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Elon Musk promotes ‘anti-migrant’ Armie Hammer film with free download on X
Citizen Vigilante, which follows a businessman taking bloody revenge on immigrant criminals, was posted by the tech trillionaire i…
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Opera Holland Park at 30 – gallery
The London summer opera company in leafy Holland Park has always punched well above its weight. As it celebrates its 30th birthday…
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London Library, a favourite haunt of the art and literary crowds, celebrates its 185th birthday
The historic lending library has an extensive collection, including a large selection of art books
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The original Moana: did a 1926 documentary give birth to a 21st century Disney blockbuster?
Long before the 2016 hit animation and its forthcoming live-action remake came a pioneering silent film that established a whole n…
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New York’s Cathedral of St John the Divine unveils delicate artistic tribute to city’s unhoused population
Nisha Bansil’s sculpture, made up of more than 50,000 glass ginkgo leaves, draws attention to the city’s more than 100,000 unhouse…
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Chris Martin’s lost James Bond theme goes on auction with unheard Coldplay tapes
Acoustic recording of a song titled The World Is Not Enough included in wide-ranging auction featuring formative Coldplay recordin…
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It’s a love story – or is it? The surprising conflict and chaos in Taylor Swift’s songs about commitment
A pop superstar widely perceived as a romantic has in fact mostly written love songs troubled by strife, ghosts and delusion. Ahea…
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The Invite review – Seth Rogen adds zest and bite to fruity dinner party comedy
Olivia Wilde directs and stars alongside Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton in bizarrely moving tale, with Rogen’s levity keeping the…
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Lily Allen defends tour after some fans criticise show length
Some fans had complained that the show is too short because the singer only performs her latest album.
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Switzerland returns 18 looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Three Swiss museums have returned 18 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, a new step in the African's country decades-long struggle to repatr…
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‘Four white presenters feels retro’ – is the BBC Today programme doomed?
With bosses at the BBC prioritising social media platforms over radio, things feel apocalyptic at the broadcaster’s flagship news …
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Germany news: Stade attack victims yet to be identified
Police have yet to identify the six victims of a deadly shooting in the northern German city. Meanwhile, Germany's national men's …
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France to light up Statue of Liberty for US 250th anniversary
The famous statue inviting the world to send “your tired, your poor… your huddled masses yearning to live free” was built in Franc…
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From card game to a tool of divination: the artistic history of tarot
A new exhibition follows the unlikely route of tarot cards all the way from 15th-century Italy to its association with the occult …
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In the rough: Critics outraged at Donald Trump’s latest golf project
Donald Trump has announced his new plan: the renovation of Washington D.C.'s East Potomac Golf Links. Critics aren't happy about t…
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‘I felt like Orpheus’: how the designer of Gears of War bounced back from studio closure by producing Hadestown
After suffering the schadenfreude of gamers online, the Tony-winning Broadway musical offered redemption to Cliff Bleszinski ‘It w…
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International Freak by M Syd Rosen review – the British Timothy Leary
Robin Farquharson was a prize-winning game theorist, anti-apartheid activist and countercultural chaos merchant Even as an undergr…
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Not a Pretty Picture review – Martha Coolidge’s recreation of her rape remains shockingly powerful
Fifty years after its release, Coolidge’s dramatisation of the key moments before and after her rape is still absolutely essential…
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From developing photos in a toilet to a viral Messi shot: 40 years shooting the World Cup – video
From taking the photo that became the most-liked post on Instagram as of recording, to developing film in the stadium toilets, leg…
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'C'mon queen!': Naomi Osaka wows Wimbledon crowd with ‘Kill Bill’ inspired kimono
Japan's four-time major winner paid tribute to her nation's culture by arriving for her opening match at Wimbledon in a full-lengt…
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TV tonight: tense times with biscuits in the Bake Off tent
The humble digestive is elevated to ancient wonder status in the competition. Plus: the US version of Doc Martin. Here’s what to w…
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'Not very Christian': How Danish Gen Z are rethinking confirmation
Young Danes are increasingly questioning the religious meaning of confirmation, a Christian rite that has become one of the countr…
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Queenie Is Working On It by Candice Carty-Williams review – a smart sequel to a breakout bestseller
Queenie’s ticking biological clock drives her chaotic misadventures in this sage and funny follow-up A gynaecological examination …
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‘He’d been wounded deeply’: the wild photographic life of Ed van der Elsken – in pictures
The Dutch photographer believed mastering colour was the sign of a truly skilled artist – and pioneered an influential style best …