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French singer Sacha Distel has died after a long illness at the age of 71. Distel, best known for a string of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, started out in music as a professional jazz guitarist at the ...

Scoubidou, or scoubies or scoubie bands, are the hit kids' craft trend to try – and we've got everything you need to know to get started. Scoubidou is a knotting craft, using coloured strings to make ...

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Google’s latest Doodle celebrates the colourful and creative world of scoubidou, a French craft that became popular in the 1950s and experienced a resurgence in the early 2000s. Scoubidou involves the ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates Scoubidous, a type of string art that has been around for centuries. Scoubidous are made by looping and knotting strings to create colourful designs. The word ...