CULTURE
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How the ‘gangster’ years of the young Joseph Stalin inspired the gritty Star Wars series
Lucasfilm Ltd (Credit: Lucasfilm Ltd) It may be set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but…
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Why JMW Turner’s greatest painting is so misunderstood
The National Gallery, London (Credit: The National Gallery, London) As museums around the world celebrate the 250th birthday of JMW…
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The men behind the Great Train Robbery
Getty Images Britain in the 1960s was captivated by the daring of the Great Train Robbery, and the sheer scale…
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Eulogy is the anthology’s most ‘heartfelt and quietly devastating’ episode ever
Netflix Viewers have been “shattered” by Eulogy, an emotional new episode in the seventh season of Charlie Brooker’s series, starring…
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Fur is firmly back in fashion
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) It’s having a moment with celebrities, fashionistas and Gen Z. But wearing any kind of…
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Ken Burns on showing the dark parts of US history
Evan Barlow Ken Burns’s upcoming series, The American Revolution, follows works exploring themes including the US and the Holocaust (Credit:…
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‘Radically different from any other show’
Apple TV+ Jon Hamm excels in Apple TV+’s “emotionally real but absurdist” drama about a desperate corporate man who resorts…
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Why the quaint paintings of Thomas Kinkade divided the US
(Image credit: The Kinkade Family Foundation) Beloved by many, despised by others, Thomas Kinkade’s quaint rustic scenes and his wholesome…
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The pioneering building that scandalised Paris
Emmanuel Lafont/ Enrico Cano (Credit: Emmanuel Lafont/ Enrico Cano) The daring, radical Pompidou Centre was derided by many when its…
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The true story of The Great Escape
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) On 24 March 1944, 76 allied officers broke out of a German prisoner-of-war camp, Stalag Luft III…
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