Culture
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What film and TV get wrong about London
Of course, London has been portrayed in different ways throughout cinema history, including its bombed-out ruins after World War Two,…
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How Japanese anime songs became Gen Z’s latest musical obsession
Japanese animation, or anime, has a legacy that stretches back to the early 20th Century, and a creative scope that…
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The controversial UK clubs that kept women out
It was during the 19th Century that clubs in London boomed – approximately a dozen existed at the start of…
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Superman review: ‘Bursting with geeky weirdness’
Gunn’s most striking idea is to start his story not at the beginning, but somewhere around the middle, as if…
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The banned French thriller now being reappraised
This ultra-violent, sexually graphic film was condemned – but became influential Source link
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Why Alice Cooper saved the Hollywood sign
The exact date the monument went up is contested, but its official centenary was celebrated on 13 July 2023, making…
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How Superman started out as a radical rebel
All the same, few comic characters were as militant as Superman. In one early issue, he demolishes a row of…
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How the erotic novel All Fours captured the zeitgeist – and divided readers
By that measure, All Fours has been an unequivocal success. On July’s Substack page, a community of women have gathered…
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The inside story of the wildest shoot in film history
The harsh conditions were totally alien to most people there. “The crew complained a lot about the heat, humidity, hotel…
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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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