A drag queen has launched a legal action against Laurence Fox after the actor labelled him and others ‘paedophiles’ during a bizarre online spat. Crystal – who was a contestant on the first season of hit show Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK – confirmed he has filed defamation proceedings against the 42-year-old ex-actor. Deputy chair … Read more
RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under premiere date is announced – and Stan subscribers won’t have long to wait By Jo Scrimshire For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:10 BST, 7 April 2021 | Updated: 22:10 BST, 7 April 2021 Stan Original Series RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under will be sashaying to our screens Saturday, May 1, only … Read more
Cambridge have won the 166th men’s Boat Race, their fourth win in the last five events, as rowers have staged a protest over the lack of repairs to Hammersmith Bridge that forced the contest to change its traditional route. Cambridge also won the Women’s Boat Race, claiming its fourth successive win over Oxford on Sunday, prevailing … Read more
Steps announce brand new album which will feature RuPaul’s Drag Race star Michelle Visage By Aisha Nozari For Mailonline Published: 19:53 BST, 1 April 2021 | Updated: 19:53 BST, 1 April 2021 Steps have announced the release of their seventh studio album, What The Future Holds Pt 2. Featuring ten brand-new, unheard songs, the 15-track … Read more
Alan Carr has spoken of his nerves ahead of filming RuPaul’s Drag Race UK after ‘putting on three stone’ during lockdown. Appearing remotely on This Morning on Thursday, the Chatty Man presenter, 44, revealed: ‘We stopped filming in February and the next thing you know we started in November when I’ve just eaten.’ Alan made … Read more
When I was nine years old and queuing for lunch at school one day, a black boy in the year above me suddenly turned around and called me a ‘chocolate bar’. I looked at my beige-coloured skin in confusion. I thought ‘But I’m not as dark as chocolate – why would he say that?’ When … Read more
School day should be extended starting in disadvantaged areas to help pupils catch up on lost learning and take part in more physical and cultural activities, says landmark race report Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities recommended extending school day It said longer school day should be phased in, starting in disadvantaged areas Extra time … Read more
At a glance: What does the landmark review recommend? Social media: Firms ‘far too often’ fail to take ‘decisive action’ to tackle racist content. Failure to act should lead to ‘substantial penalties’ and ‘public naming and shaming’. Body cameras: There should be a ‘strong presumption’ that all police body-worn video cameras will be switched on … Read more
Institutional racism is a charge too often bandied about ‘willy-nilly’, according to the author of a landmark report declaring Britain a model multi-ethnic society. Dr Tony Sewell said many people deploy the term too readily as a catch-all phrase – and that they ‘don’t even know what they’re talking about’. He argued that institutional racism … Read more
Britain is a model to the world of a successful multi-ethnic society, a major review concluded last night. It found no evidence the UK is institutionally racist – in a rejection of the common view among activists. The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, set up by Boris Johnson in the wake of the Black … Read more