‘Ageing can be compared to a bereavement’
Emma Saunders Culture reporter at the Hay Festival Getty Images Presenter and campaigner Katie Piper has told an audience at the Hay Festival in Wales that “ageing can be compared…
Salman Rushdie says he is “over” knife attack
Emma Saunders Culture reporter at the Hay Festival Getty Images Salman Rushdie was warmly welcomed at the event on Sunday Sir Salman Rushdie says he has moved on from the…
Former Race Across the World star Sam Gardiner dies after crash
family handout Sam Gardiner had been working as a landscape gardener on the west coast of Scotland before his death Former Race Across the World contestant Sam Gardiner has died…
‘I never saw writing as a viable career’, says Wales’ national poet
Sam Hardwick/Hay Festival Hanan says she felt pressure to get ‘a proper job’ after university Hanan Issa has just surpassed the halfway milestone in her five-year stint as National Poet…
John Wick spin-off Ballerina and Switch 2 launches
Getty Images This week, it’s time for the latest instalment in the John Wick franchise, as Ballerina hits the big screen. But that’s not all the next seven days have…
Diljit Dosanjh and the Punjabi musicians giving bhangra attire a makeover
Shefalee Vasudev Fashion writer Getty Images Diljit Dosanjh made his Met Gala debut dressed like an early 20th Century maharajah Indian singer Diljit Dosanjh’s Met Gala debut last month left…
The Mississippi town behind the box office hit Sinners
Ana Faguy BBC News Reporting fromClarksdale, Mississippi Reuters/ Kevin Wurm When Edna Nicole Luckett sings the Blues on the stage at Red’s, her voice, deep and soulful, echoes against the…
Ncuti Gatwa leaves show in shock regeneration
Lizo Mzimba Entertainment Correspondent PA Media Warning: This article contains spoilers. Ncuti Gatwa has left his role as the Doctor after playing the iconic character for two series on Doctor…
Sharon Horgan says she only found confidence after Bad Sisters series two
Emma Saunders Culture reporter at the Hay Festival Getty Images Bafta award-winning actor, writer, producer and director Sharon Horgan has told an audience at the Hay Festival she finally found…
Desperate Housewives star Valerie Mahaffey dies aged 71
Getty Images Emmy winning actress Valerie Mahaffey has died at age 71, her family has confirmed. Mahaffey’s publicist confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the star died in California on…