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Colman Domingo on the transformative power of art in prisons
Colman Domingo has a new film – Sing Sing – which explores the transformative power of art and theatre inside prisons.
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Appetite for Blur reunion was ‘ravenous’ says the Britpop giant’s bassist
When Britpop giants Blur announced they were reforming for a 2023 tour, they were out of practice, out of shape, and hadn’t spoken to each other for years.
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Grand Theft Hamlet: Shakespeare remade in a video game
Two actors struggled to find work during the pandemic, they found an unlikely outlet for their craft – staging a production of Hamlet entirely inside the online world of Grand Theft Auto.
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Cate Blanchett on AI, G7 and Syria crisis
A G7 summit may not seem like a promising setting for a film.
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Gregg Wallace apologises for ‘middle class women’ comment
Gregg Wallace has apologised for saying that complaints about his behaviour came from “a handful of middle-class women of a certain age”.
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Invisible Nation: inside Taiwan’s fight for autonomy
A new documentary explores the fraught history between China and Taiwan and the territory’s fight for autonomy.
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Kirstie Allsopp says she witnessed sexual comments by Gregg Wallace while working with him
We spoke with Kirstie Allsopp who co-presents the show Location, Location, Location on Channel 4.
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Gregg Wallace: complaints against me are from ‘middle-class women of a certain age’
The Masterchef presenter Gregg Wallace has hit back at allegations of sexually offensive behaviour.
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Stevie Hyper D: the story of pioneering jungle MC
He’s been described as the MC that inspired the likes of Stormzy, Wiley and Heartless Crew.
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Bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford dies aged 91
The bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford has died, at the age of 91. Her 40 books sold more than 91 million copies. She began as a typist, then journalist at the Yorkshire Evening Post in Leeds before ‘A Woman of Substance’ turned her into an overnight success. Jenny Seagrove played the lead in Channel 4’s…
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English National Opera unveils plans for Manchester after move
The English National Opera has unveiled its first plans for Greater Manchester, including a UK premiere of a five-hour immersive production by Philip Glass.
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‘UK should introduce levy to protect UK-made film and TV’, says Wolf Hall director
We spoke to Peter Kosminsky and began by asking him how much he owes the success of his adaptation to Hilary Mantel’s book.
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LL Cool J on Donald Trump, Quincy Jones and hip hop culture
Don’t call it a comeback. Rapper, film and TV star LL Cool J has a new album out called ‘The FORCE’, 40 years after he became one of hip-hop’s earliest and biggest icons.
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Quincy Jones: Legendary music producer dies at 91
Quincy Jones – a titan of the US music industry – has died at the age of 91. Musician, composer, arranger, producer – there was little the man known as “Q” didn’t do in his career – which spanned more than seven decades. From Frank Sinatra to Aretha Franklin, he worked with a huge array…
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‘At night, it’s anguish’ – Hanif Kureishi talks trauma, recovery and assisted dying
It’s almost two years since the British author Hanif Kureishi was left paralysed, after fainting and falling on his head, while in Rome.