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Today — 18 May 2024Main stream

Nish Kumar: ‘Nando’s is the only thing uniting this increasingly fragmented nation’

By: Tim Lewis
18 May 2024 at 11:00

The comedian on how he rates his cooking skills, food disasters and the link between the chicken restaurant and David Attenborough

Growing up, our big treat was that once a month we’d go to Pizza Hut. Me and my brother would think about it all the time: Pizza Hut; salad buffet; Ice Cream Factory. Until The Simpsons came out on VHS, it did not get any better than that.

Restaurants are the closest thing to a family business. Because it was my grandad’s racket: he ran Indian restaurants in Leicester in the 1980s. His last job before he retired was running a greasy spoon, like a proper English greasy spoon, which I always thought was a triumph of cultural integration.

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Shaun Dooley and his son, Jack, look back: ‘He put a lot of effort into being a good dad. He still feels bad about being away on my third birthday’

18 May 2024 at 07:00

The actor and his son on fun memories, toxic masculinity and Saltburn spoilers

Born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, in 1974, Shaun Dooley’s acting career began on soap operas such as Coronation Street and EastEnders. Now a leading actor on film and TV, Shaun has mastered the art of complex characters and had roles in Broadchurch, Doctor Who, It’s a Sin, Black Mirror and as Michael Rudkin in Mr Bates vs the Post Office. He is married with three daughters and a son, Jack, 19, who is a camera trainee and a student at Manchester University. Shaun performs in Jez Butterworth’s The Hills of California at the Harold Pinter theatre until 15 June.

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The inside scoop: a giant serving of the UK’s best summer arts and entertainment

18 May 2024 at 06:55

From female art trailblazers to playful performance fests, a ridiculous funk wannabe to a clubby Argentinian dance spectacular, our critics pick the arts events that will light up your summer

National Treasures
Twelve museums across the UK, closing dates vary
Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire visits Tyneside, Artemisia Gentileschi shows at the Ikon in Birmingham and Caravaggio goes to Belfast in this epic tour of paintings from the National Gallery. The revered London museum has collected art for the nation since 1824 and this celebration sees its masterpieces more widely spread than ever. Jonathan Jones

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© Illustration: Thomas Burden/The Guardian

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Yesterday — 17 May 2024Main stream

From If to Billie Eilish: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

17 May 2024 at 19:00

John Krasinski and Ryan Reynolds go family-friendly in their new imaginary-friends comedy, while the singer swaps introspection for lust on her long-awaited new album

If
Out now
In what has to be one of the more enviable showbiz lives, John Krasinski has played Jim in The Office, married Emily Blunt, and written and directed acclaimed horror franchise A Quiet Place. Now he turns his hand to family entertainment, writing and directing this part-animated fantasy about imaginary friends made visible with a little help from Ryan Reynolds and Steve Carell.

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Before yesterdayMain stream

Ransomware Defense Startup Mimic Raises Hefty $27M Seed Round 

2 May 2024 at 12:11

A new Silicon Valley startup called Mimic is coming out of the shadows with a hefty $27 million seed-stage funding round led by Ballistic Ventures.

The post Ransomware Defense Startup Mimic Raises Hefty $27M Seed Round  appeared first on SecurityWeek.

BreachRx Raises $6.5M to Revamp Incident Response Reporting Systems

19 April 2024 at 13:14

Investors make an early-stage $6.5 million bet on BreachRx, a startup promising to shield cybersecurity executives from personal liability.

The post BreachRx Raises $6.5M to Revamp Incident Response Reporting Systems appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Miggo Security Gets $7.5 Million Seed Funding to Build ADR Technology

17 April 2024 at 10:54

YL Ventures leads an early stage funding round for Miggo Security, a Tel Aviv startup working on application detection and response technology.

The post Miggo Security Gets $7.5 Million Seed Funding to Build ADR Technology appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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