News about David Harewood

David Harewood has been named the new president of Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) as the first black president of the drama academy. His appointment follows RADA's admission in 2020 that it was "responsible for retaining institutions that are systemically racist" and the unveiling of an anti-racism initiative to tackle racial discrimination at the school. Sir Kenneth Branagh, who is retiring after nine years, is being replaced by Mr Harewood. The actor, who has appeared in films such as Blood Diamond and hit television shows including Night Manager and Homeland, will become president shortly.

VINER: BRIAN VINER: In the Spanish-language film Society Of The Snow, an uplifting true tale involving a tragic plane crash and cannibalism can be considered encouraging. A Uruguayan air force plane Flight 571 bound for Chile in October 1972, carrying the Old Christians Club rugby team among its 40 passengers and five crews, crashed in the Andes. Almost half of those on board died as a result of their injury or within seconds. Others died later, but the 16 remaining survivors were rescued after only ten weeks.

The homeland actor, 57, has learned that his ancestors were enslaved on Barbados' sugar plantations and has requested that the government make a formal apology for its participation in slavery. He told the BBC that Harewood is the sole reason his name is Harewood is because of slavery and slaves being compelled to take the name of their owners. Mr Harewood's ancestors were enslaved on a sugar plantation owned by the Lascelles family, the Earls of Harewood. David Lascelles, the king's second cousin and the late Queen Elizabeth's godson, has joined the actor in demanding an apology from the government. Harewood House (inset), Leeds' 18th-century home, was built near Leeds using funds earned by the family during the slave trade. With a portrait of the 57-year-old star on display in Harewood House's Cinnamon Drawing Room, the earl and Mr Harewood are now acknowledging their 'weird and gloomy' shared past.

Today marks the official start of Wimbledon's second week - and high-profile tennis enthusiasts were out in full force to see some of the action on Centre Court. Anna Wintour (left inset) brushed shoulders with actor David Harewood, European royalty, high-flying politicians, and Lawn Tennis Association officials. The Princess of Wales was one of the few people to attend the best seats in the house last week, alongside eight-time men's Wimbledon champion Roger Federer and his wife Mirka, a former professional tennis player herself. The Royal Box has been adorned by more popular faces this week. Here, FEMAIL looks at another celebrity-studded line-up for another day of Centre Court action. Centre Inset: Sir Trevor Phillips, 69, was joined by his television producer wife Lady Helen Veale. Right inset: Crown Prince Fredrick of Denmark, 55, was granted a front row seat in the Royal Box this afternoon

Vicki Perrin, the Queen's Royal Reading Room charity's chief, has rated the recently crowned Queen (main) as the'most well-read person' she has ever encountered. Speaking to Ok! Vicki (inset) discussed how much she loves immersing herself in novels in her personal sitting room. She explained that she would be seated in her armchair and has piles of books around her, with more stacked on every single table. Every surface that you can see is covered in books, even the floor has been taken over!' Dame Judi Dench, Gyles Brandreth, and David Harewood will be among the speakers on the Queen's Reading Room Festival in Hampton Court Palace later this month.

Dave Wallsworth, a British Airways pilot, has taken to social media to state that he has been barred from posting pictures of his work online as a result of a recent policy, which the airline denies. Captain Wallsworth has gained over 100,000 followers on Twitter thanks to his interactions with actors including David Harewood (left), Timothy Dalton, and Helen McCrory (right).

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Harry was given £4.5 million a year by the King, Prince of Wales, who told his sons not to remove the wolf from the door. So the reason he was compelled to buy a discounted sofa for two-bedroom Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace using Meghan's credit card was a mystery.

The matter of bigotry is always present in this drama, and Othello's touching address of his wooing of Desdemona - 'he loved me for the risks I had witnessed, and she loved her that she pity them' - is met with bigoted yelps. Roderigo is a noose. Othello, however, is a general, and his eloquent addresses her this nobility, and only yobbish villains regard him as a sort of savage. Yet, Clint Dyer, the first black director to direct a major production of the National Theatre, reveals that his Othello has an inherent danger, even to his fellow soldiers. Giles Terera opens with a spear-carrying dance and then progresses to a slinky athleticism.

I'm sure I don't belong here by David Harewood. I am interested in learning more about David's time as a black British man. I adore and admire his honesty, especially in the brave and detailed accounts of his mental breakdown and the harm caused by racism. It's an important and enthralling book, and I'm looking forward to finishing it and learning how he recovered his fitness and endurance. Pictured: Ant Middleton

ALISON BOSHOFF: Revenge is unquestionably a dish best enjoyed cold, as Coleen Rooney is worried: the megabuck tell-all, which she has committed to filming following the Wagatha Christie court case, will not be released until next fall. According to reports connected with the as-yet untitled exhibition, the show's projected date has slipped from next year to around September 2023. Disney, who are airing it, is hoping that allowing some time to pass makes the show appear fresher and more exciting to the viewer.

David Harewood has shared harrowing details of the night when he was separated due to his mental stability and a fight against psychosis. In a recent podcast interview, the star of Supergirl and Homeland said he was hearing voices and that he had jumped off a bridge where he had been directed to. 'I did everything the voice told me to do that night.' I would have done it if the voice that told me not to jump off the Thames bridge. On The Diary of a CEO podcast about the incident in the late eighties, he would have done it.