FILM: Mike Leigh’s biopic of painter JMW Turner united critics in praise yesterday after it opened at the Cannes Film Festival.
Mr Turner, which stars Timothy Spall as the legendary artist, is one of 18 movies in the running to be awarded the Palme d’Or — the prestigious prize handed out every year to the best film in competition at the annual event in the south of France.
Five-stars reviews across the board called it “something of a masterpiece.”
LUKE FLETCHER outlines Plaid Cymru bold plans for wide-ranging policy consultations with trade unions in Wales
In the first of a series of interviews with leaders of progressive parties in Wales ahead of the May 7 Senedd election DAVID NICHOLSON talks to Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth
Making sure this Labour government delivers on decent jobs, strong workplace rights and well-funded public services will defeat the easy answers to real frustrations peddled by the far right, writes JOANNE THOMAS


