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The poisoned umbrella that pointed to a KGB murder
A 1978 killing is one of the great unsolved mysteries of the Cold War Source link
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Robert Pattinson is extraordinary as controversial paedophile-hunter Chris Hansen ★★★★★
The film is inspired by the true story of Chris Hansen, an Emmy-winning American journalist, and his most famous /…
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The hidden history of a controversial $6m banana
Art history proves the point. More than 400 years ago, Caravaggio split the opinions of his contemporaries with the groundbreaking…
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Oscar contender Wild Horse Nine attacks the CIA
The new film by Irish director Martin McDonagh is a 1970s spy yarn with bite Source link
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Gloria Steinem on her trailblazing 1972 magazine ‘for women in all their diversity’
Articulate, energetic and committed, she had carved out a name for herself in the 1960s and ’70s through her journalism,…
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Rollicking new film Ink makes divisive media mogul Rupert Murdoch into a hero
The time in question is 1969. Having made his mark in Australia, Murdoch moves to London, buys an ailing British…
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How Life of M sparked a Hollywood scandal
The plot thickened when further details of the book emerged. We learned Life of M features two main protagonists –…
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The startling 1960s theory that Stonehenge was a prehistoric computer
The meaning for those who built Stonehenge was, he believed, significant. “Eclipses are spectacular events that surely aroused the deepest…
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People are itching to create the Gen Z version of Friends. Here’s five reasons it’s impossible
There’s been Mindy Kaling’s Not Suitable For Work, about five recent graduates in Manhattan, while the second season of FX’s…
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The grisly American Werewolf in London scene that took horror to new extremes
Alone in his girlfriend’s apartment as the full Moon blooms, David suddenly screams that he is “burning up”, falls to…
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