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Executioner review – sleazy MP hams it up with sex worker in darkly comic blackmail thriller
Based on actor-director Peter Benedict’s own play this tiny-budget thriller has the feel of a stagey recording as the double-cross…
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Archaeologists uncover 2,500-year-old bronze chariot, shedding light on Tartessos
Archaeologists have found in Guareña, Badajoz, a bronze chariot like those of Etruria and imported Greek, oriental and Egyptian go…
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Never mind the Bayeux! Here’s some other great medieval art – and it’s free
Want to see some old wonders but don’t fancy forking out £33 for 40 minutes with a tapestry? Our critic celebrates the British tre…
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Show me the funny: essential comedy at Edinburgh fringe 2026
Elf Lyons mixes humour and heartbreak, Frank Skinner works the crowd, Kristen Schaal returns with a secret – and one man sings the…
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Lilo & Stitch star Daveigh Chase's cause of death was Aids
The actress, who also crawled out of a TV in horror film The Ring, passed away in LA this month, aged 35.
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To mischief born: Penelope Keith was a class comic act both on and off stage
The actor’s sophisticated sense of humour and natural ability to make everyone laugh were there long before her famous sitcom role…
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Top Boy actor Micheal Ward raped woman in car, court told
The award-winning actor goes on trial on charges of rape and sexual assault, which he denies.
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Pre-Hispanic archaeological discovery in western Mexico features ‘unprecedented’ characteristics
Unique decorative and architectural elements may point to a previously unknown group in present-day Veracruz
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Tributes paid to 'comic genius' Penelope Keith after her death aged 86
The beloved actress was known for roles in classic TV sitcoms The Good Life and To the Manor Born.
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McKinsey's Kelsey Robinson on why AI is creating more anxiety than impact in marketing
At Cannes Lions, management consultant Kelsey Robinson breaks down McKinsey's new research showing a paradox in AI adoption: marke…
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Love Island contestant reportedly leaves show over link to stabbing
Gabriel Garland, 24, was involved in New Year’s Eve altercation but not charged with any offence A Love Island contestant has repo…
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Hot wax: Are your vinyls at risk during a heatwave?
Social media users and music lovers are starting to panic about their record collections during the ongoing heatwave. Euronews Cul…
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New York’s Swiss Institute buys permanent home on the Bowery
The nonprofit, which has moved around the Upper West Side, Tribeca and points in between since its founding 40 years ago, will ope…
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‘Frida: The Making of an Icon’: Inside Tate Modern’s highest pre-selling show
A unibrow, flowers, bold colours — Frida Kahlo’s image is known around the world. Tate Modern’s record-breaking new exhibition bri…
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Quincy Jones emailed saying, ‘Hey man, I need to have a word’: how Jacob Collier made In My Room
‘Stevie Wonder and Prince played all the instruments on their albums, but in recording studios. I did it all in a back room at hom…
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Trafalgar Entertainment acquires Nicholas Hytner’s Bridge theatre
London Theatre Company founded in 2017 by Hytner and former National Theatre colleague Nick Starr has been sold to company that ow…
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Teyana Taylor's tears and Lauryn Hill tribute steal show at BET Awards
Taylor had an emotional reaction to being presented with the Icon of the Year award by Janet Jackson.
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Humans, hybrid creatures and ancient mythology: artist Koen Vanmechelen on the inspirations behind his Venice exhibition
The sculpture project at Palazzo Rota Ivancich aims to turn our notions of human supremacy on their head
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Beyond human: Montpellier Danse festival delivers one feat after another
This year’s celebration of contemporary dance in the French city is bold, baffling and breathtaking, with some high-voltage perfor…
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Taylor Swift wedding rumours: Are the upcoming nuptials this week?
Megastar Taylor Swift is reportedly set to tie the knot with Travis Kelce at the end of this week... Or is she? Here’s everything …
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UK government leaving museums vulnerable with ‘hands-off approach’, parliamentary report says
The Public Accounts Committee scrutinises the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in its report, accusing the government depar…
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Stylish shopping: Prix Versailles reveals world’s most beautiful emporiums for 2026
Seven retail locations from around the world have been chosen by Prix Versailles as the world's most beautiful emporiums in 2026.
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Billy Budd review – Clayton’s Vere is the devastating heart of vivid staging
Glyndebourne, Sussex This revival of Michael Grandage’s atmospheric production of Britten’s opera has numerous fine performances: …
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Remembering Desmond Morris, the Surrealist painter and zoologist who explored the artistic abilities of apes
Morris's eight decades at the easel left him among the last of the original Surrealists