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Susie Wolff #botd is married to Toto Wolff, team principal, CEO and co-owner of Mercedes Formula One. In March 2023, Susie was appointed managing director of the newly launched all-female racing series, F1 Academy.
December 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Susie Wolff #botd is married to Toto Wolff, team principal, CEO and co-owner of Mercedes Formula One. In March 2023, Susie was appointed managing director of the newly launched all-female racing series, F1 Academy.
The English filmmaker and animator Nick Park, creator of Wallace and Gromit, Creature Comforts, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, and Early Man, winner of four Oscars... happy birthday!
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The English filmmaker and animator Nick Park, creator of Wallace and Gromit, Creature Comforts, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, and Early Man, winner of four Oscars... happy birthday!
"That's the beauty of music. You can take a theme from a Bach sacred chorale and improvise. It doesn't make any difference where the theme comes from. The treatment of it can be jazz..."
Dave Brubeck #botd
Dave Brubeck #botd
December 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
"That's the beauty of music. You can take a theme from a Bach sacred chorale and improvise. It doesn't make any difference where the theme comes from. The treatment of it can be jazz..."
Dave Brubeck #botd
Dave Brubeck #botd
American lyricist Ira Gershwin #botd collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create many memorable songs including more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as "I Got Rhythm"...
December 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
American lyricist Ira Gershwin #botd collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create many memorable songs including more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as "I Got Rhythm"...
Frank Gehry, one of the most influential and distinctive talents in American architecture, died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 96. His most famous work remains the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, which received international acclaim on its opening in 1997.
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Frank Gehry, one of the most influential and distinctive talents in American architecture, died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 96. His most famous work remains the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, which received international acclaim on its opening in 1997.
J. J. Cale #botd shunned the spotlight but gained fame penning such hits as After Midnight. His blues-inflected rock inspired some of the genre’s biggest names. "His influence is immeasurable" suggests Rolling Stone.
December 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
J. J. Cale #botd shunned the spotlight but gained fame penning such hits as After Midnight. His blues-inflected rock inspired some of the genre’s biggest names. "His influence is immeasurable" suggests Rolling Stone.
"Joan Didion #botd inspired countless writers and readers to put pen to paper and write about the world as they see it. Her unique style, restrained yet honest, affecting yet never sentimental, is peerless..." — Ella Alexander
December 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
"Joan Didion #botd inspired countless writers and readers to put pen to paper and write about the world as they see it. Her unique style, restrained yet honest, affecting yet never sentimental, is peerless..." — Ella Alexander
"His 1948 noir classic Force of Evil is first and foremost a film about money and power set in the world of the numbers racket in New York, that deserves more, much more, than cult status..." — Mark Kidel
Abraham Polonsky #botd
Abraham Polonsky #botd
December 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"His 1948 noir classic Force of Evil is first and foremost a film about money and power set in the world of the numbers racket in New York, that deserves more, much more, than cult status..." — Mark Kidel
Abraham Polonsky #botd
Abraham Polonsky #botd
“Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood, at a time when the business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb, and disaster seemed right around the corner...”
Walt Disney #botd
Walt Disney #botd
December 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
“Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood, at a time when the business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb, and disaster seemed right around the corner...”
Walt Disney #botd
Walt Disney #botd
Metropolis, the expressionist epic by Fritz Lang #botd, the Austrian-born film director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked in Germany and later the United States.
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Metropolis, the expressionist epic by Fritz Lang #botd, the Austrian-born film director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked in Germany and later the United States.
"Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun."
The poet Christina Rossetti, #botd in 1830, was inextricably tied to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, inspiring and collaborating with artists including her brother Dante Gabriel.
The poet Christina Rossetti, #botd in 1830, was inextricably tied to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, inspiring and collaborating with artists including her brother Dante Gabriel.
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun."
The poet Christina Rossetti, #botd in 1830, was inextricably tied to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, inspiring and collaborating with artists including her brother Dante Gabriel.
The poet Christina Rossetti, #botd in 1830, was inextricably tied to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, inspiring and collaborating with artists including her brother Dante Gabriel.
Meera Sodha’s tasty Christmas aubergine and rice timbale
Recipe | www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
Recipe | www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Meera Sodha’s tasty Christmas aubergine and rice timbale
Recipe | www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
Recipe | www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
Carrie Cracknell, Nina Raine and Belarus Free Theatre’s Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin share memories of working with playwright Tom Stoppard...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/d...
December 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Carrie Cracknell, Nina Raine and Belarus Free Theatre’s Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin share memories of working with playwright Tom Stoppard...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/d...
