Poster campaign tells women they no longer need to ‘keep calm and carry on’The common symptoms that herald the menopause are regularly dismissed with a joke. A little discomfort? A slight embarrassment? On Monday, a new poster campaign and online chari…
Blood, gore and a healthy dose of catharsis: why horror can be good for us
A grisly feast of scary British films is heading our way. Why now? Once seen as ‘video nasties’, many believe they have a positive role to play in a pandemicThe terror begins in the London of 1985 when Enid Baines, a film censor, spots an eerie reflect…
Sea, sand and subversive art: can Bournemouth be reborn as a culture hub?
As the vast Giant gallery opens in a former department store, the English seaside town hopes to rival Margate, Hastings …and even Santa MonicaWant culture that sails close to the wind? Well, Bournemouth might not have been the obvious place to head for…
Political journals ring the changes in a battle of ideas – and a fight for readers
Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger’s arrival at Prospect is part of a trend that is raising the stakes of debate in BritainThe battle between Britain’s political magazines has intensified this summer as editorial changes at leading names on the new…
Hay festival in disarray as director quits after bullying claim upheld
Exit of Peter Florence adds to list of woes that include two years of Covid cancellations and a sex assault claim against a Gulf royalThe future of the Hay Festival of Literature and Arts, one of Britain’s oldest and most esteemed annual cultural landm…
Lily Allen: from chart-topping handbag kid to the heart of London’s West End
The singer is back in front of a live audience this week, playing ‘a woman with a real point of view’ in a spooky new play, 2:22 – A Ghost StoryThere, in the background, wearing drop pearl earrings, is 13-year-old Lily Allen dressed up as a little lady…