can even dream of.

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Every Christmas, he gave us his heart. This Christmas, he broke ours.

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Royal assent

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WHEN the Sun revealed in March that the Queen had said we should leave the EU, there were some very pompous hissy fits.

Some so-called reporters said we shouldn’t have revealed Her Majesty’s private thoughts.

Others made fools of themselves and said the story wasn’t true.

Now the BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg says she knew it was true ­— because she’d been told the same thing.

We wonder why it took her nine months to share this snippet.

But Sun readers know we’ll always tell you the secrets that the people in power don’t want you to know.

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King's speech

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EVERY day brings more evidence of the idiocy of the Remainers’ doom-laden predictions about Brexit.

That’s not just our opinion. It’s the view of Lord King, the former Governor of the Bank of England.

Who might, you’d think, know something about the economy.

Lord King says we should be more “self-confident” about life outside the “pretty unsuccessful” EU.

And that we shouldn’t be afraid of simply leaving the single market, as staying could do more harm than good.

It’s telling that while business gets on with growing the economy, and cool heads such as Lord King point out the great possibilities Brexit opens up, the best the Remoaners can manage is a rehash of Project Fear.

It didn’t work in June. And it hasn’t worked since.

Hop hop hooray

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JUST in time for New Year, the news that a hop-heavy pint is the best way to avoid a hangover is science at its most helpful.

Compounds found in hops are also said to cut the risk of cancer, diabetes and obesity and to help with cholesterol.

Great news. Although it’s probably a bit much to expect pints on prescription.