Royal Horticultural Society is dragged into culture wars as boss vows to make it less ‘white, middle-aged and middle class’ A critic said it was ‘another institution falling to the modernisation agenda’ The president said the RHS would affirm the ‘commitment to equality’ TV garden designer Danny Clarke welcomed the proposed changes By Chris Hastings and … Read more
A health warning! Today the airwaves will be full of people pronouncing with total certainty, and often in outraged tones, on a possible trade deal text they have not yet had the chance to read. The mooted UK-EU trade deal is necessarily long – and that is a good thing. It is long because it … Read more
Oxford Union’s planned talk on ‘cancel culture’ by trans row writer Graham Linehan is AXED after complaints it would cause controversy Oxford Union invited Graham Linehan to give talk then cancelled his appearance Invited to give the talk on ‘cancel culture’ on December 8 but offer rescinded Union blamed ‘logistical difficulties’ and said it hoped to … Read more
What is it about carrot-topped Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden that fails to fill you with confidence? That precious voice, perhaps, or the way he reminds you of a model from a whimsical Boden catalogue. Maybe it’s his failure to stand up for theatres these past ten months. Whatever it is, he does not strike you … Read more
Lizzo defended herself after getting slammed for posting about a smoothie detox diet, telling critics to she and fellow ‘big girls’ should be able to do ‘whatever the f**k they want with their body.’ The Juice singer, 32, explained how her decision to detox had nothing to do with weight loss, but was instead about … Read more
Lizzo is slammed by fans online for promoting ‘diet culture’ with fad smoothie detox… after revealing her personal struggles with confidence By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 00:08 GMT, 15 December 2020 | Updated: 00:19 GMT, 15 December 2020 She recently described having negative thoughts about her body while on her public journey with self … Read more
BBC presenter James Wong under fire for claiming British gardening culture is ‘racist’ due to its use of terms like ‘heritage’ and ‘native’ Wong, 39, has presented Countryfile and appeared on BBC Radio 4 Was responding to another user who had shared an article he wrote last month He said gardening culture in the UK … Read more
Parents fight war of words over Eton headmaster’s culture change as critics are labelled ‘old, white men’ English teacher Will Knowland sacked over controversial lecture, sparking a row Head Master Simon Henderson has denied that he wanted to ‘shut down debate’ Students are ‘almost unanimously supportive of Simon’ says a student’s mother By Sarah Oliver … Read more
This misunderstood spot is the UK’s City of Culture 2021 – so it’s time to… send yourself to Coventry The Daily Mail’s Tamara Hinson visited Coventry, where she found the city a mix of both old and new She says its cathedral is a reminder of its ability to reinvent itself while carefully preserving its history … Read more
Charities such as the National Trust should avoid being dragged into culture wars about ‘wokedom’ because they risk damaging the entire sector, the head of the Charity Commission has said. The intervention by Baroness Stowell of Beeston follows the report in last week’s Mail on Sunday about a group of more than 25 MPs who … Read more