Lockdown led to culinary skills being explored and bake-off creations let more of us eat cake

The British government on Monday announced grants of 257 million pounds ($335 million) to help almost 1,400 arts and cultural organizations survive the coronavirus pandemic. The money — the first chunk to be spent from a 1.57-billion-pound Culture Recovery Fund — was welcomed by arts organizations that have accused the government of neglecting them while supporting other businesses.

Johnny Marr has praised Sacha Lord, the Night Time Economy Adviser for Greater Manchester, for leading legal action against the UK government over the detrimental impact that a local lockdown would have on the hospitality sector in the north of England.News of this legal challenge comes ahead of Boris Johnson’s expected announcement today (October 12) of a three-tier lockdown strategy for England in order to prevent a further rise in coronavirus cases.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentSid Gentle Films, the BAFTA and Emmy award-winning producers behind “Killing Eve” and “The Durrells,” headed by Sally Woodward Gentle (pictured below), has acquired the rights to develop Cash Carraway’s “Skint Estate” for TV, and has lined up a lead writer for previously announced “Taking Up Space.” Both projects are in formal development with British broadcasters.“Skint Estate” is a darkly funny, searingly political, debut memoir from Carraway,

Mariah Carey is getting candid about why she chose not to include her 2016 engagement to billionaire businessman James Packer in her new memoir, .The 50-year-old chart topper was asked in a new interview with about the fact that she didn't divulge any details about her engagement to Packer in her book, and it's clear she doesn't even want to waste any interview time on the topic either. “If it was a relationship that mattered, it’s in the book.

Festival season continues to ebb and flow with the AFI Festival hitting in just a few weeks, making for the discourse around film to stray from the persistent doom and gloom of all of the rescheduling and push backs of previously scheduled releases for theaters.

Mariah Carey is getting candid about why she chose not to include her 2016 engagement to billionaire businessman James Packer in her new memoir, .The 50-year-old chart topper was asked in a new interview with about the fact that she didn't divulge any details about her engagement to Packer in her book, and it's clear she doesn't even want to waste any interview time on the topic either. “If it was a relationship that mattered, it’s in the book.

One of the great joys of the New York Film Festival has been watching Steve McQueen’s new film anthology “Small Axe.” Composed of five works set between the late-’60s and early-’80s, the two recently screened films — “Lovers Rock” and “Mangrove” — are intimate slices of life of a little-represented community, British Black folks from the West Indies, resiliently thriving amidst a racially hostile environment.

One of the great joys of the New York Film Festival has been watching Steve McQueen’s new film anthology “Small Axe.” Composed of five works set between the late-’60s and early-’80s, the two recently screened films — “Lovers Rock” and “Mangrove” — are intimate slices of life of a little-represented community, British Black folks from the West Indies, resiliently thriving amidst a racially hostile environment.

Also Read: How a Small Film Slate at Toronto Film Festival Translated Into Big SalesThe story takes place in 1951, four years after the British withdrew from India, and follow four families over a period of 18 months, centering on Rupa Mehra’s efforts to arrange the marriage of her younger daughter, Lata, a 19-year-old university student who refuses to be influenced by her domineering mother.The book, “a door stopper of a novel” as Nair called it, shines its light on mainly elite families in

The Bridge.The Channel 4 reality series is a new offering from the station which sees 12 contestants work together to build a bridge (we could’ve guessed from the name) for a chance to win £100,000.A hefty sum we could all do with a slice of after the turmoil of 2020!Along with 11 other contestants, Irish woman Maura Dore will be trying her luck at building the bridge out to an island in the British countryside.The series will be narrated by His Dark Materials star James McAvoy and will take

The first amateur baker eliminated from The Great British Bake Off has said her medical career helped her deal with the stress of the show’s famous tent.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: WestEnd Films has scored UK distribution and other key deals for TIFF Selects title Falling For Figaro, from director Ben Lewin (The Sessions) and starring Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous) and Danielle Macdonald (Patti Cake$).Entertainment Film Distributors has picked up the romantic comedy for the UK.

There have now been 10 bakers to triumph on The Great British Bake Off and number 11 will be crowned at the end of the new series.