Michael Palin

At 6 AM in Pyongyang, the haunting tune 'Where Are You, Dear General?' plays, a symbol of the regime's control. This song, echoing from loudspeakers, serves as the city's morning hymn since 2008, instilling the presence of the Kim family in daily life. It's a stark reminder of North Korea’s totalitarian grip.

Monty Python star Michael Palin has said dying while working as part of the iconic comedy troupe ''would be a great way to go'', and also admitted he was the reason they didn't reform sooner.

According to reports, the docu with the working title "Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy" will be broadcast to mark the 40th anniversary of the British icon's death this summer.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine within weeks, reports on Sunday said, as the biggest immunisation programme in UK history begins next week.

Sattriya exponent Menaka PP Bora has been invited by the British Museum to deliver a lecture on Assamese culture and render a series of dance recitals based on traditional motifs imprinted on the famed Vrindavani Vastra in March.

Jennifer Saunders, Hiran Abeysekera, and Pippa Bennett-Warner have joined the star-studded cast of the upcoming film adaptation of Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree. The movie, based on Blyton's beloved children's series, follows the Thompson family as they move to the English countryside and discover a magical tree that leads them to fantastical lands. Saunders will play the children's grandmother, Abeysekera will portray the Angry Pixie, and Bennett-Warner will be the grandmother's assistant, Hannah. The film also features newcomers Delilah Bennett-Cardy, Billie Gadsdon, and Phoenix Laroche as the Thompson children. Other notable cast members include Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, and Nicola Coughlan. Directed by Ben Gregor, with a screenplay by Simon Farnaby, the film is currently being shot in the South of England and at Shinfield Studios, Reading. Producers Pippa Harris and Nicolas Brown expressed excitement over the casting, praising the actors for bringing "wit, wonder, and warmth" to the project.

While Hollywood loves to play global activist, UK daily dubs Odisha tribal- industrial conflict as real ‘Avatar’

The British Book awards are turning 30 this year and plan to choose one book from the past three decades to be the best overall book.