The Latest Breaking News from Paul Mescal

Offices have become more casual, but there are still rules to abide by during the summer heat. Here’s what you need to know

The actor seems to have inspired a generation of young chaps to grow wispy caterpillars on their upper lips. When it comes to facial hair, I’ve learned it’s best to go big or go home, writes Guardian columnist Adrian Chiles

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With a breakout performance in Urchin, the actor has emerged from cult TV fame to the cusp of major stardom – a new ‘post-alpha male’ lead to join the ranks of Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor

Just give us the red carpet debut already!

As the star complains about critiques of his work, Julia Baird points out the privileged actor is already everywhere

‘The History of Sound’ stars Mescal opposite Josh O’Connor as two young music students who travel to rural Maine together in the summer of 1919 to record local folk songs

In Cannes to promote The History of Sound, the actor said ‘I don’t see the parallels at all, other than we spent a little time in a tent’

‘There are more actors out there waiting for a go, and for a chance,’ Julia Baird said