Culture
Books, art, music, and the ideas shaping Britain.
Barn owls, bumblebees, puffins and hedgehogs: Bank of England names the wildlife for its next banknotes
Nearly half a million people voted in the Bank’s consultation, the most ever for a banknote imagery question, as Churchill, Austen, Turner and Turing prepare to leave the notes.
Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86: the broadcaster who turned television into a lifeline
Her family said the That's Life! presenter and founder of Childline and The Silver Line died at her New Forest home, and praised her ‘endless capacity for joy’.
Turner Prize exhibition opens in Middlesbrough as four artists go on show
Works by Simeon Barclay, Kira Freije, Marguerite Humeau and Tanoa Sasraku are on display at MIMA until March; the winner is announced on 10 December.
Two former winners head a Booker shortlist spanning four countries
Marlon James and Douglas Stuart lead six novels in contention for the 2026 Booker Prize, with the winner to be named at Old Billingsgate on 9 November.
A Dolly Parton tribute and a piano star: the Last Night of the Proms in review
Yuja Wang, Nicky Spence and Sakari Oramo led the BBC’s closing-night celebrations at the Royal Albert Hall on 12 September.