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Celebrating the first ever ‘Molly Bloomsday’ — What is Ireland’s YES Festival?
13.06.2024
Celebrating the first ever ‘Molly Bloomsday’ — What is Ireland’s YES Festival?
The new, all-female, international arts festival inspired by one of the most famous female characters in Irish Literature, Molly Bloom…
Who is lending their star power to Biden and can celebs determine votes?
13.06.2024
Who is lending their star power to Biden and can celebs determine votes?
When Robert De Niro showed up outside a Manhattan courthouse to decry Donald Trump as his New York hush money…
Who is Tomas Colbengston, winner of art’s most prestigious print award?
12.06.2024
Who is Tomas Colbengston, winner of art’s most prestigious print award?
Tomas Colbengston was presented with the honour by Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway last week in Bodø. It was…
Massive Attack cancels show because of Georgia’s attack on ‘basic human rights’
12.06.2024
Massive Attack cancels show because of Georgia’s attack on ‘basic human rights’
Massive Attack have cancelled one of their upcoming shows in Georgia, in protest of the “government’s attack on basic human…
What is Baillie Gifford and why is its sponsorship of the Edinburgh Fringe controversial?
12.06.2024
What is Baillie Gifford and why is its sponsorship of the Edinburgh Fringe controversial?
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival has just announced that it will stick with its sponsorship deal with Baillie Gifford, after an…
Disgraced investor Martin Shkreli facing lawsuit over world’s rarest album
12.06.2024
Disgraced investor Martin Shkreli facing lawsuit over world’s rarest album
Disgraced American “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli is facing yet another lawsuit, this time for allegedly retaining and sharing recordings from the…
More artists boycotting UK music festivals over Barclays links to Israel
12.06.2024
More artists boycotting UK music festivals over Barclays links to Israel
The UK music festival scene has experienced mass dropouts of late, with artists pulling out of The Great Escape, Latitude and…
French pop icon and singer Françoise Hardy dies aged 80
12.06.2024
French pop icon and singer Françoise Hardy dies aged 80
French singer-songwriter, model and actress Françoise Hardy has died at the age of 80. Her death was announced by her…
Tahiti Surf: Photographer Michel Haddi on capturing Teahupo’o, Kelly Slater and beach girls
12.06.2024
Tahiti Surf: Photographer Michel Haddi on capturing Teahupo’o, Kelly Slater and beach girls
In 2003, Michel Haddi, known for immortalising the likes of David Bowie, Tupac Shakur, Aretha Franklin and Kate Moss with…
Alessandra Mussolini: How the fascist dictator’s descendant became an LGBTQ+ advocate
12.06.2024
Alessandra Mussolini: How the fascist dictator’s descendant became an LGBTQ+ advocate
«Better a fascist than a f*ggot!» It was this rather unsavoury choice of words, uttered on popular Italian talk show…
