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Keely Hodgkinson shows off Catwoman style to steal Athlos London event

Briton destroys 800m field in hooded black bodysuit Mill Hill event more like a rave than an athletics meeting Athlos arrived in London promising that its all-female spin on track and field would be radically different. Long before Keely Hodgkinson destroyed a women’s 800m field dressed in a hooded black bodysuit, looking like a cross between a ninja assassin and Catwoman, it had made its point – and then some. Throughout the night the sound of the bassline from the aptly named DJ Trauma, who was given pride of place in front of the main stage, carried enough power to make eardrums bleed. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Sean Ingle at the StoneX Stadium18 Sept

Canada’s BetterHalf Films Joins Indonesia’s Studio Amarana on Animated Film ‘Galeo of the Seawalkers’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Gursimran Datla’s Canadian-U.K. production company BetterHalf Films has boarded Andara Fembriarto’s Indonesian animated film “Galeo of the Seawalkers” (“Galeo Anak Segara”). The title is among the selected projects at the upcoming Vancouver International Film Festival’s newly launched Business Hub Co-Production Forum. BetterHalf Films, which operates offices in Toronto and London, joins Indonesia’s Studio Amarana as […]

VarietyVariety•Emeza80518 Sept

Anthony Page obituary

Stage and screen director behind landmark productions of Samuel Beckett, John Osborne and Edward Albee Anthony Page, who has died aged 90, was one of a group of talented and individual – sometimes wilful – directors who helped establish the English Stage Company at the Royal Court in London at the end of the 1950s and the early 60s. The company, led by George Devine and Tony Richardson, became the seedbed of modern playwriting, notably John Osborne ’s Look Back in Anger (1956) in a repertoire that embraced Beckett, Brecht, Ionesco, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, as well as the native voices of Arnold Wesker , Ann Jellicoe , John Arden and NF Simpson . Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Michael Coveney18 Sept

Polanski request to postpone Greens’ conference to focus on byelection refused by party

Exclusive: Leader understood to have wanted to concentrate on Holborn and St Pancras campaign in London but executive committee voted against plan Zack Polanski requested that the Greens’ ruling executive committee postpone the party’s imminent annual conference so they could focus on the Holborn and St Pancras byelection but was refused. While party officials say the formal request came from staffers worried about diluting resources by staging a conference a week before Polanski tries to win Keir Starmer’s former Commons seat, the Guardian understands the party leader wanted this to happen. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Peter Walker Senior political correspondent18 Sept

Marks and Spencer’s first LFW catwalk gamble pays off with compelling looks at affordable prices

Retailer’s message is ‘fashion with a small f’ as it picks up on trends and brings styles for everyone to debut runway show Joan Collins declared the coats “very chic”, and has her eye on a graceful ivory evening dress with caped shoulders. Kemi Badenoch plans to snap up the classic black tuxedo jacket. If the British public are as enthusiastic as the celebrity front row, Marks & Spencer’s first ever London fashion week catwalk looks like a hit. The show, held at the Design Museum for 310 guests including Ian Wright and Jamie Carragher, was a gamble on both sides. Would snobby fashionistas be traumatised by elasticated waistbands and practical rainwear? Would M&S customers be alienated by a world of £2,000 handbags and shoes you can’t walk in? Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Jess Cartner-Morley18 Sept
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Introducing George Jaques, the ‘Sunny Dancer’ Director and ‘Ballsy’ British Creative Being Called the ‘Tom Holland of Filmmaking’

Luxury fashion house Hermès recently hosted a special dinner in London to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Athenaeum, the production company founded by British multi-hyphenate George Jaques. While a touch pretentious, the name was chosen mostly because it “didn’t sound like a 16-year-old made it,” someone who, at the time, “couldn’t actually spell it,” he […]

VarietyVariety•Alex Ritman18 Sept

Mindboggling Magritte, artists respond to a world in peril and a squished Citroën – the week in art

The French surrealist still confounds, artists look at the past, present and future of the planet and Rachel Kneebone’s crazed delights blend into the Wallace Collection – all in your weekly dispatch This Is Still Not a Pipe: The Afterlife of Magritte The confounding, mind-boggling genius of Magritte is explored through remarkable loans of his paintings plus contemporary responses by Sarah Lucas, Matthew Barney and more. • Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, London, from 24 September until 12 December Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Jonathan Jones18 Sept

Fear and loathing linger as Millwall and West Ham resume ferocious rivalry

The Metropolitan police have been granted special powers to tackle violence as the south and east London teams meet again on Saturday after 14 years Absence has not made the heart grow fonder. Millwall and West Ham meet for the first time in 14 years on Saturday, but it is not going to be a joyous reunion at the Den. The atmosphere will be ferocious and the main hope is that the focus is on the football rather than any nonsense away from the pitch. These two have plenty of previous, even though they so rarely play each other. The most glaring example is the shocking disorder inside and outside Upton Park when Millwall lost in the second round of the League Cup at West Ham’s old ground in August 2009. A 44-year-old man was stabbed in the chest as trouble raged outside and riot police struggled to maintain order during the game, with play suspended briefly when home supporters invaded the pitch after one West Ham goal. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Jacob Steinberg18 Sept