I May Destroy You received the BAFTA for Best Mini-Series, while Coel herself won the BAFTA for Best Actress for her role in the show, dedicating the award to intimacy director Ita O’Brien. 

The year-long celebration of Coventry’s City of Culture was kickstarted by an all-day event on 5 June. 

The publisher has seen its third profit upgrade of 2021 after sales have increased to £185 million. 

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Patrice Lawrence won big at the 2021 Jhalak Prize Awards for their respective titles, The First Woman and Eight Pieces of Silva. Both authors received £1,000 and a unique commissioned trophy.

The pilots will be trialled across different regions in England, with funding from a £12 million pot to be made available to provide services for those who need to self-isolate in areas with higher rates of coronavirus infections.

Atmosphere-heating carbon dioxide will be sucked from the air using trees, peat, rock chips, and charcoal in a new £30 million nationwide project. 

Campaigners have called for the proposed Environment Bill, which returns to parliament on 26 May, to be strengthened in order to deal with the ongoing global plastic waste crisis.

The UK’s first degree-level performing arts course has been launched for adults with learning-disabilities and/or autism. 

More than 157,000 people have signed a petition calling on the educational secretary to stop funding cuts to arts subjects at higher education level. 

The potential deal would provide Amazon with access to MGM’s catalogue of historical film and television content which spans almost a century. This may attract new subscribers to the company’s streaming platform, Amazon Prime Video.

The fundraiser aims to raise money to help vaccinate the world against Covid-19 using signed novels and mentoring sessions with star agents, among other lots.

The Mendip district council has approved a 50,000-capacity show, with no overnight camping.