[ad_1] Forty arts organisations in Wales have received £8m in funding in a move aimed at protecting venues amid financial challenges faced by the sector.The Capital Investment Fund, issued by the Arts Council of Wales and the Welsh government, received 68 applications.Those receiving the funding include the Blackwood Miners' Institute, the Grand Pavilion in Porthcawl and Cardiff's Wales Millennium Centre. "It is clear there is a need to maintain and
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[ad_1] Paul GlynnCulture reporterChannel 4Meet the Gordon family: Sarah, Chee and AndreGogglebox will welcome a raft of new faces when it returns with an expanded cast of couch-based TV critics on Friday.The five new sets of cast members include friends from Glasgow, a family from Surrey, and a couple from the Cotswolds. They'll be joined by sisters from Edinburgh and a mother and daughter-in-law duo from Yorkshire.But one pair of
[ad_1] Mark SavageMusic correspondentMirrorpix via Getty ImagesDavid Bowie's secret final project was a musical set in 18th Century LondonNotes, found locked in his study, reveal plans for a show called The SpectatorHe was inspired by the contrast between the era's vibrant society and notorious crimeFans can view the original notes when the Bowie Centre opens at London's V&A East on 13 SeptemberWhen David Bowie died in 2016, his parting gift
[ad_1] Soutik BiswasIndia correspondentAFP via Getty ImagesRoy's debut The God of Small Things won the 1997 Booker and made her a celebrity at 36"Someone once asked me what my mother's greatest legacy to me was," Arundhati Roy said at a private gathering in the Indian capital, Delhi, recently. "I said an overactive middle finger."That crack - sharp, irreverent, wickedly funny - is the perfect way into the Booker Prize-winning author
[ad_1] Annabel RackhamCulture reporterWarner BrosMargot Robbie plays Catherine Earnshaw and Jacob Elordi plays HeathcliffThe first trailer for Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights is full of longing stares, sexual tension and even some bread kneading.Fennell, whose film Promising Young Woman won her an Oscar for best original screenplay in 2021, also directed the 2023 thriller Saltburn, which went viral with scenes involving bathtubs and graveyards.She has now turned her attention to adapting
[ad_1] During the span of his career, the Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani developed a cult following with big names including Beyoncé and Liam Neeson. Back in 2007, Beyoncé described how she felt "fabulous" at 16 wearing her first Armani. "It's a girl's dream ," she said at the time. Model Naomi Campbell had praised the designer's take on fashion. "He does what he wants, he doesn't follow trends," she
[ad_1] Paul GlynnCulture reporterWatch: Gaza film receives 24-minute standing ovationGaza film The Voice of Hind Rajab has received a 23-minute standing ovation after its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, thought to be a record.Director Kaouther Ben Hania's re-enactment tells the story of six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed along with her cousins, aunt, uncle and two paramedics who had come to their aid after their car was fired
[ad_1] Annabel RackhamCulture reporter Getty ImagesArmani reimagined and modernised women's and men's suits The Italian fashion designer and billionaire brand owner Giorgio Armani has died at the age of 91.He was the archetype of Italian style and elegance, reimagining men's and women's suits for a modern audience.His company Armani expanded from fashion into an empire spanning beauty, fragrance, music, sport and even luxury hotels, bringing in more than £2bn a
[ad_1] 'He doesn't follow trends': Celebrities on Armani over the yearsGiorgio Armani, who has died at the age of 91, was the first designer since Coco Chanel to bring about a lasting change in the way people dress.Born in a pre-war era of rigid traditions and styles, his creations followed - and helped make possible - increasing social fluidity in the latter half of the 20th Century.Chiefly, he will be
