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Glastonbury the Movie review – thirty years on, the sunset of a hippy dream in all its glory
Coinciding with a fallow year for the festival, these scenes filmed in 1993 record a youth culture innocent of camera phones and l…
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Downtown Boys: Public Luxury review – a joyful blast of bilingual political punk
(Sub Pop) The Rhode Island five-piece return with a ferocious rallying call to fight for your beliefs, with bouncing basslines, mu…
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‘I can out-dance Bowie and Jagger!’ Martha Reeves on Motown, Dancing in the Street and smashing crockery with Dusty Springfield
Now 84, the voice of Heat Wave and Jimmy Mack is releasing a new album. She answers your questions on Marvin Gaye, popularising th…
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Strung review – far-fetched thriller awkwardly mixes Blumhouse and Tyler Perry
There are flashes of low-rent fun to be had here but a busy script makes it feel like a limited series inelegantly cut down to mov…
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Dangerous, Dirty, Violent & Young by Zayd Ayers Dohrn review – child of the revolution
The son of fugitive leaders of the militant Weather Underground recounts his chaotic, peripatetic upbringing Every aspect of a fam…
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The Mission review – a surgeon saves lives in war-torn Gaza in a visceral portrait of human endurance
Mohammad Tahir and his colleagues operate through bombing and blackouts in barely functional hospitals – but there are moments of …
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Jonathan Kuo: Java Dreams album review – young pianist brings unflashy exuberance to complex works
(Rubicon) The Indonesian musician impresses in his debut solo recording of Godowsky’s Java Suite and Stravinsky’s piano arrangemen…
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Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Supergirl' - Save the puppy, save the world
After a strong start to the rebooted DC Universe last year with 'Superman' comes a new space adventure which follows the Man of St…
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‘Elon Musk is dangerous and crazy. And I kind of used to like him’: Interpol on their political awakening – and making their masterpiece
They were a big 00s buzz band – but looked in danger of fading out. Empowered by fatherhood and anger at war and AI, the New Yorke…
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UK live music sector loses 6,000 jobs as small venues close
A nationwide UK festival this weekend is highlighting an economic crisis for grassroots music venues, where rising costs and tax c…
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Pride review – solidarity between gay activists and miners in a magnificent musical
Dorfman theatre, London The director and writer of the hit 2014 film deliver a stage celebration of togetherness in the face of ad…
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Phoebe Bridgers: Lost Boys review – ghosts, guns and guileless youth on generational songwriter’s return
(Dead Oceans) The US singer took years off after becoming ‘world-weary’ of public life – and in the meantime, her silvery balladry…
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Rik Mayall: Magnificent B’Stard review – Ade Edmondson is still visibly stricken about losing him
Packed with fun memories from Ben Elton and Stephen Fry plus heartbreaking regret from his former partner, the Bottom star is so a…
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Transcription by Ben Lerner wins Orwell prize for political fiction
Judging chair calls Lerner’s novel a ‘funny, brainy and timely’ study of our appetite for technology, while Karen Bartlett wins th…
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Blood, Sweat & Tears rocker David Clayton-Thomas dies at 84
The Grammy Award-winning music legend sold more than 40 million records and helped shape the sound of jazz-rock.
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Publishers fail to profit from video news boom, study finds
A major Oxford study reveals audiences are abandoning traditional news websites for social platforms, a structural shift that leav…
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Rocío Molina: Calentamiento review – an electrifying blast of punky flamenco
Sadler’s Wells, London Molina says she wants a show that never finishes – this one is endlessly thrilling and surprising Rocío Mol…
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Outrageous and outsized musical tribute to Claes Oldenburg takes the stage in Los Angeles
In “Enormous Things: The Musical”, the beloved Pop artist confronts a creative block while Jeff Koons taunts him mercilessly and C…
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Plymouth's The Box wins Art Fund prize with £244m economic boost
Plymouth's The Box has won the 2026 Art Fund museum of the year award, offering a compelling economic model for European cities we…
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Plymouth museum beats London giants to top UK prize
A municipally owned Plymouth museum has beaten London’s biggest institutions to win the UK’s top museum prize, highlighting the po…
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Plymouth museum wins UK award after £244m economic boost
Plymouth's The Box has been named the UK's Museum of the Year, offering a blueprint for how regional cultural institutions can dri…
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British actor praised for 'rugby tackling' handbag robber before film premiere
Aneurin Barnard was said to have stepped in to stop the robber while promoting new film Rogue Trooper.
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Rembrandt painting was altered to erase turban from man’s head, restorers find
Exclusive: Unknown hand covered up artist’s depiction of diverse crowd during influx of refugees to Leiden in 1620s Layers of over…
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Could a Madison Square Garden wedding be the love story of Taylor Swift's wildest dreams?
Officials confirmed someone applied for a permit to close the streets near Madison Square Garden on 4 July.