As Sunrise Radio marks three decades on air, British Asian stars from Bobby Friction to Nabihah Iqbal open up about roots, racism and rebellion While I was growing up in Hounslow, my grandmother lived with us for 10 years. I remember many things from that time: the rich smell of her cooking; the endless TV she would consume,

In the new Hulu and Netflix documentaries, Billy McFarland said one thing about influencer culture that should alarm us all, writes our columnist Lucy Jones

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Pan’s Labyrinth director joins Neil Gaiman, Cory Doctorow and other readers in crowdfunding rescue of ‘amazing quarter-century institution’ A horror bookshop in California has been saved from closure after a host of high-profile fans including Neil Gaiman, Guillermo del Toro and Cory Doctorow offered their support. Dark Delicacies in Burbank, California, has been running since 1994, but co-owner Del Howison said the business had been put under enormous financial strain over the last few years, thanks to “skyrocket[ing]” rents. The store’s lease was up in May, and he and his wife Sue had “resigned ourselves to the fact that we would be forced to close, just shy of our 25th anniversary. We were heartbroken,” he wrote on

Olivia Colman tipped for Academy Awards glory for role as sickly monarch but how many liberties does director Yorgos Lanthimos take with 18th-century history?

'I hate that early bird. You know, the one who catches the worm. Get back in ya nest ya feathery little mug'

Singer denies allegations contained in an article in the Atlantic magazine that the film-maker knowingly engaged in underage sex Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer has been accused of sexual misconduct by four men after

Novelist Rebecca Kauffman chooses work by authors from Ann Patchett to Zadie Smith resounding with music and musicians Music can reach us, surprise us, and offer a story of its own in the most unexpected places. The ways in which writers employ music vary immensely, from an entire work chronicling the life of a virtuoso to a single song serving as strategic backdrop to a scene. They may use works that already exist, reimagine or recontextualise them, or create them anew. In my novel

One accuser claims the director 'grabbed' his genitals when he was just 13

Blood, hair, Labour votes ... we are the result of plate tectonics and ice ages. This is an inspired story of the human species as shaped by the environment It can be reassuring to reassess life by taking a long view. In this book about “how the Earth made us”,

The series has reportedly been a loss for Fox Broadcasting Company for a few seasons now

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Although you can understand the thinking behind the staging, it was rather like being at a tennis match, head flicking to follow their volleys

The social activist called on global business leaders to join the fight against extreme poverty

Two songs are the strongest contenders for this year's prize

The highlight of awards season has arrived

'If he had a trial and someone proved he had done something, I wouldn't do it'

Michael Jackson and Harvey Weinstein exposés will premiere alongside new films from Keira Knightley and Jake Gyllenhaal Controversial documentaries about Michael Jackson and Harvey Weinstein are set to make waves at this year’s Sundance film festival. Leaving Neverland, a co-production between Channel 4 and HBO, will reportedly feature the stories of two men who claim that the singer sexually abused them as children. The film has already been labelled “an outrageous and pathetic attempt to exploit and cash in on Michael Jackson” by his estate.

Following the route, decades later, of an anti-Thatcher march, a journalist asks what became of the country his father struggled to change It’s not up there with Peterloo, Jarrow or Orgreave, but the People’s March for Jobs in 1981 – when 300 men and women walked from Liverpool to London in protest against Margaret Thatcher’s government – was nonetheless a key moment in working-class history. Mike Carter should have been among the marchers. Though only 17 years old at the time, he’d already left school and experienced unemployment. More to the point, his dad Pete had asked him to come. And his dad – “one of the last of a breed of self-educated, working-class, chest-thumping orators” – was the march’s main organiser. There were good reasons for Carter’s absence and his life over the next three decades was too busy and peripatetic for regret. But after his father’s death, and the discovery among his possessions of a chipped commemorative mug from the march, he decided to make amends. In May 2016, he set out, alone, with a backpack, to walk the same route. The timing was propitious, just a few weeks before the

As the Australian actor appears in a controversial new play at the National Theatre, we count down her most memorable on-screen performances

'If we wreck the natural world, in the end, we wreck ourselves'

The actor said he only regrets the films he didn't turn down

The singer has denied any wrongdoing, calling the claims 'false'

First announcement of 29 acts features one non-white act, and seven women

He was also a writer on 'The Carmichael Show'

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'It's a profound honour to continue my dad's legacy'

A cult Australian author tipped for the Nobel prize explores the ways our minds and memories mediate the world The novelist Gerald Murnane is something of a writer’s writer’s writer. He is celebrated but not much read in his native Australia, or in Britain (the last of his novels to be published here, so far as I can tell, was

The right people are making the film, but can it live up to the series?

