Culture
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How America’s Next Top Model became a TV horror show
Looking back on it with a 2025 lens It will be interesting to see how the perception of the show…
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This desert island-set drama is a ‘bold, chilling’ nightmare ★★★★☆
Adolescence writer Jack Thorne has adapted William Golding’s classic novel for his latest TV series about murderous male youth –…
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The true story behind the mysterious and tragic US icon
She is also the subject of a new nine-part drama from Ryan Murphy, creator of American Horror Story and American…
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The Addams Family to St Elmo’s Fire: 12 of the best alternative romantic films
Alamy Julie & Julia (2009) Nora Ephron wrote When Harry Met Sally and she wrote and directed Sleepless in Seattle,…
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The true story of Japan’s mysterious samurai
Their playbook for statecraft was based on Chinese philosophy, principally the ideas of Confucius. “In Neo-Confucian thought,” says Buckland, “you…
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Eight iconic Nordic homes throughout history
There are a handful of Nordic design characteristics that these homes share. Key is the use of natural materials, and…
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This bold reinvention of Emily Brontë’s novel is ‘sexy, dramatic and swoonily romantic’
Robbie turns up in the first of many bright red-and-white dresses, and her performance is magnificent, making Cathy wild and…
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The dazzling discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb
Listen to the 1939 BBC recording of Tutankhamun’s trumpets found in his tomb. Tutmania was reborn in the 1970s with…
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The painful scene that really makes Taxi Driver a classic
Notable for its moments of shocking violence and its avant-garde visual approach, Taxi Driver is brimming with memorable scenes beyond…
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How Wuthering Heights became this year’s most divisive film
In the trailer, Robbie is seen doing some highly suggestive breadmaking, her cheeks flushed and her bodice heaving, as she…
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