Culture
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How ultra-traditional tweed found a new fanbase
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) Once synonymous with the aristocracy, the thoroughly British winter favourite is now in demand more…
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Timothée Chalamet is ‘brilliant and believable’ in ‘conventional’ biopic
Macall Polay Despite its “kinetic performances and irresistible music” from star Timothée Chalamet and cast, James Mangold’s Dylan biopic is…
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The 20 best films of 2024
Focus Features/ A24/ Paramount Pictures/ BBC (Credit: Focus Features/ A24/ Paramount Pictures/ BBC) BBC film critics Nicholas Barber and Caryn…
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How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy
Getty Images Charles M Schulz drew his beloved Peanuts strip for 50 years until his announcement on 14 December 1999…
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How Taylor Swift’s Eras tour became a near-religious experience
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, a “cultural juggernaut” remarkable for both its scale and intimacy, comes…
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The nine paint colours that can transform your home
Joybird (Credit: Joybird) As Pantone’s “colour of the year 2025” is announced, we explore the paint shades that are trending…
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The ancient origins of the lookalike craze
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) It’s been a year of lookalikes – but the lure of the “second self” goes…
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Gaudy or iconic? How leopard print took over
Worn by everyone from pin-ups and “mob wives” to Jackie O and royalty, leopard print has long divided opinion. As…
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A vampire film with ‘so much to sink your teeth into’
Focus Features With Bill Skarsgård as the “horrible old vampire”, Robert Eggers’s remake of FW Murnau’s silent 1922 classic stars…
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How the fall of Pyongyang brought the world to the brink of crisis
Getty Images In December 1950, a BBC cameraman captured the fall of Pyongyang, a defining moment in the Korean War.…
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