Art spans visual culture, film, music, design and the objects people make and collect. It includes creative work and the institutions that preserve and present it, as well as the people, businesses and public funding that shape what audiences can see.
These stories matter because art can entertain, challenge how history is told and give communities a shared point of reference. Questions of access, preservation and ownership affect whether cultural works endure and who gets to experience them.
A Daily Mail investigation has identified England's ten unhealthiest towns, where residents' life expectancy falls up to a decade short of the national average. The report highlights stark regional health inequalities, with people in these areas facing significantly higher risks of premature death compared with those living in…
Locarno's industry think tank StepIn is returning for its 15th edition with a programme titled "Power, People, Data and the Future of Film," examining how algorithms, artificial intelligence and growing industry consolidation are reshaping independent cinema. The event matters because it tackles a tension increasingly felt across the…
Tottenham Hotspur's women's team enjoyed a standout season in the Women's Super League, offering fans a welcome contrast to the struggles of the men's side, which narrowly avoided relegation. Under new head coach Martin Ho, Spurs Women achieved their highest-ever points tally, playing attacking, organised football that has…
A review of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's Proms 2026 concert at the Royal Albert Hall praises conductor Kazuki Yamada for an inventive pairing of John Adams' Harmonium with two works by Francis Poulenc, calling the programme "stylish, witty and thrilling". The critic highlights the imaginative contrast…
A father in the United States suffered a heart attack days before his daughter's wedding but underwent emergency surgery in time to recover and walk her down the aisle as planned. Rick Nelson began experiencing chest pains at a friend's house shortly before the ceremony, prompting a rapid…
Andy Burnham's new European affairs minister, Hamish Falconer, has signalled that the UK could go further on rebuilding ties with the EU than Sir Keir Starmer's previous "reset" allowed, and has left open the possibility of eventually rejoining the bloc. This marks a shift from the tight red…
Darts world number one Luke Littler is to front a new live Netflix event called "Beat Luke Littler", in which members of the public will get the chance to play against him. Twenty entrants will be selected to take part in the televised event on 30 October, with…
York City have appointed Scott Lindsey as their new head coach, just one day after sacking Stuart Maynard, who had led the club to the National League title and promotion to the Football League last season. The club's board cited a "difference in direction and vision" for Maynard's…
Filipino artist Elmer Saflor, creator of the viral 2017 "Running Away Balloon" comic, has filed a lawsuit against Memes Apps LLC, which runs the AI-powered platforms Memes.ai and Memes AI Studio, alleging copyright infringement. Saflor claims the company sells paid subscriptions to an ad-generation tool that reproduces his…
▶Wacken Open Air, widely regarded as the world's biggest dedicated heavy metal festival, is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year in the Schleswig-Holstein region of northern Germany. What began as a modest local gig organised by friends in 1990 has since grown into a globally renowned four-day event,…