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European culture: art, music, film, books and ideas.
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The Twitnam Summer by Hester Grant review – Swift, Gay and Pope’s season in the sun
A noble, if ultimately unsuccessful, attempt to argue that Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and John Gay spending a few weeks in 172…
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What do Puerto Ricans think of the viral song about their homeland?
People from Puerto Rico reflect on how the catchy tune has attracted attention to where they live.
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The World Cup of adverts: How brands are competing to entertain, not simply sell
Kim Kardashian, Timothée Chalamet and Susan Boyle feature in ambitious ads ahead of the World Cup.
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Do not use my music, Ariana Grande tells White House
Grande called a White House video using her song Bye "heinous nonsense", joining multiple artists demanding Trump's team not use t…
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How to Love the World by Ilka Tampke review – a woman is trapped by a fallen tree
The stuck narrator records the minutiae of the forest and her harrowing life in a purposeful novel that demands a slow read but do…
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Rescued mural depicting Alice’s adventures in New York wonderland back on view for first time in decades
Saved from a children’s hospital marked for demolition, the 15 surviving panels of Abram Champanier’s WPA mural are the subject of…
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Teacher abandons holiday to duet with Ed Sheeran
Lianne Kaye says performing with the singer was "honestly unbelievable".
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This is Rambert review – 100th birthday knees-up is a big leap forward
Sadler’s Wells, London The company’s centenary celebration isn’t about nostalgia – this occasionally thrilling triple bill of rece…
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Cast announced for new series of Peaky Blinders
The seventh series of the TV show is being filmed in and around Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham.
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Women’s prize: Virginia Evans wins for fiction and Lyse Doucet takes award for nonfiction
Evans’s The Correspondent and the BBC journalist’s ‘people’s history’ of modern Afghanistan, The Finest Hotel in Kabul, win £30,00…
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Dynamic duo: dance legends León and Lightfoot at the Royal Ballet – in pictures
The programme So Are We marks the first time a British company has performed the work of choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoo…
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Child damages Magritte painting with pinecone
The 1959 painting 'The Castle of the Pyrenees' is being restored at the Israel Museum
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‘It's a work of art’: rare, cloth-bound first edition of Wuthering Heights to be auctioned at Christie’s
The book, estimated at up to £600,000, is the first original edition to appear at auction in more than a century
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‘I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way’: Kathleen Turner’s best films – ranked!
As she nears her 72nd birthday, we honour the actor whose ‘smoked honey’ vocals added to her vampy persona on screen, whether brin…
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'I haven't left my house, I'm scared', says Mean Girls actor as Belfast shows cancelled over violence
The Mean Girls musical's run in Belfast is cancelled following disorder in the city.
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The Artist by Lucy Steeds audiobook review – a sensory feast in Provence
A reclusive artist is the reluctant subject of a journalist’s attention in a rich world of scents, scenery and secrets When a Brit…
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Katia and Marielle Labèque: 55 album review
(Deutsche Grammophon) The pianist sisters’ celebration of their 55 years of recording is a thoughtfully curated compilation that r…
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‘Once, Mandela was seen as the devil incarnate’: the TV show laying bare the true struggle against apartheid
From the activist who knew him as ‘Uncle Nelson’ to the campaigner who would go on to become a cabinet member, we talk to those in…
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The Mahler Experiment review – physical drama comes at a musical cost in choreographed symphony
Sinfonia Smith Square, London Tom Morris’s staged take on Mahler’s first symphony is valiantly performed by Stephanie Childress an…
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Lola Young review – buoyant, brilliant return from British pop’s great oversharer
O2 Apollo Manchester The Messy hitmaker is back after taking time away from live performance, and this charming, relatable set sho…
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Mis-Teeq on reuniting, UK garage and Alesha Dixon's ad libs
The noughties girl group are back for a reunion gig to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album.
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Hepworth in Colour review – salty Cornish seascapes compressed into immaculate sculptures
Courtauld, London Barbara Hepworth’s elegant works, with their harp-like strings and splashes of blue, evoke the foamy breakers of…
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Here comes the sun: Stunning Amaterasu show celebrates 160 years of Belgium-Japan relations
Inspired by the legend of sun goddess Amaterasu, Be-Japon's acclaimed production reimagines the mythological story through colourf…
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Taylor Swift, Timothée Chalamet and Haim among fans at New York's NBA Finals
Wednesday's result means the team are now just one win away from a famous Finals win.