Culture desk Artists awarded grants to in last 2025 funding round ArtHouse Jersey says 2025 saw £55,000 being allocated to local artists. January 3, 2026
Books & Fiction Monster or victim?: The fascination of Hedda Gabler, the ‘female Hamlet’ who divides opinion An unhappy bride plotting others' downfalls, 19th-Century anti-heroine Hedda Gabler is one of the great roles for women – and as new film Hedda... January 3, 2026
Books & Fiction ‘I took up poetry to help deal with anxiety’ Steven Beattie, who works at the Royal Stoke Hospital, is to be Stoke-on-Trent's next poet laureate. January 3, 2026
Culture desk Actor Timothy West ‘died peacefully’ after hospital stay The Bradford-born actor had been receiving palliative care after suffering a head injury in a fall. January 2, 2026
Culture desk The Traitors returns with new ‘secret traitor’ in major shake-up Not even the viewers know who host Claudia Winkleman has assigned as the fourth "secret traitor". January 1, 2026
Books & Fiction George Orwell classics Animal Farm and 1984 translated into Welsh Animal Farm and 1984 will both be published in Welsh for the first time. January 1, 2026
Books & Fiction Cambridge library exhibition ‘lets children see themselves’ An exhibition shows how black people are represented in British children's literature. January 1, 2026
Culture desk Banu Mushtaq: Indian author scripts history with International Booker Prize win Mushtaq won the prize for the short story collection Heart Lamp, translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi. December 31, 2025
Culture desk Isiah Whitlock: Veep and The Wire actor dies at 71 Whitlock was known for his notably elongated, profane catchphrase, which he used on The Wire and in films. December 31, 2025