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‘Can’t start a fire’: Why England fans at Euros are channelling Springsteen

Singing the praises of Phil Foden to Dancing In The Dark has become the go-to tune for England fans in Germany

The Guardian - UK

‘I have an obsession with authenticity’: David Baddiel on growing up, golf and family affairs

David Baddiel grew up with an emotionally absent father and a mother having an affair with a golf memorabilia salesman. No wonder he’s written a very funny memoir about it all

The Guardian - UK

My Family: The Memoir by David Baddiel review – sex, lies and the making of a standup

This book-length version of the revelations that informed the comedian’s hit show – ‘a twisted love letter’ to his parents – possesses an unhinged poignancy

The Guardian - UK

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My Family: The Memoir by David Baddiel review – meet the parents

David Baddiel engagingly overshares about his outre childhood

The Guardian - UK

Taskmaster’s best series, ranked: who will come out on top?

Out of the hit comedy gameshow’s 17 seasons, which ones rise to the top?

Evening Standard

11 of the worst ever England football songs, ranked: from Ant and Dec to Chico

Not every England song can be as rousing as ‘Three Lions’. Katie Rosseinsky looks back at some football songs that are better off forgotten

The Independent UK

David Baddiel: trauma passed on from Holocaust is why I do comedy

Promoting his book at Hay festival, comedian says his mother and grandparents’ flight from Nazi Germany affected later generations

The Guardian - UK

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Jemima Khan Goldsmith: My sons are Muslim, my brothers are tribally Jewish — I am caught between cultures

Arguments with her family about the Israel-Gaza war inspired the film producer to start a more nuanced conversation

Evening Standard

The week in audio: Three Million; Who Trolled Amber?; Who We Are Now; A Muslim & a Jew Go There – review

Kavita Puri’s superb account of the 1943 Bengal famine needs to be heard; Alexi Mostrous chills with an investigation into social media hate; and the ‘madly articulate’ David Baddiel and Sayeeda Warsi tackle politics head-on

The Guardian - UK

No sets, less fuss, a cast of one: can standups save the UK’s cash-strapped theatres?

For the Royal Court and Park theatres, putting on comedy acts is a moneyspinning way to find new audiences. But are playhouses set to stage fewer plays?

The Guardian - UK

‘I can be quite well behaved’: Frank Skinner on standup, rude jokes and what the kids got right

Comedian Frank Skinner is preparing to unleash his new standup show – and this time he says he’s cleaning up his act

The Guardian - UK

David Baddiel says Grace Dent’s exit ‘confirmed’ his fear about I’m A Celeb

Baddiel revealed he had been offered a hefty fee to appear on last year’s edition of ‘I’m a Celeb’

The Independent UK

Christopher Eccleston defends playing Fagin in Oliver Twist series as non-Jewish actor

‘Doctor Who’ star plays Dickens’s villain in CBBC spin-off show

The Independent UK

UK Jewish Film Festival 2023: our pick of this year's stellar line-up, from One Life to The Goldman Case

The festival's 27th edition will showcase an incredible variety of feature films, shorts and documentaries

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Matthew Perry wanted to be remembered for ‘helping people to recover’

The actor was ‘very, very warm and generous, and keen to keep everyone entertained the whole time’, says director.

Evening Standard

Pupils at London Jewish school allowed to not wear logo amid hate crime fears

After-school detentions have also been cancelled so pupils can get home safely amid concerns they could be targeted following Israel-Hamas war

The Guardian - UK

Helen Mirren addresses Golda controversy: ‘I told the director that I’m not Jewish’

Mirren has spoken of her dismay at the backlash to her casting as Golda Meir, former prime minister of Israel, in forthcoming film Golda

Evening Standard

OPINION - Adam Driver shouldn’t play Enzo Ferrari? I am tired of reductive identity politics

Morgan Freeman was not condemned for playing Nelson Mandela in Invictus. Forest Whitaker’s portrayal of Idi Amin in the The Last King of Scotland did not inspire backlash on the grounds of cultural appropriation; instead Whitaker won an Oscar for Best Actor.

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The Independent UK

Composer Bernstein's children defend Bradley Cooper's prosthetic nose after 'Maestro' is criticized

After Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in the trailer for the upcoming Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro” stoked criticism of antisemitism, the conductor’s children have come to the defense of the actor

The Guardian - UK

Bradley Cooper in ‘Jewface’ storm after Leonard Bernstein trailer reveals prosthetic nose

Criticism focuses on the change to the appearance of the actor who directs, co-writes and stars in Maestro, biopic of the conductor and composer

The Independent UK

David Baddiel questions Cillian Murphy casting in Oppenheimer

Jewish physicist J Robert Oppenheimer is played in Christopher Nolan’s film by non-Jewish actor Murphy

The Independent UK

David Baddiel questions Cillian Murphy casting in Oppenheimer

Jewish physicist J Robert Oppenheimer is played in Christopher Nolan’s film by non-Jewish actor Murphy

The Guardian - UK

Frank Skinner: ‘I’ve always operated near the line. If it moves, I move with it’

The comedian on his love of poetry, navigating political landmines and why Edinburgh is so close to his heart

The Guardian - UK

David Harewood on Blackface review – a shocking, deeply moving piece of television

In a personal look at the shocking origins of minstrelsy, the actor speaks truth to power on the same channel that showed blackface in his living room when he was growing up

Evening Standard

Edinburgh Festival 2023: the best theatre and comedy to book

Our critics pick 20 of the must-see shows for those travelling north of the border for the world’s biggest this summer

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