Minnie Stephenson , Culture Correspondent

We’ve been out and about across the country during the election campaign to get some more alternative perspectives.

High fashion and the headlines collide as Naomi Campbell becomes the first supermodel in history to have a retrospective at the V&A. We met its star and yes, she was fashionably late. Minnie Stephenson: It’s very rare for anybody to have an exhibition about their entire life when they’re still alive in the way that…

The election campaign rumbles on with the polls continuing to show a Labour majority as the likeliest outcome. To get a sense of public opinion we’ve been deep into the traditional Tory heartlands of East Sussex.

Our new series of reports – ‘A view from…’ gives a sideways look at the election, as we hear from people at non-political events around the country.

Likes, shares, engagement: in this general election the battle for hearts, minds and limited attention spans is being fought on social media, not just the doorstep.

Social media expert Sean Topham explains why TikTok matters in this election campaign.

We spoke to Yungblud at The Hawley Arms in London, a pub synonymous with stars like Amy Winehouse and many more. And it is his local.

The old adage “it’s who you know not what you know” has always applied to the creative industries and despite attempts to change the image of a sector dominated by nepotism, and run by the upper middle class, this programme can reveal that less than 10% of film and TV workers are from working class backgrounds, the lowest in a decade. 

The comedian Ben Elton says he’s spent his 45-year career “exploring the outer limits of human idiocy.” Best known for his work on Blackadder and the Young Ones, as well as writing musicals and novels, will tour this summer with a new standup show he’s called ‘Authentic Stupidity’.

The consequences of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza have now stretched to the stage of the Eurovision Song Contest.

The inclusion of an Israeli artist in this year’s Eurovision song contest in Sweden has prompted calls for other country’s entrants to boycott the event as a protest against the war in Gaza.

Labour’s Sadiq Khan has also won an historic third term as London mayor. And despite a Conservative campaign attacking his expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone – many areas saw a swing to Labour.

George the Poet has gained a following of millions as a spoken word artist who writes about social justice. 

They were one of the defining bands of the 90s rave movement. From the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury to clubs in Ibiza, Faithless sold more than 15 million records.

It was one of the predicted impacts of the pandemic – an increase in people turning to alcohol and those already dependent, drinking more. And today, that is now visible in new statistics, with alcohol-specific deaths rising above 10,000 a year for the first time. The 2022 data, published by the Office for National Statistics,…