61 h. ago AD FEATURE: From a career in the military to writing intimate novels, discover the Welsh author behind 'intoxicating' Kitten on a String

Kitten on a String is the first book of 10 in what author P T Jay hails a 'tantalising' series

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4 d. ago Dressing Naomi Campbell, Cate Blanchett and a show inside a skirt: Martin Grant’s 40

From 1980s Melbourne to 2020s Paris, the Australian fashion designer reflects on some of the highlights of his career, featured in a major retrospective at the National Gallery of VictoriaMartin Grant exhibition is at the Ian Potter Centre, NGV in Melbourne from 25 March 2025 to 26 January 2026Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘It was chaotic but beautiful’: Warda Mohamed and Kosar Ali on filming the British

As the award-winning short is released on BBC iPlayer, the director and star talk about grief, breaking Somali stereotypes and a career-changing social media postWhen Warda Mohamed posted a message on social media that she had completed her feature film script, she never expected it to change her career. “I genuinely thought it was just going to be a few people saying, ‘Oh my God, well done’,” she says. “I posted it at nine o’clock at night and thought nothing of it.” By morning, a commissioner at BBC Film had reached out, setting the wheels in motion for what would become Muna – an 18-minute short film that screened at more than 60 international film festivals, won multiple awards, and has now made its way to BBC iPlayer.Muna tells the story of a British-Somali teenager, played by Kosar Ali (Bafta-nominated for Rocks), who navigates a complex mother-daughter relationship while mourning a grandfather she never met. Her grief mirrors Mohamed’s own experience growing up. “There isn’t ...

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1 week ago Red tape warriors versus the red army: The EU's attempt to be an alternativer to NATO is as stupid as it is dangerous, writes NILE GARDINER

NILE GARDINER: For all his show of contempt for the West, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has one great fear.

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1 week ago Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other review – compelling portrait of a passionate marriage

From serious injury and coping with different levels of fame to resentment and ping-pong – a powerful insight into a life shared by two charismatic creativesIt’s hard not to wonder why this excellent documentary about an older married couple – writer and artist Maggie Barrett and photographer Joel Meyerowitz – is getting released just as Meyerowitz’s Tate Modern show is coming to end; you’d think there would be an overlap, if only to enhance traffic to both. Certainly, having got to know affable, driven, sweet-tempered Joel personally in this intimate portrait, it’s a natural desire to want to see even more of his extraordinary work: 60 years of photographs encompassing street photography, official documentation of the 9/11 disaster site in New York, still lifes and more.At the same time, it’s also entirely apt that this feature isn’t just an adjunct to Meyerowitz’s career, given it is so profoundly about Joel and Maggie’s marriage, a kind of passionate truce (as its title suggests)...

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2 w. ago 15 awful albums by classic bands, from Led Zeppelin to Aerosmith

Even rock’n’roll heroes can have a bad day at the office, writes Kevin E G Perry

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2 w. ago AD FEATURE: National Careers Week: 'Career support gave me confidence in myself,' says student Finley

Finley Allport (22) sought guidance from Working Wales and is now pursuing his dream course

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3 w. ago The rise, fall and (very quiet) return of Michael Fassbender

The Irish actor had a sensational 2010s, with roles in films including ‘Shame’, ‘12 Years a Slave’ and ‘Prometheus’ – then he seemed to vanish. As he returns to acting with a series of under-the-radar projects, Adam White digs into where he’s been

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3 w. ago A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland review – a striking story of concealed love

This unforgettable tale of two men in late-80s Wales deals with the emotions and repercussions of their intimacy – and is one of the best debut novels in yearsFinding a distinctive voice that stands out and speaks clearly is an essential test for a novelist, and it’s one that Welsh artist and writer Anthony Shapland effortlessly passes in his impressive debut. A Room Above a Shop opens in south Wales in the late 1980s, where a young man, B, is feeling excited, about to make a big decision. It will take him away from the sense of provisionality that’s embodied by his council house with its “doors with weightless cardboard interiors and hollow aluminium handles”. He’s going to meet an older man, M, to view the sun from a hill on New Year’s Eve.But he’s not really going for the sun. “He’ll go to hell for what he wants, but still he climbs.” M and B edge closer to each other, certain and uncertain at the same time, heading towards an intimacy they can’t speak aloud. “The hunger for anot...

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3 w. ago I tried a tiny restaurant overlooking a Welsh beach and discovered the best Asian fusion food for miles

Formerly Cosy Corner Lounge, this beachfront restaurant in Porthcawl has now been rebranded as Asiad and specialises in Asian fusion dishes

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