5 h. ago Ocean with David Attenborough, Forever and PinkPantheress: the week in rave reviews

As he turns 99, the natural historian makes a passionate case for the planet’s oceans and the TikTok star returns with more pithy pop music. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Ocean review: At 99, David Attenborough still wants to change the world

It’s a heartbreaking irony – one not lost on Sir David Attenborough – that in his long lifetime scientists’ knowledge of the natural world has increased dramatically while nature has suffered devastating losses over the same period. Meanwhile, our appetite for David’s powerful storytelling is as insatiable as ever and his new film and book make a formidable case for change.

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22 h. ago Shocking David Attenborough footage shows destruction caused by trawling seabed

Sir David Attenborough's new film Ocean with David Attenborough reveals the devastating impact of bottom trawling on the seabed.

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23 h. ago Attenborough film unveils seabed destruction caused by bottom trawling

A sequence in Ocean With David Attenborough shows bottom trawling nets bulldozing through habitats on the seabed.

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26 h. ago Ratify ocean treaty and ban destructive fishing in protected areas, PM urged

The call from heads of UK environmental charities follows Sir David Attenborough’s new film on the oceans, released to mark his 99th birthday.

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33 h. ago Nicholas Cage's The Surfer is as subtle as a shark bite... but David Attenborough's Ocean documentary is a big splash, writes BRIAN VINER

BRIAN VINER: Almost a year has passed since I first saw The Surfer at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival with the whoops of excitement at the opening titles - ' Nicolas Cage is The Surfer'

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51 h. ago David Attenborough pinpoints part of Earth that will ‘save world’ as he nears ‘end of life’

‘After a lifetime of filming our planet, I’m sure nothing is more important,’ nature presenter said

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69 h. ago Ocean with David Attenborough on Disney+ review: a glorious, soul

Now 99, the veteran broadcaster’s message has never been more potent – or important

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3 d. ago Ocean with David Attenborough review – a passionate case against the ruination of the seas

Released on his 99th birthday and presented in the context of his remarkable career, Sir David’s authority is matched only by nature’s grandeur in this visually stunning filmA visual marvel like all his work, governed by his own matchless authority and striking a steady tonal balance between warning and hope, David Attenborough’s new film about the oceans is absorbing and compelling. He makes a passionate case against the ruin caused by industrial overfishing and the sinister mega-trawlers which roam everywhere, raking the seabed with their vast metal nets, brutally and wastefully hoovering up fish populations of which the majority is often simply thrown away, depleting developing countries and fishing communities of their share. Attenborough says that this is the new colonialism. The film is released in cinemas in anticipation of the UN’s World Oceans Day in June, which is campaigning for 30% of the world’s oceans to be preserved from exploitation – at present, only around 3% is pr...

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3 d. ago Sir David Attenborough may be the one celebrating his birthday, but he's given us the best gift of all with his new documentary Ocean, writes BRIAN VINER

Sir David Attenborough turns 99 on Thursday and the best birthday present we can collectively give the great man is by going to the cinema to see his powerful new feature-length documentary.

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3 d. ago Sir David Attenborough makes powerful plea as he launches his new film Ocean

The veteran broadcaster issued a stark warning ahead of his 99th birthday

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3 d. ago King Charles joins Sir David Attenborough at Ocean premiere to deliver important message

King Charles attended the premiere of Sir David Attenborough's new film, Ocean, in London - with the pair chatting and laughing together before the movie

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3 d. ago King stunned by David Attenborough’s age as pair attend ocean film premiere

Charles walked the ‘blue carpet’ and saw a first screening of Ocean With David Attenborough at the Southbank Centre in London on Tuesday.

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3 d. ago Sir David Attenborough may be the one celebrating his birthday, but he's given us the best gift of all with his new documentary Ocean, writes BRIAN VINER 

Sir David Attenborough turns 99 on Thursday and the best birthday present we can collectively give the great man is by going to the cinema to see his powerful new feature-length documentary.

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3 d. ago Cara Delevingne slips into VERY risqué mesh dress as she joins her heavily pregnant sister Poppy at star

Cara Delevingne went braless and flashed her lace black thong as she led the star-studded attendees at David Attenborough's world premiere of Ocean on Tuesday.

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3 d. ago Sir David Attenborough, 98, tells 'greatest story he's ever told' in his new film

Ocean: With David Attenborough will see the legendary environmentalist, 98, delve further than ever before into the 'most important place on earth' - its oceans.

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8 d. ago The one food Sir David Attenborough cut out which could help him 'live past 100'

The legendary broadcaster, 98, admitted he his nearing the 'end of his life' on Monday in a powerful statement ahead of his new film Ocean: With David Attenborough.

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8 d. ago David Attenborough shares his concerns as he approaches the 'end of his life'

The legendary broadcaster and wildlife expert made his remarks ahead of his 99th birthday

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9 d. ago Attenborough at 99: naturalist ‘goes further than before’ to speak out against industrial fishing in new film

The celebrated presenter warns of ‘modern day colonialism at sea’ as he highlights the destruction caused by overfishing and bottom trawlingWhen David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II documentary aired eight years ago, its impact was so strong it was credited with bringing about a revolution in the way people use plastics. Now film-makers are hoping he can do the same for other destructive environmental practices that the world’s best-known living naturalist describes as “draining the life from our oceans”.The industrial fishing method of bottom trawling is the focus of a large part of Attenborough’s latest film, Ocean, which airs in cinemas from 8 May, the naturalist’s 99th birthday. In a remarkably no-holds-barred narrative, he says these vessels tear the seabed with such force “the trails of destruction can be seen from space”. He also condemns what he calls “modern day colonialism at sea”, where huge trawlers, operating off the coasts of countries reliant on fish for food and livel...

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2 w. ago David Attenborough to release new feature film to mark 99th birthday

The film is set to be released in cinemas on 8 May - the same day as the naturalist’s 99th birthday - before it is available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu later this year

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