Singer spoke during her concert in Chicago where she appeared to defend the R&B singer

Friedo Lampe’s At the Edge of Night was condemned in 1933 for its homoerotic story but has won growing renown for its magical realism A novel banned by the Nazis in the 1930s for its homoerotic content is to appear in English for the first time next month. At the Edge of Night, by Friedo Lampe, was first published in 1933. Set on a September evening on the waterfront of a German city, it is seen today as an early work of magical realism but was seized by the Nazis and pulled from sale. The regime objected to the novel’s inclusion of homoerotic content, and its depiction of an interracial liaison between a black man and a German woman. The book was placed on their list of “damaging and undesirable writings”.

Duo appeared emotional as they accepted the award over a broadcast from the Britain's Got Talent auditions

Brown was taken into custody on Tuesday alongside two other individuals after the alleged rape was reported to French authorities

BBC One drama’s star Richard Madden and EastEnders’ Danny Dyer also among the prize winners in London The BBC thriller Bodyguard has been named best new drama at the National Television awards, and its male lead, Richard Madden, won in the best drama performance category. The awards were presented at a ceremony at the O2 in London on Tuesday evening. Also among those honoured were This Morning, Strictly Come Dancing and Peter Kay’s Car Share.

American R&B artist will not face charges after being held overnight in French capital The American R&B star Chris Brown has been released without charge after being held overnight for questioning over a rape allegation in Paris, the prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. A 25-year-old woman accused Brown, along with his bodyguard and a friend, of assaulting her in the luxury Mandarin Oriental hotel last Tuesday night, a source close to the case said on condition of anonymity.

Film shows impact of Arunachalam Muruganantham's invention in one Indian village

Britons went to the movies 177m times in 2018, lured by local and Hollywood hits The British box office enjoyed its best year since 1970 as a combination of homegrown hits and Hollywood blockbusters kept cinemas packed last year. Britons went to the cinema 177m times in 2018, the

The British ceremony stands out for placing the decision in the hands of the viewing public – but will they get it right? Jacob Stolworthy breaks down what to expect

The actor is saying goodbye to the character he has played for eight years

As Clarisse Loughrey argues, this year's picks have proven to be a mix of bold choices and disappointing old habits

When you and your partner are both standups, jokes are a competitive business. But are there any limits? Sarah Keyworth and Catherine Bohart reveal all “When something funny happens to us,” says standup

Denise Fergus previously called for the film to be removed from the Academy shortlist

The Academy consensus has produced two blue-chip frontrunners, but passed over some exceptional films directed by women in the process

Capcom’s survival horror classic returns with improved visuals, new controls and a whole host of monstrous surprises Let’s get this out of the way: Resident Evil 2 is the best game in Capcom’s long-running survival horror series and possibly the greatest example of the genre ever produced. Released in 1998, two years after the agenda-setting Resident Evil, it introduced the iconic characters Leon Kennedy, Claire Redfield and Ada Wong. It had wonderfully horrible monsters (the tongue-lashing Lickers, the hideously mutated William Birkin, the indomitable Mr X), and it boasted a brilliant set-piece location, the Racoon City police department, housed within a scary old art gallery. Now, 20 years later, Capcom has taken the game by the scruff of its neck, fully updated the visuals and controls, and reshuffled the narrative structure to deliver a contemporary horror experience that plays like our blood-tinted memories of the original. There’s been a zombifying outbreak in Raccoon City and two characters, rookie cop Leon and student Claire, find themselves trapped in the seemingly abandoned police station, trying to work out what has happened while fighting off the greedy and persistent undead. As we encounter reams of mutated scientists and endless documents about synthetic viruses, it becomes clear that local employer Umbrella Corp has been a very naughty pharmaceutical megacorp.

The American singer has yet to comment after a woman accused him of raping her in a hotel room.

