[ad_1] Vinnie O'Dowd, BBC reporter, Helen Bushby, Culture reporter & Lucy Manning, special correspondentWatch: No regrets over airport arrest tweet, says LinehanFather Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has told BBC News he stands by his posts on X which led to his arrest last week, over his views on challenging "a trans-identified male" in "a female-only space"."I don't regret anything I've tweeted - sometimes I've tweeted a bit more out of
[ad_1] Food critic Grace Dent and chef Anna Haugh are the new hosts of MasterChef, after Gregg Wallace and John Torode were sacked.Dent has appeared regularly as a guest on MasterChef, while Haugh has been a judge on the spin-off Professionals series.Wallace and Torode had hosted the show for 20 years, but were axed in July after a report upheld claims against them.The BBC decided to broadcast this year's amateurs
[ad_1] Paul GlynnCulture reporterGetty ImagesIan McEwan won the Booker Prize in 1998 with Amsterdam while another of his works, Atonement, was turned into an Oscar-winning filmIan McEwan has shared his hopes for how humankind "will scrape through" amid ongoing climate change fears.The British author was speaking ahead of the release of his new book, What We Can Know, which is set a hundred years into the future in a UK
[ad_1] Louis Tomlinson and Lewis Capaldi have been revealed as two of the big names joining Radio 1's Live Lounge month.Reneé Rapp, Demi Lovato and Robbie Williams are also on the line-up for the specials, which air on the station every year.Each Live Lounge guest traditionally performs one of their own songs, plus a cover of a track by a different artist. This year Lewis, who recently returned from a
[ad_1] A portrait believed to be William Shakespeare's possible lover has been discovered in a private collection.Warwick art historian Elizabeth Goldring uncovered the lost portrait of Shakespeare's patron Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, after more than 400 years.The painting has now been confirmed as by Nicholas Hilliard (c.1547-1619), who was said to be Queen Elizabeth I's favourite portraitist.Stratford-upon-Avon born playwright Shakespeare dedicated Venus and Adonis and The Rape of
[ad_1] Billy Porter has pulled out of Broadway musical Cabaret because of "a serious case of sepsis", according to the show's producers.Doctors are confident that the US actor, who has been playing the Emcee in the show since July, will make "a full recovery", a statement said.Porter, 55, has previously won a Tony Award on Broadway for Kinky Boots and an Emmy for TV drama Pose.As well as Porter's withdrawal,
[ad_1] Paul GlynnCulture reporterWatch: Glitz, glamour and emotional speeches at VMAs 2025Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter were among the big winners at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) which largely celebrated female artists at New York's UBS Arena on Sunday evening.Gaga collected four awards on the night including artist of the year, fending off competition from Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar who were all absent
[ad_1] The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) have taken place in New York, with high profile figures in the music industry taking to the red carpet.Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter and Lady Gaga all went home with awards. Grande won video of the year for Brighter Days Ahead, while Carpenter took home the awards for best pop artist, best album and best visual effects, saying she is grateful to make music
[ad_1] Ian YoungsCulture reporterGetty ImagesRick Davies, pictured in 2010, shared Supertramp vocals and songwriting with bandmate Roger HodgsonSupertramp founder Rick Davies, who wrote and sang some of the rock band's best-known hits, has died at the age of 81.The English vocalist and keyboardist died on Saturday, a decade after being diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, the band said."As co-writer, along with partner Roger Hodgson, he was
[ad_1] Dennis MorrisDennis Morris took this photo, called Babylon by van, during Bob Marley's first tour of EnglandOn a chilly morning in 1973, a 14-year-old Dennis Morris made a decision that would change his life forever."Bob Marley was coming over to do his first tour of England and I decided I wanted to photograph him, so I bunked off school to go to the club where he was doing the
