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The Courageous: a powerful work of social realism about a rebellious mother searching for her place in the world

The Courageous opens with dense greenery, as sunlit and idyllic as it is discouragingly impenetrable. Then, with barely the rising sound of an engine to warn us, we cut back to urban humanity: a hand slams a glove compartment shut, with the tense “merde” of a woman on edge. And…

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Defend Our Juries to use new tactics at weekend protests after 'police raids'

Campaigners from Defend Our Juries (DOJ) are set to use new tactics to resist arrest at a number of protests this weekend ...

The National (Scotland)

Palestine Action ban protesters plan to ‘go floppy’ and refuse street bail

Several hundred protesters are set to take action in London, Belfast and Edinburgh this weekend.

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‘Hundreds more’ to take part in mass protest against Palestine Action ban

Defend Our Juries said the arrests of five alleged supporters of the banned group had encouraged more protesters to come forward.

Evening Standard

Screenwriter Paul Laverty arrested at Palestine protest in Edinburgh

Ken Loach collaborator was allegedly wearing a T-shirt that referenced banned group Palestine Action

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of filmmakers urge Venice Film Festival to take a stronger stand on Gaza

A group of international filmmakers are urging the Venice Film Festival, which starts this week, “to be more courageous and clear in condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”

Euronews

Amnesty urges Lord Advocate to drop charges against Palestine Action protesters

AMNESTY International has called on the Lord Advocate of Scotland to drop all charges against those arrested for peacefully protesting in support of…

The National (Scotland)

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'Monstrosity': Ken Loach protests against Palestine Action terror label

LEGENDARY film director Ken Loach has joined an Edinburgh demonstration against the UK Government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a…

The National (Scotland)

Ray Brooks obituary

Star of Cathy Come Home and The Knack who later appeared in EastEnders and was the voice of Mr Benn

The Guardian - UK

Ray Brooks, British actor and voice of Mr Benn, dies aged 86

The EastEnders and Cathy Come Home actor had been diagnosed with dementia, his family revealed

The Guardian - AU

Nick Hedges obituary

Photographer who took harrowing images of the conditions in which poor British people lived in the 1960s and 70s

The Guardian - UK

An ugly pack and backs worth paying to watch: Bath have taken us back to the 1990s

There was a time when the team playing at the Rec were the dominant force in English club rugby and there are signs they may be on the rise once again

The Guardian - UK

Scottish screenwriter pays tribute to Palestinian journalist killed by Israeli strike

A LEADING Scottish screenwriter has paid tribute to a Palestinian journalist killed in an Israeli air strike.

The National (Scotland)

Harris Dickinson is one of the most in-demand actors, but he had to direct a film first

Harris Dickinson is sitting on a rooftop terrace in Cannes, trying to find all the movie tattoos on his body

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My life in class limbo: am I working class or insufferably bourgeois?

I have two degrees, two books to my name and I write for the Guardian. Yet I spent time in care, live at home and struggle for money. Can Karl Marx help me make sense of myself?

The Guardian - UK

On Falling – heartbreaking study of a warehouse worker’s yearning loneliness

Director Laura Carreira’s superb debut feature is reminiscent of Ken Loach in its humane portrayal of soul-destroying work

Evening Standard

Robert Carlyle on Toxic Town, Brexit and playing Begbie again

The acting legend talks Trainspotting spinoffs, fame and starring in the new Netflix drama Toxic Town

The Guardian - UK

Bong Joon Ho: ‘I wish I had Ken Loach’s energy, but I’m just thinking about nap time’

How do you follow up an Oscar winner like Parasite? If you’re the South Korean auteur, you make a sci-fi satire where Robert Pattinson dies over and over again. The director discusses the inspirational Loach and Mike Leigh and why it’s hard being a ‘middle-aged film-maker’

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The Independent UK

Stephen Graham is right. Television has forgotten how funny working-class people are

COMMENT: The British actor has said that TV needs to stop making working-class families look miserable. Chris Harvey, who couldn’t agree more, argues that if you don’t have a broad enough spread of writers, stereotypes begin to take hold

The Guardian - UK

‘People often don’t feel treated as equals’: Adrien Brody on complexity, comebacks and The Brutalist

Twenty-two years after The Pianist, the actor is again Oscar frontrunner for a post-Holocaust epic. He talks about renovating a castle, unfulfilled yearnings and making his parents happy

The Guardian - UK

Mark Kermode on… director Sean Baker, who thrillingly puts the marginalised centre stage

The American indie director who made his mark with Tangerine and The Florida Project, and whose latest film, Anora, is an Oscars favourite, owes an unlikely debt to British social realists Mike Leigh and Ken Loach

The National (Scotland)

Glasgow Film Festival announces special events

GLASGOW Film Festival has released its 2025 programme, with a project produced by legendary director Ken Loach set to premiere ...

The Guardian - AU

Thom Yorke walks off stage after being heckled by pro-Palestine protester at Melbourne concert

The Radiohead frontman, in Australia for a solo tour, has previously denounced the pro-Palestine BDS movement and defended his decision to play in Israel

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'Eric Cantona pushed a plate of biscuits over and, in his French accent, asked me, "Would you like… a Jammie Dodger?" I said, “No thank you, Eric"': Actor describes appearing in film with Manchester United legend

Eric Cantona has become a serious actor since retiring from football - and one Manchester United fan had the pleasure of appearing alongside him in a film

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Corbyn addresses meeting on formation of new leftwing party

Exclusive: Ex-Labour leader gives speech at event where organisers say they aim to start party named Collective

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