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Mad Solutions and IRTH Form Strategic Partnership to Develop and Distribute Arab Entertainment Content
MAD Solutions, the Cairo-based film and talent group, and pan-Arab drama company IRTH have concluded a strategic partnership to jointly develop, package and support Arab film and television projects for regional and international markets. The tie-up was announced at the Venice Film Festival and pairs IRTH’s development expertise and writer network with MAD’s established strengths…
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Reform UK eyes a tax cut for nearly 40 million Brits as Robert Jenrick pledges to raise the personal allowance to £15,000 in his first Budget to end decade-long ‘stealth’ raid
Reform UK has pledged to raise the tax-free personal allowance from £12,570 to £15,000 within the first 100 days of a Reform government, should the party win the next general election. The commitment, to be announced by would-be Chancellor Robert Jenrick at Reform’s Birmingham conference, is aimed at reversing years of “stealth” tax rises caused…
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‘Bold, brilliant, thrilling’: leading authors on the novels every school should teach
A group of leading authors, including Kate Mosse, Ben Okri and Samantha Harvey, have been asked by the Guardian to nominate novels they believe should be taught in schools, as England and Wales enter a period of curriculum renewal for GCSE English. The exercise coincides with mounting concern about declining reading for pleasure among children…
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Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Reacher’-Style Action Hit Officially Scores Big on Streaming
Mark Wahlberg’s 2007 action thriller Shooter has become a streaming success, with the article highlighting it as one of the actor’s most enduring vehicles. The piece comes amid a run of Wahlberg action projects, including Prime Video’s Play Dirty and Balls Up, and his current cinema release By Any Means alongside Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, underlining…
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Bayeux Tapestry unveiled to King and Macron as Diddy wins court round and Aaron Donald returns
King Charles and Macron viewed the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum ahead of its first UK display; a US judge let Diddy’s defamation suit proceed; and NFL star Aaron Donald un-retired for the Rams.
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Charlotte Church puts ‘real Tardis’ Welsh cottage on the market featuring interiors ‘inspired by singer’s travels to Africa and Morocco’
Singer Charlotte Church has listed her Welsh cottage for sale at £695,000, just over two years after buying the mid-17th-century property. The sale follows her earlier disposal of her former six-bedroom mansion, The Spinney, in Dinas Powys, and comes amid comments she has made in recent years about no longer having the wealth she once…
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Has there been a changing of guard for London sides in the WSL?
Arsenal finished above Chelsea in the Women’s Super League for the first time since 2018-19 last season, and also knocked their London rivals out of the Champions League at the quarter-final stage, prompting questions about whether power in the capital’s women’s football is shifting. Both clubs have overhauled their squads over the summer, and their…
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‘Reverse bucket list’: Arteta channels Wenger in defence of Arsenal window
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has defended his club’s summer transfer business, invoking a line from his predecessor Arsène Wenger about football’s obsession with “news” to urge fans not to overlook the strength of the squad he already has. Speaking ahead of Sunday’s home fixture against Chelsea, Arteta described supporters’ focus on a lack of a…
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How Trump is using ‘chip diplomacy’ and dangling precious AI technology to stop wars… and one of the world’s richest men is reaping the rewards
The Trump administration has been using access to Nvidia’s advanced AI chips as a diplomatic bargaining tool to help broker peace deals between rival nations, according to a Wall Street Journal report. US negotiators reportedly leveraged the promise of cutting-edge AI hardware to encourage Armenia to pursue a peace agreement with Azerbaijan, ending decades of…
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Is ‘disruptor’ Antonelli winning hearts in Italy, where Ferrari is F1?
Kimi Antonelli, the 20-year-old Mercedes driver, arrives at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix leading the Formula 1 world championship, raising hopes that he could end Italy’s 73-year wait for a home-grown world champion. The twist is that he drives for Mercedes rather than Ferrari, the team so deeply woven into Italian identity that fans and…