Culture
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How everyday clothing is becoming more luxurious
Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images/ Uniqlo (Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images/ Uniqlo) Influential designer and creative director Clare Waight…
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Seventy years on, why Godzilla is the darkest monster movie of them all
Alamy Ishirō Honda’s momentous 1954 monster film was born out of a national tragedy in Japan. It has a bleak…
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These five bizarre Surrealist artworks are not what they seem
Courtesy of SFMoMA, San Francisco (Credit: Courtesy of SFMoMA, San Francisco) Dismissed or trivialised by some as unserious and silly,…
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‘By far the best popcorn film of the year’
Aidan Monaghan (Credit: Aidan Monaghan) Paul Mescal is the “mesmerising centre” of Ridley Scott’s long-awaited Gladiator sequel, which balances emotional…
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The migrants who passed through Ellis Island
Getty Images Isabel Belarsky was one of the millions of people who were processed on Ellis Island before its immigration…
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The climate warnings in 19th Century paintings
John Brett, 1856. Photo: Tate A new exhibition that documents the impact of the Industrial Revolution features several 1800s artists,…
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The 10 films getting the biggest early Oscar buzz
Searchlight Pictures/ Amazon Content Services/ Paramount Pictures/ Mubi/ BBC (Credit: Searchlight Pictures/ Amazon Content Services/ Paramount Pictures/ Mubi/ BBC) These…
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Britain’s creepiest new horror stories
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) Beginning with his acclaimed 2018 debut novel The Loney, the English writer Andrew Michael Hurley has spooked…
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Eight photos of the quirkiest groups in 70s and 80s US
Neal Slavin (Credit: Neal Slavin) Celebrating “the joy of being together “, here are eight group portraits – taken by…
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How Lady Chatterley’s Lover was banned – and became a bestseller
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) The UK publication of DH Lawrence’s novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, gripped the nation in 1960.…
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