11 h. ago Scottish postmaster wrongly convicted in Post Office Horizon scandal to speak at book festival

The Boswell Book Festival is the only festival dedicated to biography and memoirt

Culture

11 h. ago Top actors and authors on bill for Boswell Book Festival's return to Ayrshire

More names have been announced for this year's Boswell Book Festival ahead of ticket sales going live on Thursday.

Culture

24 h. ago Canadian actor detained at US border in ‘inhumane conditions’ for nearly two weeks

Entrepreneur and actor Jasmine Mooney, who had a role in an American Pie sequel, says she was arrested at southern border and held in detention over an incomplete work visaA Canadian entrepreneur and actor in the American Pie movie franchise said she was detained for almost two weeks in “inhumane” conditions by US border authorities over an incomplete visa.Jasmine Mooney, an actor who is also co-founder of the beverage brand Holy! Water, was detained on 3 March in San Diego, California. Continue reading...

Politics

24 h. ago Hay Festival announces return of expert panel series The News Review for 2025

‘The Independent’ will host a selection of experts to dissect the day’s breaking news

Culture

61 h. ago C2C Festival Slates Return to London, Glasgow and Belfast for March 2026

C2C Festival Slates Return to London, Glasgow and Belfast for March 2026  Holler

Politics

66 h. ago The best and most colourful pictures from spectacular Holi celebrations

The 'Festival of Colours' makes an epic return to Cardiff

Politics

68 h. ago Oasis 'could break records' following rumours of return to major festival

The Gallagher brothers could return to a legendary festival which played host to one of their most famous gigs, fans have speculated ahead of Oasis' much-anticipated 2025 tour

Politics

2 d. ago Oasis 'could return to legendary festival next year' as Gallagher brothers aim to smash record

Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher could be gearing up to smash a record attendance level with a rumoured appearance at a festival in 2026, an insider has claimed

Politics

5 d. ago Magical street food festivals return to Welsh woodlands, coasts and castles this spring

The 2025 season is set to be its biggest yet

Politics

5 d. ago Dance Reflections at Sadler’s Wells review: from the classy to the cutting

The return of the Dance Reflections festival is a mixed bag, as it should be

Politics

8 d. ago Sky Bet Cheltenham Festival offer: Bet £10 on Champion Hurdle and get £60 free bets

Sky Bet is offering new customers the chance to get £60 in free bets this Cheltenham Festival, when Constitution Hill will return to compete in the Champions Hurdle

Economics

1 week ago Another Simple Favor review – supremely silly sequel serves more absurd twists

SXSW film festival: Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively return in Amazon’s ridiculous yet glossily enjoyable follow-up to 2018’s fan favoriteOn paper, there are plenty of reasons to make a follow-up to A Simple Favor, Paul Feig’s 2018 comic mystery film starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively as two delusive, scheming suburban moms. Though it gestured at being a serious thriller – a sort of Gone Girl for cable channel – the film, based on the 2017 novel by Darcey Bell, ultimately devolved into ridiculousness, untethered from logic yet with plenty of road for more twists. Lively’s Emily Nelson, an archly manipulative psychopath straight out of a Justin Baldoni lawsuit, remains her best work since Gossip Girl. And most pertinent to Amazon MGM studios, the film found post-theatrical success on streaming, becoming a modern camp classic during the pandemic.But Feig, by his own admission at the SXSW film festival on Friday evening, is wary of sequels, and for good reason – rarely does lightnin...

Politics

1 week ago Full timeline of Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa’s deaths

Authorities have revealed that the actor died of heart disease a full week after his wife died of hantavirus in their New Mexico home

Events

1 week ago A timeline of how actor Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa died at their New Mexico home

Authorities have revealed that actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease, and his wife died of hantavirus

Events

2 w. ago Gene Hackman’s dog incorrectly identified as other mysteries surround death

One discrepancy in the death of the actor and his wife has been resolved after authorities mistakenly identified the dog

Events

2 w. ago One mystery solved in death of Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog

One discrepancy in the death of the actor and his wife Betsy Arakawa has been resolved after authorities mistakenly identified the deceased dog as a German shepherd

Events

2 w. ago John Suchet and Pam Ayres to feature at 2025 Boswell Book Festival

Journalist John Suchet and national treasure Pam Ayres are set to feature at the Boswell Book Festival which takes place at Dumfries House from May 9 to 11.

Culture

2 w. ago Mystery deepens as Gene Hackman and his wife's autopsies are completed and doubts grow over smiling daughter's carbon monoxide theory

Authorities investigating the mysterious death of legendary actor Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog have concluded autopsies on both victims.

Politics

2 w. ago Mystery deepens as Gene Hackman and his wife's autopsies are completed

Authorities investigating the mysterious death of legendary actor Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog have concluded autopsies on both victims.

Politics

2 w. ago Mystery deepens as Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's autopsies are completed after daughter shared chilling theory

Authorities investigating the mysterious death of legendary actor Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog have concluded autopsies on both victims.

Politics