Russian forces claimed to have fired warning shots at the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender in the Black Sea (Ben Mitchell/PA)The Ministry of Defence has denied claims made by Russia that its forces fired warning…

Britney Spears is expected to address a judge overseeing the conservatorship that has controlled her money and affairs since 2008, in the case’s most anticipated hearing in years.If Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny…

The effectiveness of the government’s culture recovery fund has been called into question by a new report highlighting how music festivals are currently teetering on the brink of collapse.The Public Accounts Committee is calling for…

The government is to launch a consultation into the privatisation of Channel 4 as part of shake-up of British television, ministers have confirmed.The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced the move on Wednesday…

The first time I watched the film Airplane! as a very young child, I laughed so hard that I choked and nearly passed out by falling head first onto a table. I thought of Airplane!…

Billie Eilish has apologised after a video resurfaced which shows her mouthing a racial slur, saying she is “appalled and embarrassed”. An edited compilation of multiple videos went viral on TikTok last week, one of…

June Osborne is officially back. After being delayed by the coronavirus pandemic – like practically every film and TV series under the sun – The Handmaid’s Tale has finally returned for a fourth season. What an agonising wait…

In 1996, hip-hop was an irresistible cultural force determined to overtake the 1970s originators as the genre’s “golden era”. Where Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy and others defined the first musical evolution, the likes…