Kumail Nanjiani

Kumail Ali Nanjiani (born February 21, 1978)[1][2] is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, podcast host, and writer. He is best known for writing and starring in the romantic comedy The Big Sick (2017) and for being a main cast member on HBO's comedy series Silicon Valley (2014–2019). For writing the former with his wife Emily V. Gordon, Nanjiani was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2018, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[3]

Nanjiani has also voiced Prismo on the animated series Adventure Time and starred in the TNT series Franklin & Bash and the Adult Swim series Newsreaders. He also co-hosted the Comedy Central show The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail as well as playing various roles in the series Portlandia. In film, he has starred in the action film Stuber (2019).
Early life
Kumail Nanjiani was born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, the son of Shabana and Aijaz Nanjiani.[4] He grew up in a religious Sindhi Shia Muslim family.[5] The Scottish radio presenter Shereen Nanjiani is his second cousin.[6][7][8]

During his childhood, Nanjiani lived in Karachi and attended St. Michael's Convent School for his O Levels, and graduated Karachi Grammar School to complete his A Levels. At 18, he moved to the United States and attended Grinnell College in Iowa, from which he was graduated in 2001. He completed a double major in computer science and philosophy.[1][9][10]

Career
2008–2016: Television work
In July 2011, he and X-Play staffer Ali Baker began hosting a video game-themed podcast, titled The Indoor Kids. In late August of the same year Baker left the show and Nanjiani began hosting with his wife, Emily V. Gordon.[11] Until other commitments took over, he appeared regularly on Dan Harmon's podcast Harmontown, where he played Dungeons & Dragons with Harmon as a character named Chris de Burgh. He played a delivery man in the 2013 film, The Kings of Summer.[12] In addition to guest-starring in various comedy shows like Portlandia, Nanjiani was featured in a supporting role in the TNT series Franklin & Bash. He played the role of Pindar Singh, an agoraphobic fiction nerd working for the title characters.

Nanjiani guest-starred on HBO's Veep as a statistician. He had a recurring role of Amir Larussa on Newsreaders, as well as Prismo on Adventure Time. His Comedy Central special titled Beta Male aired in July 2013.[13] In late June 2013, Comedy Central announced the pickup of a show The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail hosted by Jonah Ray and Nanjiani.[14] The show, featuring Nerd Melt comedy regulars and various comedians, began airing in July 2014.[15] In April 2014, he began playing the character Dinesh in the HBO sitcom Silicon Valley.[10] He voiced Reggie in the video game The Walking Dead: Season Two.[16] In July 2014, Nanjiani hosted a weekly podcast titled The X-Files Files, dedicated to discussion and fond reminiscences about The X-Files. Each episode features him and a guest, including former The X-Files writers, producers, actors and directors, in light-hearted banter about one or two episodes of the series.[17][18] On July 30, 2014, Nanjiani appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor Podcast.TV Guidance Counselor Podcast: TV Guidance Counselor Episode 26: Kumail Nanjiani

In 2015, Nanjiani guest-starred in an episode of Broad City called "In Heat".[19] Starting on March 22, 2015 he provided his voice for the character of Mshak Moradi in the Hunt the Truth audio drama, part of the marketing campaign for Halo 5: Guardians.[20] On May 5, 2015, he appeared on Inside Amy Schumer in the episode "12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer", a parody of 12 Angry Men, as one of the members of the jury.[21] In July 2015, Nanjiani provided guest voices on Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero.[22] In November 2015, he starred in an Old Navy TV commercial together with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Snoop Dogg.[23] In April 2016, he starred in another Old Navy advertisement with SNL cast members Jay Pharoah, Cecily Strong, and Nasim Pedrad.

2017–present: Breakthrough in film
In 2017, Nanjiani starred in the romantic comedy film The Big Sick, which he wrote with his wife Emily V. Gordon.[24] The film is about their relationship, with Nanjiani playing himself and Zoe Kazan playing Gordon (renamed Emily Gardner). The film was one of the most acclaimed films of 2017, and was chosen by American Film Institute as one of the top 10 films of the year and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.[25][26] The film was also the third highest grossing independent film released in 2017, grossing over 40 million dollars.[27]

In 2019, Nanjiani headlined the first episode of the CBS All Access revival of the anthology series The Twilight Zone. For his role on The Twilight Zone, Nanjiani received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. In film, Nanjiani voiced the alien Pawny in Men in Black International, which was released on June 14.[28][29][30] Nanjiani has stated "I play an alien so you won’t see my face but you’ll hear my voice, I’m a little alien frog/lizard... thing". [31] Nanjiani also stars in the action-comedy Stuber opposite Dave Bautista, which was released on July 12.[32][33]

Upcoming projects
In 2020, Nanjiani will lend his voice to Plimpton, an ostrich, in The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle.[34] Additionally, Nanjiani will costar with Issa Rae in The Lovebirds, to be directed by Michael Showalter, who directed The Big Sick, and released by Paramount Pictures.[35] Furthermore, Nanjiani will star in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film The Eternals with Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden and Salma Hayek.[36] The Eternals is set to be released on November 6, 2020.

Nanjiani will also write and produce the Apple TV+ anthology series Little America. The series is based on the story collection of the same name from Epic Magazine which focuses on stories from immigrants. To promote the series, Nanjiani appeared at the Apple Event of March 25, 2019.[37][38]

Personal life
In 2007, Nanjiani married Emily V. Gordon, an author, comedy producer, and former couples and family therapist in Chicago City Hall.[39] Gordon was the booker and producer of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail (2014–2016).[40]

Though raised as a Shia Muslim, Nanjiani is agnostic

Zac Goldsmith

Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith (born 20 January 1975) is a British politician and journalist who served as Minister of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and International Development since 2019 as a Member of the House of Lords. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park from 2017 to 2019, previously holding the seat between 2010 and 2016. A member of the Conservative Party, he was its candidate at the 2016 London mayoral election, which he lost to Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party.[2] Ideologically characterised as having liberal and libertarian views, Goldsmith is known for his environmentalist[citation needed] and localist beliefs.

