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‘Our industry should be appalled’: Brassic creator laments lack of working class people in TV and film
Danny Brocklehurst’s much loved comedy drama raised the bar – now he is calling for greater representation across the industry
David Barnett
26, Jan, 2025 @12:00 PM

Tarot, tarantulas and TikTok: exploring our long obsession with predicting the future
A new exhibition at Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries examines the enduring appeal of divination
David Barnett
07, Dec, 2024 @4:00 PM

‘We live in a climate of fear’: graphic novelist’s Elon Musk book can’t find UK or US publisher
Darryl Cunningham blames fear of ‘legal consequences’ for reluctance to take on book, now only available in French
David Barnett
23, Nov, 2024 @4:00 PM

Robin Hood, morris dances and UFOs: English folklore survey gets post-Brexit reboot
A fresh look at cultural identity will follow outline of 60-year-old Survey of Language and Folklore, conducted by two academics driving a red Mini
David Barnett
20, Oct, 2024 @9:00 AM

‘I need positive things to come of this’: graphic novelist rocked by brother’s suicide donates profits to charity
Award-winning Zoe Thorogood hopes the money raised can help halt rising numbers of young men taking own lives
David Barnett
12, Oct, 2024 @5:00 PM

‘It’s just crazy’: the retired Cornish builder making thousands from his whale paintings
Steve Camps had no formal training but his compositions, created in left-over emulsion, are making waves in the art world
David Barnett
12, Oct, 2024 @1:00 PM

‘It’s just black sky up there’: 50 years on, the transatlantic flight speed record remains unbroken
Two men flew between New York and London at three times the speed of sound. No other aircraft has since been as fast as the Blackbird SR-71, explains crew member Noel Widdifield
David Barnett
01, Sep, 2024 @3:00 PM

Sharpe creator Bernard Cornwell apologises to fans for no new novel in 2024
Author says in Facebook post that he’s had ‘year from hell’
David Barnett
24, Aug, 2024 @5:00 PM

Bradford races against the clock to finish works in time for city of culture
Just four months away from taking on the prestigious honour, event organisers are facing numerous challenges
David Barnett
18, Aug, 2024 @11:00 AM

‘Good evening Halifax’: how a Georgian cloth hall became one of the UK’s biggest open-air music venues
Noel Gallagher and the Stranglers are among this week’s acts at the Piece Hall, once the centre of the Yorkshire textile industry and now the UK’s go-to live venue
David Barnett
28, Jul, 2024 @8:00 AM

Jo Callaghan wins crime novel of the year with story of an AI detective
In the Blink of an Eye was praised at the Theakston Old Peculier crime writing festival as ‘changing the way we think about policing forever’
David Barnett
19, Jul, 2024 @4:29 PM

‘I cast spells at the audience’: Bat for Lashes on howling, magic and new documentary on witch trials
Natasha Khan joins Suranne Jones to speak out for women persecuted in the infamous trials – and channels their powers on stage
David Barnett
22, Jun, 2024 @12:00 PM
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