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All About My Mother by Rachael Stirling review – a joyous love letter to Diana Rigg
Rachael Stirling has written a biography of her mother, the actor Dame Diana Rigg, six years after her death from cancer, blending memoir and research into a portrait described as funny, intimate and joyous. Rigg, best known for playing Emma Peel in the 1960s series The Avengers, was celebrated for portraying fierce, complicated women on…
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Why we’re giving £100,000 apiece to a horse box gallery, high-street drop-in and Midlands museum
The Freelands Foundation has launched a new award scheme, committing £1.5m over five years to recognise organisations that promote progressive visual art education in museums, galleries and arts organisations across the UK. The initiative comes amid concerns that arts education infrastructure has been eroded, with the Cultural Learning Alliance reporting a 42% fall in arts…
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Trump praises hard-right AfD party’s election victory: ‘Germany finally got tired of the immigration rules which hurt them so badly’
Reaction to the AfD’s breakthrough win in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt broadened into international debate, with Donald Trump praising the hard-Right party and blaming Germany’s “horrible” immigration rules for pushing voters towards it. The result rattled mainstream European politics, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union suffering its worst showing in the state in…
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REBECCA ENGLISH: Following in his dad’s footsteps, a calm Prince George starts at Eton
Prince George, 13, began his first day at Eton College on 9 September 2026, arriving with his parents the Prince and Princess of Wales in heavy rain. The Princess of Wales sheltered the group under a golf umbrella as George, dressed in a blazer, tie and chinos, walked calmly and confidently alongside his father through…
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Super Bowl rematch to open new season – your guide to NFL’s key games
The new NFL season kicks off this week with defending champions Seattle Seahawks hosting a Super Bowl rematch against the New England Patriots, after the Seahawks’ defence, led by British coach Aden Durde, dominated the Patriots to win the title in February. Durde became the first overseas coach to win the Super Bowl and says…
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‘Babylon Berlin’ Creatives Reflects on Final Season, 13-Year Journey, Past and Present Germany
The fifth and final season of the acclaimed German series “Babylon Berlin” launches on ARD on 10 September, marking the end of a 13-year creative journey for writer-directors Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries and Henk Handlogten. The eight-part season depicts the five weeks following Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor on 30 January 1933 through to the…
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘The Odyssey’ Continue U.K., Ireland Box Office Battle
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” topped the U.K. and Ireland box office for a sixth straight weekend, taking £1.6 million ($2.2 million) and pushing its cumulative gross to $130.1 million. This puts the Sony superhero film sixth on the territory’s all-time chart, within reach of “Avatar” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” for a top-five finish, while…
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Football’s most damaging red cards: a brief history of collapses and turnarounds | The Knowledge
The Guardian’s football trivia column The Knowledge examines famously damaging red cards, prompted by a reader’s question about a Scottish lower-league match in which Clyde blew a 3-0 lead against The Spartans after Logan Dunachie was sent off, drawing 3-3 within 28 minutes. It surveys notable examples where a red card either accelerated an already-losing…
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I co-founded an orchestra 18 years ago. Since then, I’ve seen doors close for working-class musicians | Robert Ames
Robert Ames, co-founder and conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra, has written about stepping down from the organisation after 18 years, using the moment to criticise the classical music industry for making it increasingly difficult for working-class musicians to sustain a career. He argues that routes into the profession that once existed through state schools,…
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Tokyo Market Partners With Frontieres, Adding Genre Slate to Gap-Financing Lineup
Tokyo’s TIFFCOM market has launched its first partnership with Frontières, the genre-focused co-production market run by Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival, bringing a wave of horror and thriller titles into this year’s Tokyo Gap-Financing Market (TGFM). The tie-up marks Frontières’ first showcase in Asia and expands TGFM’s seventh edition, which connects 24 feature projects from…