Yasmin Le Bon and Alice Temperley blast ‘cowardly’ Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden over Brexit

Fashionistas’ Brexit fury: Royal Wedding designer Alice Temperley and legendary model Yasmin Le Bon blast ‘cowardly’ Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden after he demands they use their ‘star power’ on Brussels to ease trade woes By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 08:28 GMT, 21 February 2021 | Updated: 08:55 GMT, 21 February 2021 The  … Read more

Half of Britons fear freedom of speech is under threat from the rise of ‘cancel culture’

Half of Britons fear freedom of speech is ‘under threat’ in the UK as rampant ‘cancel culture’ scares people out of speaking their minds, a poll has found. Some 50 per cent of Britons feel it is harder to share their honest thoughts on controversial topics such as immigration or transgender rights now than it … Read more

Ofcom must not ‘take sides in the culture war’ by banning blackface on TV, ex-BBC chief warns

Ofcom must not ‘take sides in the culture war’ by banning blackface on TV, ex-BBC chief warns, as watchdog probes family-run channel for showing 1970s sitcom Rogue’s Rock Ofcom is investigating Talking Pictures TV for airing episode with blackface in  Lord Grade of Yarmouth warned the OFCOM probe sets a ‘worrying precedent’ Writing to OFCOM, the former … Read more

Radio host Kyle Sandilands explains why he’s seemingly immune to ‘cancel culture’

‘If anyone’s going to lose, you think I would’: Radio host Kyle Sandilands explains why he’s seemingly immune to ‘cancel culture’ despite a string of controversies By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:30 GMT, 10 February 2021 | Updated: 22:34 GMT, 10 February 2021 He’s been a magnet for controversy over the years, … Read more

‘Out-of-control woke leftism and cancel culture’ in US is a threat to FRANCE, French politicians say

Politicians, prominent intellectuals, and academics in France have voiced concern that ‘out-of-control leftism and cancel culture’ from the United States is threatening French identity. They are arguing that American ideas on race, gender, post-colonialism – especially those coming from U.S. universities – are undermining French society and are an attack on French heritage. The collection … Read more

Rapper Slowthai says cancel culture kills creativity – a year on from controversial public stunts

Controversial British rapper Slowthai has hit out at cancel culture, saying it kills all art and creativity. The Northampton rapper, 26, spoke of how he found being in the public eye ‘suffocating’ and admitted it had affected both his confidence and mental health. Slowthai, real name Tyron Frampton, shot to fame with the release of … Read more

Big tech must play fair with publishers, says Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden 

Big tech must play fair with publishers, says Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden Oliver Dowden said on Tuesday that online advertising had led to a ‘fundamental imbalance’ between big tech and publishers and advertisers using the platforms In November the Government announced a ‘pro-competition regime’ to govern the behaviour of dominant platforms By Paul Revoir Media … Read more

Cocktail culture lifts drink giants: Diageo and Fevertree sales fizz

Cocktail culture lifts spirits at drink giants: Sales at Diageo and Fevertree fizz as drinkers get creative in lockdown By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 January 2021 The rise of cocktail culture in the UK added fizz to the sales of Diageo and … Read more

Holey Moley host Rob Riggle calls cancel culture ‘real oppression and real censorship’

Holey Moley host Rob Riggle slams cancel culture as ‘real oppression and real censorship’ that threatens comedian’s livelihoods By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:03 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 12:03 GMT, 16 January 2021 Holey Moley host Rob Riggle has slammed cancel culture as a threat to the livelihoods of comedians.  … Read more

Royal Horticultural Society is dragged into culture wars

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