Culture
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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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Inside eight fashion designers’ homes that match their owners’ clothing aesthetic
Robyn Lea When fashion people pour their creativity into their homes, the results can be tactile interiors that visitors may…
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How Monet’s paintings changed the way we see London
Christie’s Images A new exhibition charts how Claude Monet’s revolutionary, fog-shrouded visions of the Thames would “irreversibly alter how London…
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How revolutionary band MC5 soundtracked US counterculture
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) They emerged from 1960s Detroit with an explosive sound that paved the way for punk. As a…
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How James Cameron’s ‘science-fiction slasher film’ predicted our fears about AI, 40 years ago
Alamy Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, the 1984 blockbuster The Terminator has become synonymous with the dangers of superintelligent machines. But it…
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‘Churchill’s secret weapon’ in the fight against the Nazis
Penguin Random House (Credit: Penguin Random House) Winston Churchill’s aristocratic daughter-in-law and confidante Pamela Harriman is considered “the greatest courtesan…
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Folie à Deux’s mega budget spelled disaster
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) The comic book sequel has bombed at the box office – but what makes its performance even…
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Rivals review: ‘Racy, glamorous, camp
Hulu/Disney+ (Credit: Hulu/Disney+) The TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster is full of “terrible people” and “inappropriate jokes” – it’s…
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