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Image copyright Big Hit Entertainment Image caption The band played a 24-song set that lasted more than two hours BTS have made history by becoming the first South Korean group to headline Wembley Stadium. The boy band blasted through 24 songs on Saturday, assisted by quirky props, glitter cannons, jet sprays… and 60,000 fans screaming […]

Image copyright EDMUND BLOK Image caption In 2017 Lubaina Himid won the £25,000 Turner Prize – a first for black female artists Turner Prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid says she was told “black people don’t make art” before her career success. Himid won the Turner Prize in 2017 for work addressing racial politics and the legacy

Claudette Johnson is one of the most prominent black artists in Britain. A new exhibition at Modern Art Oxford reflects on her body of work dedicated to the representation of black bodies, particularly black women. Johnson is a huge inspiration for emerging painter Joy Labinjo. Watch what happens when the two get the chance to

Image copyright Handout Image caption Luther made Idris Elba (above, left) a household name while Shin Ha-kyun, who plays Woo Tae-suk in Less Than Evil, is a big name in South Korea While British TV audiences are more used to seeing Idris Elba prowl east London as DCI John Luther, a recently-announced remake of the

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Robyn is one of the performers who helped Primavera Sound achieve a 50/50 gender balance British festivals last year pledged to achieve a 50/50 gender balance in their line-ups by 2022. But Primavera Sound in Barcelona, one of Europe’s biggest festivals, has already achieved it in 2019 – becoming

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sir Elton has previously criticised Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “ridiculous” attitude to gay rights. Sir Elton John has criticised a Russian film company’s decision to cut gay sex scenes from his new biopic Rocketman. The local film distributor told state news agency Tass it cut scenes from the film

Image copyright GENARO MOLINA/Getty images Image caption Ashton Kutcher testifies in an LA courtroom during the trial of an alleged serial killer US actor Ashton Kutcher testified in an LA courtroom that he called on a young woman’s home for a date in 2001, not realising she lay dead inside. When the woman, Ashley Ellerin,

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Hannah Gadsby, Josh Thomas and Tim Minchin have won fans internationally The comedy Australia exports to the global stage is evolving. And, as Gary Nunn reports from Sydney, experts say it’s moving Australia away from past stereotypes and into thoroughly modern, woke humour. The nation’s comedy has long punched

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption“I was petrified” – Det Sgt Nick Bailey on being poisoned by Novichok The parents of a police officer poisoned in the Salisbury Novichok attack have criticised plans to film a TV drama about it. The BBC has commissioned a two-part series inspired by the 2018 poisonings.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Masked Singer was a ratings smash in America earlier this year Imagine a TV talent show where a bee, a peacock and a unicorn take the stage and belt out pop tunes like Radiohead’s Creep and Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now. Under the masks are stars like Ryan