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European culture: art, music, film, books and ideas.
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Rescued mural depicting Alice’s adventures in New York wonderland back on view for first time in decades
Saved from a children’s hospital marked for demolition, the 15 surviving panels of Abram Champanier’s WPA mural are the subject of…
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Teacher abandons holiday to duet with Ed Sheeran
Lianne Kaye says performing with the singer was "honestly unbelievable".
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This is Rambert review – 100th birthday knees-up is a big leap forward
Sadler’s Wells, London The company’s centenary celebration isn’t about nostalgia – this occasionally thrilling triple bill of rece…
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Cast announced for new series of Peaky Blinders
The seventh series of the TV show is being filmed in and around Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham.
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Women’s prize: Virginia Evans wins for fiction and Lyse Doucet takes award for nonfiction
Evans’s The Correspondent and the BBC journalist’s ‘people’s history’ of modern Afghanistan, The Finest Hotel in Kabul, win £30,00…
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Dynamic duo: dance legends León and Lightfoot at the Royal Ballet – in pictures
The programme So Are We marks the first time a British company has performed the work of choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoo…
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Child damages Magritte painting with pinecone
The 1959 painting 'The Castle of the Pyrenees' is being restored at the Israel Museum
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‘It's a work of art’: rare, cloth-bound first edition of Wuthering Heights to be auctioned at Christie’s
The book, estimated at up to £600,000, is the first original edition to appear at auction in more than a century
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‘I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way’: Kathleen Turner’s best films – ranked!
As she nears her 72nd birthday, we honour the actor whose ‘smoked honey’ vocals added to her vampy persona on screen, whether brin…
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'I haven't left my house, I'm scared', says Mean Girls actor as Belfast shows cancelled over violence
The Mean Girls musical's run in Belfast is cancelled following disorder in the city.
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The Artist by Lucy Steeds audiobook review – a sensory feast in Provence
A reclusive artist is the reluctant subject of a journalist’s attention in a rich world of scents, scenery and secrets When a Brit…
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Katia and Marielle Labèque: 55 album review
(Deutsche Grammophon) The pianist sisters’ celebration of their 55 years of recording is a thoughtfully curated compilation that r…
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‘Once, Mandela was seen as the devil incarnate’: the TV show laying bare the true struggle against apartheid
From the activist who knew him as ‘Uncle Nelson’ to the campaigner who would go on to become a cabinet member, we talk to those in…
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The Mahler Experiment review – physical drama comes at a musical cost in choreographed symphony
Sinfonia Smith Square, London Tom Morris’s staged take on Mahler’s first symphony is valiantly performed by Stephanie Childress an…
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Lola Young review – buoyant, brilliant return from British pop’s great oversharer
O2 Apollo Manchester The Messy hitmaker is back after taking time away from live performance, and this charming, relatable set sho…
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Mis-Teeq on reuniting, UK garage and Alesha Dixon's ad libs
The noughties girl group are back for a reunion gig to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album.
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Hepworth in Colour review – salty Cornish seascapes compressed into immaculate sculptures
Courtauld, London Barbara Hepworth’s elegant works, with their harp-like strings and splashes of blue, evoke the foamy breakers of…
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Here comes the sun: Stunning Amaterasu show celebrates 160 years of Belgium-Japan relations
Inspired by the legend of sun goddess Amaterasu, Be-Japon's acclaimed production reimagines the mythological story through colourf…
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Taylor Swift, Timothée Chalamet and Haim among fans at New York's NBA Finals
Wednesday's result means the team are now just one win away from a famous Finals win.
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‘This is honest art. Like Dostoevsky’: Tim Allen and Tom Hanks on Toy Story 5, tech peril and the joy of rusty nails
Pixar’s new film tells young viewers that technology has stolen their childhood and that parents need to wise up fast. Its stars a…
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Dani Dyer returns to Strictly a year after pulling out with broken ankle
"Hopefully this time around I can actually make it to week one," the TV and social media star says.
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‘Dangerous for being free’: Mon Laferte on calling out injustice as Chile’s biggest pop star
The musician opens up about her mental health, government corruption and why conservative backlash won’t stop her speaking her min…
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Influential art world figure Joe Hage moves from the shadows to take top billing
The founder of Heni art services is behind a major Barbara Hepworth show at London's Courtauld Gallery
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‘Now they can’t afford me’: Steven Spielberg was turned down to direct Bond – twice
Film-maker says he approached producer ‘Cubby’ Broccoli after Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind were hits, but was knock…