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The nine paint colours that can transform your home
Joybird (Credit: Joybird) As Pantone’s “colour of the year 2025” is announced, we explore the paint shades that are trending…
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The ancient origins of the lookalike craze
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) It’s been a year of lookalikes – but the lure of the “second self” goes…
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Gaudy or iconic? How leopard print took over
Worn by everyone from pin-ups and “mob wives” to Jackie O and royalty, leopard print has long divided opinion. As…
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A vampire film with ‘so much to sink your teeth into’
Focus Features With Bill Skarsgård as the “horrible old vampire”, Robert Eggers’s remake of FW Murnau’s silent 1922 classic stars…
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How the fall of Pyongyang brought the world to the brink of crisis
Getty Images In December 1950, a BBC cameraman captured the fall of Pyongyang, a defining moment in the Korean War.…
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12 of the best films to watch this December
Searchlight Pictures From a steamy age-gap thriller starring Nicole Kidman to a Bob Dylan biopic featuring Timothée Chalamet, these are…
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The hard-working origins of the ‘blue-collar jacket’ – and other workwear classics
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) The humble barn jacket, chore coat and donkey jacket have all gone from functional workwear to “It-item”.…
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Matthew Bourne on his male Swan Lake, the show that shook up the dance world forever
Emmanuel Lafont/ Getty Images Celebrating the 30th anniversary of his legendary stage production, Matthew Bourne tells the BBC about the…
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‘Solid’ but Moana is ‘a hard act to follow’
Disney The Moana follow-up is a “hurtling Disneyland rollercoaster ride” but it lacks the joy and refreshing originality of its…
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Nine of the best TV shows to watch in December
Netflix (Credit: Netflix) From the small-screen adaptation of a classic novel to the return of the phenomenon that is Squid…
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