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Image copyright Howard Sooley Image caption Derek Jarman’s garden continues to inspire visitors, more than 25 years after his death A cottage owned by filmmaker and artist Derek Jarman will be bought by an art charity after a fundraising campaign. Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, Kent, had been at risk of being sold privately until campaigners […]

Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday suggested stay-at-home measures to protect people against the coronavirus pandemic were destroying the economy “under the guise” of saving lives. He also gave air to a conspiracy theory that Democrats and communists were plotting the downfall of capitalism.  “Are we just going to sit by and watch $22 trillion — that’s the value,

Image copyright Getty Images The Edinburgh Fringe and four other major cultural festivals in the city have been cancelled this year due to concerns around the Covid-19 pandemic. Edinburgh International Festival and the Fringe, the world’s biggest arts festival, will not take place for the first time in more than 70 years. The Military Tattoo,

Given the state of the world at the moment, many people aren’t exactly in the mood for April Fools’ Day jokes this year.  But just in case anyone feels like attempting one, Jimmy Kimmel has a few ideas.  “This one is very ripe because everyone is so on edge and we have nothing but time,” he

Image copyright Rosalind Hobley/PA Media Image caption Andrew Jack died in hospital after contracting coronavirus An actor and dialect coach who appeared in Star Wars and worked with A-list celebrities has died after contracting Covid-19, his agent has said. Andrew Jack, 76, died in a Surrey hospital on Tuesday. Agent Jill McCullough said she had

Jennifer Nettles is looking to an eternal optimist ― Little Orphan Annie ― to deliver a “hopeful message” during the coronavirus pandemic. The country artist, who is one-half of the Grammy-winning duo Sugarland, unveiled her emotional version of “Tomorrow” from the musical “Annie” on social media last week. Produced by “Hamilton” orchestrator Alex Lacamoire, the song’s never-give-up message “feels

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption “The only creative thing I’ve done in the last two and a half weeks is rewrite the lyrics.” When Matt Lucas updated a 20-year-old comedy song with lyrics giving advice about avoiding coronavirus, he expected about 500 people to watch it. “That’s probably as many people as would normally

Larry David has a message for all the “idiots” out there: Stay inside.  The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star on Tuesday joined the parade of celebrities recording PSAs urging people to keep in to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. “I basically want to address the idiots out there, and you know who you are,”

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption David Hockney: “The source of art is love.” David Hockney is in lockdown at his house in Normandy with his dog Ruby and two of his long-standing assistants, JP and Jonathan. He is in the garden most days, drawing the spring awakening on his iPad. In a BBC exclusive,

Trevor Noah has found a couple of copy cats. On his latest episode of “The Daily Social Distancing Show,” Noah meticulously laid out the case for why President Donald Trump is exactly like imprisoned former zoo owner Joe Exotic from Netflix’s “Tiger King,” and it just makes sense. “Joe Exotic is not only one of the