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Birds of a Feather star Pauline Quirke has been ... series and its revival between 2014 and 2017, is set to "step away from all commercial and professional duties" to spend time with her family.

Pauline Quirke, best known for her role as Sharon Theodopolopodous in the sitcom Birds of a Feather ... revival between 2014 and 2017, will "step away from all commercial and professional duties ...

While its sharpness ensures competitive kite flying, it leaves behind a trail of destruction—injured birds, maimed humans, and irreversible environmental damage. Despite being banned by the National ...

Fire engines rushed into his neighborhood as Olson and his wife drove away. “We left home thinking ... but many of the embers would fly out into the neighborhoods.” Olson and his neighbors ...

There, she originally set out to examine birds and bird flight. In collaboration with other partners, she later began looking at insects and organisms that transition from one medium to another, like ...