Category: 5. Entertainment

LONDON — Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump as he warned Thursday about the rise of fascism in an address to U.K. viewers dubbed “The Alternative Christmas Message.”

The…

KABUL, Afghanistan — Through the decades, downtown Kabul’s Ariana Cinema had weathered revolution and war, emerging battered and bruised but still standing to entertain Afghans with Bollywood movies and American action flicks. Now, it is no…

An exhibition at a former home of Charles Dickens explores how the writer’s work has been brought to life on stage and screen, and how a twist of fate could have led to an alternative life as an actor.

The Charles Dickens Museum in Doughty Street,…

After leaving the Bristol School of Dancing, Ms Pickford attended the Royal Ballet School, which is part of the Royal Academy of Dancing in London.

She joined a touring company after leaving school and danced in countries across the world as a…

10. Tom Smith Big Band – A Year in the Life

UK saxophonist, composer and bandleader Tom Smith was dropping clues to his distinctively contemporary take on jazz traditions as a BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year finalist in 2014 and 2016, and…

Belgrave Road
Manish Chauhan (Faber, January)
An affecting tale of loneliness and love in Chauhan’s home town of Leicester, Belgrave Road tells the story of Mira, newly arrived in the UK from India following an arranged marriage, and Tahliil, a…