CULTURE
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What eight ghostly portraits found hidden inside masterpieces reveal
The Courtauld Institute of Art In the past month alone, shadowy portraits have been found hidden in longstanding masterpieces by…
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How Brazil propelled drama I’m Still Here to be this year’s Oscars dark horse
Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics Starring Fernanda Torres and centring on a family torn apart by Brazil’s military dictatorship, I’m…
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This WW2 miniseries is a ‘stunning’ showcase for Jacob Elordi
Curio Pictures The Euphoria star shines in this remarkable adaptation of a Booker Prize-winning novel about an Australian prisoner of…
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US fashion star Christopher John Rogers on fighting against ‘quiet luxury’
Serenity Strull/ BBC The new star of US fashion Christopher John Rogers’ bold designs are worn by the likes of…
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The rocky 1960s origins of online dating
BBC (Credit: BBC) In 1966, the BBC’s Tomorrow’s World visited a party in New York organised by the electronic dating…
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How true is The Brutalist? The real-life history of Jewish immigrants in post-WW2 America
Universal Pictures (Credit: Universal Pictures) A fictional story about the struggles of a Holocaust survivor in the US is favourite…
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Why Mary Todd Lincoln became the US’s most vilified First Lady
Library of Congress (Credit: Library of Congress) Abraham Lincoln’s wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her…
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Will Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón’s offensive X posts derail the Oscar favourite’s chances?
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) The unearthing of inflammatory social media remarks by the actress about subjects including George Floyd,…
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Six Nordic paintings that can help us rethink winter
Munchmuseet/ Halvor Bjorngard Winter isn’t all bad – these “sublime” landscapes of the frozen North from the turn of the…
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How TV spy thrillers are booming in an age of distrust
Netflix (Credit: Netflix) From Netflix mega-hit The Night Agent to Apple TV+’s beloved Slow Horses, tales of secret agents and…
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