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The new Children’s Laureate explains why reading out loud is an ‘act of love’
The novelist and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce has been named the new children’s laureate. At a ceremony in Leeds today, the author behind critically acclaimed children’s books like ‘Millions’ and ‘Framed’, was handed the prestigious medal by his predecessor Joseph Coelho. Mr Cottrell-Boyce has vowed to use his two years in the role to champion the…
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Naomi Campbell on high fashion discrimination
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…
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Debate: how should the arts be funded as Israel funding boycotts grow?
Barclays has become the latest big corporation to bow to pressure and cut ties with a string of UK music festivals.
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Are TikTok political campaigns winning over the youth?
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.
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‘Queenie’ author chats BLM and society changes
She’s been described as the Black British Bridget Jones – and now the fictional character Queenie is making the leap from the printed page to TV.
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‘I never read anything like that before’: Benedict Cumberbatch new Netflix series Eric
Now it’s any parent’s nightmare – your child goes missing on a walk to school.
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Scarlett Johansson ‘shocked’ and ‘angered’ claiming ChatGPT ‘imitated’ her voice
She may have played a virtual assistant in the film ‘Her’, but Scarlett Johansson is not happy that ‘Sky’ – one of the voices of OpenAI’s new chatbot – sounds “eerily similar” to her. The chatbot was meant to herald a revolutionary new chapter in the development of Artificial Intelligence – a virtual assistant with…
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One-punch deaths: parents help son’s killer turn life around
It began with a single punch which led to the tragic death of 28-year-old James Hodgkinson.
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Yungblud launches his own affordable music festival
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.
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Working class creatives in film and TV at lowest level in decade
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.
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Bridgerton stars Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton on season three, diversity and Irish arts
The hit TV series Bridgerton, set in high society Regency London, broke new ground when it cast ethnic minority actors in aristocratic roles. It’s now back with a third season, which turns its focus to a love story that’s been brewing since the show began. Starring the Irish actress Nicola Coughlan, who shot to fame…
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Eurovision final: protests, expulsion and an unexplained absence
The Eurovision Song Contest has long brought a chaotic energy through its over-the-top performances. But the drama in this year’s competition is as much behind the scenes as it is on stage. Recent days have seen protests over Israel’s participation and a police investigation of a contestant. Today brought an expulsion and an unexplained absence.
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Director Milad Alami on new film about life as a refugee
One director with personal experience, Milad Alami, has made a new dramatic thriller detailing the story of an Iranian man and his family as they sought refuge in northern Sweden.
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LGBTQ+ Uganda sculptor Leilah Babirye on art as activism
Sculptor Leilah Babirye began her art as a form of activism back home in Uganda, where being gay is a crime.
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Armistead Maupin on trans rights and growing up gay in a homophobic household
Author Armistead Maupin is a pioneer – writing about AIDS and HIV for a mass audience and daring to include gay, lesbian, trans and queer lives when few others were. His ‘Tales of the City’ series, which started as a newspaper column in 1974, became worldwide best-selling novels and a Netflix series. It chronicles the…