When Claire Foy picked up the script for Women Talking, there was no question about whether or not she wanted to be involved. “I had never read a script like it. And I found it really moving, intriguing, terrifying. And hopeful, actually,” she tells

Queen Bey has become the most decorated artist in Grammys history, winning her 32nd Grammy Award last night, for her seventh studio album Renaissance. “I’m trying not to be too emotional,” she said as she took to the stage to accept her award. “I’m t

“For whatever impatient aggression I have, it’s now balanced out with a more patient chill,” says Darren Aronofsky, sipping water in the junket carousel, very much from the David Cronenberg school of directors where a reputation as a Lord of Cinemati

What’s the strange fascination we have with true crime on TV? It usually has the satisfying components of a good story – a hero, a victim, a villain and (sometimes) a resolution. For those many unsolved mysteries, there’s also the ego massage that co

The 65th Grammy Awards were presented on Sunday(February 5), which saw major wins for Harry Styles, Beyoncé, Adele, and Kendrick Lamar. Beyoncé led the night with a total of nine nominations. She also set a new record with 88 nominations over the cou

German pop star Kim Petras made history last night by becoming the first transgender woman to win a Grammy for Best Pop/Group performance with her hit single, Unholy, on which she collaborated with Sam Smith. The track went to number one in multiple

Dust off the robes and dig the wand out from the back of the cupboard: Harry Potter is back with a bang. Many column inches have been devoted to the various controversies associated with the franchise’s newest (and hotly anticipated) game, Hogwarts L

It was the final we’d all been waiting for: after three series running across seven years, Happy Valley came to an end last night. In a special 70 minute episode, Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton) and Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) faced o

One of the streaming platforms that has really come into its own over recent years is MUBI, home of foreign-language favourites, cult hits and undiscovered gems. For years, the service worked by recommending a new film every day, with a rolling selec

SG Lewis remembers the first time he ever set foot in a nightclub. He was a fresher at university and his friends had taken him to East Village in Liverpool where industrial techno DJ Ben Klock was playing: “I remember feeling a kick in the chest eac

Investors in Amazon suffered a near 50% fall in the value of their shares in the first six months of 2022. Concerns over a slowdown in consumer spending, along with the company reporting its first quarterly loss for some years, have taken their toll

Shares in Alphabet, Google’s parent company, have fallen by as much as 30% this year from their high of $152 (£126) in late 2021. As with other US technology companies, rising interest rates, soaring inflation and fears of an economic recession have

While many of its technology peers have suffered substantial falls in share price over the last six months, Apple has continued to buck the trend. Although the US technology giant’s share price fell by 25% from March to June, it has since recovered t

First, the bad news: festival season is over for 2022. But there’s good news too: plans to do it all again in 2023 are well underway. With the sounds of summer still ringing in our ears, thoughts immediately turn to next year, and many of the UK’s bi

In two days, the final episode of Happy Valley ever will air on the BBC. We’re going to be bereft without the marvellous Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire), but hopefully creator Sally Wainwright will give us a grand finale to remember. As

Gordon Ramsay has long divided his time between Los Angeles and London, but his star is increasingly global — and stretched in all sorts of directions. His latest UK show, Next Level Chef, available on ITVX in the UK, has hardly been the talk of the

For anyone questioning the power of art to change lives, look no further than Michael Balogun. He was at his lowest ebb, sitting in a prison cell, when he had an “epiphany” – he should try to become an actor. Fast forward a decade or so, and with a s

Cryptocurrencies are a digital-only form of financial exchange that use cryptography as a means of security. They are not physical currencies in the same way as, say, pounds or dollars. Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, made its debut over a deca

Is your playlist in need of some refreshment? We have some suggestions. Taylor Swift — Evermore Surprise! Again! Taylor Swift’s lockdown adventures continued with the news that she has a recorded second secretly written album. Evermore is the “sister

Originally founded in 2004 as Facebook, Meta Platforms Inc is one of the world’s largest and best-known technology conglomerates. It is divided across two main business segments: Family of Apps (FoA) and Reality Labs (RL). FoA encompasses a range of

As the days draw nearer for the biggest NFL game of them all, with the Philadelphia Eagles taking on the Kansas City Chiefs, excitement levels are building for one of the most anticipated Super Bowl halftime performances in history. Rihanna is set to

Pre-payment meters are electricity and gas meters that work on a pay-as-you-go basis. While they can help you budget, they normally work out more expensive than households with standard meters. British Gas has now suspended the use of court warrants

The  clocks have gone back, the weather’s grim - it’s the perfect season for hibernating in front of the television, or a night at the cinema. Here are the films and TV shows on our cultural radar this week… Wolfwalkers I can’t remember the last time

Want to keep up with the best new album releases? Look no further! Consider this your essential monthly album calendar — where we will run down the most unmissable albums of each month of 2023, so you don’t miss a thing. RAYE - My 21st Century Blues

Laura Poitras typically zones in on what she calls “individuals who are confronting abuses of power, particularly in the context of the United States” – such as Julian Assange, or Edward Snowden, the subject of her Oscar-winning film Citizenfour. Her

When war broke out in February 2022, Anastasia Taylor-Lind didn’t hesitate. She hopped on a plane to the Polish border and spent the next week photographing the Ukrainian refugees as they arrived exhausted and shell-shocked from their ordeal. As the

Protest and celebration have long been intertwined in LGBTQ+ communities. While queer representation in film is slowly increasing, these documentaries provide a window into the extraordinary stories of LGBTQ+ individuals who defended queer rights and

Long before the accolades started to fly in, rumour had it that The Fabelmans was Steven Spielberg’s best film. Although the 76-year-old is the highest grossing director of all time, co-founder of Dreamworks and the mind behind 34 films including Jaw

From box office smashes to indie favourites, LGBTQ+ stories have provided some of the most compelling moments in modern cinema. Thankfully, the film industry today seems more enthusiastic than ever to capture the queer experience on the big screen to

Aidan Turner won’t thank me for this, but the answer to the question in your mind is yes, he really is that good looking. A rascally mix of easy laughter, Byronic hair and biceps, the 39-year-old, Dublin-orn Poldark star is sprawled in a lordly divan