The Looney Tunes franchise has been regularly resuscitated and rebooted for new generations ever since Warner Bros stopped making the original cartoons back in the 1960s, creating more minutes of screen time than all the Dracula, Wuthering…
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Thursday news quiz: badges, badgers and bad decisions | Life and style
Welcome to the Thursday quiz, 15 questions designed to see whether you’re the one asking the questions this week, or whether you’ve been happily swaying along to someone else’s melody – or about to be yeeted out of Downing Street like an…
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TV tonight: a fun whodunnit drama in the 60s fashion world | Television
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“One spread in Woman’s Own and he thinks he’s David Bailey …” The suspicious death of a self-regarding fashion photographer threatens to derail the grand opening of Cathy Keating and Mrs Chapman’s new boutique in…Continue Reading
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Age of Asset: The State of Jewelry in 2026
“The US tariffs have hit me twice,” says Brazilian designer Ara Vartanian, alluding to the US tariffs imposed on his Brazil-made jewels and the counter tariffs on his Canadian clients buying in Miami. The 50% import tariff on jewelry made in…
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Despite flight to fame, celeb talent isn’t as sure a bet as CMOs think
Benson Boone and Ben Stiller for Instacart. Adrian Brody for Intuit TurboTax. Emma Stone for Squarespace. Odd-couple pairings between celebrity talent and consumer brands aren’t a novelty for Super Bowl ads, but the sheer number of brands…
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The most stylish dolls in the world
Justine Picardie’s fascinating new book Fashioning the Crown is — as its subtitle, “A Story of Power, Conflict and Couture”, would suggest — all about using clothes to bolster a cause. The cause in this case was our royal family —…
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The latest luxury retinol creams and serums for 2026
Despite the welcome shift away from elaborate 50-step routines, there’s a solid case for giving retinol a permanent spot on your bathroom shelf. Originally developed to treat acne, retinol is now an anti-ageing skincare staple, largely due to…
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Who is the new face of China’s Year of the Fire Horse? Draco Malfoy, of course
The Chinese Year of the Fire Horse has a new, unexpected mascot: Draco Malfoy.
Associating the Harry Potter antagonist with China’s Year of the Fire Horse might seem odd or whimsical. But it has much to teach us about the complexities of…
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Cambridge, Cannibalism, and the Canadian Wilderness: Margaret Atwood Talks ‘Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts’ at Harvard Book Store | Arts
“As your friend Julian Porter says of you, ‘don’t piss her off, or you will live forever in one of her books!’” Robin Young said, Peabody Award-winning documentarian and co-host of NPR’s “Here & Now.”
Facing Young was Margaret…
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The impact of Hucklerobby: how “shipping” is affecting storytelling
Besides abandoning the infamous Max rebrand, probably the most shocking thing streaming giant HBO Max has done this year is post a Hucklerobby edit on the official HBO Max Nordic TikTok account.
If you are not a…
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