Culture

They’re a pop band from Beirut with an eclectic sound, an openly gay lead singer and politically charged lyrics. Mashrou’ Leila are tearing up the conventions of Arabic pop culture and singing about issues few other musicians in the Middle East are willing to tackle including social justice, personal freedoms and women’s rights. We caught…

Tens of thousands of fans are expected to flock to the London Stadium this weekend for the World Para Athletic Championships.

He first came to Britain after an invitation by Andrew Lloyd Webber and went on to win two Oscars for his score for the film Slumdog Millionaire. His music has graced our Olympic opening ceremony and he was even part of a super-group with Mick Jagger.

The celebrated British dance music act Orbital have reformed after 5 years and headline the Bluedot Science technology and music festival in Cheshire next weekend. Formed by brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll at the start of the acid house explosion in the late 80’s – Orbital are famed for spectacular live performances in front of…

He spent 12 years playing James Bond but also 20 years being a goodwill ambassador for Unicef, visiting their projects across the world and raising tens of millions of pounds.

If the furore over the Tory U-turn on social care costs has been all about the pensioner vote, the battle for the youth vote is no less fervent, especially with the deadline for voter registration ending today.

It’s a story of guns, power and Washington ethics: the new political thriller Miss Sloan opens this week, starring Jessica Chastain as a lobbyist ‘hired to win’ in a battle over gun legislation.

We speak to Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett about Humanz – a soundtrack to the post Trump world, and a protest against it.

It’s a story of power struggles, feminism and identity in a male dominated world: a role which could have been made for actress Miriam Margolyes.

Sonic Youth’s founder Thurston Moore tells us about music, politics, and eighties New York: as bad and as real as it gets.

Gentrificiation is, depending on your perspective, either a blessing or a curse. And so it is in the South London suburb of Peckham, where plans for a new shopping area have divided opinion.

Back to where it all began. A new exhibition is showcasing early works by sculptor Henry Moore, along with the art which inspired him, from Rodin to Barbara Hepworth. It’s being displayed at his former home in Hertfordshire, after a £7m transformation – and includes pieces rarely seen in public.

It’s a sound and a style that is changing western music. Afrobeats – the fusion of African and international pop music is helping secure some of West Africa’s brightest stars a global audience.

It’s a classic movie formula. Put two men who hate each other on a tense car journey , forced to work together; then watch as they begrudgingly come to develop a mutual respect. A new film called ‘The Journey’ does just this, but casts Northern Ireland’s deeply opposed political leaders as the central characters.

This Google executive was desperately unhappy despite his success, so he decided to find the equation for happiness.