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European culture: art, music, film, books and ideas.
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Life Out There review – astronauts search for meaning in atmospheric space oddity
Lowry, Salford These lonely travellers overlap with Bowie’s Maj Tom, Ryan Gosling in Project Hail Mary or Spielberg’s Disclosure D…
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Sleuthing sheep, Young Sherlock and a new Poirot: how amateur detectives took over our screens
From the Sherlock Holmes spin-offs to The Sheep Detectives, DIY sleuths are on the case all over TV and cinema. But where did the …
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Spectacular find: 1,000-year-old Viking textile workshop unearthed
An excavation near Aarhus in Denmark may fundamentally alter how we see the Viking Age: 82 pit houses identified as specialised te…
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Jehovah's Witnesses fight German state for Holocaust archive
The Jehovah's Witnesses have secured a partial victory in a dispute over a unique archive documenting the community's persecution …
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'I believe in the secret of things': Author Orhan Pamuk opens up at the Museum of Innocence
In an exclusive interview at the house in Çukurcuma which Orhan Pamuk turned into a museum, the Nobel Prize-winning author talked …
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Warner shows accused of staging scenes for tax rebates
Two hit Australian mining series distributed by Warner Bros Discovery are facing industry accusations of staging scenes to illegal…
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The moral test US founding father Thomas Jefferson failed?
Polish general and freedom fighter Thaddeus Kosciuszko presented US founding father Thomas Jefferson with a moral test. Historians…
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Diamonds are forever: Karlovy Vary film festival honours Dustin Hoffman on its 60th anniversary
The largest cultural event in the Czech Republic, the Karlovy Vary international film festival is just getting underway with the f…
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Dior dress, Adam Sandler and a man of honour: What we know about Taylor and Travis's wedding
The couple tied the knot in New York on Friday, after months of speculation about when, where and how it would happen.
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Beyoncé releases surprise new track for Fourth of July weekend
Morning Dew (Donk) reportedly conceived for Beyoncé’s second album B’Day, which will be reissued for its 20th anniversary in Septe…
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400,000-year-old intact cave found in Israel sheds light on pre-Neanderthal era
A prehistoric cave found near Foreidis in northern Israel is offering a rare glimpse into a little-known phase of human evolution.…
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce marry at Madison Square Garden in private but lavish wedding
The wedding, officiated by Adam Sandler, was attended by roughly 1,000 guests, including many A-list celebrities, singers, athlete…
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BBC presenter back on air after train crash injury
Jo Good has been recovering after suffering four broken bones in the train crash on 19 June.
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‘There’s excitement in the air’: how America fell back in love with indie cinemas
With unexpected programming and a community ethos, independent cinemas across the US are giving multiplexes a run for their money …
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‘A halo of optimism’: why The Pitt is the most hopeful show on TV
It’s full of heart, humanity and such extreme competence it’s actually comforting to watch. No wonder it’s swept the boards at awa…
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The Rolling Stones: Foreign Tongues review – stomping blues and anti-Musk politics make this another late triumph
(Polydor) Continuing the rejuvenated sound of 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, there’s touching vulnerability from Keith Richards while Ja…
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In pictures: Stars and fans celebrate Taylor and Travis's wedding
Celebrities and sports stars were spotted as the A-list couple tied the knot in New York on Friday.
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How AI is changing language
As allegations of LLM use rock the literary and media worlds, linguists explain what really distinguishes human and machine writin…
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Reggae walk of fame launched in Harlesden
A trail celebrating Harlesden's reggae heritage and Windrush pioneers launches in north-west London.
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The Specials to release final album as tribute to Terry Hall
The Specials will release their final album, a live recording from Coventry Cathedral that pays tribute to late frontman Terry Hal…
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Katie Price: Nothing to Hide – this remarkable profile is as fascinating and exhausting as its subject
You’d think there was nothing new to learn about the glamour model-turned-tabloid sensation. You’d be wrong… ‘Boobs,” says Katie P…
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Meet My Mama: how home cooks turned chefs are spicing up the French catering market
“My cuisine is a bridge between Congo, my home country, and France,” says Marie-Clarisse, a home cook turned professional chef by …
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Vatican excommunicates traditionalists as second schism looms in Scotland
The Vatican has excommunicated the traditionalist Society of St Pius X for consecrating unapproved bishops, a rupture that risks t…
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wed in NYC in ceremony officiated by Adam Sandler
It was the bash of the century, with celebrities from singer Benson Boone and actor Hugh Grant to model Gigi Hadid and actor Ethan…