Dorian Lynskey

6 days ago | inews.co.uk | Dorian Lynskey

Russell Tovey doesn’t like the term “role model”. He prefers “possibility model”, which he picked up from the actress Laverne Cox – a public figure who represents another way to live. The 43-year-old is quite the possibility model himself: an actor, film-maker and art buff who uses these fields to shine a light on the things he cares about. Sitting on his sofa in London, his bulldog Rocky snoring beside him, he likes to fast-forward through small talk and go deep.

1 week ago | inkl.com | Dorian Lynskey

Labor’s victory will strengthen the case of those who think that offering a moderate alternative to the kind of chaotic politics unleashed by Trump is the right approach for progressive parties – but, as the news of far right success in Romania in the headlines below suggests, that is not a universal playbook. We’ll return to Romania in the weeks ahead.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Dorian Lynskey

Even Donald Trump knows that the price of concert tickets is too damn high. Recently, flanked by the preposterously dressed Maga rocker Kid Rock, the president signed an executive order to protect fans from “crazy prices” by cracking down on scalpers and hidden fees. “Make America Fun Again,” Kid Rock declared. It will take more than an executive order to resolve the ticketing industry’s most intractable problems. Scalpers, anyway, are an easy target with few friends.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Dorian Lynskey

Earlier this year, the Northern Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap appeared to be entering their respectable phase. Their self-titled film, a raucous semi-fictionalised biopic directed by Rich Peppiatt, won a Bafta for outstanding British debut, while Kemi Badenoch’s attempt to block a grant awarded by the British Phonographic Industry was overturned in court. As the film illustrates, Kneecap were accustomed to being denounced by unionist MPs but both sides reaped useful publicity.

2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Dorian Lynskey

I meet Rory Kinnear in his “favourite place on earth”, the National Theatre on London’s South Bank. Dressed down in a baggy blue hoodie, he has just popped out of rehearsals for Here We Are, the new musical by David Ives and the late Stephen Sondheim. “Ticking along nicely,” he reports. “Quite jolly.” Outside our tiny meeting room, the sunlight glitters on the Thames and the riverside bustles with life. “My only ambition was to work here,” he recalls of leaving drama school.