Culture

In the film ‘Bank of Dave’, Dave Fishwick battled London’s financial elites to set up a community bank, played by the BAFTA-winning actor Rory Kinnear.

William Tell may have been a fictional character, but the story of the Swiss huntsman and resistance leader forced to shoot an apple from his own son’s head has endured for over 500 years.

He’s one of Brazil’s greatest directors – known for ‘Central Station’ and ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’.

It’s an unlikely bit of advice from someone who’s achieved global success as a multi-talented composer, lyricist, actor, writer, and comedian.

If you go to the opera or indeed any classical music over the festive period there’s a very good chance it will be conducted by a man. According to the Royal Philharmonic Society’s last count, just two British orchestras had a female principal conductor. That imbalance is about to change somewhat when Speranza Scappucci takes…

Colman Domingo has a new film – Sing Sing – which explores the transformative power of art and theatre inside prisons. 

When Britpop giants Blur announced they were reforming for a 2023 tour, they were out of practice, out of shape, and hadn’t spoken to each other for years.

Two actors struggled to find work during the pandemic, they found an unlikely outlet for their craft – staging a production of Hamlet entirely inside the online world of Grand Theft Auto.

A G7 summit may not seem like a promising setting for a film.

Gregg Wallace has apologised for saying that complaints about his behaviour came from “a handful of middle-class women of a certain age”.

A new documentary explores the fraught history between China and Taiwan and the territory’s fight for autonomy.

We spoke with Kirstie Allsopp who co-presents the show Location, Location, Location on Channel 4.

The Masterchef presenter Gregg Wallace has hit back at allegations of sexually offensive behaviour.

He’s been described as the MC that inspired the likes of Stormzy, Wiley and Heartless Crew.

The bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford has died, at the age of 91. Her 40 books sold more than 91 million copies. She began as a typist, then journalist at the Yorkshire Evening Post in Leeds before ‘A Woman of Substance’ turned her into an overnight success. Jenny Seagrove played the lead in Channel 4’s…