40 m. ago Love Island's Harrison Solomon releases emotional statement as he breaks social media silence

The ITV star has posted for the first time since leaving the villa

Politics

5 h. ago BBC 'masterpiece' period drama based on 'greatest book of all time' leaves viewers speechless

The BBC period drama is based on a very famous novel and has a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score.

Events

13 h. ago Inside baby killer Constance Marten's dark spiral from aristocracy to bin scavenging

Constance Marten, who has this week been found guilty of manslaughter, has close links to the Royal Family, while her aristocratic family's former estate featured in a period drama starring Gwyneth Paltrow

Events

35 h. ago ‘My parents got me out of Soviet Russia at the right time. Should my family now leave the US?’

When he left the Soviet Union for a new life in America, the novelist never imagined he would live under another authoritarian regime. Then Trump got back into power ... Is it time to move again?Oh, to have been born in a small, stylish country with good food and favourable sea breezes. No empire, no holy faith, no condescension, no fatal ideologies. The fish is grilled, the extended family roll in on their scooters, the wine looks amber in its glass as the socially democratic sun begins its plunge into the sparkling waters below.This was not my fortune. I was born to one dying superpower and am now living in another. I was born to an ideology pasted all over enormous granite buildings in enormous Slavic letters and now live in one where the same happens in bold caps on what was once Twitter and what purports to be Truth (Pravda?) Social. America, Russia. Russia, America. Together they were kind enough to give me the material from which I made a decent living as a writer, but they t...

Society

54 h. ago The end of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show is a concerning nail in the coffin for comedy | Jesse Hassenger

The long-running US television staple is coming to an end, signalling the slow death of late-night comedy and the worrying cultural power of TrumpThe idea that the political career of Donald Trump would be a goldmine for comedy died a long time ago, with the coffin accepting stray nails for the past five years. The latest and possibly last such nail is the cancellation of The Late Show, the CBS late-night talkshow hosted by Stephen Colbert since the fall of 2015, and originated by David Letterman when the network poached him from NBC in 1993. At this point, Trump hasn’t just made topical late-night comedy look outdated, hackneyed and an insufficient response to his reign of terror; he’s also made a chunk of it flat-out go away.There will be time to eulogize Colbert’s particular talkshow style later; the Late Show isn’t leaving the air for another 10 months, when his contract is up. Surely that leaves plenty more time to savage the president – and Colbert has been in this slot since ...

Culture

3 d. ago BBC period drama hailed as 'one of the best ever' with 'magical' storylines

The BBC series, which stars Derek Jacobi, is told from the perspective of Roman Emperor Claudius - who is also the narrator of the series

Events

4 d. ago Martin Compston's 'terrific mystery' series now free to stream

The thriller is based on the book by Dorothy Koomson and follows two estranged friends who are reunited 17 years after being accused of murdering their schoolteacher

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4 d. ago Peaky Blinders fans are just discovering star in 'masterpiece' period drama

Peaky Blinders star Sam Claflin is taking on the lead role in a period drama, which will be available to stream this summer and fans have already hailed it a 'masterpiece'

Sport

5 d. ago Period drama with 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating is 'all you'd ever want'

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story is a true crime drama that was released on ITVX earlier this year and has recently made its way to ITV's streaming service ITVX

Events

6 d. ago Netflix streaming ‘addictive’ historical drama racing up the charts three years after original release

Netflix has added a hit period drama series to its library that is currently the third most-watched title on the streaming platform

Events

6 d. ago Pride and Prejudice fans urged to watch 'captivating' Jane Austen period drama

The period drama series is a hidden gem worth watching

Events

6 d. ago A Year With the Seals review – what to know about the elusive sea creature

A science journalist delves deep into our sometimes fraught relationship with these intelligent animals‘There is no creature born, even among the greater apes, which more resembles a human baby in its ways and its cries than a baby grey seal,” wrote the ecologist Frank Fraser Darling in 1939. Seals’ large eyes, the five digits of their flippers, their lanugo – the soft down with which they (and sometimes we) are born – all erode the mental barriers we erect between ourselves and our marine cousins. According to Faroese legend, there are even seals, known as selkies, that can shed their skins, assume human form and live undetected among us.The selkie myth is just one that appears in the Maine-based science writer Alix Morris’s compelling book, which explores seals’ fraught relationship with culture, the economy and our imaginations. She charts the varied and conflicting ways in which we conceive of these creatures: as reviled competitors for fish, magnets for great white sharks, or d...

Politics

9 d. ago Badenoch hits out at Macron blaming increased migrant crossings on Brexit

The Conservative leader, a supporter of the leave campaign in the 2016 referendum, also said it was time for ‘people to stop blaming Brexit’.

Events

1 week ago Sean Bean teams up with Shetland star in crime drama coming to Netflix

The crime period drama is coming to Netflix in just over a week's time - so here's everything you need to know about the 'macabre masterpiece'

Events

1 week ago American in UK goes to farm shop for first time and prices leave her floored

Farm shops are loved by people in the UK for their fresh and local produce - particularly fruit and vegetables - and an American woman living in London decided to visit one herself

Economics

1 week ago AI translation service launched for fiction writers and publishers prompts dismay among translators

UK-based GlobeScribe is charging $100 per book, per language for use of its services, but translators say that nuanced work can only be produced by humansAn AI fiction translation service aimed at both traditional publishers and self-published authors has been launched in the UK. GlobeScribe.ai is currently charging $100 per book, per language for use of its translation services.“There will always be a place for expert human translation, especially for highly literary or complex texts,” said the founders Fred Freeman and Betsy Reavley, who previously founded Bloodhound Books, which specialises in crime and thrillers. “But GlobeScribe.ai opens the door to new opportunities, making translation a viable option for a much broader range of fiction.” Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Tottenham striker out of Thomas Frank's plans leaves club for third time

Young forward deemed surplus to requirements in north London as he is shipped out again

Events

1 week ago 'Pretty much perfect' gritty period drama has 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes

The Age of Shadows is a South Korean action-packed period drama set in the 1920s and has left fans in a frenzy as they are impressed by the sets and costumes

Events

1 week ago Bookish writer admits he stole clever Doctor Who plot device for new crime show

Mark Gatiss returns to the box with a brand new period drama on U&Alibi. But he's admitted he's taken inspiration from another popular show for his new series' plot.

Events

1 week ago BBC iPlayer quietly adds 'sensual' period drama with 'sad but perfect' ending

The film is based on Ian McEwan's 2001 novel of the same name

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