Culture
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‘The biggest commercial juggernaut ever’: Why the Oscars peaked in 1998
As exceptional as Titanic was, though, it was part of a significant broader pattern: many of the 20th Century’s best…
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12 of the best TV shows to watch this March
The Comeback premieres 22 March on HBO and Max in the US Amazon Prime Video(Credit: Amazon Prime Video) 11. Bait…
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The darkness behind British artist LS Lowry’s famous city scenes
The ‘matchstick men’ association Lowry hid behind a down-to-earth facade, but this unpretentious attitude may have led some to dismiss…
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11 of the Winter Olympics’ most striking images
7. Mass and motion Getty Images Transformed by a photographer’s lens into smudgy speed lines accelerating behind the carefully calibrated…
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The 19th-Century US home that embodied the super-rich
George was set apart. Jenkins tells the BBC, “He doesn’t necessarily fit into a kind of Vanderbilt mould. He doesn’t…
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Why critics scorned Beryl Cook’s ‘saucy’ paintings
Jolly, kitsch and bawdy, Beryl Cook’s paintings were loved by the British public but derided by the art establishment. One…
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Amy Adams is Oscar-worthy in this fearless drama about alcoholism ★★★★☆
The actress makes a return to form in this hard-hitting film from Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó about a middle-aged woman…
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10 early photographic ‘fakes’ that trick the eye
1. Daydream (c 1870–1890), anonymous Two realities collide in this 19th-Century carte de visite that was most likely purchased to…
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The mysterious kidnapping of Shergar, the champion racehorse
They were directed to the isolated farmhouse of racehorse breeder Jeremy Maxwell, about 30 miles outside Belfast near Downpatrick. On…
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A moving, tragic biopic of a tortured jazz great ★★★★☆
Bill Evans was a boundary-breaking US pianist who contended with multiple personal tragedies, and a serious drug problem. This new…
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