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Can Stormzy’s Merky Book festival spark literary passion in young people?
This weekend his publishing company Merky Books has been running a festival of literature at London’s Roundhouse, showcasing established names as well as fresh new voices.
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Barry Humphries: Dame Edna Everage creator dies
He was best known as the creator of the gladioli clutching Dame Edna Everage, and vulgar cultural attache Sir Les Patterson – the comic legend Barry Humphries has died at the age of 89.
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‘His charm was more disarming than a UN peacekeeping force’ – says friend to Barry Humphries, Kathy Lette
We spoke to the author Kathy Lette, a close friend of Barry Humphries for more than 40 years.
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Eddie Marsan discusses gender dynamics in new show ‘The Power’
A world where women have developed the power to electrocute people: that’s the premise of a new Amazon series called ‘The Power’, based on the novel by Naomi Alderman, and starring the actor Eddie Marsan. The series examines the changing dynamics in gender and power. The show was filmed around the world, including the UK,…
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Nigerian afrobeat superstar Davido discusses new music and Nigerian politics
The Nigerian afrobeat superstar Da-VI-do is back with a highly anticipated new album ‘Timeless’ which has already broken streaming records since its release. He’s hosting three special live events to celebrate the album – in New York, London and Lagos. Our correspondent Symeon Brown caught up with him backstage at KOKO in Camden ahead of…
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The Bodyguard musical in Manchester cut short due to disturbance
A performance of The Bodyguard musical in Manchester was forced to end early last night – after two unruly members of the audience were thrown out by security. Witnesses said the pair were forcibly removed from their seats during a performance at the city’s Palace Theatre -after singing the show’s famous track “I will always…
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“Prison gives you alone time; you start to figure things out” – Michael Balogun finds his purpose
In this episode of Ways to Change the World, Actor Michael Balogun joins Krishnan Guru-Murthy to discuss how he turned his life around through acting, and why the power of your thoughts matter.
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BFI Flare: Behind the biggest celebration of queer cinema in Europe
It’s the biggest celebration of queer cinema in Europe – and organisers of the BFI flare film festival say with LGBTQ+ rights under threat around the world this year’s films are more “politically charged” than ever.
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37m
“Retro, vicious racism is just under the skin”” – Gary Young
Writer Gary Younge joins Krishnan Guru-Murthy on Ways to Change the World to discuss significant events that have impacted the Black diaspora, his mother’s influence and what he can teach the next generation of journalists.
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Liverpool’s Tate gallery shows off masterpieces on a converted lorry
If you can’t get to the museum – the museum will come to you.
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Allelujah film: Is life imitating art?
An old peoples’ hospital fighting for survival in a small Yorkshire town – against a backdrop of NHS cuts and staff shortages – the kind of issue that’s barely out of the headlines.
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‘Once in a lifetime find’ of 60 ancient skeletons near Leeds for Yorkshire Archaeologists
It’s been described as a find of potentially massive significance.
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“Mass extinction is already underway” – Peter Frankopan on how humans have shaped the earth
In this episode of Ways to Change the World, Historian Peter Frankopan sits down with Krishnan Guru-Murthy to discuss how humans have impacted the world, the existential threat posed by nuclear war and global superpowers, and what happens “when the music stops”.
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BBC impartiality ‘undermined’, says Times columnist
We spoke to Alastair Campbell, former director of communications to Tony Blair, who now hosts a podcast produced by Gary Lineker’s company, and Times columnist Matthew Syed, who himself hosts a BBC radio programme.
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Gary Lineker to ‘step back’ from presenting Match of the Day after tweets criticising government asylum policy
“We have never said that Gary should be an opinion free zone”, the BBC insisted this evening as they announced that Gary Lineker would not be presenting Match of the Day after his series of tweets criticising the government’s asylum policy and comparing their language to Germany in the 1930s.