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Culture<p>Her debut earned a record-breaking YA book deal – then came her fallout with Hollywood. The author talks about the pressures of success and why she is pictured on the cover of her new…
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Culture<p>Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor defend findings on Israel’s killing of Palestinians amid threats from Israeli officials</p><p>The film-makers behind <a…
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Culture<p><strong>New York film festival: </strong>The follow-up to 2023’s Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One dazzles with smart social commentary and jaw-dropping effects</p><p>Even by the standards of older…
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Culture<p><strong>Ormiston Bushfield Academy, Peterborough<br></strong>An intro to Shakespeare doesn’t get any better than the RSC’s revival of Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female prison-set production led by…
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Culture<p>I had always ignored my anguished mental state or tried to push it aside, and CBT didn’t work for me – then one song seemed to articulate my pain</p><p>Six months ago, I was driving past John…
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Culture<p>Her Troubles-set debut became a hit TV series starring Gillian Anderson. Now the novelist has returned to her teen years for a follow-up. She talks about her journey from chef to author, and how…
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Culture<p>Exclusive: Dog Painting 17 is believed to be one of only six of works from Dog Series in private hands and first to be auctioned</p><p>David Hockney adored his dachshunds Stanley and Boodgie and…
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Culture<p>They sign a rental contract, and then their relationship immediately collapses. This funny comedy-drama from Mexican-American comic Lara Ricote tackles real life in a way most sitcoms…
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Culture<p>In this week’s newsletter: From A Space Odyssey to The Exorcist II, audiences can turn a serious film into an accidental comedy – but where does the line fall between laughing with a film, and…
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Culture<p>Daisy Edgar-Jones dons the bonnet in Georgia Oakley’s take on the Jane Austen classic, and Catherine Zeta-Jones battles assassins in a madcap action caper</p><p><strong>Sense and…
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Culture<p>Sharon Horgan takes on divorce in a new series about life as a single fiftysomething, while Brad Pitt makes his way across Alaska with a loyal hound. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken…
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Culture<p>The creators and stars of Slam Frank on their off-Broadway production - which reimagines the Holocaust victim as a pansexual rapper</p><p>It’s difficult to not invoke the term “woke” when…
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Culture<p><strong>Sadler’s Wells, London<br></strong>A trio of dances taking influence from Stravinsky, tap and William Blake’s poetry combine with powerful performances exuding showmanship</p><p>Damn,…
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Culture<p>Late Queen of Country and philanthropist celebrated with parades, karaoke and live music across the country</p><p>Cities and states across the country are declaring 25 September Dolly Parton Day,…
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Culture<p>A selection of winners and notable finalists in the awards celebrating the art of music photography, which saw 24,500 images submitted from 42 countries</p> <a…
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Culture<p>Meltdowns, more contestants, Ross Kemp being ‘the daddy’: read on for our guide to the return of TV’s best reality gameshow</p><p>Prepare to become obsessed with famous people backstabbing and…
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Culture<p><strong>PlayStation 5, Xbox, PC (version played); Bandai Namco<br></strong>The game generates blood-pumping moments as you twist, turn and weave through the skies, while your locked-on missiles…
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Culture<p><strong>(Republic)</strong><br>This four-track addition to a critically maligned album works hard to remind fans what they love about Swift, with some sweet highs and galling lows</p><p>One…
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Culture<p>Canadian novelist has celebrated her late partner’s love of birds with a C$1m gift to a university to establish the Graeme Gibson chair in avian biology</p><p>If she could be any bird, Margaret…
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Culture<p>Experts and insiders explain how To Catch A Predator became the most controversial show on 2000s TV</p><p>A man from Long Beach, California, is here to have sex with someone he believes is a…
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Culture<p>The stars are no strangers to public scrutiny of their most intimate relationships – but they’ve never experienced anything like this. They talk about playing a famous divorcing couple, and how…
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Culture<p>The artist has written for Beyoncé and been nominated for two Grammys, yet individual success has eluded him. Now he’s back with a new album that puts queer joy in the spotlight – and, he says,…
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Culture<p>The Oscar-winner is voicing Narnia’s wise lion in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of The Magician’s Nephew, leading to roars of fury from US evangelical commentators </p><p>It is a confusing time to be…
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Culture<p>I’ve been holed up in an flat, affectionately dubbed the ‘brotel’, with my son for weeks – and we’ve revisited the first game we ever played together</p><p>I have spent the last three weeks living…
