Year: 2026

2026 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee Phil Collins To Headline The King’s Trust Auction This November

Stuart Mitchell

In its 50th anniversary year, The King’s Trust is announcing a special auction featuring the Phil Collins archive, with music memorabilia auction house, Julien’s Auctions. Generously donated by Phil and Jill Collins, the extraordinary collection includes stand out items such as Phil Collins’ 1985 Live Aid stage-worn outfit, a signed Premiere 1035 snare drum used during the 1970s and 1980s, and handwritten working lyrics for Genesis’ hit “That’s All”. The collection will be auctioned on 19 November in Los Angeles. The proceeds will support programmes that help young people build…

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The One Club and Google Partner For Global AI Creative Challenge

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity, in partnership with Google, brings one of its most exciting live-action competitions to the world stage with the launch of the first global One Club AI Creative Challenge. After initial competitions in May during The One Club’s Creative Week 2026 and at Google Creative House at Cannes in June, the AI Creative Challenge goes global with the ultimate face-off between the world’s top AI creators.  Participants from each city will compete for $50,000 in prize money, and the crown of AI Creative Champion. The bracketed…

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Richard E Grant urges UK shoppers to embrace second hand as Oxfam launches Second Hand September campaign

Stuart Mitchell

New research out recently reveals the hidden water cost of our fashion habits, as Oxfam launches Second Hand September retail campaign and inaugural State of Style’ report. Fronted this year by actor and Oxfam supporter Richard E Grant, the annual charity campaign is calling on people to ‘Be An Original’ and dress for the world they want by choosing second hand over fast fashion, to help address the environmental impact of our clothes. To kick start September, Oxfam has published the findings of its first-ever ‘State of Style’ report showing…

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STFC announces latest Ernest Rutherford Fellows

Stuart Mitchell

Seven early-career physicists have been awarded Ernest Rutherford Fellowship’s, supporting research from the search for dark matter to the physics of black holes. Backed by an investment of £6 million the new fellows will each lead their own research programme at a UK university over the course of the fellowship. The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has awarded this year’s cohort of seven researchers the 2025 Ernest Rutherford Fellowship. Supporting early-career researchers The fellowship is one of the main routes by which early-career physicists in the UK are supported…

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Fairtrade comment on first British chocolate bar

Stuart Mitchell

Commenting on University of Reading student Maha Khan’s chocolate bar, made with 100% UK ingredients, Marina El-Hasni, Fairtrade Foundation Senior Sustainable Sourcing Manager for Cocoa says the story underlines a bigger challenge:  “This British-made chocolate bar is a striking reminder that the future of much-loved foods like chocolate cannot be taken for granted. As Maha found out, chocolate is a really hard thing to make — and that is precisely why we cannot take the smallholder farmers overseas who grow cocoa for granted. Cocoa is highly sensitive to changes in…

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