Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

EXPLAINED: Derek jarman | Rare Historical Photos

Queer Edward II review – funny, touching time capsule of Derek Jarman at work

Venice film festival: Filmed during the making of his queer royal feature, while the director was living with HIV, the candid footage includes uproarious scenes at a Cliff Richard rehearsal

The Guardian - UK

Swap Barcelona for Bath, and Lisbon for London – the six best places in the UK for a solo staycation

Our solo travel expert Lydia Swinscoe has your guide to the most exciting destinations to travel to alone

The Independent UK

The 11 coastal gardens you need to visit this summer

Enjoy the sea air and admire the scenery on garden outings during the holiday season

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

“You could do a medley of It’s a Sin with The Final Countdown by Europe; in fact, I don’t know why we haven’t done that”: How the Pet Shop Boys took on the church with their most iconic, most “heavy metal” song

Hi-NRG meets Catholic orthodoxy - we analyse the Pet Shop Boys' masterwork

MusicRadar

TV tonight: inside the life of one of cinema’s most enigmatic stars

Documentary traces the career of the shape-shifting Tilda Swinton. Plus: a grimly absorbing day on the crime frontline. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

From Sesame Street to Levi's, these are the best Pride ads of 2026

We take a look at this year's loudest and proudest campaigns.

Creative Bloq

Near death experiences, ‘crip memes’ and the tyranny of the DWP: the new exhibition powered by illness and disability

Bunting from hospital sheets, drawings on letters from the DWP, an installation made of damp: a new exhibition celebrates art that takes the challenges the artists have faced and turns them into drivers of creativity

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

'Ongoing': Tilda Swinton's intimate revelations on her art and close collaborations

Actress Tilda Swinton's displays her art, recollections, personal items and more in a revealing exhibition at the Onassis Ready in Athens which is closely linked to eight key figures in her life from the world's of film and fashion.

Euronews

Tilda Swinton's former home listed for sale for £650,000 in Chelsea

Swinton lived in the King’s Road flat for 15 years, from 1983 to 1998

Evening Standard

Queer cinema: 10 landmark LGBTQ+ films to stream now

From Derek Jarman’s Sebastiane to Céline Sciamma’s instantly iconic Portrait of a Lady on Fire, here are 10 of the films that have defined the history of queer cinema

The Guardian - UK

Move over Brighton, this northern city is ready to snatch England’s queer crown

London may have the largest LGBT+ community and Brighton tends to get more attention, but in Manchester Rory Buccheri discovers a history that goes back beyond the clubs of Canal Street and a passion for an inclusive future

The Independent UK

Irish Museum of Modern Art rejects censorship claims after Derek Jarman film cancellation

IMMA says it plans to reinstate screenings of The Angelic Conversation, following a complaint against the showing of a gay kiss on the museum’s outdoor screen

The Guardian - UK

‘The hot tar splashed everywhere’: remembering the dark magic of Derek Jarman

In 1989, the artist was living on the Kentish coast when he created a series of mysterious paintings with a bonfire and tar. A new exhibition brings these so-called Black Paintings to life – and shows why they still resonate today

The Guardian - UK

From the Algerian mountains to a clogged east London road: ‘Exceptional’ Jarman award nominees announced

Letters to a chestnut tree, daredevil motorcyclists, Italian bloodletting rituals … just some of the subjects covered by the experimental filmmakers on the shortlist for this year’s prestigious Film London Jarman award

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

A magical mystery tour of Liverpool, bug-eyed cuteness and the world of vineyards – the week in art

Roll up to the latest Biennial in the city of the Liver birds, trip the light fantastic with Liliane Lijn and wonder at a massive ox

The Guardian - UK

‘Sometimes he cast spells over them’: the raging beauty of Derek Jarman’s black paintings

From his unfinished film about a murdered director to a stunning series of doomy oil paintings, Derek Jarman’s work could be angry, dark and disturbing – not to mention highly relevant in these bleak times

The Guardian - UK

Butt-naked Milton and a spot of fellatio: why William Blake became a queer icon

How did an ancient poet and painter who died in obscurity come to obsess everyone from Oscar Wilde to David Hockney, Robert Mapplethorpe, Derek Jarman and David Bowie? The writer of a new book explains his glorious allure

Evening Standard

Comment: Dear filmmakers, stop waiting for permission (a polite British reminder)

Ben Charles Edwards, co-founder of DREAMTOWN and Cine International Film Festival, delivers a call to arms for British indie cinema

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Derek Jarman: Modern Nature review – a starry and tempestuous tribute

Jessie Buckley, Olly Alexander and Will Young read from the artist and film-maker’s diaries, capturing a life of defiance, joy and vitality

The Guardian - UK

Penis-inscribed tables and parking meter chairs: the lost queer genius of House of Beauty and Culture

Boy George bought their provocative furniture; fashion giant Martin Margiela embraced deconstruction after visiting their loose change-strewn shop. So why is the groundbreaking 80s design collective so little known?

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a radical act to garden’: different queer generations find common ground in nature drama

Coral Wylie’s play Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew follows a teenager discovering themselves through horticulture and memories of an old family friend, played by Omari Douglas

The Guardian - UK

‘He was unforgettable’: the mesmerising star of cult documentary Andy the Furniture Maker

He used to fish for oysters but he fled to the hedonism of London, where he was taken under the wing of Derek Jarman. But Andy Marshall was also a creator of dazzling furniture – and the star of a pioneering film about gay life

Evening Standard

Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell becomes CBE

The British costume designer was previously made an OBE for her prolific work in film.

The Guardian - UK

Let it show: find an event for every day until Christmas with our culture advent calendar

From The Nutcracker in Glasgow and the Human League in Cardiff to Messiaen in Manchester and Maggie Mistletoe in Farnham, our critics pick the best cultural events in the run-up to Christmas

The Conversation

Why the Dungeness landscape is so inspirational for writers and artists

Writers and artists are often inspired by the landscapes they encounter or inhabit, and one of the most distinctive is Dungeness in Kent, on England’s south coast. This headland is punctuated by converted lookout towers, fishermen’s cottages, tanneries and wood-panelled artists’ studios, turquoise crab nets and rusted anchors.

1 2 3

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.