Iconic country musician Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, her family announced on her social media. "Sadness lies with us, not with Dolly," Parton's nephew Brian Seaver said in a video announcement. In a seven-decade career, Parton won 10 Grammy awards, sold more than 100 million records world
Read more: Dolly Parton: Celebrating the Life of a Country Music IconTV presenter Dermot Murnaghan has died, a year after he revealed he had been diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer. The former BBC, ITV and Sky News journalist was 68. "It is with great sadness that the family of Dermot Murnaghan announces that he passed away at home in North London earlier this
Read more: Broadcaster Dermot Murnaghan dies aged 68A new movie from award-winning Jamaican film-maker Sosiessia Nixon shines a spotlight on Jamaica’s enduring west African-based magic and spiritual healing tradition known as obeah. Nixon’s tense, feature-length suspense, Stew Peas, tells of the story of Jamaican detective Tessa, who is obsessed with
Read more: Stew Peas: film probes Jamaica’s outlawed obeah traditionA Grammy-winning South African composer who wrote and performed the opening chant in Circle of Life for Disney’s The Lion King is suing a comedian for allegedly damaging his reputation by intentionally misrepresenting the song’s meaning on a podcast and in his standup routine. Lebohang Morake’s laws
Read more: Lebo M Sues Comedian Over 'Circle of Life' TranslationDescendants of freedom fighters executed and beheaded in southern Africa by colonial British forces have called on the Natural History Museum in London and the University of Cambridge to help them find their ancestors’ looted skulls. Zimbabwean descendants of the first chimurenga heroes, who led an
Read more: Zimbabwean descendants seek return of looted ancestors' skullsThe Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama has become the first African to be named the most influential figure in the art world in ArtReview magazine’s annual power list. Mahama, whose work often uses found materials including textile remnants, topped the ranking of the contemporary art world’s most influe
Read more: Ibrahim Mahama first African to top ArtReview power listProtesters have disrupted a preview event at a major new museum in the Nigerian city of Benin that has become embroiled in a row over the restitution of artefacts looted by British colonial forces. The demonstrators asserted that the opening of the Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) is a violation o
Read more: Protesters disrupt new Benin City museum amid bronzes disputeBooker Prize won by 'extraordinary' Flesh by David Szalay Ian Youngs Culture reporter Getty Images David Szalay has won the Booker Prize for his sixth novel, Flesh British-Hungarian author David Szalay has won this year's Booker Prize for his novel Flesh, which the judges described as "extraordinary
Read more: David Szalay's Flesh wins 2025 Booker PrizeAriana Grande: Going brunette is not about saying goodbye to Glinda Noor Nanji Culture reporter, Leicester Square, London Press Association Ariana Grande has said her new darker hair is not about saying goodbye to her Wicked character Glinda, but rather a way of “doing something different”. The sing
Read more: Ariana Grande Goes Brunette Without Saying Goodbye to GlindaThe BBC has confirmed that Celebrity Traitors will return for a second series on BBC One in 2026, following a hugely successful debut that became one of the broadcaster's biggest entertainment hits. It will be hosted once again by Claudia Winkleman and filmed at Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highla
Read more: Celebrity Traitors Returning to BBC One in 2026The chairman of the BBC has apologised for what he called an "error of judgement" in how a speech by Donald Trump was edited for an episode of Panorama. The BBC's director general, Tim Davie, and CEO of news, Deborah Turness, resigned on Sunday after a leaked memo criticised the documentary. But thi
Read more: Ros Atkins on the BBC Panorama controversyFrancesca Gillett and Helen Bushby BBC reporters PA Media Tim Davie was appointed as BBC director general in 2020 BBC director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned, saying in emails to staff that mistakes had been made. The corporation has been under fire after criticism
Read more: Why BBC bosses Tim Davie and Deborah Turness quit