35 h. ago The most striking British film debut of 2025 is a queer immigrant love story

‘I have been through the system,’ says filmmaker Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, ‘and my goal here was to tell a story of asylum seeking from the point of view of an asylum seeker’

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4 d. ago Fury as BMA boss shrugs off Christmas patient chaos fears ahead of five

A JUNIOR doctors leader yesterday dismissed as “sentimental” concerns that the latest wave of strikes will trap patients in hospital for Christmas. British Medical Association resident doctors will walk out for five days from December 17 - potentially causing havoc for patients waiting to be discharged. But BMA chair Dr Tom Dolphin dismissed appeals not...

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4 d. ago ‘He asked me what I’d done sexually with a woman’: how Joy Gharoro

The rising star has made her debut film, Dreamers, a semi-autobiographical love story set in an immigration detention centre. She talks about fleeing persecution in Nigeria – and what she learned from French new waveJoy Gharoro-Akpojotor had a little wobble when she stepped on to the stage after the screening of her debut feature, Dreamers, at the London film festival. The Nigerian-British director’s film is a love story set in an immigration detention centre. It had already premiered in Berlin earlier this year. But showing her semi-autobiographical film to a home crowd in London felt exposing. “I suddenly had this feeling: Oh my God, everyone can see me. Everyone knows everything about me.” She laughs.Gharoro-Akpojotor has built a reputation as a rising star producer. Her company Joi Productions makes films telling black, female and gay stories. (“All of the above, sometimes individually.”) Her credits include Rapman’s Blue Story and Aml Ameen’s romcom Boxing Day, and she is curre...

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4 d. ago British Library staff to strike before Christmas in new blow for London institution

More than 300 union members will walk out from December 8-12

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7 d. ago ‘Proud father’: Robbie Williams on daughter Teddy’s debut in Christmas film Tinsel Town

Robbie Williams has spoken of his pride as his daughter Teddy makes her acting debut in new Christmas movie Tinsel Town.

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8 d. ago Robbie Williams and wife Ayda support daughter Teddy, 13, for red carpet debut for first film

Robbie Williams and wife Ayda were every inch the proud parents as they supported their daughter Teddy, 13, on the red carpet for the premiere of her first film, Tinsel Town

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8 d. ago Paddington Bear declares his iconic duffle coat 'in Vogue' as he shares fashion advice with the glossy magazine who laud him as poster boy for 'immigrants making good'

The loveable character and British institution, recently made his West End debut in his own musical, after 29 book and three film appearances.

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1 week ago Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests

Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recoverIn May 2023, a lightning strike hit the forest in Donnie Creek, British Columbia, and the trees started to burn. It was early in the year for a wildfire, but a dry autumn and warm spring had turned the forest into a tinderbox, and the flames spread rapidly. By mid-June, the fire had become one of largest in the province’s history, burning through an area of boreal forest nearly twice the size of central London. That year, more of Canada burned than ever before.The return of cold and snow at the close of the year typically signal the end of the wildfire season. But this time, the fire did not stop. Instead, it smouldered in the soil underground, insulated from the freezing conditions by the snowpack. The next spring, it reemerged as a “zombie fire” that continued to burn until August 2024. By then, more than 600,000 hectares (1.5m acres) had been ...

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1 week ago They wore heels, sequins and little else! The heady nights and glistening bodies of cult queer club PDA

In the pounding heat of a sweaty basement, revellers danced till 6am posing in lavish outfits and flexing their thigh-high boots. Liz Johnson Artur relives how she photographed the anything-goes spirit of this DIY oasisFor more than three decades, Liz Johnson Artur has photographed “the people I’m with” – a characteristically modest expression that belies the radiance, intimacy and unshowy brilliance of her pictures, an extraordinary archive numbering thousands of images that celebrate beauty, resilience, community and resistance. Intimate and alive, her photographs – often shot on the fly, in streets, nightclubs and living rooms – pull you right into the moment, just before it disappears for good.PDA, the photographer’s latest book, celebrates a bygone London underground music scene. PDA was a popular queer club night that ran monthly in a Hackney basement from 2011 to 2021. The abbreviation PDA did not stand for a single phrase, apparently. Rather, the founders playfully suggested...

