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Who directed the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony?

The creative team for Birmingham 2022 includes artistic director Iqbal Khan, executive producer Steven Knight CBE, writer Maeve Clarke and music director Joshua ‘RTKal’ Holness

Wales Online

My mum Dame Tessa Jowell’s legacy means I’m fighting brain cancer

Ten years ago this week, the curtain raised on Danny Boyle’s London 2012 opening ceremony, and it felt like a collective weight fell from our nation’s shoulders. What followed was a magical summer. London in particular fizzed with positivity and kindness — exemplified by the brilliant Games Makers.

Evening Standard

Steven Knight: Who is the Peaky Blinders creator behind the Commonwealth Games 2022 opening ceremony?

Writer and director is executive producing Thursday night’s ceremony

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Imagine the culture war the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony would spark now

Danny Boyle’s extravaganza burnished what was best about the UK, but the myth it forged has been crumbling ever since, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

The Guardian - UK

London 2012, 10 years on: wrestling with a sporting legacy built on false assumptions

Ten years on from the flag-draped fever dream of Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony and the golden night of Saturday 4 August, what have we got left from London 2012?

The Guardian - UK

15 years ago, Danny Boyle made the most scientific space thriller ever

The British director hasn’t returned to science fiction since making 'Sunshine.' Maybe that’s for the best.

Inverse

‘A Jerusalem for everyone’: was the 2012 Olympics the last gasp of liberal Britain?

Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony for the London games was meant to be a celebration of Britain’s diverse history and its open-minded values. Ten years later, it seems more like a requiem

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Trainspotting's Bradley Welsh left behind huge fortune when he was shot outside home

Bradley Welsh, who starred in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting sequel, was gunned down while his partner Emma Grant and young daughter were inside their Edinburgh flat in 2019

Daily Mirror

Edinburgh Trainspotting actor Bradley Welsh left huge fortune when he was killed

The actor, who starred in Danny Boyle's 2017 Trainspotting sequel and also ran a boxing gym, was killed while his partner Emma Grant and young daughter were inside the flat.

Edinburgh Live

You need to watch Rosario Dawson’s most underrated psychological thriller before it leaves HBO Max next week

Twisty and tightly plotted, this thriller features two big stars before they were swallowed by the Marvel machine.

Inverse

Shoppers blast 'It's Scottish' after clothing brand create Trainspotting range

London-based clothing line, Stay Creative Co, have created a clothing line based around Edinburgh-based film Trainspotting, a cultural reset movie from the 1990's, directed by Danny Boyle.

Edinburgh Live

Ewan McGregor reveals ‘eye-opening’ Obi-wan Kenobi fan art he gets sent

SCOTTISH actor Ewan McGregor has described some of the fan mail he receives as a bit of an “eye-opener” as he spoke about how his relationship…

The National (Scotland)

‘I know what it’s like to be frightened’: John Lydon on loneliness, lyrics and life as a Sex Pistol

After 45 years of picking fights, the former Johnny Rotten is squaring up to his ex-bandmates, director Danny Boyle and anyone who disrespects the Queen. But what’s really impressive is his capacity for love

The Guardian - UK

'Drug syndicate' behind marine tragedy

A "drug crime syndicate" may have been responsible for a fatal marine incident in the Brisbane River, a court has heard.

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‘It’s now or never, this is my chance’: Anson Boon on his biggest break, punk and Johnny Rotten

For young actor Anson Boon, playing Johnny Rotten Danny Boyle’s Pistol is a dream come true. But what did punk teach him about himself?

Daily Mirror

Lily James 'to launch pop career imminently' following Pam and Tommy success

The British actress has long been tipped to have a record up her sleeve and now it seems fans will finally be able to hear her pop tune offerings very soon indeed

The Independent UK

Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones: ‘The monarchy means nothing to me’

To celebrate the re-release of the controversial 1977 Sex Pistols track ‘God Save the Queen’, guitarist Steve Jones reflects on how the punk anthem was created – and whether his views on the monarchy have changed in the years since

Daily Mirror

Celebrities who've snubbed honours from the Queen - and why they turned them down

A large number of famous faces have been listen in theQueen’s birthday honours - but here is a look at the famous faces who refused or sent them back

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Salon

Sex Pistols show's rock 'n' roll swindle

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? "Pistol" boasts a great premise and cast, but skimps on the insights

Tribune News Service

How ‘Pistol’ highlights the height of the punk movement in 1970s London

A tiny shop in 1970s London, in neon pink letters, shouted to passersby: SEX.

Los Angeles Times

Review: You think you know the Sex Pistols. This new TV show tries to deliver a corrective

It's been 44 years since the Sex Pistols broke up and only a couple more since they played their first gig, having produced only one actual album in their lifetime. And yet they seem very much with us; the best of their music continues to sound massively huge, outside of…

Tribune News Service

The Sex Pistols rock again in Danny Boyle's FX show 'Pistol'

Anson Boon got so into playing Johnny Rotten that he hurt himself rocking too hard.

Wales Online

Disney+ Pistol: Everything you need to know about new biopic series - including cast, release date

The band’s singer Johnny Rotten has criticised the show

Tribune News Service

For Alicia von Rittberg, 'becoming' Queen Elizabeth required more than one crowning moment

It’s a casting director’s nightmare: How do you find a young actress to play one of England’s greatest monarchs, Queen Elizabeth I?

Evening Standard

Pistol on Disney+: A guide to the real-life punks who brought anarchy to the UK

The new Danny Boyle TV show is out today

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