Born in London, the son of billionaire businessman and financier Sir James Goldsmith of the Goldsmith family, he was educated at Eton College and the Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies. In 1998, his uncle Edward Goldsmith made him editor of The Ecologist, a position he retained until 2007.[3] Goldsmith was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Quality of Life Policy Group in 2005, co-authoring its report published in 2007.[4] Goldsmith was placed on the Conservative "A-List" of potential candidates in 2006,[5][6] and then in March 2007, he was selected through an open primary to contest the constituency of Richmond Park against the incumbent Liberal Democrat MP, Susan Kramer.[7] At the 2010 general election, he was elected to Parliament winning the seat with a majority of 4,091 votes.[8]

At the 2015 general election, Goldsmith was returned to the Commons with a majority of 23,015, an increase of almost 19,000 votes since 2010, against his nearest opponent.[9] He was chosen as the Conservative candidate for the 2016 election for mayor of London, which he subsequently lost to Labour candidate Sadiq Khan in the second round by 315,529 votes. His campaign was denounced by critics for being "divisive" by focusing on attempts to link Khan to Islamist extremists.[10]

He announced his resignation as a Member of Parliament following the Government's decision in October 2016, to approve the construction of a third runway at Heathrow Airport. His resignation triggered a by-election in the Richmond Park constituency in which Goldsmith stood as an independent candidate.[11] He was defeated by Sarah Olney of the Liberal Democrats.[12] After Theresa May called a snap general election in April 2017, to be held on 8 June 2017, Goldsmith was reselected as the Conservative Party candidate for Richmond Park and won with a narrow majority of 45 votes.[13]

Goldsmith was made Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment and International Development on 27 July 2019 and has attended Cabinet as Minister of State since 10 September 2019.[14] He appeared on LBC's list of the 'Top 100 Most Influential Conservatives of 2019', at number 98.[15] Sarah Olney of the Liberal Democrats gained 7,766 more votes than Goldsmith in the 2019 general election (despite the election providing the Conservative Party's largest share of votes since 1979) and won back the Richmond Park seat
Early life
Childhood
Born on 20 January 1975 in London,[17] Goldsmith is the middle child of Sir James Goldsmith, a member of the Jewish Goldsmith family of German Jewish and French descent, and his third wife, the Anglo-Irish aristocrat, Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart. Goldsmith was brought up at Ormeley Lodge in Ham with his siblings, Jemima and Ben.[18] He has five paternal half-siblings,[19] and is also half-brother to Robin and India Jane Birley, his mother's children from her first marriage.[20] Goldsmith has stated “I was brought up by my father to identify very strongly as Jewish."[21]

As a child, Goldsmith was an avid reader of naturalist Gerald Durrell's works[22] and developed a committed passion for David Attenborough's wildlife programmes.[23] He later recalled, "He was my hero, and it was his work that made me fall in love with the natural world".[24] His ecological interests were nurtured further when his father gave him a copy of Helena Norberg-Hodge's book Ancient Futures, with a note saying: "This will change your life".[25]

His family has a long history in politics. Goldsmith's grandfathers were both Conservative Members of Parliament: his paternal grandfather Frank Goldsmith was a Conservative MP, while his mother's father Viscount Castlereagh (later the 8th Marquess of Londonderry) represented County Down as a Unionist MP in the British House of Commons. His maternal great-grandfather, the 7th Lord Londonderry, was an Ulster Unionist politician. Another maternal ancestor was Viscount Castlereagh, Chief Secretary for Ireland and British Foreign Secretary. Before 2005, Goldsmith supported and helped with the campaigns of Michael Gove MP and Joanne Cash.[26]

Goldsmith was educated at four independent schools: King's House School in Richmond and The Mall School in Twickenham, followed by Hawtreys School, near Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire,[27] and Eton College in Berkshire;[22] He was expelled from Eton after drugs were found in his room.[28][29] Goldsmith later said of the event "Cannabis was found in my room. I was guilty throughout my time at school, but on this one occasion I was innocent. But it seemed pointless at the time to put up any resistance. I learned my lesson, I think you could say."[30] He went on to achieve four A-Levels at Cambridge Centre for Sixth-Form Studies.[25][31]

Goldsmith travelled throughout the world with the International Honours Programme (courtesy of his uncle Edward Goldsmith),[32] including to Thailand, New Zealand, Mexico, Hungary and Italy. Goldsmith lived in California for two years, working at first for the think tank Redefining Progress[33] from 1995 to 1996, and later as a researcher for Norberg-Hodge's International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC) during 1996–98. While working with ISEC, Goldsmith travelled to India, spending a short time on an ashram in Rajasthan and later lived in Ladakh for six months, studying traditional cultures and helping run a tourist education programme.[34][35]

Writing and journalism
In 1997, Goldsmith was appointed Reviews Editor of The Ecologist by his uncle Edward Goldsmith, the magazine's founding editor, owner and publisher.[36][37][38] In 1998, he became Editor-in-Chief and Director of The Ecologist but did not draw a salary.[25] He relaunched The Ecologist on 28 March 2000 in a new format, transforming its academic journal-style into a current affairs-magazine format, thereby broadening its appeal and trebling its circulation.[25][39] In January 2006, when assuming a post as the reviewer of Conservative environmental policies for David Cameron, who had recently become party leader, it was announced that Goldsmith was to step down as editor.[40]

Goldsmith has spoken and written about environmental causes in Britain and has twice been invited to debate at the Oxford Union, where he delivered keynote addresses.[41][26] He writes for UK newspapers including the Daily Mail,[42] London Evening Standard,[43] Observer[44] and The Telegraph.[45][46] He is also a contributor to magazines such as the New Statesman[47] and Quintessentially Magazine.[48]

As a contributing author of the book We Are One: A Celebration of Tribal Peoples, published in late 2009,[49] which examines the culture of peoples around the world, he explores global diversities and threats facing humankind. Among the other contributors are western writers, such as Laurens van der Post, Noam Chomsky, Claude Lévi-Strauss and indigenous persons, such as Davi Kopenawa Yanomami and Roy Sesana. The book is composed of a collection of photographs, statements from tribal people, and essays from international authors, politicians, philosophers, poets, artists, journalists, anthropologists, environmentalists and photojournalists. In his essay, Goldsmith writes about how his travel around the world in his youth gave him first-hand experience of the misery brought by the promise of western "progress" and "development". He reflects on the culture of tribal people and, in reverence to it, urges people in the modern world to question what "progress" can really mean.[50]

