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‘Film is in my blood’: the secret cinema in the back of a London shop

Ümit Mesut started as a ‘rewind boy’ and now runs a tiny movie theatre in the back room of his store, Ümit & Son, in east London. Is this the UK’s most unlikely film haunt?

Simon Usborne

14, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM

Climate carnage: whose job is it to save the planet? – documentary

In a crucial year for the climate, award-winning Guardian environment editor Fiona Harvey reflects on 30 years of Cops and meets the politicians, activists and scientists asking who’s responsible for saving the planet

Pawel Achtelik, Jess Gormley, David Levene, Ekaterina Ochagavia, Laurence Topham, Natalie Hanman and Lindsay Poulton

10, Nov, 2022 @10:00 AM

How to take great photos – tips from an award-winning photographer

Be bold and get close, try wide-angle lenses, and see if you can operate your camera on manual

David Levene

02, May, 2022 @8:00 AM

‘It is soul-destroying’: lorry drivers face hours stuck in queues at Dover

Emergency traffic controls triggered 20 times this year as extra Brexit checks and freight volumes cause logjams

Joanna Partridge, photographs by David Levene

03, Feb, 2022 @5:09 PM

Dunkirk’s camps – in pictures

Guardian photographer David Levene visited northern France after twenty-seven people drowned in the Channel last week as they attempted to make the perilous crossing from France to Britain across busy shipping lanes in a dinghy that deflated in the open sea.

David Levene

01, Dec, 2021 @7:00 AM

‘About as big as it gets’: behind the scenes of Wagner’s The Valkyrie at English National Opera

ENO returns to live performances this season with a bold, ambitious choice: Wagner’s The Valkyrie. At the technical rehearsal we watched it take shape inside the Coliseum

Imogen Tilden, photographs by David Levene

18, Nov, 2021 @9:03 AM

Something wicked this way comes: the Lord Chamberlain’s Men on tour – photo essay

The outdoor theatre company will cover more than 12,000 miles this summer, visiting more than 60 venues. Guardian photographer David Levene joined the Macbeth road trip

Chris Wiegand Photography and interviews by David Levene

22, Jul, 2021 @6:00 AM

The longest swim: solstice wild swimmers around the UK – photo essay

Over 4 million people are involved in open-water swimming in Britain. The Outdoor Swimming Society’s longest swim on the longest day event has more than 500 participants – we joined several groups out for solstice swims around the UK on a damp and grey summer’s day

Joanna Ruck ; Photography by; Jonny Weeks, Katherine Rose, Antonio Olmos, Jim Wileman, Christopher Thomond, David Levene, Teri Pengilley

22, Jun, 2021 @12:46 PM

Behind the scenes at Glastonbury’s Live at Worthy Farm – photo essay

We joined Wolf Alice, Michael Kiwanuka, Haim, Jorja Smith, the Mutoid Waste Company and others as they made the film that replaces the Glastonbury festival this year

David Levene (photography), essay by Laura Snapes

22, May, 2021 @10:00 AM

No visitors but teeming with life: what’s going on inside the Natural History Museum?

While its doors have been closed to the public, scientists have been busy digitising its vast archive – from 100-year-old insects to rare minerals

Phoebe Weston, pictures by David Levene

13, May, 2021 @5:00 AM

Inside Oxford’s coronavirus vaccine development

From a small discovery to producing at scale, photojournalist David Levene documents the groundbreaking work of the scientists of Oxford University during the development of a vaccine which is now poised for approval by medicines regulators

Ian Sample; photography David Levene

21, Dec, 2020 @7:00 AM