Guardian USGlobal Politics Lesley Sharp: ‘Women in their 50s are regarded as having waning powers’The Guardian - Sarah CromptonLesley Sharp is one of the busiest, best and most recognisable of British actresses, with a career that spans Top Girls at the Royal Court, Bob and Rose on TV, and The Full Monty in the cinema. Next week
Guardian USRevolution 1989 revisited: when rave met revolutionThe Guardian - John StillLooking back at 1989, Guardian columnist John Harris remembers the spirit of the era: “Everything was changing, in a good way – the fall of the Berlin wall, the end of the Soviet bloc. It felt like a celebratory
Guardian USVocabulary Reggie Gray: 'Flexing is storytelling. Our bodies become the vocabulary'The Guardian - Elizabeth AubreyBrooklyn-based dancer Reggie “Regg Roc” Gray never imagined that a street dance style he invented during his lunchtimes at school would go on to become a global craze. Used by Madonna, Beyoncé, Jay-Z Nicki
Guardian USPlay buttonPoetry Slam On my radar: Yinka Ilori’s cultural highlightsThe Guardian - Killian FoxDesigner Yinka Ilori was born in east London in 1987 to British-Nigerian parents and studied furniture and product design at London Metropolitan University. His work draws inspiration from the Nigerian
Guardian USPlay buttonRihanna The best (and worst) songs of the summer, from Rihanna to Las KetchupThe Guardian - Michael Cragg, Joel Golby, Issy Sampson and Sam WolfsonSecurity banned umbrellas from her gigs following complaints that people were getting poked in the eye. A summer song worth risking a cornea for, in our opinion. SW Crazy in Love is now so old that it
Guardian US19th Century 'There's a resonance with today – Peterloo is still with us'The Guardian - Catherine LoveLook closely as you walk through the streets of Manchester and you might just see the small, red, circular plaque modestly marking Britain’s bloodiest confrontation between protesters and the authorities.
Guardian USPlay buttonElectronic Music Mary Anne Hobbs: 'I've been given licence to dream'The Guardian - John StillCurating a cohesive line-up with international artists can be a challenge. Sometimes, things fall into place so quickly it seems that serendipity had a hidden hand in proceedings. “These things are often
Guardian USElvis Presley Thank You Very Much: how Elvis tribute acts inspired a dance showThe Guardian - Lyndsey WinshipFor one weekend every year, the small town of Porthcawl in south Wales is chock full of Elvises. “Every single space you go into has got an Elvis tribute artist performing,” says choreographer Claire “All
Guardian USPlay buttonTrump Tower Stephen Colbert on Trump: 'It’s even worse when he tells the truth'The Guardian - Dream McClintonWith Donald Trump admitting he would accept foreign intelligence on his political opponents, late-night hosts had a fresh crop of material. Stephen Colbert: ‘Mueller’s like, damn it, honey, I’m going to
Guardian USJo Brand Jo Brand apologises for 'crass and ill-judged' battery acid jokeThe Guardian - Haroon SiddiqueJo Brand has apologised for her on-air joke about throwing battery acid at politicians. The gag, aired on Tuesday, about throwing the substance at “unpleasant characters” instead of milkshakes, was the
Guardian USVelvet Underground Maxine Peake: 'The truth seems slippery with Nico'The Guardian - Anna Codrea-RadoIt’s not totally clear when or where Nico was born. The late German singer, model and actor had a complicated relationship with the truth, even when it pertained to the details of her own life – she was
Guardian USPlay buttonMartin Scorsese What to see this week in the UKThe Guardian - Andrew Pulver, Michael Cragg, John Fordham, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Miriam Gillinson and Lyndsey WinshipWith Senna and Amy, Brit director Asif Kapadia has emerged as a master of the archive-footage documentary. Here he takes on a bigger subject than either: the mercurial Argentinian footballer who dominated
Guardian USPlay buttonCities How do you bring a derelict Manchester train station back to life?The Guardian - Tony NaylorManchester, like most cities, is in constant flux. Cranes crowd the rapidly changing skyline as redevelopment reshapes the city centre. Not least at Mayfield; a vast 1910 goods depot and train station
Guardian USJo Brand Police investigate Jo Brand's battery acid remarkThe Guardian - Simon MurphyJo Brand’s on-air joke about throwing battery acid at politicians is being investigated by police after Scotland Yard received an allegation of incitement to violence. The comedian appeared as a guest
Guardian USPlay buttonJoe Biden Seth Meyers on Trump: 'He always makes it obvious when he’s lying'The Guardian - Dream McClintonLate-night hosts joked about the 2020 presidential campaign trail and the strategies that Donald Trump and his Democratic opponents have been using. Seth Meyers took a closer look at Donald Trump’s Iowa