One of the 20th century's leading composers, by age fourteen he had written 10 piano sonatas, 6 string quartets, 3 suites for piano, an oratorio and dozens of songs. His lifetime's creative output would greatly enrich music.
Benjamin Britten
November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976
Benjamin Britten
November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976
December 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
One of the 20th century's leading composers, by age fourteen he had written 10 piano sonatas, 6 string quartets, 3 suites for piano, an oratorio and dozens of songs. His lifetime's creative output would greatly enrich music.
Benjamin Britten
November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976
Benjamin Britten
November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976
"Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom..."
Hannah Arendt
October 14, 1906 – December 4, 1975
Hannah Arendt
October 14, 1906 – December 4, 1975
December 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
"Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom..."
Hannah Arendt
October 14, 1906 – December 4, 1975
Hannah Arendt
October 14, 1906 – December 4, 1975
Marisa Tomei #botd — Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny.
"Tomei is one Mona Lisa whose countenance is not open to varied interpretations — you know what’s on her mind..." — Duane Byrge
"Tomei is one Mona Lisa whose countenance is not open to varied interpretations — you know what’s on her mind..." — Duane Byrge
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Marisa Tomei #botd — Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny.
"Tomei is one Mona Lisa whose countenance is not open to varied interpretations — you know what’s on her mind..." — Duane Byrge
"Tomei is one Mona Lisa whose countenance is not open to varied interpretations — you know what’s on her mind..." — Duane Byrge
Alex North #botd — Nominated for fifteen Academy Awards, his acclaimed scores include A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, Spartacus, The Misfits, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?...
“An inspiration, a role model, and a hero” — John Williams
“An inspiration, a role model, and a hero” — John Williams
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Alex North #botd — Nominated for fifteen Academy Awards, his acclaimed scores include A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, Spartacus, The Misfits, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?...
“An inspiration, a role model, and a hero” — John Williams
“An inspiration, a role model, and a hero” — John Williams
The merchant brigantine Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores on December 4, 1872. None of those who had been on board were ever seen or heard from again...
December 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The merchant brigantine Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores on December 4, 1872. None of those who had been on board were ever seen or heard from again...
Artist Emily Powell inside the living room of her terraced English home. She has spent nearly a decade hand-painting every room turning it into an immersive artwork...
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Artist Emily Powell inside the living room of her terraced English home. She has spent nearly a decade hand-painting every room turning it into an immersive artwork...
"I read Antonioni's Blow-Up script many times, to extract some clarity, without much success. Nevertheless, I found he had such a feeling for his subject that the script became almost secondary to his personal vision.."
David Hemmings
November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003
David Hemmings
November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
"I read Antonioni's Blow-Up script many times, to extract some clarity, without much success. Nevertheless, I found he had such a feeling for his subject that the script became almost secondary to his personal vision.."
David Hemmings
November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003
David Hemmings
November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003
"Acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper aware of what's going on around you — to know where the lens is, what the shot is. And then you have to trick yourself into an emotional state where you believe this stuff is actually happening..."
Julianne Moore #botd
Julianne Moore #botd
December 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"Acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper aware of what's going on around you — to know where the lens is, what the shot is. And then you have to trick yourself into an emotional state where you believe this stuff is actually happening..."
Julianne Moore #botd
Julianne Moore #botd
"Jean-Luc Godard #botd redefined the very idea of what a movie was and where it could go. No one was as daring. If any artist can be said to have left traces of his own presence in his art, it’s Godard..." — Martin Scorsese
December 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"Jean-Luc Godard #botd redefined the very idea of what a movie was and where it could go. No one was as daring. If any artist can be said to have left traces of his own presence in his art, it’s Godard..." — Martin Scorsese
The prolific composer Nino Rota #botd closely associated with Fellini, Visconti, and the first two Godfather films, wrote more than 150 film scores, theatre music, operas, ballets, and many orchestral, choral and chamber works...
December 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The prolific composer Nino Rota #botd closely associated with Fellini, Visconti, and the first two Godfather films, wrote more than 150 film scores, theatre music, operas, ballets, and many orchestral, choral and chamber works...
A revelatory, magisterial biography of Sam Shepard, the dark, rugged genius of modern American theater and film, “the poet laureate of America’s emotional badlands”. Robert Dowling reveals the playwright, actor, and filmmaker as we’ve never known him before.
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A revelatory, magisterial biography of Sam Shepard, the dark, rugged genius of modern American theater and film, “the poet laureate of America’s emotional badlands”. Robert Dowling reveals the playwright, actor, and filmmaker as we’ve never known him before.