American R&B artist in custody with two others after woman files complaint The American singer Chris Brown and two other people have been taken into custody in Paris after a woman filed a rape complaint. Brown was detained on Monday on suspicion of aggravated rape and drug infractions, a French judicial official said. Investigators have two days to decide whether to let him go or file preliminary charges.

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

She deleted her post and apologised for misinterpreting the comment about 'solving racism'

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations on Tuesday

Glam rock blockbuster disliked by reviewers and criticised for handling of Freddie Mercury's sexuality but continues to triumph at box office and pick up award nominations

The Mexican filmmaker makes even the most banal moments seem lyrical in this brilliantly observed piece of filmmaking

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Ten years ago the thought of Dyer fronting a show about the monarchy would have been laughable. Now it might just be the TV highlight of the spring Imagine if Danny Dyer had made Danny Dyer’s Right Royal Family a decade ago. Everyone would have hated it. The thought of 2009-era Dyer – in the midst of a spate of brain-breaking documentaries like Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men, Football Hooligans International and Danny Dyer: I Believe in UFOs – would have been comprehensively depressing. The thought of the squeaky little cartoon wideboy – star of

Consistently, relentlessly hilarious, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone are on top form in this deranged court comedy

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return for the sequel

The rapper, standup and actor – AKA Doc Brown – answered your questions on writing children’s books, the best of British hip-hop, Brexit confusion and rapping with Ricky Gervais

Redeveloped entrance will point towards Soho, despite wishes of a Victorian donor The

It involves a sentient steamed dumpling and a mother with empty nest syndrome

The rapper, standup and actor is here to talk about his role in TV drama Cleaning Up, and answer your questions about his varied career

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return for the sequel

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

The 2019 awards season has officially reached its final stages

Alfonso Cuarón’s 70s-set drama and the Olivia Colman period comedy head list of nominees, with A Star Is Born and Vice each on eight

All the nominations for the 91st Academy Awards, which take place on 24 February at the Dolby theatre in Hollywood Black Panther

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

Ed Perkins’ film about a young black boy’s response to a racist gang after he moves out of London is up for an Academy award

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

The Withnail & I star is among the first nominees to be announced for this year's Academy Awards.

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

Twenty-nine-year-old in custody with two others after woman files complaint The American singer Chris Brown and two other people were held in custody in Paris after a woman filed a rape complaint. Brown was detained on Monday on potential charges of aggravated rape and drug infractions, a French judicial official said. Investigators have two days to decide whether to let him go or file preliminary charges.

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

'The Favourite' and 'A Star is Born' are expected to feature prominently as momentum continues following Golden Globes wins and Bafta nods

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

Recognising canine achievement in cinema

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

Police officials in Paris have detained the US singer Chris Brown following an accusation of rape, AP has confirmed.

Singer will play only European show of 2019 in Hyde Park, while rapper announces a UK arena tour, including six nights at London’s O2 Arena Céline Dion is to play her only European date of 2019 at London’s Hyde Park this summer, with her compatriot Drake also announcing a major UK arena tour. On Friday 5 July, Dion headlines the British Summer Time festival, announced in typically kooky fashion by saying: “I’ve got a big craving for some bangers and mash, and

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

The director has spoken about doing a London-based psychological thriller

Ant: 'If we do win – and I hope people still vote – then Dec deserves it'

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return for the sequel

The announcement follows what has been one of the tightest Oscar races in years

An urban photo essay of the Chinese territory made between October and December 2018

'The Favourite' and 'A Star is Born' are expected to feature prominently as momentum continues following Golden Globes wins and Bafta nods

Actor Frances McDormand paid tribute women in the film industry during her powerful 2018 acceptance speech

The band will perform the tracks as their 'digital selves' for a virtual TV special

She said she had a good faith agreement with the founder of Fyre Fest, who was sentenced to prison last year

No word on host yet but slimmed down format promised for next year's celebration of cinema

Will 'Roma' or 'A Star is Born' come out on top? And what are 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'Green Book''s chances?

Wray tackles questions of gender and faith in this tale of a young American woman who joins the Taliban disguised as a man This isn’t the book

A century after its birth, the great German art school’s influence is still being felt An updated edition of 100 years of Bauhaus is available from

Emin Agalarov helped arrange controversial 2016 Trump Tower meeting