Culture
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The Pagan origins of familiar Halloween rituals
Getty Images From outrageous costumes to trick or treat: the unexpected ancient roots of Halloween’s most popular – and most…
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Blitz and the truth about London’s greatest wartime horror
Apple TV+ Oscar-winner Steve McQueen’s latest film offers a new perspective on life in the capital during the devastating 1940-41…
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11 of the best TV shows to watch this November
HBO From a small-screen spinoff of the Denis Villeneuve Dune films to the return of Sharon Horgan’s Bad Sisters, these…
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How Arnold Schwarzenegger became the bad guy in The Terminator
Alamy The Terminator was released 40 years ago, on 26 October 1984. James Cameron’s science-fiction thriller turned its star into…
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Should there be a ban on teenage popstars?
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) After the death of Liam Payne at 31, music industry figures are debating the duty of care…
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The boy who lived a secret life in World of Warcraft
Netflix When Mats Steen died at the age of 25 in 2014 from a degenerative muscular disease, his parents, Robert…
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Why Lady Gaga’s comeback hits the spot
Inside Out (Credit: Inside Out) The pop star has returned with a bombastic new song, the first single from her…
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How new thriller Conclave is lifting the lid on the Pope’s election
Focus Features Based on a bestselling novel by Robert Harris, the Oscar-tipped film imagines what goes on behind the scenes…
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The Booker Prize-winning writer whose novels unbutton the sex lives of Britain’s gay social elite
BBC (Credit: BBC) Ever since his 1988 debut The Swimming-Pool Library caused a stir, Hollinghurst has captured the hedonism of…
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In 1924 a risqué silent film featured a woman as US president
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) The Last Man on Earth is one of the earliest films in history to feature a female…
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