Deborah Linton

1. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Deborah Linton

   A Brazilian documentary taught me the healing power of music (opens the original)

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   Favela Rising showed me how a grassroots movement can change the lives of young people. Its ethos is baked into the youth charity I work for – and where two of Ezra Collective met ‘Like painting with light’: photographer Temi Adegbayibi on capturing the energy of music I grew up in Great Yarmouth listening to classical music, learning piano and violin, playing in an orchestra and singing the Beatles in choir. Music was something that was arranged and formal, a privilege handed to me. At 18 I mov

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2. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Deborah Linton

   Experience: I’m a world champion foosball player (opens the original)

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   The 2018 final against Germany went to penalties – we thrashed them and won gold I was 12 years old when I first played foosball – table football – in the summer of 1975 in Beirut. My home city was under siege, split by civil war. School was cancelled and roads were closed. We couldn’t get to the beach and the only place to go was the amusement arcade. Luckily for me, it was across the road. Alongside billiard tables and games machines were a couple of foosball tables. I watched older k

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