Non-domiciled status
Prior to becoming an MP, Goldsmith had non-domiciled status;[51] in February 2016, The Evening Standard quoted Goldsmith stating that non-domiciled status let individuals "make lifestyle choices to avoid paying tax" and saying "I've never been accused of not paying tax."[52] In 2009, however, Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, said that Goldsmith was likely to have avoided paying £580,000 per year for each year in the previous decade as a result of his non-dom status.[53]
In 2005, Goldsmith joined the Conservative Party,[54] stating that he regarded its main rival, the Labour Party, as "the party of big business".[55] After the Conservatives lost the 2005 general election to Labour, they elected David Cameron as their new leader.[54] Goldsmith thought highly of Cameron, expressing the view that while he was generally "cynical about politicians", he felt that Cameron was different.[56] Describing Cameron, he said "I don't know David Cameron very well... [but] I like him. I think you can judge a book by its cover... [and] I think the cover is pretty good."[55]

In December 2005, Cameron approved Goldsmith's appointment as Deputy Chairman, under former Environment Secretary John Gummer, of the Quality of Life Policy Group.[54][23] The group was tasked with the responsibility of examining quality of life matters such as carbon emissions and climate change, clean air and transport with a view to formulating Conservative policy.[57] The group's 600-page report, jointly authored by Goldsmith and Gummer, was presented at the Royal Institute of British Architects on 13 September 2007.[58] For Cameron, this move was an important part of rebranding the party to escape its reputation as the "Nasty Party".[54]

The report's[59] recommendations included increased taxes on short-haul flights and highly polluting vehicles, with the proceeds being used to cut the cost of clean alternatives; rebates on Stamp Duty and Council Tax for people who improve the energy efficiency of their home; and in addition it proposed a moratorium on airport expansions.[60] The report drew criticism from Labour and from the UKIP MEP Roger Helmer, who termed the proposals "anti-Conservative",[61] as well as from David Wilshire, at that time the Conservative MP for Spelthorne near Heathrow, who contrary to the Conservative leadership stance was in favour of a third runway.[62] The report's proposals also attracted comment from the aviation industry.[63] Cameron commended the report, pledging that many of its recommendations should be included in the Conservative manifesto.[60]

Parliamentary career: 2010–2015
His place on the roster of parliamentary candidates was announced around the time of the Conservative Party's 2005 Annual Conference, where he stated he saw no contradiction between his interest in environmental issues and being a Conservative.[64] Around the same time, he commented in an interview on his backing of the Conservative Party, arguing the Labour Party had evolved into being shaped by big business and big lobby groups interests[3] and had become too authoritarian and centrist.[23] Cameron recognised Goldsmith as a good prospective parliamentary candidate and in May 2006 placed him on an 'A-List' of young and diverse candidates whom he wanted to stand for the Conservatives in the 2010 general election
The Conservatives initially placed Goldsmith as their candidate for the safe seat at East Hampshire.[55] Goldsmith felt uneasy about representing this constituency, with which he had no previous connection, and thus pulled out to avoid carpetbagging.[55][65] He then entered the Richmond Park Conservative Association's open primary, which he won in March 2007.[55][26]

In 2008 Goldsmith was asked to comment about donations of £7,000 to his Party while not on the electoral register. Commenting on the issue, Goldsmith explained: "everything has been declared on time and accurately; however, for a few weeks last year I was not on the Electoral Roll, my name having been removed from Kensington and Chelsea's voter list, given that I was in the process of signing up for Richmond. Whatever was donated in that time may have to be repaid, but there is no suggestion that anything other was improprietous".[66]

In late 2009, the press asserted that Goldsmith had non-domiciled status and that as a London resident, albeit a discretionary beneficiary, he has use of British properties through a trust set up by his late father.[67] Goldsmith responded, in a statement about the suggestion of tax avoidance, that he has "always chosen to be tax resident in the UK" and virtually all his income was paid into British banks. Of non-dom status as a result of his late father's international status, Goldsmith added that he had already instructed his accountants to relinquish it of his own volition by early 2009.[68][69]

Goldsmith defeated the Liberal Democrat MP Susan Kramer in Richmond Park at the 2010 general election; he saw a 7% swing in the vote go to him.[70] The election resulted in a hung parliament and the formation of a coalition government led by Cameron and the Conservatives.[71] At the next general election, in May 2015, he increased his majority from 4,091 to 23,015 votes. He achieved an increase of 8.5 percent of the share of the vote from the 2010 general election, receiving a total of 58.2 percent of all votes cast by his constituents. This was the biggest increase in majority of any MP at the 2015 general election.[72][73]

Goldsmith co-ordinated a cross-party group of MPs to call for a Hillsborough-style inquiry into child sex abuse.[74] He co-wrote a letter to Home Secretary Theresa May demanding a full independent inquiry with six other MPs: Tim Loughton, Tom Watson, Simon Danczuk, John Hemming, Tessa Munt and Caroline Lucas. The Prime Minister, David Cameron, initially rejected the call but was subsequently forced to concede, after 145 further MPs added their names to Goldsmith et al.'s letter.[75]

In December 2015, Goldsmith voted in support of the government's plans to expand the aerial bombing of Islamic State targets.[76] He also endorsed a government bill that would have restricted trade union's abilities to strike.[77]

Electoral spending
Goldsmith is known to be one of the wealthiest MPs in Parliament, given that the bequest from his father, Sir James Goldsmith, who died shortly after the 1997 general election with a £1.2bn fortune, is subject to much scrutiny. Some tax experts have speculated Goldsmith's income could amount to as much as £5m per year from the trust left to him alone.[78]

Zac Goldsmith was cleared of intentional wrongdoing over election spending after Channel 4 highlighted apparent discrepancies in his expenses claims. Goldsmith insisted he had followed the same procedures as other candidates and countered by stating that Channel 4 engaged in sleazy unethical journalism.[79][80] The Bureau of Investigative Journalism complained to the Electoral Commission over the report about Goldsmith's expenses,[81] who ruled that Goldsmith had not intentionally broken any rules.[82][83]

