21 h. ago Gilbert & George review – a pulsating panorama of sex, violence and glorious urban grime

Hayward Gallery, LondonFrom the calling cards of male sex workers to shocking headlines about murder, the octogenarian pair see and incorporate everything, resulting in a show that seethes with lifeThe first picture in Gilbert & George’s retrospective of their art of this century is a portrait of them sitting in a cemetery amid floating drug baggies, their suits bright purple (George) and green (Gilbert) against the grey gravestones. It sums up a stillness, a sadness and a romantic passion that breathes in this show – but you won’t notice it straight away. Instead you’ll be carried along in a rush of cheeky provocations and ludicrous juxtapositions of word and image: a joyous embrace of modern life or even, pardon my French, a jouissance.The pictures tower and expand in this perfect brutalist setting as if you’re walking through a city of art – a dirty, disreputable city. Ages (2001) is a yellow and red slab almost the scale of a cinema screen on which their blandly smiling face...

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25 h. ago Inside Victoria Beckham Netflix documentary release date, trailer and celebrity cameos

Victoria Beckham is set to give fans an intimate look at her life in a new three-part documentary series.

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26 h. ago Victoria Beckham Netflix documentary release date, celebrity cameos and trailer

Victoria Beckham’s highly-anticipated Netflix documentary is going to give fans an “intimate” look at the star’s journey from Spice Girl to fashion mogul.

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40 h. ago Lauryn Goodman 'has no plans to see  Jack Draper again' after one coffee date with the tennis ace she met on celebrity dating app Raya

The influencer, 34, was said to have matched with the sports star, 23, on celebrity dating app Raya.

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49 h. ago Kyle Walker's ex Lauryn Goodman is 'dates tennis ace Jack Draper after matching on celeb dating app'

The influencer was spotted with the tennis ace at a coffee shop in southwest London

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61 h. ago Lauryn Goodman 'dates tennis star Jack Draper after matching on celeb dating app'

Lauryn Goodman is said to have went on a date with England's number one tennis sensation Jack Draper after the pair matched on dating app Raya

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3 d. ago How do you celebrate James Bond Day when you don’t know who the next 007 will be?

All things Bond will be commemorated on 5 October. But while the new movie has a director and writer attached, we’re still none the wiser as to who will play the super-spyIt’s James Bond Day this Sunday, if you didn’t know – 5 October is now a celebration of all things 007, thanks to this being the date of the world premiere of Dr No, the very first Bond film, starring Sean Connery, in 1962. Imagine it as a bit like Star Wars Day, with fewer Wookiees and Ewoks and a whole lot more tuxedoed swagger.This year though, the advent of JBD (as no one has ever called it) is bit of a damp squib. It hasn’t been that long since Denis Villeneuve was announced as the director of the next Bond film (June, in fact) and even less time since Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight was hired to write the script. But there’s been little to no sign since then of the new 007 actually being revealed, and even less sense of where this venerable franchise is going next. All we have are whisperings on the wind via th...

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5 d. ago ‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics

Pontiff laments that some ‘ridicule those who speak of global warming’, days after Trump’s claims of ‘con job’Pope Leo XIV has taken aim at people who “ridicule those who speak of global warming” as he embraced Pope Francis’s environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments on the subject to date.Leo presided over the 10th-anniversary celebration of Francis’s landmark ecological encyclical, Laudato Si (Praised Be), at a global gathering south of Rome. The encyclical cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral concern and launched a global grassroots movement to advocate for caring for God’s creation and the peoples most harmed by its exploitation. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago The Story of Skids: Scotland’s No 1 Punk Band review – likable look back to the noise era

Very much the story of singer Ricard Jobson, this amiable portrait takes in tales of Sid Vicious and the pop culture hysteria when the genre explodedThis affable documentary should perhaps have a different title; it would be more accurate to call it The Richard Jobson Story, consisting as it does entirely of Jobson – erstwhile frontman of the Scottish punk act Skids, TV presenter, film-maker and novelist – ruminating on these and other endeavours that have kept him busy since his teen years in the 1970s. In between the bits of archive footage, Jobson gets a haircut, tries on a leather jacket or two, and trundles around the stage in a sleeveless T-shirt reliving the glory days.The way Jobson tells it, his and the band’s ascent to national prominence in the late 70s was bit of a miracle in itself: growing up in a bleak, postindustrial mining village outside Dunfermline, his first stroke of luck was bumping into Sid Vicious in Malcolm McLaren’s Sex shop on a trip down to London as a 15...

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6 d. ago ‘Sick and vulgar’ Tube passenger who sexually assaulted young woman on Central line is jailed

The victim took a mobile image of Rohan Uddin, 22, allowing police to identify him

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6 d. ago Bonnie Blue caught 'performing sex act' near pedestrians at popular London landmark

Bonnie Blue is not one to shy away from public attention – and her latest x-rated act is no exception, as she takes her adult content to one of the most-visited landmarks in the country

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8 d. ago Taylor Swift documentary release date and what to expect from 'rare' Channel 4 series

The US popstar's rise to fame and all of the drama that followed will be explored in the brand new docuseries

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1 week ago Former London bus driver is arrested in Dubai for 'running sick sex ring where girls are forced to carry out disgusting fetishes for rich men'

Charles 'Abbey' Mwesigwa was filmed by an undercover reporter claiming women under his control would do 'pretty much everything' clients asked.

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1 week ago Isla Fisher 'not ready' to date as she shifts focus onto career after Sacha Baron Cohen split

Former Hollywood couple Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen announced their divorce in April 2024 after 14 years of marriage, with it being finalised two months later

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1 week ago Man charged in sex trafficking probe as London police appeal to other potential victims

Man charged in sex trafficking probe as London police appeal to other potential victims  CBC

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1 week ago Woman sexually assaulted by man who sat next to her on train to London Euston

British Transport Police release CCTV image after attack in busy carriage

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1 week ago Stacey Solomon's unconventional date night with Joe Swash after family admission

The TV personality took to social media to share the lengths she's had to go to for a date night with hubbie Joe Swash

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2 w. ago BBC The Celebrity Traitors trailer 'reveals' first Traitor as star teases 'dark side'

The Traitors' celebrity spin-off will see a host of famous faces take on the iconic game show in a bid to win £100,000 for their chosen charity

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2 w. ago BBC The Celebrity Traitors release date confirmed in first look teaser

Alan Carr, Jonathan Ross, and Stephen Fry are among the numerous celebrities in its all-star cast

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2 w. ago Exact date you can watch BBC The Celebrity Traitors in October finally announced

Joining the star-studded line-up are celebrities including Alan Carr, Stephen Fry, and Paloma Faith

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