The Guardian Culture

The Common Good Economy by Mariana Mazzucato review – how can Labour really turn things around?

It’s not enough to wish for growth; economic success requires a sense of purpose, according to this academicWhen Keir Starmer won a landslide Labour majority promising to pursue five governing “missions”, the high-profile leftwing economist Mariana Mazzucato was credited as an inspiration. Two years on, her bracing new book helps shed light on why Labour in power has struggled to project the sense of direction that “mission-led government”, as Mazzucato calls it, requires. Synthesising and

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘All Night Wrong’ Director on His Hitchcock-Meets-Wilder Film With ‘Severance’s’ Zach Cherry and Maria Bakalova as Broken Souls

Canadian filmmaker Jason James talks to THR about his dreamlike neo-noir-thriller-meets-rom-com, which premieres at SXSW London, about people doing "all the wrong things for all the right reasons."

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

Hasan Piker, Cenk Uygur Reportedly Barred from Attending SXSW London by U.K. Home Office

Controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker and his uncle, broadcaster, Cenk Uygur, have both reportedly been banned from entering the U.K. by the Home Office. The move means they will be unable to attend SXSW London, where they were scheduled to be speaking. Reps for U.K. home secretary Shabana Mahmood did not respond to queries from […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Gaslit, shamed and swindled: the play about Eleanor Glanville, persecuted for her love of butterflies

She had a passion for butterflies and would seek out rare ones, yet this was used against her by violent, money-grabbing husband. Now this pioneering naturalist’s story has been translated to today’s manosphere‘There’s nothing wrong with having a hobby, or even what you might call in this case a hyperfocus,” psychiatrist Dr Godrick tells Eleanor Glanville in a claustrophobic therapy room.Outside the Phoenix theatre in Hampshire, a summer heatwave is delivering perfect conditions for butterflies.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Jimmy Kimmel Honored at Peabody Awards As He Says “Making Jokes About the President in America Shouldn’t Win You a Prize”

At the Beverly Hills ceremony, the late-night host mocked and also thanked Donald Trump for "inspiring us to fight for our freedom of speech."

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

John Oliver Debuts FYC Ad for ‘Last Week Tonight’ Featuring Guns, a Wine-Drinking Horse and The Fonz Wielding a Pickax

The HBO host commissioned a poster from a Ghanaian artist that will be displayed on a Sunset Boulevard billboard in Los Angeles for one night between 2 and 6 a.m.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Guest review – the risks of protecting refugees in the Poland-Belarus danger zone

Zvika Gregory Portnoy and Zuzanna Solakiewicz’s documentary lays bare the problems faced by refugees and the compassion of good samaritansIt all begins with a knock. In a small Polish town on the border with Belarus, Maciek and his family have taken in 27-year-old Alhyder, a Syrian refugee seeking shelter from the freezing weather and police patrols. Since 2021, the area has become increasingly militarised after Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, in a purely political move, offered up the

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Strictly’s Anton and Craig have strong opinions: best podcasts of the week

The judgey pair swap views on everything from pop culture to fashion choices and workplace strife. Plus, what toxic masculinity looks like around the worldThe freshly announced Strictly Come Dancing hosts have been generating huge online chatter, but this podcast will ensure that (half of) the judging panel isn’t totally overshadowed. Judgemental sees Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood prove they have strong opinions on more than just an ex-soap star’s pasodoble by trading verdicts on everyth

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

How Jason Momoa’s ‘Minecraft,’ ‘Dune’ and DC Superhero Roles Made Him Lego’s Perfect Playmaker

Jason Momoa can’t turn on his Zoom camera. The superstar actor is not tech illiterate; he’s just on the set of “A Minecraft Movie Squared,” the highly anticipated sequel to 2025’s family blockbuster — and, as he puts it, he looks “absolutely ridiculous.” “You just have to trust me, I look pretty silly,” Momoa says, […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

24 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History

'Euphoria' is the latest TV series to kill off a major character. Here are some of the biggest small-screen fatalities over the decades.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Sam Levinson Defends That Major Death in ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Finale: “It Just Felt Like an Honest Ending”

