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English actress Kate Elizabeth Winslet is best known for playing strong, complex female characters in independent films and historical dramas. Her iconic role in James Cameron's epic romance Titanic ...

David Lammy used to be an arch-critic of Donald Trump. Can he deal with the new Administration and reset the U.K.’s ...

"I’m honored and, at the same time, shocked that I would have ever been considered for this very special commendation," said ...

The Fairtrade Foundation has appointed international development specialist Eleanor Harrison OBE as its new CEO.

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Off the back of six BAFTA nominations, the helmer discusses the determination that drove him to make one of the riskiest, buzziest and most audacious indie films of the year: "One way or another, I ...

Headless skeletons, feral bears and female fighters – a new British Museum show revolutionises our understanding of life in ...