Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies aged 61
The voice behind It Must Have Been Love had suffered from health problems after undergoing radiation treatment for a brain tumour Marie Fredriksson, who as the singer of Roxette was… Read more »
Category: Culture
Turner prize awarded four ways after artists’ plea to judges
All four nominees asked judges to recognise ‘commonality, multiplicity and solidarity’ ‘Good for them!’ – subverting the Turner prize is what artists are meant to do All four artists shortlisted… Read more »
Vinted, the second-hand clothes marketplace, raises $141M at a $1B+ valuation
The market for second-hand clothes — the “circular economy” as it’s sometimes called — has been on the rise in the last several years, fuelled by economic crunches, a desire… Read more »
Clive James, writer, broadcaster and TV critic, dies aged 80
James died at his home in Cambridge on Sunday almost 10 years after his first terminal diagnosis Clive James, the broadcaster, poet and television critic, has died aged 80 after… Read more »
Sir Jonathan Miller, writer and director, dies aged 85
Theatre director also had career in medicine and was member of Beyond the Fringe Sir Jonathan Miller, the writer, theatre and opera director, and member of the Beyond the Fringe… Read more »
Celeste, Beabadoobee and Joy Crookes nominated for Brits rising star award
The award, previously won by Adele and Sam Smith, is voted for by music industry figures predicting 2020’s biggest new stars Nominations for the Brits rising star award, formerly known… Read more »
Stormzy backs Labour in election with call to end austerity
Top grime MC and other artists write letter encouraging people to register to vote Read the letter in full All the day’s election news – live Stormzy has thrown his… Read more »
Treasures worth ‘up to a billion euros’ stolen from Dresden museum
German police say thieves on the run after raid at historic Green Vault inside royal palace Thieves have broken into one of Europe’s largest collection of art treasures in the… Read more »
Strictly Come Dancing’s first same-sex routine sparks almost 200 complaints
The groundbreaking performance on the BBC ballroom smash has garnered 189 complaints for being ‘offensive’ Strictly Come Dancing has received 189 complaints following the “offensive” broadcast of its first ever… Read more »
Emilia Clarke: Game of Thrones nude scenes were ‘terrifying’
The actor who played Queen Daenerys says she’s been pressured to shoot naked since the show, but is ‘a lot more savvy’ now Emilia Clarke has revealed she felt uncomfortable… Read more »
Artist Nan Goldin leads die-in at V&A over use of Sackler name
Campaigners target £2m museum coutyard over family fortune linked to painkiller Oxycontin “We all choose our fight and this is mine,” said the art photographer Nan Goldin on Saturday as… Read more »
Revealed: global video games giants avoiding millions in UK tax
Four large companies – including Sony and Sega – have claimed close to half of all relief from a culture-focused tax policy A UK tax policy intended to boost the… Read more »
Maitlis: BBC ‘looks out of touch’ over Munchetty decision
Newsnight presenter says corporation set ‘semantic conundrum’ in Trump racism ruling The Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis says the BBC is in danger of looking “massively out of touch with the… Read more »
Look who’s back: Spitting Image returns for our chaotic times
Twenty-three years after it last aired, the puppet satire takes on Trump, Putin and Zuckerberg There was a time during its 1980s heyday when Spitting Image was watched by 15… Read more »
Emmys 2019: Fleabag and Game of Thrones win big at Brit-dominated awards
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s comedy was the surprise victor while the final season of HBO’s fantasy drama picked up the most Emmy awards Emmy winners 2019: the full list The ceremony, fashion… Read more »
For the Record: signs of trouble before David Cameron book hits shelves
Preorders appear sluggish and some shops in remain-voting areas say they won’t stock memoir It is the fruit of three years’ work, at least some of which is presumed to… Read more »
Venice film festival: shock and awe as Joker – and Roman Polanski – triumph
Todd Phillips’s controversial comic book movie starring Joaquin Phoenix has taken the top prize, while Polanski’s An Officer and a Spy was runner-up Joker, Todd Phillips’ mordant spin on Gotham’s… Read more »
Notting Hill 2019: ‘Carnival should be taken as seriously as Glastonbury’
More than 1m people joined in west London’s latest celebration of Caribbean culture Notting Hill carnival 2019 day two – photo essay When Aldwyn Roberts, better known as Lord Kitchener,… Read more »
Taylor Swift: Trump thinks his presidency is an autocracy
Exclusive: songwriter discusses her political awakening in a Guardian interview Taylor Swift has spoken of her disillusionment with American values in an exclusive interview with the Guardian. The 29-year-old songwriter… Read more »
Practice does not always make perfect, finds study of violinists
Research undermines 10,000-hour rule as average players practice more than best ones With blatant disregard for the public benefits of motivational idioms, researchers have concluded that practice does not, necessarily,… Read more »
Toni Morrison, author and Nobel laureate, dies aged 88
In novels including Beloved and The Bluest Eye, acclaimed author dramatised African-American experience with fierce passion ‘Love is never any better than the lover’: Toni Morrison – a life in… Read more »
Edinburgh festival performers refuse sterling payments due to Brexit
Artists ask to be paid in euros and dollars as pound continues to fall amid no-deal risk Increasing numbers of artists are asking to be paid in dollars and euros… Read more »
Film-maker DA Pennebaker dies aged 94
The documentary-maker’s work included Monterey Pop, Bob Dylan’s Dont Look Back and Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust concert film The film-maker DA Pennebaker has died aged 94. He died of natural causes… Read more »
Ethical fashion is on the rise
Brian Kateman Contributor Share on Twitter Brian Kateman is President and Cofounder of the Reducetarian Foundation. More posts by this contributor Fish replacement may be the next big wave in… Read more »
Pink seesaws reach across the divide at US-Mexico border
Children seen playing on art installation that aims to show unity amid Trump-era hostility A set of fluorescent pink seesaws has been built across the US-Mexico border by a pair… Read more »
London officials ban segregated play areas in future housing developments
Exclusive: Move follows Guardian report that social tenants were being banned from using facilities Segregated play spaces are to be banned in all future London housing developments, the Greater London… Read more »
Kyoto Animation studio fire: more than 20 dead after arson attack in Japan
Dozens injured after ‘man threw liquid and set fire’ to building, police say An arson attack on an anime studio in Japan has left at least 23 people dead and… Read more »
British Museum to return Buddhist heads looted in Afghan war
Stolen artefacts likely removed by Taliban will go on display before being sent to Kabul Fourth-century Buddhist terracotta heads probably hacked off by the Taliban and found stuffed in poorly… Read more »
Brazilian musician João Gilberto dies aged 88
‘Father of bossa nova’ died on Saturday afternoon in his house in Rio de Janeiro Brazilian musician João Gilberto, 88, died on Saturday afternoon in his house in Rio de… Read more »
‘Love and respect’: Stormzy apologises over Glastonbury claim
Grime star acknowledges Skunk Anansie singer was first black British artists to headline festival after friendly exchange British grime star Stormzy has apologised for erroneously saying he was the first… Read more »