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The unspoken spectator rules and dress codes of the tennis tournament

Getty Images The Championships have begun, and the quintessentially British tennis tournament has some very particular codes for attendees to…

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‘Stale’ and with ‘few thrills’, it may be the weakest of the franchise

Universal Studios Starring Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey, the latest in the dinosaur blockbuster series follows the template created by…

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How the trial of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie shook the world

In July 1987, 38 years ago this week, a Nazi war criminal, the “Butcher of Lyon”, was sentenced to life…

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The forgotten story behind the most famous side-eye in Hollywood history

Alamy One of show business’s most glamorous – and notorious – images, there’s more to this 1957 snapshot of Sophia…

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10 of the best films to watch this July

Brook Rushton From Superman to I Know What You Did Last Summer – these are the films to watch at…

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The cryptic symbolism of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers – and what they really mean

The National Gallery, London (Credit: The National Gallery, London) They helped to make Vincent van Gogh among the most famous…

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The 1928 song that is one the world’s first gay anthems

Getty Images Cited as one of the first representations of black queer popular culture, Ma Rainey’s sensational Prove It on…

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Elio and the reason today’s original children’s films are flopping

Pixar (Credit: Pixar) Pixar’s Elio has had the worst-ever box office opening for a film from the animation studio. It’s…

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Nine of the best TV shows to watch this July

Ana Blumenkron/ Netflix (Credit: Ana Blumenkron/ Netflix) From Lena Dunham’s new Netflix rom-com, set in London, to the return of…

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The story of the first ever Glastonbury Festival in 1970

Alamy Almost 55 years ago, Michael Eavis hosted the first of his legendary music festivals. In 1970, the BBC visited…

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