SHOCKING: 4 - What They Never Told You

TV tonight: Guy Martin makes cocaine, gets kidnapped and meets Pablo Escobar’s nephew in Colombia

Our Guy in Colombia is a thrilling two-parter. Plus, a wonderful new wildlife series. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2023

The Brits with their own Barbies, from JK Rowling to Elton John

Barbie has had many famous incarnations, both men and women

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2023

Spotlight on Reynolds at Kenwood House: celebrating the artist who dominated English cultural life in his age

It’s a splendid chance to see the span of Joshua Reynolds’ work

Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2023

Glenda Jackson: a look at the screen legend’s most celebrated film and TV performances

The late actress had a string of iconic and ground-breaking roles during her stellar decades-long career

Evening Standard · Jun 15, 2023

‘Principled, gifted, committed’: politicians and actors salute Glenda Jackson

Keir Starmer recalls role as Cleopatra in Morecambe and Wise sketch, which actor considered career highlight

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2023

Labour leader Keir Starmer: We won’t see talent like Glenda Jackson again

Famous faces from the world of politics and beyond have remembered the acting and political star.

Evening Standard · Jun 15, 2023

‘The theatricality of that costume is off the scale’: celebrating two centuries of diva fashion

From Victorian opera singers to Debbie Harry, a new exhibition celebrates the historic and iconoclastic fashion of women in charge of their own destinies

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2023

Cleopatra at 60: the expensive epic that almost tanked a studio

The notoriously overpriced biopic, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, carried an infamous legacy but is it any good?

The Guardian - US · Jun 12, 2023

‘Why is Bridgerton’s race twisting acceptable?’ The real problem with the show’s Black fantasy

Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte and its imitators have been praised for bringing diversity to the very white world of historical drama. But could these Black fantasies actually be dangerous?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2023

Never mind Cleopatra – what about the forgotten queens of ancient Nubia?

Jada Pinkett Smith’s new Netflix documentary series on Cleopatra aims to spotlight powerful African queens. “We don’t often get to see or hear stories about Black queens, and that was really important for me, as well as for my daughter, and just for my community to be able to know…

The Conversation · Jun 9, 2023