5 days ago

‘Peaky Blinders is our Nutcracker’: how Rambert are dragging dance into the present – and their message for Timothée Chalamet ⊕

found 2026 › Jun › 05 (Fri) @ 13:01 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

How does a 100-year-old dance company face the 21st century? For Rambert’s Benoit Swan Pouffer the answer is combining innovation with popular adaptations such as the Brummie crime saga

On 15 June 192…

28 days ago

Emily Atack wows in a plunging silver gown as she joins her fellow glamorous leading ladies Victoria Smurfit and Bella Maclean at the Rivals season 2 premiere ⊕⊕

found 2026 › May › 13 (Wed) @ 18:18 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Emily Atack led the glamorous arrivals to the premiere for Rivals series two held at the BFI IMAX South Bank in London on Wednesday night.

47 days ago

‘It’s iconic worldwide – it’s special to skateboard there’: the South Bank skatepark turns 50 ⊕

found 2026 › Apr › 24 (Fri) @ 12:15 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The undercroft at London’s Southbank Centre has been a haven for skateboarders since the 1970s. Now a new exhibition is celebrating its contribution to culture – and community

Shane O’Brien first skat…

87 days ago

Pro-Iran demonstrators gather for London Al-Quds 'hate rally' with 1,000 riot police on alert ⊖⊖

found 2026 › Mar › 15 (Sun) @ 13:33 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Demonstrators gathered on the South Bank of the Thames for a static protest after the Home Secretary this week banned the planned Al-Quds Day march.

88 days ago

My cultural awakening: a 60s folk band helped me find my place as a person of colour in Britain ⊕

found 2026 › Mar › 14 (Sat) @ 07:51 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Dragged along by my dad to see Pentangle, I heard something ancient that kickstarted my obsession with this country’s folklore – an enchanted, subversive and strange version of a Britain where I coul…

7 months ago

‘Why are our black boys hurting each other?’ Letitia Wright on the deaths that inspired her directorial debut ○

found 2025 › Oct › 19 (Sun) @ 05:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The Black Panther star made her name with intense roles in indie films before Marvel came calling. Now she’s telling her own stories, starting with a cast of ‘young kings’

Days before we meet, Letitia…

8 months ago

‘Too soothing’: why have music-hating art duo Gilbert & George gone orchestra mad? ⊕

found 2025 › Sep › 30 (Tue) @ 15:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

They once described music as ‘the enemy’. But their warts-and-all paintings of sex, money, race and religion are now being given a soundtrack by the Philharmonia. The great contrarians explain all

Gil…

Housing secretary says work will start on three new towns before election ○

found 2025 › Sep › 28 (Sun) @ 18:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Steve Reed hails predecessor Angela Rayner as ‘true working-class hero’ and accuses Tories of blocking new homes

Steve Reed, the new housing secretary, has said he is “appalled” at the slow pace of ho…

9 months ago

‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse in aftermath of supreme court ruling ○

found 2025 › Aug › 12 (Tue) @ 11:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Support groups report that women and non-binary people are increasingly being challenged in toilets and changing facilities – but others call it scaremongering

Caz Coronel was standing in the queue fo…

10 months ago

Retired couple win £500,000 from developers over 17-storey £35million office tower that blocked light to their home and stopped them from being able to read in bed ○

found 2025 › Jul › 10 (Thu) @ 10:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Stephen and Jennifer Powell complained that the Arbor tower 'substantially' reduced the natural light getting into their 6th floor apartment next door on London 's South Bank.