Culture
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11 of the best TV shows to watch this November
HBO From a small-screen spinoff of the Denis Villeneuve Dune films to the return of Sharon Horgan’s Bad Sisters, these…
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How Arnold Schwarzenegger became the bad guy in The Terminator
Alamy The Terminator was released 40 years ago, on 26 October 1984. James Cameron’s science-fiction thriller turned its star into…
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Should there be a ban on teenage popstars?
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) After the death of Liam Payne at 31, music industry figures are debating the duty of care…
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The remarkable story of the boy who lived a secret life in World of Warcraft
Netflix When Mats Steen died at the age of 25 in 2014 from a degenerative muscular disease, his parents, Robert…
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Why Lady Gaga’s comeback hits the spot
Inside Out (Credit: Inside Out) The pop star has returned with a bombastic new song, the first single from her…
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How new thriller Conclave is lifting the lid on the Pope’s election
Focus Features Based on a bestselling novel by Robert Harris, the Oscar-tipped film imagines what goes on behind the scenes…
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The Booker Prize-winning writer whose novels unbutton the sex lives of Britain’s gay social elite
BBC (Credit: BBC) Ever since his 1988 debut The Swimming-Pool Library caused a stir, Hollinghurst has captured the hedonism of…
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In 1924 a risqué silent film featured a woman as US president
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) The Last Man on Earth is one of the earliest films in history to feature a female…
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Inside eight fashion designers’ homes that match their owners’ clothing aesthetic
Robyn Lea When fashion people pour their creativity into their homes, the results can be tactile interiors that visitors may…
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How Monet’s paintings changed the way we see London
Christie’s Images A new exhibition charts how Claude Monet’s revolutionary, fog-shrouded visions of the Thames would “irreversibly alter how London…
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