Culture
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One pair of jeans is all we need – here’s why
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) From skinny to barrel and ultra-high to low-slung, jeans trends are ever changing – so…
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Impossible – The Final Reckoning could be ‘the feel-bad film of the summer’
Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival The opposite of an escapist blockbuster, the eighth and apparently final outing for Tom Cruise’s…
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What Gérard Depardieu’s conviction means for France
Getty Images Yesterday, the French mega-star was found guilty of sexual assaulting two women on a film set. It’s verdict…
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The meaning behind Cannes’ ‘naked dress’ red-carpet ban
Getty Images There’s complex etiquette and a rich history behind the French film festival’s red-carpet ban of “naked” or “voluminous”…
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The horror film that traumatised millennials
Alamy Twenty-five years ago, the first instalment terrified by making everyday scenarios into death traps. Now, after a 14-year break,…
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The true story of World War Two’s Dambusters raid
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) In May 1943, a specially formed RAF squadron embarked on a daring moonlit mission –…
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The provocative Estonian pop song that has caused outrage in Italy
Alina Pyazok One of the most controversial entries in the Eurovision song contest is Espresso Macchiato by Estonia’s Tommy Cash.…
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The stunning retro space-age homes that are perfect for today
Ligne Roset Space-age style is skyrocketing in pop culture – in celebrities’ homes, at global design fairs and even in…
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The lost 1934 novel that gave a chilling warning about the horrors of Nazi Germany
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) Published years before WW2, Sally Carson’s prescient novel captures the dawn of Nazi tyranny in a small…
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The terrifying feats of French film legend Jean-Paul Belmondo
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) Decades before Tom Cruise was making audiences gasp, the Gallic star was getting up to even more…
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