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Faithless review – if you understand some of the baffling choices in this show, please let us know
This reboot of a 2000 film, based on a script by the great Ingmar Bergman, features some extremely odd camera work and a very stra…
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The Nevada Museum of Art puts sustainability at its core
Since its foundation in 1931, the institution has promoted climate action across all its activities
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Harry loses High Court privacy case against Daily Mail publisher
Judge Mr Justice Nicklin says the claimants had failed to prove the allegations.
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Tradwives and ‘anti-woke’ backlash: can Netflix reboot Little House on The Prairie for a new generation?
After the classic series became a pandemic-era smash, a glossy new adaptation aims to explore the complexities of frontier life Ea…
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Mariska Hargitay to host 78th Emmy awards in September
The Law & Order: SVU star will be the first woman to host the ceremony, airing on NBC this year, in 15 years Mariska Hargitay …
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Queen Camilla marks Pooh centenary by opening new Sussex trail
Queen Camilla has opened a new walking trail in Ashdown Forest to mark the Winnie-the-Pooh centenary, a development expected to dr…
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July Book Bag: from a selection of US folk art to a closer look at the work of YBA Gary Hume
Our round-up of the latest art publications
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Patrick Kielty to return as host of The Late Late Show
Kielty, who is from Dundrum in County Down, said hosting the chat-show is "one of the greatest gigs in the world".
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A new biography looks at how Michael Andrews shifted from slow burner to innovative creator
The School of London artist, equally at home in Soho society and rural Scotland, was also a noted painter of celebrities
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Book examines Joseph Beuys’s bid to merge art and economics
A new academic study re-evaluates the German artist Joseph Beuys not just as a cultural icon, but as a figure who tried to use art…
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Our book reviews editor dips into some recent art-historical fiction
Topics covered in the publications range from a Renaissance sculptress and Baroque Rome to 1930s Manchester and Frida Kahlo
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Dolly Parton musical set for Broadway this winter: ‘a dream come true’
After a run in Nashville, Dolly: A True Original Musical is set to open in New York in December Dolly Parton will celebrate turnin…
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Sunshine: Danny Boyle’s space slasher plays out like an atheist’s worst nightmare
This 2007 science-fiction thriller is a who’s-who of brilliant actors right before they made it big, and is basically Project Hail…
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From James Van Der Beek to Carrie Fisher: TV’s greatest posthumous performances
New Legally Blonde prequel Elle features a lovely appearance from the late Dawson’s Creek actor. Here are some of television’s oth…
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Patrice Lawrence named new children's laureate
Brighton-born Patrice Lawrence will be the main representative of children's literature until 2028.
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Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian author of Women Without Men, dies at 80
The revered writer and political exile’s publisher says her ‘legacy in literary history can’t be compared to anyone else’s’ Shahrn…
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Ushida Findlay review: the mighty culture clash that gave us the delightful Soft and Hairy House
V&A Dundee When Kathryn Findlay and Eisaku Ushida joined forces, a sensual kind of architecture was born – resulting in a hair…
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How novelists continue to be inspired by artists
Several books out this summer use art as a springboard—we speak to some of their authors
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‘It still haunts me’: the puppet show Dracula that’s definitely not for small children
The dreaded bloodsucker will be getting his fangs into the Edinburgh fringe this year – in a deeply creepy, liberty-taking show wi…
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The Invite welcomes heterosexual polyamory into cinemas. It’s about time
As a non-monogamist, it’s refreshing to see a film that reflects modern attitudes to non-conventional relationships, instead of us…
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The worst of us: a philosopher’s guide to the world’s most depraved art
The academic Daisy Dixon discusses her new book investigating the art that has provoked outrage over the centuries
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‘I presumed kids’ books were written by people who were white and dead’: new children’s laureate Patrice Lawrence
The author of Orangeboy, Indigo Donut and Is That Your Mama? plans to use her two-year term to ensure children isolated from readi…
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‘An absolute triumph’: first reactions to Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey are ectastic
Following the film’s premiere, critics are already calling the historical epic a best picture Oscar contender. Here’s what they ha…
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‘It affected my confidence in my pussy’: gen X punk legends rage at menopause festival
At Menopunkapalooza, riot grrrls sang and rallied around a topic still taboo today: women’s health during midlife The music festiv…