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30 November 2021
Fashion designer and Off-White founder Virgil Abloh dies age 41
Abloh was the artistic director of Louis Vuitton and founder of the fashion label Off-White. He was suffering with an aggressive form of cancer for two years.
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30 November 2021
Epic Games buys Rock Band creator Harmonix to improve virtual music events
The developers of Fortnite and the Unreal Engine have bought the music gaming company Harmonix, who created Rock Band, in an attempt to "reimagine how music is experienced, created and distributed".
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30 November 2021
International Youth Arts Festival rebrands to FUSE International for 2022
The biggest UK youth-based multi-arts festival is switching up its image by changing its name and branding from the International Youth Arts Festival to FUSE International.
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30 November 2021
Roblox dominates The British Fashion Council's new 'Metaverse Category'
A new 'Metaverse Category' at the British Fashion Council's Annual Fashion Awards has seen its entire shortlist taken up by Roblox content creators.
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26 November 2021
Extinction Rebellion target Amazon in Black Friday blockades
The climate action group Extinction Rebellion has prevented access to Amazon distribution warehouses to protest the company's carbon footprint.
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26 November 2021
UK government taken to court by young climate defenders over environmental failings
Three climate activists have accused Boris Johnson and the UK government of breaching their human rights by failing to commit to meaningful climate action.
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26 November 2021
Robot artist will perform artificially generated poetry at Dante celebration
Ai-Da will use a databank of words and speech pattern analysis to create a ‘reactive’ piece to Dante’s famous poem, the Divine Comedy
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26 November 2021
Tory MP links male criminal activity to female Doctor Who, Ghostbusters, and James Bond
A Conservative MP has claimed that violent male crime is caused by recent female castings of male characters in film and TV.
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25 November 2021
Orwell Youth Prize 2022: Themes, judges, and deadline announced
The Orwell Youth Prize, a writing prize for young people aged 12-18, will now be accepting submissions of any creative format based around the theme of 'climate change'.
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24 November 2021
Social care cap amendment set to hit poorer households hardest
It has been predicted that poorer homeowners may have to sell their homes in order to fund their own care under the new proposals.
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24 November 2021
MPs claim Home Office shouldn’t be responsible in Windrush compensation scheme failure
The Home Office was responsible for the devastating impacts of the Windrush scandal but now that the compensation scheme for those affected has failed, MPs claim that the responsibility should be moved elsewhere.
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24 November 2021
New ‘Brennan Bill’ to change music streaming laws
The bill follows a DMCS report published this summer and will ‘ensure composers and musicians are properly remunerated’ for streams.
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24 November 2021
Brit Awards will scrap gendered categories for 2022
The awards ceremony has said that it aims to be “as inclusive as possible”.
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23 November 2021
All new homes to have electric vehicle charge points
Boris Johnson is set to confirm the requirement for all newly constructed homes to include charging ports for electric cars, but does this action address the full issue?
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22 November 2021
Science Museum signed ‘gagging clause’ with Adani despite outcry over Shell contract
The Adani contract reveals that the museum has agreed to not say or do anything that “may reasonably be foreseen as discrediting or damaging the goodwill or reputation of the sponsor”.
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22 November 2021
Adele persuades Spotify to hide shuffle button on albums
The singer said that albums should be listened to as they were intended by artists, and highlights the importance of track listing.
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22 November 2021
Climate activists block London bridges after Insulate Britain protesters jailed
30 climate activists were arrested for their sit-down blockage of Lambeth Bridge in central London.
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22 November 2021
Home Office covering up own research on why refugees need to come to the UK
Ministers are accused of overstating the influence of “pull factors” on migrants’ need to seek asylum in the UK.