Shortly after the third season's shocking finale was released, Levinson and HBO confirmed the series would not return for season four and that it concluded with Sunday's night episode.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

TV tonight: Emma Barnett’s extremely painful battle with endometriosis

The broadcaster documents living with this debilitating, lifelong disease in a bid to help other sufferers. Plus: the soothing return of Springwatch. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC Two“It’s like having a drill inside my stomach that is going down into my organs.” Broadcaster Emma Barnett lives with this extremely painful lifelong disease that affects one in 10 women – but about which medical experts still don’t know enough, largely because of the gender health gap. In this vital docum

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Finale Pays Tribute to Angus Cloud; Sam Levinson Says “He Deserved More Time”

At a screening of the finale in New York City on Sunday night, the HBO series' creator dedicated his opening remarks to the late actor, who died at age 25 in 2023 from an accidental overdose.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

My latest masterpiece – a house for toy farm animals! What my son learned from a day making art at home

Fed up with dragging your children out the door to visit famous artworks they’re too grumpy to appreciate? Channel your inner Miffy and you’ll find inspiration all around the houseThere’s a book about Miffy – the little white rabbit created by Dutch author Dick Bruna – going to a gallery that I can recite by heart. A fellow art critic friend posted it to my son soon after he was born; back then its pages were pristine, now they’re crumpled and torn. Another Miffy book on our shelves (the bunny’s

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The best theatre to stream this month: Rose Byrne breaks out the champagne in the fizzy Fallen Angels

There’s a rare chance to catch a Tony-nominated hit live from New York, plus blasts from the past including Rent, The Audience and Hugh Jackman as a singing cowboyLivestreams of current Broadway hits remain incredibly rare – and this has been one of the hottest tickets of the season. In the 100th birthday revival of Noël Coward’s comedy, Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara knock back cocktails while they await the arrival of a mutual old flame. The stars are up against each other at this month’s Tony aw

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Euphoria’ Is Officially Over — Show Ends With Season 3, HBO Confirms

News that Sam Levinson's hit series concluded came just hours after the season three finale premiered.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

‘Euphoria’ Officially Ending With Season 3, HBO Confirms

After seven years, three seasons and 26 episodes, “Euphoria” is officially over. Sam Levinson — the HBO show’s creator, writer and director — made the announcement on Popcast, New York Times’ music podcast, speaking with its hosts Joe Coscarelli and Jon Caramanica. HBO also confirmed Levinson’s annnouncement to Variety. Thus, the Season 3 closer, titled […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘We’re really good. I don’t mean that arrogantly’: Yard Act on bullying, imposter syndrome and their heavy new album

The Leeds group arrived in a frenzy of post-punk energy, picking at the scabs of society – then started questioning their instant success. They talk about dodging ‘the megaband treadmill’ to make their surreal new albumIt’s certainly a novel way to announce your comeback. On the opening song of Yard Act’s new album, over a cacophony of doomy piano chords and crashing drums, singer James Smith announces: “I’ve got absolutely nothing – absolutely nothing new to say!” And he’s not finished there. L

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Nothing is too much for a child’: the Norwegian books for kids tackling taboo topics from IVF to incest

In the Nordic country, books covering subjects such as childbirth and sex have become bestsellers among younger readers – and an export hit. Behind their success lies a unique philosophy of childhood learning‘I wasn’t aware that I am such a brave writer and illustrator,” says Anna Fiske, a softly spoken Swedish-born author living in Norway who received death threats for a book she wrote in 2019. “I just tell things as they are.”Fiske doesn’t write political polemics but books for children: the t

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘I felt I could smash my past up through sex’: the ruthlessness and redemption of Rupert Everett

‘Brash, disingenuous, lethal’: that’s how the 67-year-old actor describes his younger self. He lied to his partners, disrespected his audiences, betrayed his friends. Has this indiscreet, unreliable heartbreaker finally grown up and settled down?Rupert Everett is struggling with the heatwave. It reminds him of the summer of 1976, when he was 17, basking in the sun, serene as a sloth, his future spread out ahead of him. It’s so different now. “When you were young, hot weather was nice. But when y

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026