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Jameela Jamil has spoken out in support of the Duchess of Sussex, explaining that she’s “massively mortified by the way people in England nitpick everything” the royal does. Speaking to The Sunday Times Magazine, the Good Place actor and body positivity activist argued that Meghan would not be so heavily …

The second significant religious festival of Islam, Eid al-Adha, is shortly due to take place. The first of the two observances is Eid al-Fitr, which was observed in June to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. “Eid al-Adha is one of two Eids, or days of celebration for …

The second significant religious festival of Islam, Eid al-Adha, is shortly due to take place. The first of the two observances is Eid al-Fitr, which was observed in June to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. “Eid al-Adha is one of two Eids, or days of celebration for …

The Bolshoi Ballet opened its London summer season with Spartacus, which is blockbusting business as usual for the celebrated Moscow company. The dancers pour themselves into the ripsnorting leaps and bounds of Yuri Grigorovich’s 1968 drama, dancing with characteristic power and belief. Spartacus, the story of slave revolt, has been …

The first Pan-African Cultural Festival, known as PANAF, formally opened in Algiers on 21 July 1969. This was the day after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s historic moon landing 50 years ago. But most pan-Africanist commentators didn’t see the coincidence as detracting attention from the festival. On the contrary, while …

A celebrated three-metre-tall sculpture beloved by locals and tourists has been deemed “too popular” to stay in its current location on the North York Moors, and will therefore be moved to an open-air gallery near Wakefield. Sean Henry’s Seated Figure is a bronze sculpture of an unknown man sitting on …