What’s it like to be a male plus-size model at London Fashion Week ?
James Corbin never expected to break into the fashion industry. But a message he got in 2020 – thanks to a photographer who’d saved a picture of him a year…
US star John Legend defends playing Rwanda concert during war
American singer-songwriter John Legend has told the BBC he is unfazed by a public backlash against his decision to perform in Rwanda, despite the country’s involvement in the war in…
Killing Me Softly singer Roberta Flack dies aged 88
The R&B singer Roberta Flack, best known for the hits The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly With His Song, has died at the age…
EastEnders star says wife not over the moon at Martin’s exit
EastEnders actor James Bye, who plays Martin Fowler, has revealed how he was sworn to secrecy over his character’s untimely death in the soap’s 40th anniversary live episode. Fowler, a…
Peter Capaldi: I’ve come back to music again after 40 years
You would think the star of Doctor Who and The Devil’s Hour would be used to time looping back upon itself. But as Peter Capaldi prepares to launch his first…
Who will be the next James Bond? Speculation mounts after Amazon buys 007
“Who’d you pick as the next Bond?” That was the question posed by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos this week to his 6.8 million followers on X. It is Bezos who…
New album will be unexpected, says Rihanna
Singer Rihanna has said her new album will be unexpected and she feels “really optimistic” about it in a rare interview. “I know it’s not going to be anything that…
‘Gimme a hug’: Drake’s lover-boy comeback after Kendrick feud
“Gimme a hug, Gimme a hug!,” pleads Drake on one track from his new album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. After the month and year he’s had, perhaps it’s no…
‘Amateur and dangerous’: Historians weigh in on viral AI history videos
Imagine waking up in Rome 2,000 years ago, on the Nile in ancient Egypt or on the streets of London during the Black Death in the 1300s – complete with…
UK pop stars drop out of global bestseller charts
After years of global domination by stars such as Ed Sheeran, Adele and Harry Styles, British music artists have failed to make it into the worldwide annual charts of the…