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Idris Elba

  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    African economy
    Unlocking the potential of Africa’s creative economy

    Investing in the film industry can redefine the continent’s narrative

    Idris Elba
  • Friday, 15 December, 2023
    ReviewAlbums
    Fela Kuti: Box Set #6 — Idris Elba curates records by the Afrobeat provocateur

    The actor’s selection features a 1980 Nigerian tour with Ron Ayers among its highlights

    A topless man raises his arms above his head in front of a row of women dressed in red and green costumes in a similar position on stage
  • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
    Style
    The pitch-perfect in-flight costumes of ‘Hijack’

    Subtle colour coding, the hero’s layered look and, mercifully, no sweatpants lend a sly glamour to the Idris Elba thriller

  • Friday, 23 June, 2023
    ReviewTelevision
    Idris Elba plays a business-class hero in airborne thriller Hijack

    Entertaining Apple TV+ series captures the takeover of a plane by gun-wielding passengers in real time

    A man in casual clothes sits in a large business-class seat by the window on an aeroplane
  • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
    Actor Idris Elba to launch marketing agency

    Business to be called Silly Face — coined by the actor to reflect need to bring back sense of fun

    Idris Elba
  • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
    The best of Cannes Film Festival 2022
    Three Thousand Years of Longing — Idris Elba’s genie casts a spell on Tilda Swinton

    An uptight academic is swept away in George Miller’s kaleidoscopic and warm-hearted fantasy epic

    A woman with her back to the camera holds her hand up to the face of a tall hooded male figure
  • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
    ReviewFilm
    Beast — Idris Elba goes tooth and claw with a vengeful lion

    An indestructible big cat wreaks havoc on a South African safari in Baltasar Kormákur’s enjoyable thrill ride

  • Friday, 8 March, 2019
    ReviewTelevision
    Idris Elba is a DJ in a spin in Netflix comedy Turn Up Charlie

    The actor has co-created and stars in a warmly funny mix of career crisis, cultures clash and music industry satire

    Frankie Hervey as Gabby and Idris Elba as Charlie
  • Wednesday, 29 August, 2018
    ReviewLife & Arts
    Yardie — Idris Elba’s film is full of energy

    This thriller based in 1970s Jamaica and London is kinetic but clunky

    Aml Ameen in 'Yardie'
  • Friday, 17 August, 2018
    Life & Arts
    Youth movies are evolving. And we still love them

    With Idris Elba’s ‘Yardie’ about to hit our screens, Danny Leigh muses on the strange phenomenon of the coming-of-age movie

    YARDIE film still
  • Friday, 27 April, 2018
    ReviewLife & Arts
    On digital: Molly’s Game — ‘a timely take on gender politics’

    Jessica Chastain’s razor-sharp voiceover links twisting plot lines, shifting timeframes and pacy exchanges

  • Thursday, 5 October, 2017
    ReviewLife & Arts
    The Mountain Between Us — Kate Winslet and Idris Elba crash in plane drama

    The stars can’t lift this turgid effort from director Hany Abu-Assad

    Idris Elba and Kate Winslet in 'The Mountain Between Us'
  • Thursday, 28 July, 2016
    ReviewLife & Arts
    Finding Dory: film review — ‘Bright simplicity and subtle sophistication’

    There are few dud jokes, if any, in this long-awaited sequel to ‘Finding Nemo’

    'Finding Dory' comes 13 years after Pixar's 'Finding Nemo'
  • Thursday, 21 July, 2016
    ReviewLife & Arts
    Star Trek Beyond — film review: ‘Brisk and fun’

    The new film combines spectacular digital effects with affectionate nods to the TV series

    Chris Pine, centre, as Captain Kirk in 'Star Trek Beyond'
  • Thursday, 14 July, 2016
    UK retail results
    SuperGroup rewards investors as profits jump

    Owner of Superdry brand pays out special dividend on back of rising revenues

    File photo dated 14/01/15 of Superdry branded clothing, as profits at SuperGroup, the company behind the Superdry fashion brand, have been boosted by a fashion collaboration with actor Idris Elba. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday July 14, 2016. The retailer said that underlying pre-tax profit for the year rose 16.3% to £73.5 million while revenue grew 21.3% to £590.1 million. Trading in the final quarter was particularly strong, with like-for-like sales up 15.4%. See PA story CITY SuperGroup. Photo credit should read: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
  • Friday, 27 May, 2016
    Janan Ganesh
    Put tired James Bond out of his misery

    Notebook: Why such overhyped kitsch should not speak for a culture as creative as ours

    Idris Elba attends the 8th Annual Clinton Global Citizen Awards on September 21 2014 in New York City
  • Thursday, 14 April, 2016
    ReviewLife & Arts
    The Jungle Book — film review: ‘Dazzled, delighted’

    Jon Favreau’s remake of the Disney classic has vocal star turns and stunning CGI

    Neel Sethi in 'The Jungle Book'
  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2016
    ReviewLife & Arts
    Zootropolis — film review: ‘Zingy jokes, elastic animation’

    Disney’s new animated comedy satisfyingly punctures politically-correct pieties

    Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde the fox (Jason Bateman) in ‘Zootropolis’
  • Friday, 27 November, 2015
    UK equities
    SuperGroup’s move upmarket pays dividends

    FTSE 100 slips 0.3%, or 17.98 points, to 6,375.15

  • Friday, 9 October, 2015
    ReviewLife & Arts
    John Newman: Revolve — review

    With frantic stompers and yowled vocals, the retro-soul singer ups the pace on this follow-up to his debut album

    CD cover of 'Revolve', featuring John Newman
  • Thursday, 8 October, 2015
    ReviewLife & Arts
    Beasts of No Nation — film review

    Cary Fukunaga’s film is a traumatic portrayal of civil war and child soldiers in Africa

    Abraham Attah and Idris Elba in 'Beasts of No Nation'
  • Thursday, 11 June, 2015
    ReviewLife & Arts
    Second Coming — film review

    A woman is pregnant with no biological father in Debbie Tucker Green’s mystifying, spellbinding film

    Idris Elba and Nadine Marshall in 'Second Coming'
  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2015
    Retail & Consumer industry
    SuperGroup’s sales rebound

    Fashion retailer’s annual revenues up 12.5% as strategy shake-up pays off

    LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 08: Models presenting the AW15 collection at the Superdry and British Fashion Council London Collections: Men Official Launch Event at Superdry on January 8, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Superdry)
  • Thursday, 26 March, 2015
    Retail & Consumer industry
    SuperGroup surges on strategy makeover

    Shares rise after retailer pledges to pay first dividend and take Superdry brand upmarket

  • Sunday, 26 October, 2014
    InterviewThe Monday Interview
    John Caudwell: a billionaire on a budget

    The charity-focused tycoon is camping out in a mansion, upset by the plight of his old company

    BIZ LIFE John Caudwell founder of Phones4u and philanthropist in his London home. Credit: David Parry/ FT
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