Culture
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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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How revolutionary band MC5 soundtracked US counterculture
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) They emerged from 1960s Detroit with an explosive sound that paved the way for punk. As a…
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How James Cameron’s ‘science-fiction slasher film’ predicted our fears about AI, 40 years ago
Alamy Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, the 1984 blockbuster The Terminator has become synonymous with the dangers of superintelligent machines. But it…
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‘Churchill’s secret weapon’ in the fight against the Nazis
Penguin Random House (Credit: Penguin Random House) Winston Churchill’s aristocratic daughter-in-law and confidante Pamela Harriman is considered “the greatest courtesan…
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Folie à Deux’s mega budget spelled disaster
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) The comic book sequel has bombed at the box office – but what makes its performance even…
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Rivals review: ‘Racy, glamorous, camp
Hulu/Disney+ (Credit: Hulu/Disney+) The TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster is full of “terrible people” and “inappropriate jokes” – it’s…
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This major new film about London’s World War Two bombing ‘doesn’t ring true’
Apple TV Premiering at the London Film Festival, Steve McQueen’s sprawling drama tries to shine new light on what happened,…
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Bella Freud on ‘frock consciousness’ and her new podcast
Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Bella Freud/ Getty Images (Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Bella Freud/ Getty Images) With her intimate new podcast,…
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Cate Blanchett gives an ‘increasingly frenzied’ performance in this ‘engrossing’ revenge thriller
Apple TV Apple TV+’s latest starry drama sees the Oscar-winner play a famous journalist terrorised by a vindictive man via…
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How cult 90s film La Haine reflects France’s social issues
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) As a new hip-hop musical adaptation of the French classic opens in Paris, the film’s director Mathieu…
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