Image caption Hugh Grant starred in A Very English Scandal, which won three awards A Very English Scandal was the big winner at the Bafta TV Craft Awards on Sunday night, scooping three prizes. The BBC drama was recognised for best costume design, best editing (fiction) and best director (fiction) for Stephen Frears. The series, […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A fraudster posed as the actor Jason Statham to cheat a woman out of hundreds of thousands of pounds A fraudster posing as Hollywood actor Jason Statham cheated a British woman out of hundreds of thousands using an online scam, the BBC has learned. It comes as police warn
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The mirrored ceiling of the Shah Cheragh mausoleum, was Monir Farmanfarmaian’s biggest inspiration Monir Farmanfarmaian looked up at the mosaic of mirrors that covered the mausoleum’s walls and ceiling. It was the moment that reshaped her artistic career. “The very space seemed on fire, the lamps blazing in hundreds
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Tales Soares was taken to a hospital but could not be revived A 26-year-old male model has died after collapsing on the catwalk at São Paulo Fashion Week. Tales Soares was taking part in a show for the brand Ocksa when he fell. He was taken to a hospital
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Image copyright AFP Avengers: Endgame has made box office history by taking a record-breaking $1.2bn (£929m) in global ticket sales in its opening run. The Disney blockbuster has become the fastest film ever to break the $1bn barrier, doing so in just five days. Endgame is the 22nd offering in the Marvel Studios superhero franchise.
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Theatre audiences are usually asked to observe a certain level of etiquette – certainly no loud crying or burping. Well the Vaudeville theatre in London played host to a special showing of Emilia – where all the rules were thrown out. It is a pilot project they hope will roll out to other theatres in
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Image copyright Caitlin Mogridge / Download 2017 Image caption There will be a “mindfulness haven” in The Doghouse at Download 2019, including meditation and sound baths A heavy metal festival is to introduce yoga and meditation spaces this year. Download’s organisers are set to offer a “mindfulness” programme alongside the usual rock riffs, solos and
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDan Smith trains for the London Marathon in Zambia On Friday, Bastille revealed the title track of their third album: A foreboding, state-of-the-world pop sermon called Doom Days. “We wanted this song to be really direct in addressing our modern anxieties,” says frontman Dan Smith. “Phone addition,
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Image caption The presenter said he was “not here to make friends” but to “make a difference” TV naturalist Chris Packham has condemned the hanging of dead crows outside his home in the New Forest as “ghastly”. It comes as the licensed shooting of crows has been halted after a challenge by his Wild Justice
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Image copyright National Museum Wales/Marc Atkins Image caption Gwalia Stores, which stood in Ogmore Vale , is now on show at St Fagans as it would have looked like in the late 1920s St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff has been shortlisted for a £100,000 prize. It is among five museums nominated for
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