Goldsmith clashed with presenter Jon Snow, who accused him of "prevaricating" in a confrontational live interview on Channel 4 News.[84][85][86] Both parties criticised each other in the aftermath. Snow suggested Goldsmith take the matter to OFCOM, which rejected Zac Goldsmith's complaint about Snow and Channel 4 News' conduct.[85][87]

Channel 4 questioned whether Goldsmith had under-reported the sums spent on signs, stickers and jackets used in his campaign, and claimed his campaign spending was much higher than other MPs they investigated. Goldsmith argued that this was because the expenditure was being spread across multiple campaigns "The formula we used is exactly the same formula ... as used by MPs and candidates around the country. Every decision we took was approved by electoral experts at Conservative Central Office". It was debated whether signs that said "Vote Zac Goldsmith" and "Vote Conservative" could be charged to the election budget for a local election candidate when that other candidate was not mentioned on the sign. Goldsmith response was that it had been "checked" and that was "standard practice" across the country. The second question was about jackets with "I back Zac" stickers on the back. "They cost £2,168 but you only said you paid (spent) £170". Goldsmith said the stickers cost £170 and the jackets were "off the shelf" and would be reused for other campaigns.[88]

Channel 4 News presented their case online including scans of the spending documents.[89] Goldsmith has posted a response on his blog.[90] On 21 July 2010, the Electoral Commission announced that, following their initial 5-day assessment, they have decided to upgrade the investigation to the status of "case under review"[91] and that they will make enquiries "in order to establish the facts of the matter".[92] The Commission reported in December 2010, deciding that in "the absence of any evidence of intentional circumvention of the rules, we do not consider that a referral to the police is appropriate."[93] but they did observe that the cost-sharing between general election and local elections contests was "not consistent with the Commission's guidance or good practice", that the submission was "unclear in places" and Goldsmith's campaign may have overspent by £966 in the short campaign

ريتشارد كولز

ريتشارد كولز (بالإنجليزية: Richard Coles) هو صحفي وقسيس بريطاني، ولد في 26 مارس 1962 في نورثامبتون في المملكة المتحدة

Richard Coles

Richard Keith Robert Coles (born 26 March 1962)[1] is an English musician, journalist and Church of England priest. Now vicar of Finedon in Northamptonshire, he was formerly the multi-instrumentalist who partnered Jimmy Somerville in the 1980s band The Communards. They achieved three Top Ten hits, including the Number 1 record and best-selling single of 1986, a dance version of "Don't Leave Me This Way". He also appears frequently on radio and television as well as in newspapers. In March 2011 he became the regular host of BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live programme.[2] He is Chancellor of the University of Northampton, Honorary Chaplain to the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers, and is Patron of Greatwell Homes.
Personal life
Coles was born in Northampton, England. His grandfather was a prosperous shoe-manufacturer; the company failed under Coles's father because of the increasing popularity of cheaper foreign imports, and the family lost much of their wealth.

He was educated at the independent Wellingborough School (where he was a choirboy)[3] and at the South Warwickshire College of Further Education (Department of Drama & the Liberal Arts) in Stratford-upon-Avon. He later attended King's College London where he studied theology from 1990.[3] He was awarded an MA by research from the University of Leeds in 2005 for work on the Greek text of the Epistle to the Ephesians.[4]

Coles is openly gay and lived with his civil partner, the Reverend David Coles (né Oldham), in a celibate relationship up until the latter’s death in December 2019. [5] [6][7] The Church of England has allowed priests to enter a civil partnership since 2005.[8] The first person Coles came out to was his mother in 1978 when he was 16. He played her Tom Robinson's "Glad to Be Gay" four times before she said "Darling, are you trying to tell me something?"[9]

His older brother Andy Coles, a former policeman, was elected in 2015 as a Conservative councillor in Peterborough and appointed deputy Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner in 2016. After a mention in Richard's 2014 autobiography,[10] he was accused of having deceived a 19-year-old political activist into a sexual relationship while he was a 32-year-old undercover police officer in the 1990s[11] and resigned as deputy commissioner on 15 May 2017.[12]

Musical career
Coles had learned to play the saxophone, clarinet and keyboards and moved to London in 1980 where he played in theatre.[3] In 1983 he appeared with Jimmy Somerville in the Lesbian and Gay Youth Video Project film Framed Youth: The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts,[13] which won the Grierson Award.[14] Coles joined Bronski Beat (initially on saxophone) in 1983.[citation needed]

In 1984 Somerville left Bronski Beat and he and Coles formed The Communards,[3] who were together for just over three years and had three UK Top 10 hits, including the biggest-selling single of 1986 with a version of "Don't Leave Me This Way", which was at Number 1 for four weeks. They split in 1988 and Somerville went solo.

Post-music career and church ministry
Coles provided narration for the Style Council's film JerUSAlem in 1987[15] and also started a career as a writer and journalist, particularly with the Times Literary Supplement and the Catholic Herald. He came to the Christian faith in his late twenties, after "the best of times, the worst of times", pop success and the deaths of friends as a result of HIV.[16] From 1991 to 1994 he studied for a BA in theology at King's College London. While at university, he became a Roman Catholic and remained so for the next ten years before returning to Anglicanism in 2001.[17]

Coles was selected for training for the priesthood in the Church of England and began his training at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, in 2003[18] before being ordained in 2005.[3] After ordination he was a curate at St Botolph's Church in Boston, Lincolnshire[19] and then at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge in London.[1] He has been chaplain of the Royal Academy of Music[3][20] and has also played Dr Frank N Furter in a local concert and conducted an atheist funeral for Mo Mowlam in 2005.[21]

Coles was an inspiration for the character of Adam Smallbone (played by Tom Hollander) in the BBC Two sitcom Rev., and was an adviser to the show.[22]

Coles mentions in his book Fathomless Riches that he is the inspiration for the character "Tom" in the Bridget Jones novels.[citation needed]

In January 2011, Coles was appointed as the vicar of St Mary the Virgin, Finedon in the Diocese of Peterborough
On 1 November 2012 (All Saints' Day), Darton, Longman and Todd published Coles' book Lives of the Improbable Saints, illustrated by Ted Harrison, a précis of the life stories of nearly 200 lesser-known saints. The following year volume two, Legends of the Improbable Saints, followed.

