BBC NewsLaurence Fox Actor Laurence Fox announces London mayor election bid bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsActor Laurence Fox has announced he is going to stand for election to be the next Mayor of London. Mr Fox - who is leader of the Reclaim Party - said if elected he would lift lockdown the day after the...
BBC NewsComing 2 America Coming 2 America: 'The first black fairytale' revisited bbc.co.uk - By Emma JonesThe 2020s should be the decade of success for African women, according to a South African actress starring in the sequel to one of the most successful films ever with a black cast. Nomzamo Mbatha appears...
BBC NewsIdentity Raya and the Last Dragon: Disney's new heroine representing 670 million people bbc.co.uk - By Yvette TanIt's taken almost 90 years - but Disney's first South East Asian heroine premiered on Thursday. Raya is the titular character of Raya and the Last Dragon, which sees her travel around the region to reunite...
BBC NewsKings of Leon Kings of Leon on Mick Jagger, lockdown hair and writing songs on bar napkins bbc.co.uk - By Mark SavageTwenty years ago, long before Kings Of Leon became festival headliners, Caleb Followill made a deal with one of his friends. "He and I used to go to random bars, all over the world," says the singer. we...
BBC Newsentertainment news 'I've been listening to 300 vinyl records to get me through lockdown' bbc.co.uk - By Anna DobleNearly a year since the start of the first UK lockdown, I've listened to every LP I've ever bought - and found a diary of my life in the grooves. I'm sitting, typing. The rain spreads across the window...