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Simon Schama: ‘Britain is a much more tolerant place now. I’m Mr Sunshine on this’
Simon Schama, 79, is a writer, television presenter and professor of history and art history at Columbia University in New York. His bestselling, prize-winning books include
The Embarrassment of Riches
, about the Dutch Golden Age, andCitizens
, a study of the French Revolution. His television series for the BBC …On my radar: Siobhan Finneran’s cultural highlights
Born in Manchester in 1966, actor Siobhan Finneran’s first major role was as Rita in the 1987 film
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
. Her extensive TV work includesHappy Valley
,Alma’s Not Normal
andDownton Abbey
, for which the cast won the 2012 Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding …‘This place instilled constant fear in us’: the man who lived next door to the brutal Homs security unit for 50 years
The three floors and subterranean prison of the Homs security directorate have loomed over 65-year-old Taha Tadmori’s daily life since he was a teenager. His family often shut their window blinds and doors in an attempt to block out the constant sound of screams and cries of pain from the …
From Maria to Franz Ferdinand: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment in the UK
Going out: Cinema
Maria
Out now
Directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Steven Knight, the same writer-director team behind the Diana, Princess of Wales biopic Spencer, this look at the life of opera singer Maria Callas stars Angelina Jolie and focuses on the period during which the star lived out …
‘Imagine if Messi coached Ronaldo’: how Murray 2.0 will need to adapt to flourish with Djokovic
At the height of the Covid-19 lockdowns almost five years ago, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray logged on to Instagram Live for a casual conversation from their homes. As some of their viewers began to send through questions, they were asked to list the first three things they do when …
The Guide #173: Why Netflix and Spotify don’t seem to care if we are paying attention
Seth Meyers on Trump’s response to LA wildfires: ‘How does this guy find a way to make everything on earth about himself?’
Late-show hosts talk about the courageous responses to the
inLos Angeles
,Donald Trump
’s blame-spreading and a tense presidential reunion atJimmy Carter’s funeral
.Seth Meyers
addressed the deadly LA wildfires, which have killed …New vision for Melbourne Park as Australian Open pushes precinct to its limits
More than a million fans are set to attend the Australian Open over the next two weeks to experience the sights, sounds and flavours of Melbourne Park. But they soon might not recognise the precinct as work starts on a new vision that will transform Victoria’s historic sporting hub.
Melbourne …
‘My best friend and I married each other as kids on holiday at the beach. It would be the closest she would come to a real wedding’
It had always been Harriet’s dream to get married more than mine. I’ll never forget us as little girls on summer holidays, stretched out on twin beds, poring over her magazine cutouts of white wedding dresses, multi-tiered cakes and overflowing bouquets.
We would muse what our husbands’ names would be …
Crime, comedy and The Count of Monte-Cristo: French flock to cinemas … to watch homegrown films
The most-watched films in French cinemas last year were a feelgood comedy featuring a cast of non-professional, disabled actors and a swashbuckling three-hour costume drama based on a 1,500-page novel first published in 1844.
Both were made in France, where, according to 2024’s box office figures from the national film …