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Culture<p>Ahead of a greatest hits tour, original members Spider Stacy and James Fearnley will join us to answer your questions</p><p>When Shane MacGowan died in 2023, you’d be forgiven for wondering…
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Culture<p>As her latest novel about Daphne du Maurier is published, the bestselling author reflects on age and creativity – and why at 83 she has no plans to stop </p><p>My generation of writers is dying.…
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Culture<p>Boris Karloff’s daughter and composer Michael Shapiro, whose musical score for the 1931 film is finally coming to London, talk about how it became a much-loved classic</p><p>Once seen, never…
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Culture<p>One year into the role, the Royal Opera’s music director is taking on the challenge of Parsifal, and, next season, the Ring Cycle. I’m here, and I am courageous says the conductor</p><p>‘You can…
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Culture<p>Catherine Corless’s exposure of almost 800 infant deaths at a home led by nuns prompted Neeson to bring the story to screen</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/liam-neeson">Liam…
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Culture<p>The Mercury prize winner hasn’t been able to go home since falling ill last summer. In his only interview, he opens up about the ‘poignancy’ of finally releasing the new album his stroke…
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Culture<p>From his farm in Portugal, the acclaimed artist speaks about war, peace, the state of the world – and his 40 metre sculpture Mushrooms, on Sydney Harbour</p><p>“It’s like a film set. Like it’s not…
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Culture<p>Wallace and Gromit stop-motion models and other beloved creations raise money to train new generations of animators </p><p>Wallace’s reaction as the auction got into full swing might have been a…
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Culture<p>The US rapper, removed from Ed Sheeran’s US stadium tour after voicing support of Palestine, has convened a charity show that will visit Dublin, Paris and London, with a North American run to be…
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Culture<p>Irish rock legends’ 16th studio album, described by the Edge as ‘a messy, provocative, sacred collection of songs’, to arrive in November</p><p>U2 have officially announced their first album of…
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Culture<p>TV heads hope the revamped show – back after four decades – will win over parents seeking quality shows amid concerns about addictive online content</p><p>For the generations who grew up watching…
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Culture<p><strong>Wallace Collection, London</strong><br>The British sculptor’s delicate, intimate and ready-to-pop creations feel right at home among Hertford House’s rococo masterpieces</p><p>Maybe it was…
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Culture<p><strong>Sadie Coles HQ, London<br></strong>Abstract, humorous yet deeply unsettling, the painter’s dazzling exhibition sees her caught between distant skies and the ugly reality on the…
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Culture<p>The Four Weddings and a Funeral actor answers your questions on being confused with James Nesbitt, his own Sliding Doors moment and a new perspective since turning 60</p><p><strong>How often do…
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Culture<p><strong>Royal Albert Hall, London<br></strong>Julia Fischer, Pablo Ferrández and Jan Lisiecki brought poetry and virtuosity to Beethoven’s Triple Concerto tour de force and there was vision and…
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Culture<p>As the country trio once known as Dixie Chicks celebrate 20 years of their album Taking the Long Way, we count down the best of their catchy, sometimes controversial catalogue</p><p>One of eight…
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Culture<p><strong>Mima, Middlesbrough</strong><br>In a truly competitive year, Kira Freije’s apocalyptic humanoids trounce everything in their path, even the sculpture that looks like a pile of…
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Culture<p><strong>(Rough Trade)</strong><br>Your favourite band’s favourite band unleash a thrilling and relentless 42 minutes of monstrous noise whose precise instrumental source always remains…
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Culture<p>Theatrical rollout across 56 territories planned for documentary about Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza before film will stream on Guardian website</p><p>NAZA, the award-winning…
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Culture<p>Duo had US hits with their cover of Always Something There to Remind Me as well as Promises, Promises and more</p><p>Pete Byrne, the frontman of British new wave group Naked Eyes who carried them…
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Culture<p>Known to many as JD in Scrubs, Zach Braff has forged a path as a successful writer and director since the release of his acclaimed 2004 indie film Garden State. Now’s your chance to ask him your…
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Culture<p>Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey might be the one to bear but a crop of competitors is starting to materialise</p><p>Reporting from fall film festivals used to be a more streamlined process –…
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Culture<p>They offer advice, referee card games and manage players’ tantrums – we caught up with some of the volunteer profs who keep the competitive game going at this year’s world…
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Culture<p>From émigré roots to a titan of modern cinema, penning classics such as Double Indemnity, Some Like It Hot and The Apartment, a new retrospective celebrates the father of film noir’s incredible…
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