9 h. ago Lau's Martin Green on Keli, his new National Theatre of Scotland show: 'I fell in love with brass bands'

Telling the story of a tenor horn player from a fictional Central Belt mining village who heads to London for a brass band competition, Keli has been a complicated balancing act for its creator Martin Green, who both wrote the script and composed the score. Interview by Mark Fisher

Culture

36 h. ago ‘Where is the adult?’: how Leonardo Van Dijl filmed the story of a child tennis star’s abuse

Julie Keeps Quiet casts real-life tennis ace Tessa Van den Broeck as a teenage player facing peril ignored by adults. The director explains how telling the story well required a care the sport itself neglectsLeonardo Van Dijl smiles: “If you told me a year ago that I’d be speaking to the Guardian, I’d have asked: ‘What about?’” Last May, the 34-year-old from Belgium took his debut film Julie Keeps Quiet to Cannes. (Where, he says, everyone was much friendlier after a four-star review in the Guardian.) Ever since, he has been living out of a suitcase, grabbing five or six hours’ sleep. It’s not just media interviews and Q&As keeping him busy: “We are a small movie. I’m the in-house graphic designer. I do the social media ” He stops, looks down at my phone, recording. “But I don’t really want to talk about that. I’m grateful, and it’s not that interesting.”What Van Dijl really does want to talk about is the urgent issue his film raises about safe spaces for children. Julie Keeps Q...

Events

8 d. ago Lois Boisson pokes fun at Harriet Dart ‘deodorant’ jibe on social media

French tennis player suggests Dove ‘collab’ on InstagramDart apologises for telling umpire Boisson ‘smells bad’French tennis player Lois Boisson has responded to Harriet Dart’s on-court claim that “she smells really bad” with a social media post that pokes fun at the incident.During a change of ends in Tuesday’s match at the Rouen Open, Dart asked the umpire: “Can you tell her [Boisson] to wear deodorant because she smells really bad?” Her comments were picked up by a courtside microphone and quickly attracted attention and criticism on social media. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago French tennis star who was told she 'needs deodorant' and 'smells really bad' by Brit rival Harriet Dart offers hilarious response

Dart was facing French player Lois Boisson at the Open de Rouen and lost the first set. As the second set got underway, she then put in an unusual request to the chair umpire.

Politics

1 week ago Horrifying rape and incest video game tells players to be 'women's worst nightmare' and 'never take no for an answer'

A horrific rape and incest video game has sparked fury for encouraging players to be 'women's worst nightmare'.

Sport

1 week ago Horrifying rape and incest video game tells players to be 'women's worst nightmare' and 'never take no for an answer'

A horrific rape and incest video game has sparked fury for encouraging players to be 'women's worst nightmare'.

Sport

2 w. ago Emptying Ibrox cut Barry Ferguson to his core as hurting Rangers boss tells players 'we can't be having that'

Ferguson couldn't blame the fans but he's determined to win them back

Sport

4 w. ago Fired Apprentice star Max England exposes edited out moment after off

Ex-pro tennis player Max England tells the Mirror about being fired by Lord Sugar and his toughest moment on the BBC show

Events