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Wombles set to return after 27 years as IP deal opens door to comeback
Litter-picking creatures emerge from underground for global franchise targeting nostalgic adults and gen Alpha Move over Paddingto…
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Judi Dench to have London’s Shaftesbury theatre renamed after her
James Bond actor, who is only the second non-royal woman to be celebrated in this way, called the honour ‘truly overwhelming’ Dame…
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Tom Holland confirms that he and Zendaya are married
The actor told Esquire magazine the couple have ‘a relationship that will stand the test of time’ and his family ‘were all there’ …
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The Homecoming of Joseph Grace review – poignant story of a life unmoored by war and exile
Marina Market, Cork Michael Glenn Murphy is the accidental soldier and reluctant revolutionary reckoning with his past in Deirdre …
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Getty launches art-focused meditation podcast
Each episode of Our Museum Mindfulness Meditation (or Ommm) spotlights a different work from the museum’s collection, followed by …
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Frankenthaler Foundation awards $4.5m across 83 institutions in latest round of climate grants
The 2026 grants bring the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative’s investment to over $21.8m in funds given to 295 institutions since th…
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Sean Penn to direct January 6 drama with Bradley Cooper set to star
Oscar-winning actor to write and direct fact-based movie that will follow a police officer mixed up in 2021 Capitol riot Sean Penn…
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‘Don DeLillo gave me his blessing’: film director Ben Rivers on how fan mail from the Underworld author led to his latest work
When Rivers received a surprise letter from DeLillo, it encouraged him to set the author’s one-act play in an adult-free, postapoc…
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Germany: 25 years since Nazi forced labor compensation began
A German fund set up to compensate the millions forced to work for the Nazi regime is marking 25 years since the first payments we…
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Mauritshuis able to keep its Rembrandts following legal dispute
A court ruled that the Dutch museum does not need to return a bequest of 25 paintings to a donor's heirs
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From the pain of apartheid to luscious beauty: 10 of the best recordings by jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim
The pianist and bandleader, who has died aged 91, had an inimitable style where bright, guileless melody met a fearless improvisat…
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Paddington musical set for Broadway debut
The production will launch in the US at New York's Al Hirschfeld Theatre in March 2027.
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Kazuo Ishiguro announces 1930s spy caper to be published next year
Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger is the first novel from the Nobel laureate since 2021’s Klara and the Sun and draws on the author…
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Royal Ontario Museum acquires collection of nearly 600 Arab textiles and artefacts
The collection was assembled by the textile historian Widad Kamel Kawar and significantly bolsters the Toronto museum’s holdings o…
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‘My hair extensions caught fire in a shootout!’ Dolph Lundgren on playing He-Man in Masters of the Universe
‘The studio wanted me to wear less. They wanted to see my muscles. But we were shooting outdoors in winter – and I had to put Vase…
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‘What an adventure Broadway will be!’ Paddington musical packs suitcase for New York
Hugely successful London show to open in the US, with performances beginning in March Marmalade bagels at the ready: London’s Padd…
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Cate Blanchett to become visiting Oxford professor
Blanchett will be the new Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre at St Catherine's College.
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‘Wow, it really worked!’: the 70s TV show that’s causing worldwide panic – 50 years later
When UK mockumentary Alternative 3 tried to spook viewers that scientists were vanishing as part of a sinister space plot it succe…
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Nigerian artist Omolola Coker wins inaugural Myma Art Prize
The new prize, which includes $5000 and a residency in Benin City, was open to artists living in Ghana and Nigeria
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‘We weren’t allowed to meet Oasis!’: Japanese punk band Otoboke Beaver on fun, feminism and famous fans
Dave Grohl spread the word about the ferociously funny quartet and now they’re supporting Foo Fighters in stadiums. Just make sure…
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Cause of TOWIE star's death unknown, court told
A full inquest into the death of the 35-year-old has been set for December.
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Russian artist critical of Putin shot dead in Poland
Three days before his killing, Semyon Skrepetsky had protested outside the Russian embassy in Berlin. He held an icon-like caricat…
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Asian antiquities are gaining a younger following—will it last?
Sales are booming as Millennial and Gen-Z collectors are taking a shine to historical artefacts
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Government-funded mobile museum to tour national collections across England
Co-sponsored by arts charity Art Explora, the new mobile museum aims to increase access to the UK's Government Art Collection and …