Police Break Up 'Illegal Rave' At Derbyshire Quarry Site
A number of people have been arrested
A number of people have been arrested
Focus / Culture - 18 hours ago
Outgoing artistic director of Young Vic calls for urgent government action to redress arts funding in schoolsKwame Kwei-Armah, the outgoing artistic director of the Young Vic, has warned that diversity in the theatre industry will regress if the government does not make urgent interventions to impro...
Focus / Culture - 18 hours ago
Theatre Royal, NorwichTchaikovsky’s score gets a Latin makeover and Cuban dance styles combine with classical ballet in this joyful and colourful festive family showIn 1969, Fidel Castro banned Christmas in Cuba. The country was declared atheist, and Santa a foreign import. Festivities were eventual...
Focus / Culture - 18 hours ago
Widely and wildly talented musician and industry mogul worked with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Will Smith and othersQuincy Jones’s greatest ever moments – rankedQuincy Jones, a titan of American entertainment who worked with stars from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson and Will Smith, has died ag...
Focus / Culture - 19 hours ago
The author employs his pitch-perfect repertoire of satirical skills in his first book for five years – a novella about the residents of an upmarket care home during the pandemicAlan Bennett, now 90, hasn’t published anything original in book form for five years. In the meantime – the Covid years and...
Focus / Culture - 19 hours ago
Paul Reiser and Colm Meaney go into cliche mode when an Irish patriarch wills half his legacy to his son’s unknown American cousinNever mind people. The problem with this comedy is the cliches. It could not be more Irish if it was dropped into a pint of Guinness and rolled in shamrocks by a dancing...
Focus / Culture - 19 hours ago
Photographing a giant pig at the barbecue festival and a Qur’an reader on the beach, Christina Stohn shows us some lesser-seen sights of the sunshine state Continue reading...
Focus / Culture - 19 hours ago
James Massiah says experience has been ‘harmful’ and led to him having a ‘mini identity crisis’A London poet has accused the bestselling author Coco Mellors of basing one of her characters on him, saying the experience has been “harmful” and led to him having a “mini identity crisis”.James Massiah,...
Focus / Culture - 19 hours ago
The indie star clears dancefloors with funereal classical music and does Frank Sinatra at karaoke, but what is his unlikely bedroom soundtrack?The first song I remember hearingSad Songs (Say So Much) by Elton John. I was maybe five. It was the first time that I felt that weird, deep, powerful feelin...
Focus / Culture - 20 hours ago
After Sgt Martyn Blake was acquitted of murder, Panorama examines the many questions left unanswered. Plus: a blockbuster retelling of the gunpowder plot. Here’s what to watch this evening8pm, BBC OneWhen the Metropolitan police officer Sgt Martyn Blake fatally shot Chris Kaba in 2022, it led to pub...
Focus / Culture - 21 hours ago
What would happen if our arts critics and sports writers swapped roles for a day? How does the English National Opera compare to the Premier League … or the NFL to a West End musical? Our experts found out last weekPlenty unites the Guardian’s sports reporters and cultural critics. Both make a livin...
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Samir Shah’s speech to say public service broadcasting is a British success story that must not be allowed to die outThe “fight is on” for the future of British programming at the BBC, the corporation’s new chair is expected to say in his first big speech.Samir Shah will characterise public service...
Shoppers were angry to learn of the changes to the Siddals Road NCP car park
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