Minnie Stephenson is an award-winning correspondent for Channel 4 News covering culture stories in the UK and around the world.
Minnie joined the programme in 2018 having previously worked for 5 News & ITV News, her interests include the arts, women’s rights & identity politics.
Minnie has reported for Channel 4’s critically acclaimed current affairs programme Unreported World and on Channel 4 News’ Uncovered series on Facebook.
In 2019, Minnie and her team won the News & Currents Affairs Mind Award - for demonstrating a commitment to mental health reporting across the year.
The broadcaster has written for the Guardian, Huffington Post & Stylist. Minnie has hosted Pride in London and co-founded ITN’s first ever LGBTQ+ network.
Shortly after forming the band ‘James’ in 1982, they turned down an NME cover and later refused a million-dollar campaign to break into the American market – saying they weren’t fussed by commercial success.
More than 40 years since they began the band are at the top of the charts. We met their lead singer Tim Booth.
From his famous recreation of HMS Victory inside a giant bottle, to a huge, multicoloured hibiscus erected in Leeds city centre, the British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare has always sought to spark conversations with his work.
We spoke to the film’s director Sam Taylor-Johnson, and Marisa Abela – who stars as Winehouse.
Sculptor Leilah Babirye began her art as a form of activism back home in Uganda, where being gay is a crime.
Nigeria’s military says it has rescued 137 of more than 280 children kidnapped from their school more than two weeks ago in Kaduna state. They were recovered in the early hours of Sunday in neighbouring Zamfara state. It comes days before a deadline to pay a ransom for their release, and days after 17 children…
The announcement from Catherine, the Princess of Wales yesterday about undergoing treatment for cancer has sparked support from around the world. And with that a row-back on the intense speculation on her absence from public life. We visit Windsor, where curiosity has been replaced by sympathy.
It’s World poetry day and to mark it the poet laureate and the national trust have launched ‘blossomise’ – a series of poems and more than 100 events across the UK to encourage more people to revel in the joys of spring. So we sent our culture correspondent Minnie Stephenson to the Yorkshire countryside, on…
The female gaze, drag queens and trans rights are just some of the politically charged themes of the films at BFI Flare, Europe’s largest celebration of queer cinema.
British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor makes works that are intended to slip below the waves – literally. He’s created underwater installations around the globe, from the Caribbean to Australia. His aim is to draw attention to the threats facing our seas, such as ocean warming brought on by the climate crisis. And now the issue…
It was supposed to counter the many conspiracy theories about the health of the Princess of Wales, but it did the opposite. The photo of Kate Middleton and her three children, sent out yesterday, was the first to be issued since her abdominal surgery – but it was withdrawn by international picture agencies hours later…
Musicians in the Afghan Youth Orchestra have said it is a “fantastic experience” to play in the UK after initially being denied visas to enter the country.
Musicians in the Afghan Youth Orchestra have said it is a “fantastic experience” to play in the UK after initially being denied visas to enter the country. The Home Office had refused the orchestra entry but after a public backlash reversed the decision. The musicians fled Afghanistan after the return of the Taliban, and currently…
Artist Annie Frost Nicholson has found that dancing has helped her come to terms with the tragedy of losing most of her family in an accident.
This week Birmingham’s artistic institutions warned the city faces ‘cultural deprivation’, after the council announced massive funding cuts to the arts.