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Six People Derbyshire Police Would Like To Talk To

Anyone who recognises them has been asked to come forward

Toni at Random by Dana A Williams review – the editorial years of a literary great

This illuminating account of Toni Morrison’s time at Random House reveals her determination to relate the ideas and words of black AmericaWhile a great deal has been written about Toni Morrison’s fiction, her work as a senior editor at Random House is less well known. Dana A Williams, professor of A...

Oi! la la: meet the new wave of French punks making noise

The controversial, rabble-rousing strain of punk known as Oi! is once again giving voice to a nation’s working-class and disaffected youth. Luminaries of this new ‘Cold Oi’ scene explain the music’s eternal, anthemic appealWearing washed 501 jeans, buzzcuts, boots and braces, punks and skinheads are...

TV tonight: a nostalgic romance drama with a cracking soundtrack

Ex-lovers reunite over the music they used to share in Mix Tape. Plus, Doon Mackichan guests in biting comedy show Transaction. Here’s what to watch this eveningTuesday, 9pm, BBC Two“You don’t forget the first mixtape a boy makes you.” Cracking music soundtracks this four-part will they/won’t they s...

London arts centre to amplify global majority voices and ‘urgent questions’

Founded by Lina Lazaar, Ibraaz will host challenging conversations amid growing concerns over freedom of expression in the artsA new London art institution aimed at promoting global majority voices wants to be a space for “difficult, urgent questions” alongside civil debate, according to its founder...

‘I needed to be locked up’: how Kavana went from 90s pop stardom to smoking crack in a skip – and bounced back

He was a teen singer with his dream career. But then his life fell apart. Anthony Kavanagh talks about sex work, addiction and the years he spent being forced to hide his sexualityNobody could say that Anthony Kavanagh does not know how to laugh at himself. The day he was fired from his record label...

‘I would go-go dance in a shower then work on sonnets!’ Ncuti Gatwa’s sexy new Shakespearean drama

After surviving the whirlwind of Doctor Who, the actor returns to the stage in ‘horny Elizabethan drama’ Born With Teeth. He and co-star Edward Bluemel discuss bust lips, hot pants and queering the Bard’s story ‘I think of it as a very sexy, dangerous game of Elizabethan cat and mouse.” Ncuti Gatwa...