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Exploring Gordon Parks' Impactful Photography of Postwar Alabama

Gordon Parks captured the essence of black family life in postwar Alabama, highlighting the dignity and resilience of individuals facing the challenges of Jim Crow laws.

Editorial Staff 9 days ago

Politics

Megan Thee Stallion taken to hospital during Moulin Rouge performance

The rapper "started feeling very ill" mid-way through the show in New York, her representative told US media.

Editorial Staff Updated 16 days ago

Opinion

Perspective: Stephen Colbert on Kristi Noem: ‘A domestic terrorist who deserves to go to Gitmo’

Executive context: Late-night hosts critique political figures and current events, highlighting Kristi Noem's recent controversies.

Editorial Staff about 1 month ago

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Entertainment

The Testaments: A Dark Continuation of The Handmaid’s Tale

Margaret Atwood’s sequel offers a seemingly lighter tone but reveals the grim realities of Gilead through the eyes of June’s grown daughter, with Aunt Lydia returning.

Editorial Staff Apr 8 · 9 days ago

Entertainment

The Boys Concludes with a Final Season That Reflects Modern America

The Boys returns for its fifth and final season, delivering a climactic showdown that resonates with contemporary societal issues. This series has garnered acclaim for its sharp satire of the superhero genre.

Editorial Staff Apr 8 · 9 days ago

Entertainment

Cats: The Jellicle Ball review – ingenious musical revival goes full queer ball

Executive context: After a disastrous 2019 movie, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s easily ridiculed 80s smash hit has now been transformed into something thrillingly new.

Editorial Staff Apr 8 · 10 days ago

Entertainment

Pet Shop Boys review – no hits? No problem on first night of a masterful obscurities run

Executive context: Electric Ballroom, London The era-defining duo’s ultras are suitably spoiled in the first of this intimate five-day run, showered with rarities that put a different spin on their well-known history.

Editorial Staff Apr 7 · 10 days ago

Entertainment

‘Coke and booze didn’t help my creativity’: Joe Eszterhas on his wild times – and his supernatural, anti-woke Basic Instinct reboot

Executive context: He was the screenwriting colossus behind Flashdance, Jagged Edge, Showgirls and more. Now clean, ‘Hollywood’s Shakespeare’ talks about today’s scared studios, his refugee trauma – and taking acid with Hunter S Thompson J

Editorial Staff Apr 7 · 10 days ago

Entertainment

UK minister says Kanye West should not perform at Wireless festival

Bridget Phillipson adds to growing criticism of booking of rapper after his past antisemitic remarks A senior UK government minister has said Kanye West should be barred from performing at Wireless festival because of hi

Editorial Staff Apr 6 · 11 days ago

Entertainment

The Drama: sex, secrets and that gobsmacking twist – discuss with spoilers

Executive context: Zendaya and Robert Pattinson’s dark dramedy is a stylish acting showcase, but does it do justice to its weighty themes?

Editorial Staff Apr 6 · 11 days ago

Entertainment

‘I over-articulated to stop my braces sticking to my lips’: how Five Star made Rain Or Shine

Executive context: ‘We performed it everywhere, even on Miss World. Once, on tour, a fan pulled me into the pit – but my hunky Italian security guard put me back on stage’ I had come to England from St Louis, Missouri, in the 1970s to do a

Editorial Staff Apr 6 · 11 days ago

Entertainment

Aisling Bea review – glamourpuss meets accidental mum in a scatty show that revels in immaturity

Executive context: Hammersmith Apollo, London The sitcom star and Taskmaster stalwart is on commanding form as she embarks on Older Than Jesus, her first – and deeply daft – standup tour That staple realisation of early midlife, that one h

Editorial Staff Apr 6 · 11 days ago

Entertainment

What can 160-million-year-old clay tell us about AI and ethics? Inside Es Devlin’s tech and pottery summit

Executive context: The great artist and designer has summoned spiritual leaders, AI researchers and academics to try their hands at ceramics – and debate their wide-ranging positions on where tech is taking humanity Es Devlin owns a really

Editorial Staff Apr 6 · 11 days ago

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