For his directorial debut, Brian Cox is painting in pretty broad strokes and primary colours; Glenrothan is a sentimental comedy-drama from screenwriter David Ashton about the troubled reunion of two brothers in Scotland. It can be a bit soppy,…
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Post your questions for Adam Scott | Film
Adam Scott has been a familiar face since the 90s, popping up in everything from Hellraiser IV: Bloodline to Star Trek: First Contact, and comedies including Knocked Up and Step Brothers. You might remember him – and his beard – as the smarmy…
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Gush review – Jessica Hardwick is superb as a mother-to-be surfing a maelstrom of emotions | Theatre
There are few transitions in life more profound than becoming a parent. Out go late nights and long lie-ins. In comes responsibility. It is an experience that demands redefinition, turning you from cared-for to carer, solo player to team captain….
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Fela Kuti is the first African artist to enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Editor’s note: This is an update of the profile published in December of the great African musician Fela Kuti. The original post was published when it was announced that Kuti would become the first African…
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In ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles,’ a dysfunctional, loving family
Somewhere in Los Angeles came a moment, in the early 2000s, where Michelle Pfeiffer and a toddler named Elle Fanning first crossed paths as screen partners in a story that explored matters of adulthood, parenthood and the value of love and…
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The Strad News – LPO violinist recovers instrument left on train
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A violinist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) has been reunited with his missing instrument that he left on a train last week.
Joseph Maher, a long‑serving LPO member since 1986, believed his…
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The Strad – ‘A rendez-vous with silence’: cellist Camille Thomas on making her new album at Tippet Rise Art Center
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Set on a vast working ranch in the wide-open Montana landscape near Yellowstone, Tippet Rise Art Center occupies a landscape where music, architecture and large-scale…
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We’re hiring a writer who can make the world’s largest problems understandable to our large Our World in Data audience.
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Contract type: Full-time, flexible hours. We are open to a part-time arrangement for the right candidate, but…
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The Blue Trail review – hypnotic tale of older-people rebellion in the Amazon in chilling dystopian fable | Film
Gabriel Mascaro’s wayward, intriguing feature is a kind of road movie, or maybe river movie – the Amazon, in fact, in Brazil’s remote north-west. It is a film that follows its nose, meandering across land and water, wonderfully shot with…
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Nicole Kidman reveals she is training to become a death doula to ‘provide solace and care’ to dying | Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman has revealed her next role: death doula.
The Australian actor revealed she is now training to be a death doula – professionals who provide emotional, physical and psychological support to the dying – while speaking at the…
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