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Albert Woodfox was one of the ‘Angola Three’, the three African-American former prison inmates who were held for decades in solitary confinement.

He’s played with Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and Miles Davis, and was friends with Michael Jackson.

It’s billed as 18 extraordinary days of art, but the Manchester International Festival, which opens today, has been caught up in an row about who wrote one of the plays that is having its premiere there. “Tree” was the brainchild of Idris Elba, but two women writers who were involved in the early stages say…

David Harewood is a British actor known for his roles in Homeland, Supergirl and the Merchant of Venice. He has recently made a documentary retracing the events that led up to his psychotic breakdown 30 years ago.

Heavy metal was born in the West Midlands. From the late 1960s, when the industrial furnaces still roared, ears began bleeding to the sounds of Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin and many more.

Her first two albums were Mercury Prize nominated and now Kate Tempest is back with her latest, The Book of Traps and Lessons.

It’s a wildly popular Netflix show that sees five gay men enter the homes of ordinary people in middle America and completely transform and uplift their lives.

Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Lily Allen – musician and super-producer Mark Ronson has worked with a glittering array of vocal talent.

After more than a decade the Raconteurs are back together with a new album and a string of live shows.  

Tayari Jones is an American author and winner of the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Adwoa Abwoa is a model, activist and founder of ‘Gurls Talk’, an online community for young women to discuss issues that matter to them.

She was the singer turned actor who became one of the biggest stars in cinema history.

New York’s annual Met Gala is known for the extravagance of its high fashion and A-list guests. This year, the theme of “camp” brought out more mind-boggling costumes than usual. And no number of Kardashians could compete with the star who stole the show, Lady Gaga.

A women’s jail is running a unique project to build and run pop-up shops within the confine, aimed at preparing prisoners mentally to cope with normal life on release, and to gain the right skills to get employment. 

Britain’s most acclaimed portrait photographer is a craftsman who can force a rare laugh out of the Queen, and his photos defined London’s swinging sixties.