Culture
European culture: art, music, film, books and ideas.
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Saxophones, song charts and a rejected Simpsons script: David Bowie archive to tour the UK
V&A takes exhibition of more than 100 pieces by ‘artist in constant motion’ around Britain, from Dundee to Bristol Kansai Yama…
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Enola Holmes 3 review – Netflix mystery franchise is starting to lose steam
Millie Bobby Brown returns, along with the creative team behind Adolescence, for an often thoughtful yet ultimately lesser threequ…
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Comment | Why should artists stay in cities like London and New York when financial pressures are making it harder than ever?
Josh Kline’s viral essay highlights how creative people lose gumption in the face of financial burden, but we should all strive fo…
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Union urges GTA 6 maker Rockstar to address working conditions
The union has called for better working conditions and pay transparency ahead of the GTA 6 release.
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Ania Magliano: Peach Fuzz review – body and soul comedy from superb SNL UK star
Soho theatre, London The co-host of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update delivers an expertly constructed set of jokes about her q…
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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June
Candice Carty-Williams, Patrick Freyne and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conver…
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Workers at the Guggenheim in New York vote to authorise a strike
The vote comes as museum administrators and members of UAW Local 2110 seek to reach a new collective bargaining agreement that add…
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Citizen Vigilante review – Armie Hammer returns to obliterate the imaginary woke piñata of Europe-stan
Low-budget film-maker Uwe Boll sets Hammer up for a further fall from grace by cannibalising all manner of tired tropes in this in…
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Angela Merkel unveils official portrait in Berlin
On Tuesday former German Chancellor Merkel presented the painting for the official portrait gallery of the country's heads of gove…
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Queen meets author JK Rowling to mark start of royal week
The Queen said the pair had spoken about their "deep love of books" and importance of children reading.
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Minions & Monsters review – a smart premise descends into more of the same
The hugely successful, gibberish-heavy franchise travels back to old Hollywood for an adventure that swaps out nifty ideas for rep…
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Brother of TV star Caroline Flack dies
Paul Flack, 55, was pronounced dead at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital on 21 June, an inquest hears.
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Blake Lively files to receive $8m in legal fees from Justin Baldoni and his studio
Attorneys slam ‘scorched-earth tactics’ from Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios over $400m countersuit against the actor Blake Lively ha…
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‘I’m not a quitter!’ Rubén Blades, the salsa supremo who acted with Jack Nicholson, inspired Bad Bunny – and served as Panama’s tourism minister
As he prepares to play the UK, the 25-Grammy-winning musician (and Harvard law graduate) looks back on his astonishing journey fro…
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Legally Blonde revival Elle - boring and tedious or a hot pink delight?
The spin-off introduces a new generation to Elle Woods, but critics say young people deserve better.
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Waldmüller: Landscapes review – the rule-breaking radical whose ‘delicate fingers’ drove bourgeois Austria wild
National Gallery, London He painted leaves, grass and even bark with the precision of a chef applying a micro-garnish with tweezer…
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World Monuments Fund spotlights ten heritage sites for the US’s 250th
The organisation’s new Irreplaceable America programme nods to the importance of the Watts Towers, Black Mountain College and the …
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School trip surprise as students meet The Rock
About 50 children from Sudbury meet Dwayne Johnson on a school visit to London.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – regal rockers and a fairy folk band strike up trouble
Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, London There’s much to love in Atri Banerjee’s fun staging, in particular Titania’s musical crew a…
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Supergirl: doggy distress, frontier justice and a new direction for superhero movies – discuss with spoilers
Craig Gillespie’s far-out adventure is something of a quirky oddity compared to bigger blockbuster outings – so why is it failing …
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Signed Paul McCartney book found in charity shop sells for nearly £1,000
The book signed by the Beatles' star sat in an Oxfam stop for months before the manager found it.
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Springwood review – timely tale of British monarch’s mission to the US
Hampstead theatre, London Robert Lindsay excels as Franklin D Roosevelt in Richard Nelson’s fascinating retelling of King George V…
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Latin American commercial art space to launch in London this October
Founded by the Brazilian collector Flavia Nespatti, Antesala in Fitzrovia will combine selling shows of Latin American artists wit…
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Hew Locke, Oscar Murillo among artists who will take part in Skulptur Projekte Münster 2027
The ten-yearly exhibition will include locations outside the city centre that are undergoing transformation