Adelphi club in Hull to host Dorothy Pax staff fundraiser
Charlie O’Loughlin/BBC The New Adelphi Club in Hull will host a fundraiser to show solidarity for staff at Sheffield venue which announced its closure two weeks ago A grassroots music…
Peter Mullan’s stage return is a one-off: ‘I can’t afford it’
Pauline McLean BBC Scotland Arts Correspondent Getty Images Peter Mullan has tended to avoid theatre due to the low wages When Peter Mullan steps on stage as legendary football manager…
K-pop group ordered to stop independent activities
A South Korean court has ruled against chart-topping K-pop group NewJeans which had sought to cut ties with its record label Ador. The court said the band, which had renamed…
What you need to know about this year’s live event
BBC/Comic Relief/Hearst Magazines UK/ITV Studios/Freemantle Rylan Clark, Alison Hammond, AJ Odudu, Davina McCall, Joel Dommett, Alesha Dixon, Jonathan Ross and Tom Allen will present the live show Red Nose Day…
British Museum most visited UK attraction in 2024 for second year in a row
Emma Saunders Culture reporter Emma Saunders Culture reporter Getty Images A visitor by the Nereid Monument at the British Museum The most-visited attraction in the UK for the second year…
Mariah Carey wins copyright case over All I Want For Christmas Is You
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images All I Want For Christmas Is You is reported to have earned more than $60m since it was first released in 1994 Mariah Carey…
Theatre company ‘saved me’ says former Durham prison inmate
A former prisoner has claimed she only survived her time in jail thanks to a Newcastle theatre company. Cheryl Byron was serving a two-year prison sentence at HMP Low Newton,…
Critic’s review Disney’s Snow White as ‘captivating’ and ‘lazy’
Annabel Rackham Culture reporter Disney Rachel Zegler plays Snow White in the live-action remake British film critics have mostly panned Disney’s live-action remake of Snow White, while US reviewers have…
Stormzy to receive honorary Cambridge University doctorate
Harriet Heywood BBC News, Cambridgeshire Sarah Jeynes/BBC The “Stormzy effect” has contributed to an increase in applications to Cambridge from black students across the UK, the university says Stormzy has…
Netflix hit Adolescence should be ‘wake-up call’ for parents
There are many lessons which can be learned from a popular Netflix series, a Guernsey Police officer said. Digital safety development officer Special Constable Laura Simpson said the programme Adolescence…