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Singapore bars Massive Attack duo over Palestinian flag display
Singapore has permanently barred Massive Attack founding members Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall from re-entering the country after a Palestinian flag was displayed on stage during their concert. The incident took place at the Star Theatre on 29 July, when audience members also chanted pro-Palestinian slogans, prompting swift action from Singaporean authorities against the…
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Bosnian war journalism drama to headline Sarajevo festival tribute to Harrelson
Woody Harrelson will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival, in recognition of what organisers called his “outstanding contribution to the film industry and an exceptional acting career.” The tribute matters because it places Harrelson alongside a select group of actors honoured by the festival, and ties into a wider…
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The end of the world: how players mourn the death of their favourite online games
Online multiplayer transformed video games by connecting players across the globe, but that same reliance on servers means every online game is eventually destined to shut down, prompting communities to mourn their loss much like a real-world gathering place closing. The article explores how players react when their favourite online worlds go dark, from staying…
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Exhibition by Alex Hyde review – an elegiac love letter to the YBA era
Alex Hyde’s second novel, a Künstlerroman set against a lightly fictionalised version of London’s 1990s YBA art scene, traces the entangled relationship between two artists whose identities blur through their creative collaboration. The book explores how the collapse of postwar public institutions gave way to individualised, confessional artistic capital, using the era’s cultural shift as…
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Memory review – a cinematic exorcism through a child’s eye view of terror in the Chechen wars
This Guardian review covers Memory, the feature documentary debut of Vladlena Sandu, which recreates her childhood in Grozny, Chechnya during the brutal Chechen-Russian wars of the 1990s. Rather than a conventional documentary, Sandu transforms her traumatic memories into a hybrid of staged tableaux, surreal imagery and childlike collage, effectively using the film as a form…
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Erik Poppe’s ‘Beloved’ to Open Haugesund: ‘All Eyes Are on Norway,’ Says Festival Chief Tonje Hardersen
The 54th Norwegian International Film Festival opens in Haugesund on 22 August with the world premiere of Erik Poppe’s “Beloved” (“Kjærast”), based on the only original screenplay by Nobel laureate Jon Fosse. The festival, running until 28 August, showcases Norway’s film talent following the country’s footballing success, with festival director Tonje Hardersen describing 2026 as…
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Massive Attack Addresses Singapore Concert Aftermath in New Statement
Massive Attack has responded to the fallout from its Singapore concert, describing how founding members Robert “3D” Del Naja and Grant “Daddy G” Marshall were detained, questioned separately, had their hotel rooms searched and had passports temporarily confiscated after unfurling a Palestinian flag during their 29 July show. Singapore authorities have permanently banned both men…
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Football Weekly’s summer mailbag: AI, how transfer gossip works and more – part two
This Guardian Football Weekly podcast episode is a summer mailbag special, in which host Max Rushden and a panel of regular contributors answer listener-submitted questions on a range of football-adjacent topics. It forms the second part of the mailbag series, continuing discussions started in an earlier episode, and offers a lighter, listener-driven format compared to…
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‘Never felt so scared’: the Cats obsessive who’s created a feral dance version of the purr-fect musical
Choreographer Drew McOnie is creating a new dance-led production of the musical Cats at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in London, drawing on his own history with the show. As a 17-year-old, McOnie skipped school to audition and, within days, joined an international production in Germany, a formative experience that launched his career as a…