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If we told our forebears that we could soar in the sky nearly seven miles above the ground, they would stare at us agog. But now air travel is one big grumble: it’s degrading, everyone is ill-mannered and you used to get free peanuts in this country, but now the peanuts are not free. Air … Read more
Guardian photographer David Levene was at the Royal Albert Hall to snap Cate Blanchett, John Lithgow, Lesley Manville, Naomi Campbell and many more David Levene Main image: Tom Burke and Cate Blanchett wait in the wings before presenting an award. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian Mon 7 Apr 2025 14.42 BST
The play Giant, which portrays children’s author Roald Dahl amid an outcry about his antisemitism, has triumphed at the Olivier awards on a star-studded night at the Royal Albert Hall in London. US star John Lithgow took home the best actor prize for his performance as Dahl, Elliot Levey won best supporting actor (for playing … Read more
He has papered our walls and carpeted our floors, enlivened our curtains, coats and cups, and even infiltrated Britain’s nuclear submarine fleet. Almost 130 years after his death, the Victorian arts and crafts designer William Morris has blanketed the world with his unmistakable brand of busy floral patterns, wrapping our lives with tasteful swathes of … Read more
Bill Murray has said he feels he was “barbecued” by a sexual misconduct allegation on the set of a 2022 comedy, which led to the film being cancelled and his reaching a financial settlement with the woman who accused him of straddling her and kissing her. “It wasn’t like I touched her,” said Murray to … Read more
One in four Britons say they have fallen victim to a ticket scam involving an in-demand event and lost £82 each on average, according to research issued ahead of the official Glastonbury festival ticket resale. High demand and low availability, fuelled by “fomo” (fear of missing out), were creating a “perfect storm” for scammers, said … Read more
The first single I boughtShe Loves You by the Beatles, for 25 cents at a garage sale in Glendale Heights, Illinois, even though I didn’t know who the Beatles were. I just liked how they looked on the cover, their faces half in shadow. The song that makes me cryI’ve been lucky enough to play Wish … Read more
For me, memorable and/or uplifting film experiences tend to be around individual moments – the resurrection scene in The Matrix for example, or Dizzy’s “I got to have you” in Starship Troopers. (Do either really hold a candle to Mel Brooks’s A Little Piece of Poland number in the To Be Or Not to Be … Read more
For many librarians, the stakes of the job are high – they’re facing burnout, book bans, legislation pushed by rightwing groups, and providing essential resources in an effort to fill gaps in the US’s social safety net. Now, as Donald Trump’s administration rolls out their agenda, many librarians are describing his policies as “catastrophic” to … Read more
In September last year, it was announced that Ewan McGregor, the 54-year-old Scottish actor, had been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The news item happened to pop up on the feed of Michael Grandage, the theatre director who worked with McGregor in the mid-2000s on two productions, Guys and Dolls … Read more