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.
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Clash Magazine has published a lukewarm review of Yard Act's new album, You're Gonna Need A Little Music, awarding it just 5 out of 10. Critic Andy Hill argues the Leeds band, who emerged as sharp, timely successors to indie acts like Arctic Monkeys, have lost the lean,…
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Donald Trump has dropped the portion of his $10 billion defamation lawsuit that targeted BBC Studios, the corporation's commercial arm, while continuing to pursue the BBC itself over its edited Panorama documentary. Court filings confirmed all claims against the "Studios Defendants" were dismissed with prejudice, with each side…
A Ukrainian oligarch has accused Kyiv's military intelligence agency of orchestrating a bomb attack in Monaco that severely injured his partner and son, claiming he was the intended target. The allegation, if substantiated, would represent an extraordinary claim of a Ukrainian state agency attempting to assassinate one of…
A growing number of UK workers are struggling to save for retirement, with the Pensions Commission warning that around 15 million people are not putting away enough for old age, a figure it fears could rise to 19 million without urgent government action. The Guardian spoke to readers,…
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has denied that his character in "3 Idiots" was based on Ladakhi educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, addressing the long-standing rumour at a BFI In Conversation event at BFI Southbank during the London Indian Film Festival. The event also marked the 25th anniversary…
Netflix's "Heartstopper Forever" brings Alice Oseman's beloved coming-of-age series to a close with a feature-length finale that trades youthful romance for a more sombre, mature exploration of long-term relationships. Reviewer Aramide Tinubu praises the film for capturing how partners must keep choosing each other as they grow and…
The Guardian's review of Heartstopper Forever, the Netflix film-length finale to the LGBTQ+ teen series, argues it delivers poignant moments but ultimately plays it safe, sanitising its now 18- and 17-year-old leads' first steps into adulthood. This matters because the film's insistence on keeping Nick and Charlie squeaky-clean,…
Kim Wilde’s 1981 debut single ‘Kids in America’ became an immediate pop success, reportedly selling so rapidly that chart compilers initially suspected manipulation. Its impact established Wilde as a major new British pop artist and helped make the song an enduring anthem of the early synth-pop era. The…
Nintendo has published a 13-step official guide for replacing the battery in certain Switch Joy-Con controllers, using its Battery Replacement Kit. The move matters because it prepares the company’s European hardware for forthcoming rules intended to make consumer-device batteries replaceable. The kit includes a HAC-006(-01) replacement battery, a…