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2 w. ago Wicked For Good sountrack release date as film makes global debut

Wicked: For Good is here, bringing Elphaba and Glinda's story to a close one year after the first film had cinema-goers in tears.

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2 w. ago 'So brave, so proud': Harry Potter's Jason Isaacs supports screen son Tom Felton as they enjoy a Malfoy reunion at Broadway show

The actor has reprised his role as Draco Malfoy, 15 years after wrapping the film franchise and made his emotional debut at New York's Lyric Theatre last week

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2 w. ago Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink to make West End debut in Romeo and Juliet

The actor will appear opposite British film star Noah Jupe in a production directed by Robert Icke opening in MarchStranger Things’ Sadie Sink is to make her West End debut next year in Romeo and Juliet, opposite British film star Noah Jupe, in a production directed by Olivier award-winner Robert Icke.Sink, who plays Max in the Netflix sci-fi hit, started her career on stage. She was cast in the lead role in the musical Annie when she was 10, and remained in it for 18 months in New York. “I was a Broadway kid, so I’ve always dreamed about doing a show in the West End,” she said. “To get to do that in one of Shakespeares’s most famous plays under Rob’s direction with Noah will be such an exciting challenge. London theatre has this incredible energy, and I can’t wait to be a part of it.” Sink becomes the latest in a line of US stars who have made their West End debuts in recent years, including Sigourney Weaver (The Tempest), Brie Larson (Elektra) and Susan Sarandon (Mary Page Marlowe...

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3 w. ago Majority of doctors do NOT back strike action leaked poll reveals as Wes Streeting claims 'reckless' union 'has lost the plot'

The strike organised by the British Medical Association will now last until 7am on Wednesday. It marks the 13th time since 2023 that the group has taken industrial action.

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3 w. ago British Gas boss claims Labour's Net Zero push could make bills unaffordable

Chris O'Shea, the chief executive of Centrica, which owns the supplier British Gas, urged the Government to strike a balance between green energy and affordable bills.

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3 w. ago Desert raves and apocalyptic doom collide in 'Sirāt,' one of the year's most talked about films

Since its prize-winning debut at the Cannes Film Festival, “Sirāt” has been one the year’s most talked about films

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3 w. ago Doctor shares the 1 reason some may choose not to strike as he urges 'don't judge'

The British Medical Association has called for a five-day strike, but not all doctors are taking part. One doctor has shared that you shouldn't judge those who are not

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3 w. ago British couple detained in Iran begin hunger strike in ‘cry out for help’, says family

Lindsay and Craig Foreman were on a motorcycle tour around the world when they were arrested by Iranian police

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3 w. ago ‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde

Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchersFor one of Victorian literature’s most distinctive voices, who was once hailed as a genius by Oscar Wilde, very little has been known about Amy Levy for more than a century.But audiences will now have the opportunity to become more deeply acquainted with a writer whose pioneering work explored women’s independence, Jewish identity and same-sex desire. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike

Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demandsUK politics live – latest updatesThe British Medical Association is acting like a cartel and its “antics” are endangering the NHS’s future, the health secretary has said before the latest doctors’ strike begins on Friday.Wes Streeting launched his most strongly worded attack yet on the doctors’ union, coming close to accusing resident doctors in England of being greedy in their pay demands. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Celebrity Traitors star Charlotte Church's teenage son makes acting debut in BBC film as he abandons following in his dad's footsteps by playing rugby to 'try something different'

Dexter Henson, who the singer shares with Welsh rugby legend Gavin, was part of the cast of short film Waiting for Burton, which hit screens on Monday night.

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