Life of Clarice Cliff celebrated with Stoke-on-Trent blue plaque
Alice Cullinane BBC News, West Midlands ClariceCliff.com Clarice Cliff is famous across the world for her pottery The life of ceramic artist Clarice Cliff has been celebrated with the unveiling of a national plaque. Cliff, who was born 125 years ago, is regarded as one of the most influential ceramic artists of the 20th Century. […]
Campaign launched to reduce agricultural river pollution in Wales
BBC Farmers attend one of the events to learn more about preventing pollution incidents A new campaign has been launched to reduce agricultural pollution after figures show an increase of incidents in rivers. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said last year saw the highest number of incidents in Welsh rivers in recent years. In Carmarthenshire, anglers […]
How Beloved unearthed the ghosts of a brutal past
Stephanie Watts Powell Features correspondent Getty Images Toni Morrison’s masterpiece told the truth about race, family, slavery and memory in the United States. Stephanie Powell Watts explores what the novel means to her – and to the world. Years ago, when I was a very young child, I watched with my parents the musical version […]
Why we’ve always loved seaside style
Amber Butchart Features correspondent The coast has long been a place for promenading and peacocking. Amber Butchart explores nautical sartorial styles, from fishermen’s smocks to beach pyjamas. Forget the catwalks of Paris or the streets of Milan, it’s the seaside that should be celebrated as one of our most enduring fashion centres. “Attire for bathing […]
Inflation is easing but for how long?
PA With wage growth strengthening and the rate of inflation falling more rapidly than expected, our incomes are finally starting to rise in real terms. It is all relative, of course. After a decade of income stagnation, any increases, although welcome, will need to be sustained before people are convinced that their household finances are […]
For Sama and the female perspective on war
Hugh Montgomery Features correspondent ITN “Everything we know about war we know with ‘a man’s voice’. We are all captives of ‘men’s’ notions and ‘men’s’ sense of war. ‘Men’s’ words. Women are silent.” So writes the Nobel prize- winning journalist Svetlana Alexievich in the introduction to her celebrated book The Unwomanly Face of War. Originally […]
Pubs reopening but some ‘may not survive’
Getty Images Hospitality businesses can reopen on Monday The head of a pub chain says he fears for some in the industry despite hospitality venues being able to reopen. From Monday pubs and restaurants can open with customers ordering food and drink while remaining seated outside. But managing director of the Bath Pub Company Joe […]
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance review: Four stars
Hugh Montgomery Features correspondent Netflix This prequel to the cult puppet fantasy could have been a mere nostalgia trip. But The Age of Resistance is even better than Jim Henson’s original, writes Hugh Montgomery. The international incident that was the recent trailer for the upcoming big-screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, with its grotesque […]
Twitter launches encrypted private messages, says Elon Musk
Zoe Kleinman and Tom Gerken Technology editor and reporter Getty Images Twitter has become the latest social media platform to launch an encrypted messaging service. Direct messages sent on Twitter will be end-to-end encrypted – this means private messages can only be read by the sender and the recipient. Chief executive Elon Musk said it […]
The world’s most defiantly joyful song?
Arwa Haider Features correspondent Alamy (Credit: Alamy) One of the most infectious songs ever made was first released in 1959. Arwa Haider looks at how Pata Pata has endured over the following six decades – and what it meant for those living under apartheid rule. In a seemingly ageless clip of South African singer-songwriter Miriam […]