Great British Photography Challenge: Rankin uses smartphone cameras to show how we can take great pictures

Wolf Alice have scored their first UK Number One album with ‘Blue Weekend’ and have claimed the biggest opening week for a British group in 2021.The London band’s new album, which arrived last week (June 4), debuted at the top spot with over 36,000 chart sales – 14,700 of which were vinyl copies.In addition, the four-piece – who knocked Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ down to Number Two – overtook Royal Blood to claim the biggest opening week for a British group in 2021 so far.‘Blue Weekend’ was one of

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K.J. Yossman The BFI and British Council have revealed the line-up for this year’s Great8 showcase, which allows international distributors and festival programmers to get an early look at eight releases from emerging U.K.

This year’s Cannes Film Festival lineup may yet again be thin on British movies but UK public financiers the BFI, Film4 and BBC Film have joined with the British Council to launch the fourth edition of their ‘Great 8’ program, which will showcase emerging Brit filmmakers to international distributors and fest programmers. Scroll down for the full list. 

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVProduction designer Ruth Ammon has worked on iconic films and television shows from “Drop Dead Gorgeous” to “Heroes” and “Smash,” but the one area she has long wanted to play in was space. Working on Amazon Prime Video’s anthology series “Solos” finally gave her that chance.

K.J. Yossman The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have fired another salvo against the British media by issuing a legal letter accusing the BBC of “false and defamatory” reporting over a story regarding their newborn daughter Lilibet’s name.The latest spat centers around whether or not the couple asked Queen Elizabeth II for permission to use her personal nickname, “Lilibet,” for their daughter.

Ryanair are under investigation over whether they breached consumer laws by not offering refunds to customers for cancelled flights due to the Covid pandemic. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the companies should have issued refunds for the cancelled trips when planes were grounded due to the pandemic.

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EXCLUSIVE: Parkland Pictures has picked up worldwide sales rights to Shepherd, Russell Owen’s supernatural horror. Sister company Parkland Entertainment has also acquired UK distribution through its new imprint, the genre-focused Darkland Distribution.