Himesh Patel: ‘It felt odd making a show about a pandemic’
The former EastEnders actor talks about shooting a pilot on a deadly virus, telling British stories with a difference – and how playing a bit part as a pigeon changed his career
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‘He hit us like a bolt of lightning’: stars pay tribute to Little Richard
Among tributes to Little Richard, the rock’n’roll pioneer who died on Saturday aged 87, came…
The show must go on: Eurovision is cancelled but superfans still celebrate
Eurovision puts tears, terrible tunes and kitsch on to our screens. We ask devotees how they’ll cope without it – and why the event has such significance for the gay community
Julia Roberts: No Met ball bubbly? There’s always the bath
With New York’s glitziest fashion event in lockdown, people rose to the occasion on social media
Vanessa Feltz: ‘Preserve your mystique at all costs’
The broadcaster, 58, on God, privacy, Mini convertibles, the rudeness of Madonna and her school nickname, Vanessa the Undresser
Bob Dylan’s son Jakob urges musicians to get together
Singer’s new documentary about the 1960s Laurel Canyon music scene shows why there is no substitute for creative collaboration
Can we please stop talking about Adele’s body?
You’d think during a pandemic we’d all have gained a little perspective – but policing female bodies and appetites is a timeless trend
From stage star to Vogue cover: Why age cannot wither Judi Dench
She is the oldest person to grace the fashion bible’s cover – and she’s a hit on social media. Who says that getting older signals an end to vitality?
Little Richard, rock’n’roll pioneer, dies aged 87
His 1955 song Tutti Frutti, with the lyric ‘awopbopaloobop alopbamboom’, and a series of follow-up records helped establish the genre and influence a multitude of other musicians
Rutger Bregman: ‘Our secret superpower is our ability to cooperate’
The historian offers a hopeful view of human nature in his latest book, Humankind. It couldn’t have come at a better time
Phones away, please: the rise and rise of the online pub quiz
Your local boozer might be shut but the pub quiz lives on, with everyone from Helen Mirren to Stephen Fry asking the questions
‘Colour allows us to understand in a deeper sense’: Hitler, Churchill and others in a new light
The story of global conflict is all the more powerful when it isn’t seen in black and white. Artist Marina Amaral explains her latest work