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In March 1969, just months before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, Concorde made its maiden flight. The supersonic plane embodied a vision of the future as daring as that of Apollo 11 — but far better looking. No plane has captured the public imagination quite like Concorde, even though …

Congratulations to Wolf Alice on winning this year’s Mercury Prize. The London four-piece band picked up the £25,000 winners’ cheque for their 2017 album, Visions of A Life, which will be familiar to their fans and pop music aficionados (it reached No 2 in the charts) but probably less so …

Image copyright Netflix Image caption Stone and Hill are thrown together during lab trials If you like to unwind with a formulaic drama that you can half-watch while scrolling through Instagram – and still be able to keep up with the plot – Maniac is probably not for you. Boasting …

Written by Rory Smith, CNN Han Solo’s jacket, worn by Harrison Ford in the “Star Wars” film “The Empire Strikes Back,” reportedly failed to sell on Thursday during an auction in London. The jacket was part of a sale of rare film and TV memorabilia that was held by Prop …

Image copyright Johan Persson Image caption Jade Anouka plays Queen Margaret, with Max Runham as Henry VI Shakespeare gave Queen Margaret more lines than any other female character, and more lines than King Lear. Now, she’s finally been given her own play – one of two productions putting the Bard’s …

Image caption The finale of Bodyguard is on BBC One on Sunday Bodyguard has been a huge hit for BBC One – and now it’s coming to Netflix. The streaming network has acquired the rights to show the gripping thriller outside the UK and Ireland. However, it’s not the BBC …

Image copyright HBO/Kobal/Shutterstock Image caption Emilia Clarke plays Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones Game of Thrones continues to be a popular source of parental inspiration, according to the latest list of the most popular baby names in England and Wales. A record 76 baby girls were called Khaleesi in …

Image copyright Marvel/Disney Image caption Avengers: Infinity War was released in April 2018 – its follow-up still doesn’t have an official title To the untrained eye a picture of a man in a film studio with the caption “look hard” might not get the heart racing. But for thousands of …

Image copyright Ben Morgan OK, quick question for you: What connects Arctic Monkeys, Florence and the Machine, Kings of Leon and The Courteeners? “The thing they’ve all got in common is that they’re all massive,” laughs The Coral frontman James Skelly, “They haven’t got much in common with us anymore!” …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Cary Fukunaga directed the first series of HBO’s True Detective The man behind Netflix series Maniac has been named as the director of the next James Bond film. Cary Joji Fukunaga replaces Danny Boyle, who dropped out last month blaming “creative differences”. Producers Michael …