Guardian USJo Brand Farage furious over Jo Brand's 'throw battery acid not milkshake' jokeThe Guardian - Jedidajah OtteThe BBC has defended the comedian Jo Brand against claims she incited violence in comments she made during a radio show. Brand, who joined the Heresy talk show on Radio 4 as a guest on Tuesday, joked throwing
Guardian USPlay buttonManchester, UK What to see this week in the UKThe Guardian - Andrew Clements, Michael Cragg, Miriam Gillinson, Jonathan Jones, Lyndsey Winship and Damon WiseEmma Thompson is at her acerbic best as past-her-prime NYC talkshow host Katherine Newbury, who desperately needs to bring her image up to date, and fast, in this familiar but frequently hilarious workplace
Guardian USDavid Lynch David Lynch and the Peterloo bicentenary: Guardian Live at Manchester international festivalThe GuardianAt Manchester international festival 2019, the Guardian will be running a series of events. Our eclectic line-up includes artists and Guardian journalists, and features a 30-strong choir, a Hollywood and
Guardian US Laurie Anderson: 'It's a great time to be creating new realities'The Guardian - John StillThe moon has always been a playground for the imagination. Since a cannon-propelled rocket pierced the moon’s surface in Georges Méliès’ 1902 classic Le Voyage dans la Lune, Earth’s only natural satellite
Guardian USPlay buttonJoe Biden Stephen Colbert on Trump v Biden: 'Only one of you is sitting on Putin’s lap'The Guardian - Dream McClintonLate-night hosts focused on the new fire on the campaign trail as Joe Biden and Donald Trump trade shots, and US relations abroad. Stephen Colbert: ‘Do you really want to open that can of worms?’ Stephen
Guardian USOpinion (UK) Rewriting Shakespeare plays as you like itThe Guardian - LettersThere will be much consternation about changing Shakespeare’s text in productions, as Alex Clark has suggested (Rewriting the Bard makes the text live again, Journal, 11 June) and I am not sure whether
Guardian USPlay buttonStephen Colbert Stephen Colbert on Trump’s cancelled Mexican tariffs: ‘The Lyin’ King’The Guardian - Dream McClintonLate-night hosts focused on Donald Trump’s cancelled plan to impose tariffs with Mexico and the reports that contradicted the president’s version of events. “In my official capacity as a late-night host,
Guardian USPlay buttonLouvre Abu Dhabi On my radar: Michael Craig-Martin’s cultural highlightsThe Guardian - Kathryn BromwichBorn in Dublin in 1941, artist Michael Craig-Martin grew up in the US and studied at the Yale School of Art and Architecture. In 1966 he moved to Britain, where he had his first solo exhibition in 1969.
Guardian USOysters Toe-wrestling, oysters, happiness … there’s a micro-festival for all of themThe Guardian - Rob WalkerWhen Eleanor Taylor decided to set up her own oyster festival in the Essex town of Maldon last year, even she didn’t really believe it would take off. At best she expected a couple of hundred people to
Guardian USPlay buttonStephen Colbert Stephen Colbert: 'Trump is putting a tariff on summer!'The Guardian - Dream McClintonLate-night hosts focused on a variety of political topics, from Donald Trump’s trip to France to Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren. Stephen Colbert opened his monologue with a celebration
Guardian USFestivals Dark and Dangerous Thoughts: Dark Mofo's ideas festival has a split personalityThe Guardian - Stephanie ConveryWhen it comes to the things we fear, there is a certain glamour around being afraid of spiders, or flying, or even being a bad person, says Yumi Stynes. “We fear being disgusting,” she says. “The fears
Guardian USPlay buttonBoris Johnson Trevor Noah on Boris Johnson: 'Like a midlife crisis Malfoy'The Guardian - Guardian staffLate-night hosts focused on Donald Trump’s continued time in Britain as well as providing an introduction to the world of Boris Johnson. Trevor Noah: ‘He looks like Dobby got a job at KPMG’ On The Daily
Guardian USEdinburgh Edinburgh festival fringe to 'break records for internationalism'The Guardian - Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent1970s children’s television favourite Basil Brush will host a nightly adult chat show at this year’s Edinburgh festival fringe, offering a cushion of nostalgia alongside harder-hitting offerings from and
Guardian USPlay buttonDonald Trump Stephen Colbert on Trump's visit to Britain: 'America was 239lb smarter'The Guardian - Dream McClintonLate-night hosts focused on the second day of Trump’s UK visit and the growing protests against him. Stephen Colbert opened his monologue by laying straight into Trump: “For yet another day, America was
