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European culture: art, music, film, books and ideas.
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New Irish novel The Red Mouth uses bogs to frame climate dilemma
Sheila Armstrong’s second novel uses the discovery of ancient remains in Ireland’s peatlands to interrogate the tension between de…
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TV tonight: Diane Morgan and Sue Johnston’s great new sitcom
An elderly widow gets an awkward android companion in Morgan’s charming series. Plus: Sally Phillips’ camp comedy drama. Here’s wh…
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The 85-year-old living in her own art installation
After careers as a teacher, cookbook author and TV chef, Sue Kreitzman's life took a different path.
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England to screen newborns for SMA after celebrity campaign
The UK government will add spinal muscular atrophy to England's newborn screening programme from October, a policy shift driven by…
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‘I used to do acid on a Wednesday. I don’t have time for that now’: alt-pop star Steve Lacy on his struggle to follow huge hit Bad Habit
A Grammy nom at 17, a US No 1 ... then silence. With new album Oh Yeah? finally out after four years away, the genre-hopping artis…
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Kit Connor and Joe Locke: 'Making a film like Heartstopper will forever be important'
The Netflix movie brings Alice Oseman's popular screen adaptation to a conclusion.
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UK inquiry calls for decade of reading as England lags globally
A cross-party committee warns England’s decline in childhood reading is driven by policy failures, urging a ten-year intervention …
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Kris Jenner's mother Mary Jo dies aged 91
Mary Jo 'MJ' Campbell was featured on multiple episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians over the years.
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US bill seeks to block sale of federal buildings holding New Deal art
US Democrats have introduced a bill to prevent the destruction of historically significant New Deal murals as the Trump administra…
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Nolan's $250m Odyssey earns universal acclaim from critics
Christopher Nolan’s $250m adaptation of Homer’s epic has received near-universal critical praise, positioning the blockbuster as a…
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Ava DuVernay to make Netflix documentary 14th on birthright citizenship
The film-maker behind Selma and 13th will focus on the 14th amendment for a new film out later this year as Donald Trump targets t…
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Legionella outbreak hits New York's major museums
The discovery of Legionella bacteria in the cooling systems of several major New York City museums highlights the infrastructure r…
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Winkleman quits BBC chatshow, highlighting format's digital challenge
Claudia Winkleman’s departure from her BBC talk show after just seven episodes underscores the mounting difficulty traditional bro…
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Buxton festival stages Francesca Caccini’s 1625 opera La Liberazione di Ruggiero
The Buxton festival’s production of the earliest surviving opera by a female composer underscores the cultural value of diversifyi…
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The F Ward review – Anna Friel medical drama doesn’t quite scrub up
The six-part Australian series about intern doctors at an underfunded hospital is missing an essential ingredient Among the many v…
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Lost Velázquez portrait of Olivares found in Madrid private collection
A long-lost 1626 portrait by Diego Velázquez has been authenticated in Madrid, placing a rare and immensely valuable artwork on a …
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Rome organises open air film screenings to help residents cope with the ongoing heatwave
As part of a city initiative, Rome is inviting residents to watch films at more than 50 outdoor cinemas to help them cope with the…
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Denshattack! review – time to get on board with kickflipping trains
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2; Undercoders Colourful, counter-cultural and captivating – this rail riding game set i…
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Grief Is the Thing With Feathers by Max Porter review – a bravura rendering of bereavement
Actor Russell Tovey’s narration crackles with compassion and menace in this magical story of a widower and his young sons in mourn…
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‘He annotated my letter from Spielberg’: readers pay tribute to Sam Neill
From teeing up a marriage to inspiring a career and giving 144 bottles of wine to his birthday band, the star’s admirers share the…
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Pergolesi: L’Olimpiade album review
Monaco/Raftis/Colombo/Frigato/Orchestra Ghislieri/Prandi (Arcana) Recorded from a live performance in an 18th-century theatre in J…
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Hal Williams, actor best known for Sanford and Son and 227, dies aged 91
The actor, who also appeared in The Waltons and Private Benjamin, died at his home in California Hal Williams, the actor best know…
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Hits don’t lie! Shakira’s 20 best songs, from World Cup anthems to megastar duets – ranked!
As the Colombian pop supremo prepares to perform at Sunday’s final, we rate her greatest work, including gossipy takedowns and lyc…
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Winkleman ends BBC talk show after single series
The television presenter is stepping down from her Friday night programme after just one series, leaving Graham Norton's productio…