I beg to differ with Peter Bradshaw’s view that “no mainstream film is attacking Donald Trump’s administration head-on” (The Golden Globes ceremony ignored politics. But their big winner taps today’s unhappy turbulence, 12 December). We…
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Richard Attwood: How Ford ‘blitzed’ Ferrari at Le Mans
Richard Attwood was racing on that day, for the Maranello Concessionaires alongside David Piper in a Ferrari 365 P2, but he had spent the preceding years ingrained in the Ford GT40 programme.
Alongside Bruce…
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Prado chief says Madrid art museum doesn’t need ‘single visitor more’ | Spain
The head of the Prado has said the Madrid art museum does not need “a single visitor more” after it welcomed a record 3.5 million people last year, adding that plans are being drawn up to ensure it does not become a victim of its own success…
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Julian Barnes says ‘Departure(s)’ will be his last book : NPR
Booker Prize-winning novelist Julian Barnes turns 80 on Monday and has been very busy. “I can’t remember a period of months…
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‘Bigger and lower’: bull in Dutch painting once had much larger testicles | Netherlands
The Bull by Paulus Potter is one of the star paintings at the Mauritshuis in The Hague, a bucolic image of animals and a farmer.
But new research suggests the painting has unexpected hidden depths: conservators restoring the artwork say the…
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Matthew McConaughey trademarks ‘All right, all right, all right’ catchphrase in bid to beat AI fakes | Film
Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey has trademarked his image and voice – including his famous catchphrase: “All right, all right, all right” from the movie Dazed and Confused in an attempt to forestall unauthorised use by artificial…
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Former PlayMaker finds success in acting, advocacy
Before Carey Cox gained national attention as Rose Blaine in Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” she was a student performer for Carolina’s PlayMakers Repertory Company.
She didn’t expect to pass the audition in 2013. But dramatic art…
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Connor Storrie On Living Up to Rachel Reid’s ‘Perfect’ Ilya: EXCLUSIVE
You and Hudson Williams have said that during the audition process, you both singled each other out to Jacob. When it came time to film on set, was there a moment or scene where you felt validated in that instinct, that you made the right call?
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Balenciaga Pre-Fall 2026 Ready to Wear Runway, Fashion Show & Collection Review
When Demna designed his first menswear for Balenciaga a decade ago, he directly referenced an unfinished camel overcoat that founder Cristóbal Balenciaga had been working on for himself, given that the fashion house, founded in 1937, has a…
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The Strad news – Royal Philharmonic Society announces 2026 Instrumental Prize winners
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The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) has announced the recipients of the 2026 Instrumental Prizes, which aim to support early-career musicians.
The RPS Emily Anderson Violin Prize was awarded to Italian–British…
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