Culture

Friends and colleagues of the reality television star Nikki Grahame have said she “touched the lives of millions of people” – after she died at the age of 38. She had been receiving treatment for an eating disorder, after her mother said her illness had been made considerably worse by the pandemic.

The second night of the BAFTA awards will be taking place tonight with an audience free ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall hosted by stars like Hugh Grant and Tom Hiddlestone. Awards including best film, director, and screenplay will be handed out virtually, with Nomadland and the British coming of age story Rocks leading the…

Officials have warned people to stay cautious as England takes a major step to ease lockdown restrictions tomorrow – to minimise the risk of another wave of infections. The latest 24-hour government figures show 111,109 people received their first dose of the Covid vaccine yesterday meaning more than 32 million people have now received their…

We spoke to the Bishop of Dover, Rose Hudson-Wilkin, who was also a chaplain to the Queen and began by asking her for personal memories of the Duke of Edinburgh.

Dale Vince is a green energy industrialist and owner of ‘Ecotricity’. He’s also the owner of perhaps the greenest and only vegan football club, The Forest Green Rovers.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme remains one of the Duke’s most enduring legacies. Its participants – mainly schoolchildren – take part in outdoor expeditions, learn new practical skills and volunteer in their communities. Since being founded in 1956, the scheme has seen over three million participants achieve awards in the UK. In the year…

More than 2,500 arts organisations across the country will share £400 million in loans and grants, as part of the latest round of the government’s culture recovery fund.

Jacob Collier is a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter. He talks to Krishnan about why he thinks it’s important to push the boundaries of music, the future relationship between technology and music and why the best music is yet to come.

Figures out yesterday show a far lower proportion of Black people aged over 70 had got their first jab.

Nadia Whittome is the youngest MP in the House of Commons. She was elected in 2019 to represent the seat of Nottingham East at the age of 23.

Now, what’s your most closely guarded secret? A small stationery shop in London has been sending out blank postcards to anyone who asks for one.  The condition: you send it back – anonymously – with a lockdown secret.  Paul McNamara has been to find out more.

Hundreds of Muslim groups are boycotting the review of the government’s anti-radicalisation ‘Prevent’ scheme, over concerns about its chairman William Shawcross, who’s been criticised over previous remarks he made about Islam. Mr Shawcross has insisted he is approaching the review “in a spirit of collaboration”.

Sophie Walker talks to Krishnan about fighting for equality by channelling rage and engaging in good faith with one another.

Buckingham Palace has finally broken its silence on the explosive allegations made by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in their Oprah Winfrey interview

Krishnan speaks to Kazuo Ishiguro about artificial intelligence’s impact on human relationships and his fears for the future of liberal democracy.