Category : Culture

New guidelines urge UK libraries not to avoid controversial books and ideas

‘In [a] polarised world, it is important our sector is clear in its opposition to censorship’ says the Cilip report, published as services increasingly asked to remove booksNew guidelines designed for libraries in the UK urge staff to provide materia...

Indian actor Anil Kapoor wins court battle over AI use of his likeness

The actor can now send an injunction if his image or voice is used in gifs and deepfakes as well as for unauthorised merchandiseThe Indian actor Anil Kapoor has won a significant victory in a New Delhi court over unauthorised AI use of his likeness.K...

New museum explores 6,000 years of faith in Britain

Exhibits in Bishop Auckland range from immersive work featuring burning iris, to Binchester ring and Bodleian bowlEarly visitors to a dramatic, immersive work by Mat Collishaw have talked of it prompting emotional and cathartic responses – which is m...

‘You want to think America is better’: can the supreme court be saved?

Documentarian Dawn Porter’s expansive new series Deadlocked looks back at the history of an institution that has shaped the US for better and, more recently, worseWhen Dawn Porter studied law at Georgetown University in Washington, she would pass the...

‘Lost’ Constable painting found on wall of terrace house sells for £200,000

Sketch showing different view of cottage that features in The Hay Wain bought in Guernsey for almost double guide priceA “lost” painting by John Constable found hanging on the wall of a terrace house in Guernsey showing a different view of a farm cot...

Tricky: ‘I was less nervous going to prison than I was getting on stage’

As his debut Maxinquaye gets reissued, the Bristolian music legend answers your questions on Beyoncé, Bob Marley and annoying Gary Oldman with a TwixYou have previously asserted that Maxinquaye was ruined by its success and turned into a “coffee-tabl...

Julie Andrews’ 20 best film performances – ranked!

Ahead of her 88th birthday, we look back at the actor’s best roles, from a down-on-her-luck dame to everyones favourite umbrella-flying nannyNot every moment of Andrews’ career has been brilliant. Ronald Harwood co-wrote this hypnotically shoddy romc...

Video platform Rumble rejects MPs’ call to demonetise Russell Brand

Platform says it is ‘inappropriate and dangerous’ for parliament to ‘attempt to control’ who makes money from contentRumble, a video-sharing platform used by Russell Brand, has accused a parliamentary committee of “deeply inappropriate” behaviour aft...

The inside story of The Great British Bake Off: ‘We were microphoned up in the toilets!’

As the show returns, bakers, judges and the creators of the smash hit take us behind the scenes – from the chaos of the early days to its place at TV’s top tableSoggy bottoms! Paul Hollywood’s eyes! The controversial move to Channel 4! For years, The...

Don’t cut British shows from streaming platforms in Europe, say German MEPs

French and German politicians are in a standoff over a quota designed to boost European productionsBrussels must not “shut the door” on British film and television, MEPs have said, as the European Commission mulls excluding the UK from a quota system...

The 2000s lad culture that Russell Brand epitomised wasn’t funny then. It looks even more hideous with hindsight | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Young women who challenged the swirling misogyny were bullied and harassed – it’s high time we listened to the victims of that era“A sad little hello to women in their 30s having an evening of shit Proustian flashbacks to the mid-2000s,” the historia...

The Lesson review – amusing but contrived literary thriller about family tragedy and vengeful ambition

A charismatic young tutor comes to help a tragedy-stuck family in a bookish drama that’s fun and smart, but not entirely convincingHere is a brittle and contrived but rather elegant Brit thriller about literary paranoia from debut feature screenwrite...

Underground art: Germany’s buried trove of cold war paintings – in pictures

Inside the former Wismut mining company in Germany are thousands of artworks, painted while the company secretly mined uranium for Soviet atomic bombs Continue reading...

‘Fighting for our lives’: UK broadcasters in deep trouble from short video craze

Younger viewers’ taste for snacking on online content is threat to TV industry but slowing output by streaming firms is giving it chance to strike backIt is a situation most television viewers know all too well: thousands of shows to choose from acro...

TV tonight: Picasso’s family members speak out about his complicated persona

This three-parter starts in the brothels the artist visited as a young man. Plus: how TikTok has triggered riots. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...