Idris Elba says he won’t go into politics after London mayor rumours
The TV and movie star’s anti-knife crime advocacy led to him being considered as a candidate for London Mayor. Now, the actor has shut down the rumours… Read More
IKEA but no ABBA? Outcry as Sweden publishes controversial cultural heritage list
Critics argue that the “shared map” of Swedish culture, which snubs anything since 1975, is “exclusionary” and a “nationalist education project”. Here’s why. Read More
‘The IT Crowd’ creator Graham Linehan’s arrest over transgender posts sparks free speech row in UK
The Irish comedy writer and creator of celebrated shows like The IT Crowd and Father Ted was arrested this week at Heathrow Airport over a series of anti-trans posts. The…
Gérard Depardieu to face trial in Paris over rape and sexual assault allegations
French actor Gérard Depardieu has been ordered to stand trial over allegations of rape and sexual assault in 2018. He was convicted in May of sexually assaulting two members of…
Dame Anna Wintour taps Chloe Malle as top editor at American Vogue
Dame Anna has finally announced her successor – Chloe Malle. Daughter of actress Candice Bergen and the late French director Louis Malle, she joined Vogue as social editor in 2011.…
Why is Scandinavia’s largest international art fair going bananas for Thyra Hilden’s ‘Equal Satire’?
A new banana-centric artwork by Danish artist Thyra Hilden has been exhibited and sold at Copenhagen’s Enter Art Fair. Here’s why it has been one of the standouts of this…
Celebrated and trailblazing ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor Graham Greene dies aged 73
Best known for his role as Ziŋtká Nagwáka (Kicking Bird) in ‘Dances With Wolves’, Graham Greene’s talent helped shift perceptions and address stereotypical representations of Indigenous talent in mainstream Hollywood. Read…
‘Public book burnings’: Margaret Atwood comments on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Alberta book ban
Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta’s new rules on school libraries and has even posted a new short story which satirizes the censorship at play. Read More
Will Smith responds to backlash for AI-generated concert video – with new clip featuring AI cats
You’ve gotta be kitten me… Will Smith has responded to the backlash for his AI-generated video of audience members with a new clip, which pokes fun at his detractors. However,…
Paint thrown at Sagrada Familia in protest of Spanish government’s inaction to devastating wildfires
Activists from the organisation Futuro Vegetal (Vegetable Future) threw red and black dyed powder against the façade of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona in protest against the management of politicians…