From 2011 Coles has been on the board of Wellingborough Homes, a social enterprise providing housing and community support for the Borough of Wellingborough, and after its name change to Greatwell Homes became its Patron.[24] In 2012 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Northampton and also became a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2016 he was awarded an honorary DLitt by the University of Warwick. In 2019 he was appointed Honorary Chaplain to the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers.[25][26]

In 2014 the first volume of his memoirs, Fathomless Riches, was published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. In 2016 a follow-up volume, Bringing In The Sheaves, was published.

In July 2017 he was elected a Fellow of King's College London and, separately, Chancellor of the University of Northampton.

Broadcasting and media appearances
Coles still works as a broadcaster, which he describes as "just showing off",[27] including Nightwaves on Radio 3, which he formerly presented, and Newsnight Review on BBC Two. He has appeared on the Radio 4 panel game show Heresy twice; firstly in May 2008, then in May 2010.[28] Rev Coles has appeared five times as a guest on the topical television news quiz Have I Got News for You, in 1994, May 2009, May 2013, April 2016 and June 2017. He presented a special edition of Songs of Praise in January 2010.[1] He was a guest on the Children in Need special of the BBC quiz Only Connect in November of the same year. In 2011 he presented a four-part Radio 3 series called Out in the World: A Global Gay History.

He regularly guest-hosted the Radio 4 programme Saturday Live, while regular host Fi Glover was on maternity leave from 2008 to 2009: Coles replaced Glover permanently in 2011. On 1 September 2011, he presented a short piece on his home town and parish of Finedon for the Radio 4 programme You and Yours. In December 2012, December 2013 and November 2014, he appeared as a guest on the BBC comedy quiz show QI. In January 2014, he won the BBC's Celebrity Mastermind quiz, his specialist subject being the Mapp and Lucia novels of E. F. Benson.

Coles featured as the subject of Fern Britton Meets... on BBC1 in December 2014. Since 2014 he has appeared regularly in the "Pause for Thought" slot on Radio 2's The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, for which he won a Jerusalem Award in 2014.[29]

In July 2016, he appeared on the BBC cooking series Celebrity Masterchef, finishing in fifth place. In February 2017, he co-presented The Big Painting Challenge with Mariella Frostrup on BBC1. From September 2017, Coles was a contestant for the 15th series of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. He was paired with professional dancer Dianne Buswell and they were the second couple to be eliminated, after scoring 14 points for their Pasodoble to Flash Gordon - the lowest scoring Pasodoble in the history of Strictly.[30]

On 18 December 2017, he was a guest panelist on the Christmas special of the eleventh series of the BBC1 comedy quiz Would I Lie To You?, hosted by Rob Brydon.

Works
Discography
See also: Jimmy Somerville discography § Albums
The Communards' studio albums:
Communards (1986)
Red (1987)
Bibliography
Lives of the Improbable Saints (illustrated by Ted Harrison, Darton, Longman & Todd, 2012, ISBN 978-0232529555)
Legends of the Improbable Saints (illustrated by Ted Harrison, Darton, Longman & Todd, 2013, ISBN 978-0232530025)
Fathomless Riches: Or How I Went From Pop to Pulpit (W&N, 2014, ISBN 978-0297870302)
Into the Harvest (W&N, 2016, ISBN 978-0297609889)

Herbie Kane

Herbie Kane (born 23 November 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays for Liverpool, as a midfielder.

Club career
Born in Bristol, Kane began his career with Bristol City before moving to Liverpool at the age of 15.[2] In July 2018 he was one of 100 young players nominated, alongside Liverpool teammates Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ben Woodburn, for the Golden Boy award.[3]

He signed on loan for Doncaster Rovers in August 2018.[4] He made his English Football League debut on 11 August 2018.[5] In December 2018 he signed a new contract with Liverpool, and also extended his Doncaster loan until the end of the season.[2]

He made his competitive debut for Liverpool on 25 September 2019 in an EFL Cup match against Milton Keynes Dons.[6]

International career
Kane has represented England at under-17 level.[2][7]

Playing style
Kane has been described by Liverpool as "lively player in the middle of the park

إيلي غولدنغ

إيلينا جين غولدنغ (بالإنجليزية: Elena Jane "Ellie" Goulding) ومعروفة باسم إيلي غولدنغ (بالإنجليزية: Ellie Goulding) هي مُغنية وكاتبة أغاني إنجليزية، حصلت في سنة 2010 على المركز الأول لجائزة بي بي سي المعروفة بـ"ساوند أوف..." السنوية وتحصلت أيضا على جائزة بريت في العام نفسه.

إيلي أطلقت ألبومها الأول عام 2010 بعنوان لايتس (أضواء)"Lights"، الألبوم احتل المركز الأول حسب تصنيف يوكاي ألبومز تشارت، والذي بيع منه 850,000 نسخة في المملكة المتحدة وحدها

Ellie Goulding

Elena Jane Goulding (/ˈɡoʊldɪŋ/ GOHL-ding; born 30 December 1986) is an English singer and songwriter. Her career began when she met record producers Starsmith and Frankmusik, and she was later spotted by Jamie Lillywhite, who later became her manager and A&R. After signing to Polydor Records in July 2009, Goulding released her debut extended play, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding later that year.[1]

In 2010, she became the second artist to top the BBC's annual Sound of... poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards in the same year. She released her debut studio album, Lights, in 2010; it debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart and has sold over 850,000 copies in the United Kingdom. In November 2010, the album was reissued as Bright Lights, which spawned two singles: a cover of Elton John's "Your Song" which was selected for the first John Lewis Christmas advert, reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Lights", which became Goulding's highest-charting single on the US Billboard Hot 100 to date, peaking at No. 2.

