Maria Balshaw is to step down as the director of Tate in 2026, after a challenging nine-year tenure when she steered the organisation through the Covid-19 pandemic and had to deal with fluctuating attendance figures and financial instability.
Category: 5. Entertainment
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Comedian Jimmy Carr ‘nervous’ ahead of new film’s first weekend
BBCJimmy Carr told Radio Manchester he is nervous ahead of his new venture Comedian Jimmy Carr says he is “nervous” ahead of some news he is set to receive on Monday regarding his foray into film.
Carr told Radio Manchester: “I don’t get to be…
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Residents to decide on renaming street honouring former prince Andrew
GoogleThe street was named after the former prince over 50 years ago Renfrewshire council will consult residents on renaming a street which honours the former Prince Andrew.
Councillors said residents on Andrew Avenue in Renfrew should have a say…
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a tonally uncertain Holocaust drama with a wonderful central performance
Despite a wonderful central performance from June Squibb, Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut is a sentimental, tonally uncertain drama about grief and holocaust survival
Eleanor Morgenstein, a 94-year-old Midwesterner living in…
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Kate Winslet Says She ‘Couldn’t Wait’ to Turn 50
You’re the youngest honoree for AARP’s Movies for Grownups 25 Most Fabulous Women Over 50! How did you approach turning 50?
Oh my God, I couldn’t wait. I was so excited. As I’ve gotten…
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Adventist-Developed “Crown of Life” Game Aims to Bring Bible Stories to Life
12 December | St Albans, UK [Joe Philpott]
A new mobile game released in 2025 by a young Adventist developer in Spain is offering children and teens across the Trans-European Division (TED) a familiar, digital way to learn about the Bible…
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My darling clementine: why did Chalamet and Jenner dress in matching orange? | Timothée Chalamet
When the Hollywood star Timothée Chalamet and the media personality and businesswoman Kylie Jenner appeared at the LA premiere of his new film, Marty Supreme, this week, they appeared to have been Tangoed.
Dressed head to toe in matching bright…
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Can we save travel’s most beloved tradition?
Digital communication and social media let us stay in instant touch when we travel, but snail-mailed postcards are still uniting travellers.
It was a sweltering morning on the Thai island of Koh Chang and I was sitting at a cafe, sweating over a…
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‘He was struggling with his breath. I sat beside him and sang’: the choir who sing to people on their deathbeds | Death and dying
It’s a brisk November afternoon in the village of South Brent in Devon and, in a daffodil yellow cottage, two women are singing me lullabies. But these aren’t the sort of lullabies that parents sing to their children. They are songs written…
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Venue apology in Primal Scream antisemitic image row
BBCPrimal Scream lead singer Bobby Gillespie pictured performing at Glastonbury in 2022 The Roundhouse music venue has apologised to fans after alleged antisemitic imagery was shown on stage during a Primal Scream concert in north London.
Managers…
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