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George Takei joins Krishnan Guru-Murthy to tell his extraordinary story, from childhood to stardom and his mission to raise awareness about his life.

Baaba has released his first solo album in seven years, ‘Being’, which is inspired by working on the soundtrack to Black Panther and the issues facing the world today, including climate change and desertification in African countries. In today’s Ways to Change the World, Baaba sits down with Krishnan Guru-Murthy to discuss the power of music and why we are all politicians in our own way when it comes to helping the world. 

It’s already won the hearts of audiences around the world, and landed an Oscar nomination for its lead actor, Paul Mescal. Charlotte Wells’ debut feature Aftersun is a gentle, poignant coming of age story, a glimpse into the lives of a father and his young daughter set during a package holiday in the late 1990s.…

The Scottish artist Peter Doig has made headlines for the many millions his paintings fetch at auction.

It’s almost easier to list the smash hit songs of the 60s and 70s that he didn’t write than those he did.

We were joined from Ankara by Sinan Ulgen, the former Turkish diplomat currently chairing the Istanbul-based Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy.

It’s one of the oldest theatres in England but after a decision by the Arts Council not to go on funding it, the Oldham Coliseum says it can’t put on any performances beyond the end of March. That’s prompted a campaign to save what’s been described as “an essential cog in the cultural landscape of…

It’s already been nominated for a BAFTA, and now the short film ‘An Irish Goodbye’ is up for an Oscar.

It had been billed as a regal return to the stage for the woman known to her fans as Queen B. Beyoncé’s first live performance in over four years, held at a luxury resort in Dubai, commanded a royal fee too, reportedly earning the megastar around twenty million pounds. But the decision by an artist…

Few people have done more to shape popular music than Rick Rubin. After co-founding the Def Jam label from a New York college dorm in the eighties, he helped bring rap into the mainstream, before applying his creative alchemy to just about every genre imaginable, and defining, or re-defining – the careers of artists like…

Rick Rubin is the legendary music producer who founded Def Jam records

Whether it’s diamond-encrusted grills, oversized chains or rings, jewellery is a cornerstone of hip-hop culture – as one rapper puts it “my jewels are my superhero suit”.

In today’s episode we speak to royal historian Anna Whitelock about Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series. We ask her about what the documentary says, the fall out and what it means for the future of the monarchy.

We spoke to royal historian Professor Anna Whitelock and Professor David Olusoga, the historian and documentary-maker who appears in the Netflix series.

If you were expecting incendiary revelations in the Harry and Meghan show you might be disappointed. Instead, the first three episodes of their Netflix series released today and for which they were reportedly paid millions, gave lots of new details about how Meghan and Harry first met. It also made clear Harry’s enduring fury at…