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Women almost 150 times more likely to die from maternal sepsis in Africa than Europe – costing thousands of lives

New WaterAid report says investing in and delivering water, sanitation and hygiene across healthcare facilities could prevent 10 million cases of maternal sepsis and 8,580 deaths worldwide every year

The Independent UK

Londoner's Diary: Timothee Chalamet searches high and low for Cynthia Erivo

Plus pimple patches become the new designer must-have, and Jacob Elordi on the shallowness of Hollywood

Evening Standard

‘Melancholy magic’: how Judi Dench and a host of stars came under the spell of the greatest comedy in history

The Twelfth Night Reunion gathers some of the grandest names in British theatre, including Simon Callow and Stephen Fry, to explain why Shakespeare’s play continues to bewitch audiences

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King hugs Second World War veteran, 105, at Windsor remembrance reception

Yavar Abbas moved the King and Queen to tears earlier this year by thanking the royal couple for attending a VJ Day event despite health issues.

Evening Standard

Performative poppy wearing has turned toxic – should we be wearing white poppies instead?

IN FOCUS: As two TV presenters and a politician have already fallen foul of the rabid ‘Where’s your poppy?’ brigade, and actor Mark Rylance has been branded ‘woke’ for donning a symbol of pacifism, Helen Coffey wonders how a simple act of remembrance became so politically charged

The Independent UK

Netflix just got a forgotten crime thriller movie with an Oscar-winning actor — and you’ll never see the twist coming

Netflix just added "The Outfit" to its movie library, and this Mark Rylance crime thriller is an enjoyable little movie with a great twist.

Tom’s Guide

A charming ode to the benefits of friends

A particularly timely, celebratory anthology on the meaning of true friends

Evening Standard

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These Actors Weren’t Pretending, But Actually Having Intercourse While Shooting X-Rated Scenes

From Robert Pattinson’s real “orgasm face” to Aubrey Plaza engaging in some solo-pleasure, these are some movies where the stars didn’t fake the passion.

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Beginner’s Gluck: how the 18th-century composer and a castrato changed opera forever

Over 250 years after Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice presented opera in a new way, an acrobatic staging aims to do the same. Iestyn Davies, whose Orpheus will be amid the tumblers, dancers and acrobats, writes of pushing boundaries – and heart-stopping wonder

The Guardian - UK

Sir Ian McKellen and Sienna Miller among acting stars in Wimbledon Royal Box

Lord of the Rings actor Sir Ian used binoculars to get a better view of the action.

Evening Standard

Sienna Miller and Katherine Jenkins attend day nine of Wimbledon

Sir Mark Rylance was also among the famous faces to attend the ninth day of the championships.

Evening Standard

Elon Musk, Donald Trump Inspired These 'Squid Game' Characters: 'The Ones Running Everything… The Ones In Control'

In the third and final season of “Squid Game,” the masked elite known as the VIPs shed more than just their disguises — they echo the real-life personas of some of the world's most powerful men.

Benzinga

Fresh legal challenge over Brockwell Park festivals as campaigners accuse council of 'silencing residents'

Lambeth Council approved a Certificate of Lawfulness less than 24 hours before Wide Awake opened its gates to revellers

Evening Standard

Music festivals in park ‘have to be cancelled’ after court decision, lawyers say

But industry body says cancelling festivals would be a ‘devastating blow’ that would leave thousands of ticket holders ‘in limbo’

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Bafta viewers left surprised over shock Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light snub: ‘I have no words’

‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light’ was up against ‘Blue Lights’, ‘Supacell’ and ‘Sherwood’ for Best Drama at Sunday night’s event

Evening Standard

Brockwell Park festivals 'welcome scrutiny' amid £31k legal challenge

Festival organisers who run events in Brockwell Park have paid over £300,000 to help look after the green space

The Independent UK

Oscar winner Mark Rylance joins fight to stop music festivals turning London park into ‘prison camp’

Local campaigners argue summer festivals are causing long-term damage to Brockwell Park as they launch legal action against Lambeth Council

The Independent UK

Mark Rylance condemns music festivals for turning London park into ‘prison camp’

The Oscar-winner has backed a petition to stop Brockwell Live ‘destroying’ the south London park and its wildlife.

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Stalking saga Baby Reindeer leads 2025 TV Bafta nominations

Richard Gadd’s semi-autobiographical stalker thriller has eight nominations, with Mr Bates Vs the Post Office and the raunchy bonkbuster Rivals on six apiece

WhatToWatch

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light sequel premieres on PBS tonight

A decade after the first installment, Wolf Hall: The Mirror returns with stars Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis

Salon

In "Wolf Hall" sequel, death is a mirror

Thomas Cromwell dies as he has not lived, reflecting on sins that tarnish his soul

Evening Standard

ITV and BBC could not afford to make Adolescence, Wolf Hall director says

The four-part limited series, made in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, has received backing from the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

The Guardian - UK

BBC and ITV slash big-budget TV spend as US streamers pour money into UK

Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky also among UK broadcasters making cuts as Netflix, Disney and Amazon pile on pressure

Evening Standard

Mark Rylance took significant pay cut to get final Wolf Hall made – director

The BBC drama, based on Dame Hilary Mantel’s final novel in her epic Tudor trilogy, returned last year with Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light.

The Independent UK

Wolf Hall director says Mark Rylance took ‘significant’ pay cut after streamers rejected series

Show was rejected by streamers as director outlined importance of British stories

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