Usually most stars try and blend into the background to be unnoticed when they travel, but it was impossible to miss Méndez. I wasn’t even on the look out for stars. I’m standing at platform 10 at Stockholm central station and have just planted one foot onboard the X2000, the high speed train connecting the […]

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This week’s Insight News podcast hosted by Ewan Spence, with a last minute change at Melodifestivalen, the return of Alexander Rybak, watching out for ‘Ringo Star’, and more.

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