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Jack White: Frozen Charlotte review – brutal, squalid blues-rock that just about sells its own ridiculousness
(Third Man) Following the superb No Name, White continues his fan service with stripped back songs and nasty, anarchic riffs – tho…
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'Heartbroken' Catherine Zeta-Jones leads tributes to singer Bonnie Tyler
The Welsh singer was known for hits including Total Eclipse of the Heart and Holding on for a Hero.
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Flamenco, fashion and freedom: three photography shows to see at Les Rencontres d'Arles
Our pick of the highlights of this year's photography festival
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Bonnie Tyler, singer of 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' dies at 75
The Welsh singer was best known for the 1980s rock opera hit, along with other songs, including "It's a Heartache."
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Bonnie Tyler totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created an astonishingly wide variety of pop
After hopping between country, disco and soft rock, Tyler found her groove with Jim Steinman-penned epics, shining through even th…
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Little House on the Prairie review – this reboot will have you sobbing for a simpler world by episode four
Like tradwifery for children, this revamp of the 19th-century settlers show is a precision-tooled and well-oiled machine. It’s a c…
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R&B star Syd on her new album, the return of the Internet and Odd Future fallouts: ‘We only had three meetings as a group and I called two of them’
She was a member of the influential rap collective, then the alt-R&B hitmakers – but struggled to find her own voice. Now, aft…
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2026 World Cup final to host first Super Bowl-style halftime show
FIFA is bringing an 11-minute Super Bowl-style halftime show to the 2026 World Cup final, marking a stark shift in the commerciali…
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Trouble Was by Charlotte Edwardes review – a sharp child’s-eye view of adult neglect
A young boy and his two siblings stay with their aunt in the West Country, in this haunting debut set over the long, hot summer of…
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‘Soul of the community’: Sabelo Mlangeni’s groundbreaking photography – in pictures
The South African photographer, whose images arise from being embedded in queer and rural communities, has been named the winner o…
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TV tonight: can Maura Higgins outsmart the Traitors US?
Alan Cumming oversees a murderous, OTT climax. Plus: proud Mancunian actor Ruth Madeley discovers her roots lie to the south. Here…
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No evidence for ‘witches’ marks’ claims at old English buildings, historian says
Author argues symbols such as daisy wheels are no more than the working marks of stonemasons Over the years, English Heritage and …
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‘I was a self-centred, entitled little horror ... arguably I still am’: cult psych rocker Robyn Hitchcock talks to Stewart Lee
Armed with a new album inspired by ‘dead English blokes’, the revered musician discusses writing nasty songs about his neighbours …
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Archaeology: 18 ancient tombs in Egypt yield 'golden tongue' amulets
New excavations at Marina El Alamein, ancient Leukaspis, reveal 18 Ptolemaic and Roman tombs with rare amulets and gold sheets use…
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Louise Lasser, star of cult sitcom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Woody Allen comedies, dies aged 87
The 1970s soap parody made a household name of Lasser, who was also known for her collaborations with ex-husband Allen and later f…
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How to Get Filthy Rich With Gary Stevenson review – how did this end up such an embarrassment?
This evangelising of a wealth tax should have made for a truly amazing documentary. But it allows its host to be totally out-argue…
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Justin Bieber joins Madonna, Shakira and BTS for Fifa World Cup final half-time show
The Super Bowl-style show marks the Canadian singer's latest big performance after his comeback shows at Coachella.
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New Museum taps Italian curator Gioni as director after $82m expansion
Massimiliano Gioni, the Italian curator who oversaw the New Museum’s $82m expansion designed by European firm OMA, will take over …
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White, patriarchal and Christian: White House’s vision for the National Museum of American History
A surprise 162-page report released on 4 July reveals the Trump administration’s efforts to shape US history and culture through t…
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The Pitt leads Emmys race, but Stranger Things snubbed in top categories - see the nominations
The Pitt and Hacks lead the race for America's most coveted TV awards - see the full list of nominations.
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‘I dealt with death, bankruptcy and HIV in three months’: Andreas Angelidakis on his radical, Ru Paul-influenced art installation
Spliff in hand, the Greek artist and architect explains how his Venice pavilion was inspired by Picasso’s Guernica, Charlie Kirk’s…
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Buckingham Palace doubles number of paintings on display in rehung picture gallery
Works from the Royal Collection by Vermeer, Rubens, Rembrandt, Titian and others are on show, some for the first time in decades
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Moana review – Dwayne Johnson’s demigod on autopilot in dull live-action remake
Johnson reprises his role from the original animation and has fine rapport with his young co-star Catherine Laga’aia, but the whol…
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An Afghan girl calmly milks a giant yak: Daniel Malikyar’s best photograph
‘In the Pamir Mountains, there’s salted yak milk every morning for breakfast. You stay warm at night on the floor in the yurt burn…