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Coldplay preaching peace and love to Charlie Kirk is all well and good. But would it hurt artists to take a stand? | Elle Hunt
ByElle Hunt September 20, 2025

At Wembley, Chris Martin exhorted the crowd to ‘send love anywhere you wanna send it’. But half-hearted word salad won’t stop the rise of hateI don’t mind committing to record that I am a fan of Coldplay. A Rush of Blood to the Head, Parachutes and Viv…

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‘Other countries would have preserved it’: Yemenis mourn the demolition of historic mud-brick palaces
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian September 19, 2025

In the city of Tarim, colourful mansions built by the city’s merchants are being knocked down as the war-torn nation cannot afford to maintain themWords and photographs by Saeed al-Batati in TarimWhen the bulldozers moved into Abdul Rahman Bin Sheikh a…

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‘If you don’t make a stand now, when would you?’: inside the Together for Palestine concert
ByAmmar Kalia. Photographs by David Levene September 18, 2025

Palestinian musicians were joined by stars including Neneh Cherry and Louis Theroux for a massive four-hour fundraising concert in London. Their artistry revealed the strength and breadth of a culture under siegeIt’s a muggy midweek afternoon when a tr…

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‘If you don’t make a stand now, when would you?’: inside the Together for Palestine concert
ByAmmar Kalia. Photographs by David Levene September 18, 2025

Palestinian musicians were joined by stars including Neneh Cherry and Louis Theroux for a massive four-hour fundraising concert in London. Their artistry revealed the strength and breadth of a culture under siegeIt’s a muggy midweek afternoon when a tr…

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Together for Palestine concert: Benedict Cumberbatch, Damon Albarn and Neneh Cherry take stage at galvanising and star-studded gig for Gaza
ByMichael Hann September 18, 2025

Scores of artists, speakers and activists appear at four-hour fundraiser curated by Brian Eno – but it’s Palestinian voices who make the biggest impressionThe sheer scale of it was boggling. A total of 69 artists, speakers and activists were to appear …

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Together for Palestine concert: Benedict Cumberbatch, Damon Albarn and Neneh Cherry take stage at galvanising and star-studded gig for Gaza
ByMichael Hann September 18, 2025

Scores of artists, speakers and activists appear at four-hour fundraiser curated by Brian Eno – but it’s Palestinian voices who make the biggest impressionThe sheer scale of it was boggling. A total of 69 artists, speakers and activists were to appear …

Read More Together for Palestine concert: Benedict Cumberbatch, Damon Albarn and Neneh Cherry take stage at galvanising and star-studded gig for Gaza
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Israel’s culture minister threatens national film awards after Palestinian story takes top prize
ByAndrew Pulver September 17, 2025

Miki Zohar says he will cancel funding for the Ophir awards after The Sea, about a 12-year-old Palestinian boy who is denied entry to Tel Aviv, wins best pictureIsrael’s culture minister, Miki Zohar, has announced that funding for the Ophirs, the count…

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Why I’m hosting a concert for Palestine at Wembley Arena | Brian Eno
ByBrian Eno September 17, 2025

I hope tonight’s gig will have the same galvanising effect as the 1988 Nelson Mandela concert – and give people courage to speak out about GazaIn the summer of 1988 the music festival producer Tony Hollingsworth organised a concert at Wembley Stadium i…

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Guy Pearce and Annie Lennox join call to end ‘normalised horror’ for children in Gaza
ByNadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent September 14, 2025

Stars read Michael Rosen’s 2014 poem Don’t Mention the Children in film released by Save the ChildrenGuy Pearce, Annie Lennox and Vanessa Redgrave are among the celebrities calling for an end to the “normalised horror” of children being killed in Gaza,…

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Desolation by Hossein Asgari review – an accomplished exploration of love, truth and the cruelty of fate
ByCatriona Menzies-Pike September 11, 2025

A storyteller who lies in service of truth meets a writer who doesn’t believe in true stories in this sophomore work set in Adelaide and post-revolutionary IranGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailDoes a novel need a factchecker? Not for the kind…

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