Goulding's second studio album, Halcyon, was released in October 2012. "Anything Could Happen" preceded the album as the lead single. The album debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart, and after 65 weeks, it reached No. 1. Halcyon debuted at No. 9 on the US Billboard 200. Halcyon Days, a repackaged edition of Halcyon, was released in August 2013, generating singles, such as "Burn", which became her first No. 1 single in the UK. At the 2014 Brit Awards, she received the award for British Female Solo Artist. Goulding released her third studio album, titled Delirium, on 6 November 2015, with "On My Mind" as the album's lead single. In December 2015, she received her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance for her single "Love Me like You Do
Early life
Elena Jane Goulding was born on 30 December 1986[3] in Hereford and raised in Lyonshall, a small village near Kington, Herefordshire, the second of four children (she has a brother and two sisters).[citation needed]

At 9, she began playing the clarinet and at 14 began learning guitar. Goulding attended Lady Hawkins' High School in Kington and, by the age of 15, started writing songs. She took A'levels in English, Politics, Drama and Music, passed the first 3 with "A" grades but[4] failed Music.[5]

After enrolling on a degree in Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Kent and remaining until her final year, she met Jamie Lillywhite who became her manager and introduced her to the producer Starsmith who would become her chief collaborator and the primary producer of Lights.[6]

Career
2009–2011: Lights and Bright Lights
Although Ellie Goulding signed to Polydor Records in July 2009, her debut single, "Under the Sheets", was released through the independent label Neon Gold Records, appearing digitally in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2009.[7][8][9] The single peaked at No. 53 on the UK Singles Chart following a successful appearance on Later... with Jools Holland (performing "Under the Sheets" and "Guns and Horses")[10] and a UK tour supporting Little Boots.[11][12] "Wish I Stayed" was available as a free download as Single of the Week on iTunes Store UK from 22–28 December 2009.[13]

Before the release of her debut album, Goulding won the BBC Sound of 2010 poll, which showcases the music industry's top choices for rising stars.[14] She also won the Critics' Choice Award at the 2010 Brit Awards, making her the second artist to win both in the same year.[15] Goulding co-wrote "Love Me 'Cause You Want To" for Gabriella Cilmi's second album, Ten, and three songs ("Remake Me + You", "Notice", "Jumping into Rivers") for Diana Vickers's debut album, Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree.[16] Her song "Not Following" was used by German singer Lena on her debut album My Cassette Player.[17] Goulding was featured on rapper Tinie Tempah's single "Wonderman" from his debut studio album Disc-Overy (2010).

Goulding's debut album Lights was released in March 2010, reaching No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 6 on the Irish Albums Chart.[18][19][20] Its singles "Starry Eyed", "Guns and Horses", and "The Writer" peaked at Nos. 4, 26, and 19.[12] As of June 2012, the album had sold over 850,000 copies in the UK and 1.6 million copies worldwide.[21] In August 2010, she released a second EP, Run into the Light, containing remixes of songs from Lights. The album was supported by Nike and was released through Polydor as a running soundtrack in an effort to get her music taken up by the running subculture.[22] In November 2010, Lights was re-released as Bright Lights, with six new tracks added. It was originally announced that the lead single from Bright Lights would be the new edit of the title track with a release scheduled for 1 November 2010.[23] This plan was ultimately scrapped to allow her cover of Elton John's "Your Song" to be released in conjunction with the John Lewis Christmas advert in the UK in 2010. The single became her second highest-charting single to date, reaching No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.[12] It also charted in some European countries.[24] In January 2011, it was announced that the title track from Lights would serve as the second single from Bright Lights.[25] "Lights" reached No. 49 on the UK Singles Chart,[12] while becoming Goulding's first song to chart in the United States, as well as her highest-charting song to date, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 2012
Goulding toured in support of Lights and supported Passion Pit in March 2010 and John Mayer[27] during his British tour in May 2010.[28] During the summer she performed at a number of festivals. On 29 May she performed at the Dot to Dot Festival in Bristol.[29] She performed a set on 25 June at the Glastonbury Festival 2010 on the John Peel Stage.[30] Her third EP was a live recording of part of her set at the iTunes Festival 2010.[31] The whole set was ultimately included as bonus content on the iTunes version of Bright Lights.[32] She made her T in the Park debut on 11 July.[33] In early 2011, she recorded an original song for the film Life in a Day. Ellie Goulding was No. 5 on Rolling Stone's annual hot list in February 2011.[34] In February 2011, she returned to the Brit Awards where she was nominated for Best British Female and Best British Breakthrough Act but lost out to Laura Marling and to Tinie Tempah.[35]

In August and September 2010, Goulding was an opening act for U2 on the U2 360 Tour in Zurich (two nights), Munich, and Vienna. She also played live at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2011.[36] She made her American television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 7 April 2011 performing "Starry Eyed". She appeared as the musical guest on the 700th episode of the Saturday Night Live, broadcast 7 May 2011 and hosted by Tina Fey.[37][38] She performed at the wedding reception of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29 April 2011,[39] and performed what she recalled as "about 14 songs", including her cover of "Your Song".[40]

Goulding collaborated with American electronic artist and producer Skrillex on a song titled "Summit", included on his 2011 EP Bangarang. She travelled with Skrillex on his South American tour[41] She headlined the 2011 Wakestock Festival in Wales, performing on 8 July.[42] In August, she performed at the V Festival for her second year in a row.[43] Following the re-release of Lights and the American release of the album, Goulding said she would soon begin work on a second studio album with an expected release of September 2011.[44] On 6 August 2011, she performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago.[45] She performed at the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert on 11 December 2011 in Oslo, Norway. On 1 December 2011, she performed at the White House during the National Christmas Tree lighting, alongside Big Time Rush and will.i.am.[46] On 19 September 2011, it was announced that she would open for Katy Perry's California Dreams Tour, replacing Jessie J due to a foot injury.[47][48]

2012–2014: Halcyon and Halcyon Days
In 2012, Goulding appeared on "Fall into the Sky" from Zedd's debut album Clarity and on Calvin Harris's song "I Need Your Love" which is included on Halcyon and also Harris's album 18 Months. On 10 July 2012, Goulding released a cover of Active Child's song "Hanging On", featuring Tinie Tempah, as a free download on her SoundCloud page.[49] In late July 2012, it was announced that Goulding's second album is titled Halcyon and it would be released on 8 October 2012. The album was preceded by the lead single "Anything Could Happen" on 21 August.[50] The lyric video for "Anything Could Happen" premiered on 9 August 2012, consisting of a series of fan-submitted Instagram pictures.[51] On 19 November 2012, the music video for Goulding's second single from Halcyon, titled "Figure 8" was released. The single was released digitally in the UK on 12 December 2012. The song charted before it was released, and made its way into the top 40 in the UK, peaking at No. 33.

Goulding contributed a track titled "Bittersweet" (produced by Skrillex) to the soundtrack of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, released on 13 November 2012.[52] It was announced on 12 February 2013, that in May 2013, she would be supporting Bruno Mars on his Moonshine Jungle World Tour on selected dates.[53] On 20 May 2013, Goulding announced she would embark on a seven-date tour in the UK during October that year.[54] On 28 May 2013, Goulding's cover of Alt-J's song "Tessellate" was released via her SoundCloud page.[55] Goulding has also been reported to have filmed a music video for this track in Paris earlier that month. She claimed to be "making a video for a song that isn't on my record."[56] In June 2013, Goulding performed at previous festivals and concerts including RockNess festival in Inverness, Capital FM Summertime Ball and Firefly Music Festival at The Woodlands in Dover, Delaware. On 2 July 2013, Goulding premiered a song titled "You My Everything" in the first episode of Skins Fire[57] and that same day Goulding confirmed to Elle magazine that Halcyon would be re-released later that year.[58]

On 5 July 2013, Digital Spy confirmed the release of Halcyon Days, a repackaged edition of Halcyon, which was released on 23 August 2013.[59] The re-release, featuring ten additional tracks, was preceded by the single "Burn", which had been uploaded to Goulding's SoundCloud page the previous day.[60][61] On 7 July 2013, the official music video for "Burn" premiered on Goulding's Vevo channel on YouTube. "Burn" became Goulding's first single to top the UK's Official Singles Chart.[62] Goulding was performing at V Festival Chelmsford when news of her first UK No. 1 broke; Rita Ora surprised Goulding with her Official Number 1 Award.[63] On 9 September 2013, Goulding released a music video for "How Long Will I Love You" for the film About Time.[64] Goulding appeared on the soundtrack for the film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire with the track "Mirror". On 15 October 2013, Goulding confirmed on Fearne Cotton's radio show that "How Long Will I Love You" would be the next single for BBC's Children in Need.[65] On the same day, the Active Child song "Silhouette", on which Goulding features, was also released.[66] On 28 October 2013, Goulding posted an alternative video of "How Long Will I Love You" on her Vevo channel for the short film Tom & Issy, in which she also stars.[67] On the final episode of The X Factor on 14 December, Goulding performed a duet with finalist Luke Friend.
On 5 January 2014, Goulding premiered the music video for her song "Goodness Gracious" on her Vevo channel, later confirming that it would be her sixth single released from Halcyon Days.[68] On 22 January 2014, Goulding confirmed through her Facebook page that she had contributed the song "Beating Heart" to the soundtrack for the film Divergent, based on the novel of the same name by Veronica Roth.[69] On 3 February 2014, Goulding released a cover of the James Blake song "Life Round Here" featuring rapper Angel Haze through her SoundCloud page.[70] On 19 February, Goulding won Best British Female Solo Artist at the 2014 Brit Awards.[71] On 20 October 2014, she stated via Facebook that she will appear on the new Calvin Harris album, Motion, with a new song called "Outside". The song was released as the album's fourth single on 20 October 2014.[72]

2015–2017: Delirium
In November 2014, Goulding announced that she was focusing on a third studio album. In early 2015, Goulding released the song "Love Me like You Do", which was featured in the soundtrack to the film adaptation of the erotic romance novel Fifty Shades of Grey. The video was released to YouTube on 22 January, to precede an official release date of 15 February.[73] The single has been a commercial success, spending four weeks at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, topping the charts in many other nations including Australia, New Zealand, and Germany, and reaching No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The single held the record for the most-streamed track in a single week in the United Kingdom (streamed 2.58 million times), and worldwide (streamed 15.5 million times).[74] On 7 December 2015, "Love Me like You Do" earned Goulding a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance.[2] In the nominations for the 2016 Brit Awards announced on 14 January 2016, the song was among the nominees for British Single of the Year, and Best British Video.[75] Goulding starred in the music video for Taylor Swift's song "Bad Blood", which was released in May 2015.[76]

Goulding appeared on the Major Lazer album Peace Is the Mission on the track "Powerful", alongside Tarrus Riley. The track was released together with the album on 1 June 2015. A preview of the single was revealed on 23 April 2015.[77] Having finished recording new material on 27 July 2015, Goulding tweeted a link to an Instagram post of her leaving Abbey Road Studios captioned, "That's a wrap!".[78] On 5 August 2015 at the iHeartRadio Music Summit, Interscope unveiled the title of Goulding's new single, "On My Mind".[79] A preview of the new track was released online via Goulding's Facebook page on 15 September 2015, with a confirmed single release date of 17 September 2015. The following day, another video teaser was uploaded revealing the title and cover art for Goulding's third studio album, Delirium.
On 7 September 2015, it was announced that Goulding would be performing at the 2015 AFL Grand Final, along with Canadian musician Bryan Adams and American musician Chris Isaak.[80] On 17 September, Goulding debuted her single, "On My Mind", the lead track from Delirium, on BBC Radio 1's Breakfast Show. She also announced that Delirium would be released on 6 November. Goulding subsequently performed "On My Mind" at the Apple Music Festival later that week.[81][82]

Goulding then travelled to Sydney where she performed a one-off show at the Enmore Theatre on 4 October. She performed a variety of songs similar to her Apple Music Festival setlist.[83] She also appeared on the Australian X Factor on 6 October where she performed "On My Mind".[84] On 15 October 2015, it was announced that "Army" would serve as the second official single from the album; the song's music video was later released on 14 January 2016.[85] Third single, "Something in the Way You Move" was first released as a promotional single from the album on 9 October 2015.[86] It was then released on 19 January 2016, its original music video was released on 23 February 2016[87] and other music video directed by Emil Nava was released on 21 June 2017
On 19 August 2016 she released the song "Still Falling For You" for the soundtrack to the film Bridget Jones's Baby, and its music video premiered on 25 August 2016.[89][90] It received moderate commercial success worldwide managing to reach number 11 in the UK.[12]

After a long gap, in 2017, she performed at the opening of 16th edition of Mawazine Festival, held in Rabat from 12 to 20 May.[91][92] There she also sung live her latest single for the first time in any event, "First Time"; which was released on 28 April in collaboration with Kygo.[93]

2018–present: Upcoming fourth studio album
In 2018, Goulding joined Tap Management after almost a decade with First Access Management.[94] She appeared on a collaboration with Sean Paul on his Mad Love the Prequel EP titled "Bad Love", released on 29 June 2018.[95]

Goulding collaborated with Diplo and Swae Lee on the single "Close to Me", which was released on 24 October 2018.[96] On 1 January 2019, The Guardian reported that she has been working on her fourth album, set to release in the same year.[97] On 1 March, she released the next single "Flux".[98] She said regarding the album, "it's very much written by me".[99]

On 12 April 2019, Goulding released the single "Sixteen."[100] Said Goulding of the single, "...That age was such a pivotal year for me in many ways and this song is so close to my heart. It takes me back to the reckless days of being a teenager and I hope it reminds us all about the innocence of youth."[101]

Goulding released "Hate Me" with American rapper Juice Wrld on 26 June 2019.[102][103] It was premiered by Zane Lowe as his 'World Record' on Beats 1.[104] In July, Goulding stated that her next material to be released would be the songs "Woman I Am" and "Start".[105]

Artistry and influences
Goulding's music has been described as electropop,[106][107] synth-pop,[108] indie pop[109] and folktronica.[110][111] She is a soprano[112][113][114] and is noted for her high piercing vibrato, breathy tone and emotive delivery.[115][116] In a review for Halcyon, Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph described her voice as "something special", continuing; "Her tremulous vibrato and slightly hoarse timbre have the feel of something primal and folky, her birdlike high notes conveying a childlike wonder while darker tones imply ancient depths of sorrow. She sings like she is strung out on the melody, warbling from a place of desperate emotion. It really is that rarest and perhaps most accidental of gifts: an original voice". He then continued in regards to her vocal layering stating, "producer Jim Eliot puts her voice front, back and centre, banking up choral walls of vibrato, fashioning hooks from cut up samples of chirrups and chants, and creating unusual textures from trills and warbles".[117] During an interview with Carson Daly, Goulding described her own voice saying;

I think sometimes it sounds like my voice is like, out of control... I have to really control it because it just kind of goes everywhere. Like, sometimes stuff comes out that I don't expect. A lot, actually [...]. It's so funny because my favourite thing to do is imitate opera singers, but I've never had a singing lesson. Oh, I had a lesson just to teach me how to breathe better, but I never really had a singing lesson.[118]

Will Hermes of Rolling Stone compared her voice to that of Dolly Parton, stating that her upper register was dazzling whilst also complementing her skill in vocal multi-layering.[119] Megan Farokhmanesh of Paste magazine stated "Goulding has a lovely voice, but occasionally her soprano-strung vocals hit a note that rubs the eardrums the wrong way" although she praised Goulding overall for her "talent for gorgeous high heart-tugging vocals".[114]

Goulding has listed Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, and Björk as influences, as well as contemporaries such as Amy Winehouse, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Burial, Taylor Swift, Bon Iver, and Rihanna.[120][121][122][123][124][125] She also expressed admiration for rappers Kanye West, Drake and Nicki Minaj.[126] Goulding's musical style has been compared to that of Kate Nash, Lykke Li and Tracey Thorn.[127]

Goulding's debut album Lights (2010) experimented with genres including indie pop, synthpop, folktronica and indietronica. The album contained "sparkling pop with a folky heart and an electronic edge" and was noted as being infectious.[128] The album incorporated "acoustic guitar" and "retro-synthpop" compared to that of Little Boots and La Roux, while the production contained "folkie origins under a welter of busily cycling synths and programmed beats".[129] Goulding toured the United Kingdom with American folk singer Lissie in 2010.[130][131] Goulding's second album Halcyon followed in the same vein, including genres such as indie pop, synthpop and dream pop. She stepped away from the electronic sound of her previous album and moved to a more tribal and anthemic sound containing a bit more piano and vocal.[132]

Personal life
Goulding ran the inaugural Nike Women Half Marathon in Washington, D.C. on 28 April 2013, earning a time of 1:41:35.[133][134]

Goulding was in a relationship with Dougie Poynter of McFly between 2014 and 2016.[135]

Goulding's best friend and personal assistant is Hannah Suzanne Lowe; the song "Army" was dedicated to Lowe and to Goulding's fans.[136][137]

On 7 August 2018, Goulding and her boyfriend, Caspar Jopling, announced their engagement.[138][139] The couple were married at York Minster on 31 August 2019.[140][141] Caspar Jopling is the grandson of former Conservative MP Michael Jopling, who was the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1983 to 1987.[142]

Goulding has spoken several times about her experience with mental health conditions. In 2016 she discussed panic attacks caused by the studio environment that prevented her from working.[143] In 2017 she discussed ongoing confidence issues and severe anxiety she had experienced. She spoke of an increased confidence within herself which reduces the nervous flutters she experiences.[144] She has said that a fitness regime and boxing at the gym has helped her overcome panic attacks and anxiety.[145]

Goulding supports the Labour Party.[146] She supported Vote Remain at the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum and in the aftermath of the Brexit result, she expressed her disappointment on Twitter saying: "I truly believe this is one of the most devastating things to happen during my lifetime. I felt a fear I've never felt this morning."[147]

Endorsements
Goulding contributed her vocals to an advert for the British department store chain John Lewis in 2010.[148] The John Lewis Christmas advert has become an annual tradition in British culture and one of the signals that the countdown to Christmas has begun in the UK, with Goulding performing "Your Song" for the store's 2010 campaign.[149][150]

In 2013, Goulding was announced as one of several new models for Marks & Spencer's 'Womanism' campaign. Subtitled "Britain's leading ladies", the campaign saw Goulding appear alongside British women from various fields, including the actress Helen Mirren, double Olympic gold medal winning boxer Nicola Adams, and writer Monica Ali.[151]

Goulding is endorsing the Swiss shampoo Pantene Pro-V on television and on the official Pantene website under the tagline "Strong Is Beautiful".[152] This campaign has been running since 21 March 2016