Craig Simpson

London

Arts Correspondent at The Telegraph

Arts Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph @Telegraph Feel free to get in touch: [email protected]

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Black star to play Severus Snape in Harry Potter remake

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Craig Simpson

HBO has confirmed that Severus Snape will be played by black star Paapa Essiedu in the TV adaptation of Harry Potter. The character is described in JK Rowling’s book series as having “marble white” skin which is “sallow” and like “sour milk”. The potions professor was played in the film adaptations by the late Alan Rickman. Rising British star Essiedu, 34, will now take up the role of Snape in the upcoming TV series which is set to premiere in 2026.
Black star to play Severus Snape in Harry Potter remake

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Craig Simpson

Fans, including vloggers with hundreds of thousands of followers, have raised concerns that these aspects of his character may be given new meaning by the decision to cast Essiedu. Other fans have simply noted that the actor is simply more attractive than Snape is intended to be. The British star will join John Lithgow, who has been cast as the headmaster Albus Dumbledore, played in the films by Richard Harris and Sir Michael John Gambon.
Heathcliff 'may have been black'

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Craig Simpson

The Brontë museum has suggested that the character of Heathcliff may have been black. Heathcliff features as the brooding anti-hero in Wuthering Heights, a tale of passion which shocked the Victorian public when it was published in 1847. Emily Brontë described him as darker than other characters in the novel but not explicitly black, with comparisons to a "dark-skinned gypsy" or a "Lascar", a south Asian sailor. However, Heathcliff is also described as "pale" at times and possibly "Spanish".
BBC accuses Musk of enabling misinformation

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Craig Simpson

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
BBC accuses Musk of enabling misinformation

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Craig Simpson

Last year, Fran Unsworth, the BBC's former news chief who left in 2022, said she had " anxieties" about BBC Verify. She suggested that promoting the unit as the home of truth and fact-checking could reflect badly on the rest of the BBC's news output. Ms Unsworth said: "My anxieties are ... What does it say about the rest of the journalism?
Guardian editors 'helped cause Southport riots'

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Craig Simpson

Lord Sewell said a dismissive or hostile attitude toward the white working classes was part of a "toxic mixture" that created the conditions for rioting. He said he entirely condemned the disorder, which led to more than 1,000 arrests, but added: "I don't think white working class people should be blamed for this."Newspaper 'interested in victimhood'The riots took place in deprived areas like Hartlepool, as well as Blackpool, Sunderland, Southport, Manchester and other locations.
Children cannot roam free any more, says How to Train Your Dragon author

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Craig Simpson

She told the Telegraph: "It's that sense of adventure, self-reliance, independent thinking, creative thinking. It's all so important."She added: "A lot of my books have environmental themes and our relate up with the wild. "If children don't play in nature... How can you value something if you're not out there in it? "We're distancing generations of children from nature, and it's never been more important.
Challenge problem of ‘whiteness’, London Museum tells staff

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Craig Simpson

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The British artist who managed to impress Donald Trump

3 weeks ago | aol.co.uk | Craig Simpson

Donald Trump may have had a bust up with one British artist, but has been drawn to another. The US president took issue with a portrait created by English painter Sarah Boardman. He demanded the removal of the artwork from the Colorado capitol building, branding it “truly the worst” attempt to capture his likeness. However, it has emerged the president privately cherishes another British artist, whose work has been given pride of place.
The British artist who managed to impress Donald Trump

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Craig Simpson

Mr Hakim, 66, is a Harley Street transplant surgeon with a passion for sculpture, who has depicted leaders from Boris Johnson to Pope Francis. He so impressed Mr Trump with his bronze-work that he was officially invited to the inauguration in Washington in January. Far from being banished from the president's sight like the offending portrait, the 50cm-tall sculpture created in 2020 now stands in Mr Trump's Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago.