After two days of build-up, the main stages are opening at Glastonbury as festival-goers prepare for the first full day of music. Alanis Morissette, Biffy Clyro and the 1975 are just some of the artists set to perform on the Friday of this year’s Glastonbury Festival. Crowds have already been treated to a surprise appearance from singer-songwriter Lorde, who performed on the Woodsies stage. But many on site started their day seeking out some shade, with the high temperatures already seen on site this morning due to climb up to about 27C later Fashionable hats: People are taking shelter from the sun,…
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Three suspects broke into the home in Los Feliz late on Wednesday through a front window and “ransacked the location,” according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police did not confirm the home belonged to the Oscar-winning actor, but the address matched that of a home Mr Pitt purchased in 2023. Authorities said the suspects fled with stolen items, though it’s unclear what was taken. The actor was not home at the time of the burglary, US media reported. Mr Pitt was in the UK earlier this week for the London premier of his new film F1, which is released on…
After two days of build-up, Glastonbury will open its main stages on Friday with performances from music stars including Alanis Morissette, Wet Leg, Rizzle Kicks, Denzel Curry, PinkPantheress, Loyle Carner and Busta Rhymes. The day will reach its climax when rock band The 1975 headline the Pyramid Stage at 22:15 BST, giving their only concert of the year. The band, fronted by Matty Healy, have reportedly spent four times their festival fee on a “specially designed set” for the show. Meanwhile, there’s fevered speculation over the mystery acts on this year’s bill, with Lewis Capaldi rumoured to be making a return…
Lewis Capaldi has released a rousing comeback single about his determination to overcome his personal struggles after two years out of the public eye. The Scottish singer is also heavily rumoured to be making an unannounced appearance at Glastonbury on Friday, two years after an emotional performance when festival fans lent their vocal support as his voice faltered. He then retreated from the spotlight to get his “physical and mental health in order” and “adjust to the impact” of a Tourette’s diagnosis. He addressed his private battles on the gutsy Survive, which was released at midnight, and which opens with…
A herd of life-sized puppet animals has arrived in London, as part of its world tour to raise awareness of climate change. The Herds aims to symbolise the animals’ flight from climate disaster, according to The Walk Productions, which is behind the large scale public art. The animals, created in part by students at Wimbledon College of Arts, will start near London Bridge on Friday morning and will then visit Soho, Somerset House, Coram’s Fields, Camden High Street and Stratford. The herd’s tour began on 9 April in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and then travelled north, through locations in Africa and…
A torchlit photography exhibition exploring themes of otherness, the marginal and the overlooked is set to open at a historic military site. Portland’s High Angle Battery is the setting for the exhibition, which has been co-curated by b-side, a Dorset-based arts organisation. An LGBT+ side group b-side helped set up and British-Israeli artist Gil Mualem-Doron have also helped to coordinate it and they appealed for submissions from around the world. The exhibition, which showcases work from 21 international artists, opens on Thursday and runs until Sunday. “If you can’t see people’s lives you’ll never know they existed but you’ll also…
Schoolchildren are helping to create the UK’s longest art exhibition, stretching for 57 miles. Running along the Transpennine rail route to North Yorkshire, it will see paintings, photographs and drawings placed at stations – all created by pupils from nearby schools. For each young artist, the works speak to how they feel about the place they call home. Teenage artist Imaan Ashan, from Great Academy Ashton in Ashton-Under-Lyne, told ITV News it did not “feel real” to see her small painting turned into a giant print over the station entrance. Imaan sees her painting as “something personal”. She said: “That’s…
Three works by the sculptor and artist Eric Gill, who sexually abused his daughters, have been withdrawn from a UK exhibition opening on 5 July. Two of the works—a wood engraving and a drawing—depict Gill’s daughter Petra, naked in a bath, while the other is a drawing of a nude Elizabeth. Each had been lined up for inclusion in the exhibition It Takes A Village at the Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft (until 1 February 2026), focused on artists who, like Gill, worked in the Sussex village in the early 20th century. The decision to not show the works, which are…
Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first. The research has been taboo until now because of concerns it could lead to designer babies or unforeseen changes for future generations. But now the World’s largest medical charity, the Wellcome Trust, has given an initial £10m to start the project and says it has the potential to do more good than harm by accelerating treatments for many incurable diseases. Dr Julian Sale, of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, who is…
Ash trees are fighting back against a disease that has ravaged the British countryside, new scientific evidence shows. When ash dieback arrived in 2012, it was predicted up to 85% of ash trees could be lost. It spread to every corner of the British Isles, causing widespread damage to woodlands. But now scientists have discovered that ash woodlands are naturally evolving greater resistance to the fungal infection. The discovery offers fresh hope that the much-loved trees will remain part of the British landscape – but a hope “borne out of the death of a lot of trees”, said Prof Richard…