The Sun (United Kingdom) The Sun (United Kingdom) The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. As a broadsheet, it was founded in 1964 as a successor to the "Daily Herald"; it became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by its current owners. It is published by the News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Since "The Sun on Sunday" was launched in February 2012, the paper has been a seven-day operation. "The Sun" previously had the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in the
The Sun Was Chasing Venus The Sun Was Chasing Venus The Sun Was Chasing Venus is a composition for string quintet by the British composer Charlotte Bray. The work was commissioned by the violinist Daniel Hope and the Savannah Music Festival. It was first performed at the Savannah Music Festival on April 3, 2014 by the Dover Quartet and violist Daniel Lee. "The Sun was Chasing Venus" is composed in a single movement and has a duration of roughly 15 minutes. Bray described the composition in the score program notes, writing: Additionally, Bray explained the title of the piece as "an abstract description of the