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4 December 2021
Marcus Rashford to publish a children’s novel
The nation’s favourite footballer and campaigner will be writing ‘The Breakfast Club Adventures’ with Alex Falase-Koya, based on his own school experiences.
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3 December 2021
Array Collective win Turner Prize 2021
The first Northern Irish artists to win the prize were commended for their installation that interrogates Northern Ireland’s political issues with both sensitivity and humour.
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1 December 2021
Musicians are criticising Spotify’s CEO for €100 million investment in AI defence tech
Daniel Ek attempted to buy Arsenal FC this year and has now invested into the company Helsing, to the ire of artists and users.
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1 December 2021
UK green homes scheme labelled a failure by committee
The scheme ran for a fraction of the time it was meant to, and may have done more damage than good in the long run.
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30 November 2021
Pacific islanders criticise COP26’s failings
Those hit hardest by the effects of climate change are yet to see significant efforts to protect their futures.
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30 November 2021
Labour calls for stricter regulations for ministers’ behaviour
Labour will criticise the current guidelines, coupled with Boris Johnson’s failure to enforce them, as allowing for government corruption.
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30 November 2021
Tate curator says museums need to take responsibility for benefitting from slavery
A new landmark exhibition will feature artists from the Windrush generation and follow the UK’s Black power movement
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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.