2026 Mercury Prize returns to Newcastle
The Mercury Prize music awards are returning to Newcastle in 2026.
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Mothers Across Generations Unite Through Foundling Museum Collaboration
London's Foundling Museum has released three new pieces made in collaboration with social enterprise Hold Everything, stitched by hand by mothers at Sreepur Village in Bangladesh. The collection draws inspiration from tokens left by mothers at the Foundling Hospital in the 1700s and is sold through the museum shop online.
Celebrity Traitors' Joe Lycett's tribute to viral TikTok nan
Comedian Joe Lycett has painted a tribute to Anne Hughes, the Welsh grandmother who became a viral TikTok sensation after being lifted into the air when she was caught in shop shutters. The painting is part of his art exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, and her granddaughter says it keeps her legacy alive.
Mum quits job as lawyer to voice Netflix cartoon
Emily McGonagle, a mum who worked as a lawyer in London, swapped her long commute for voiceover work she can do from home around her children. She now voices eight characters in Spike, a children's series that premiered on Netflix and is its top children's show in the UK.