Gary Owen’s gentle dance of linked fragments joins a long list of plays taking after Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde, an 1897 drama structured as a kind of musical chairs. With interlocking scenes between two actors at a time, they rotate every…
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Plaid Nails: The Preppy Trend Is Coming for Your Manicure
Move over naked manicures: this festive season, we’re back to having a bit of a fun with our nail designs. Enter plaid nails, a trend that feels both cozy and chic, seasonal and statement-making.
The fall is ripe for thematic and timely nail…
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Stranger Things return gives some critics chills and thrills, but leaves others lukewarm
Ian YoungsCulture reporter
NetflixMillie Bobby Brown returns as Eleven The first half of Stranger Things’ final season has been unleashed on viewers, with many critics giving the return of the hit Netflix show glowing reviews – although others said…
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Kevin Spacey Set To Face Civil Sex Assault Claims In London Court
Kevin Spacey will face civil claims of sexual assault from three men at the High Court in London next October.
A British performer named Ruari Cannon, who has waived his right to anonymity, and two other claimants who have not, have…
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Dmitry Glukhovsky on exile, censorship and the dystopia of modern Russia
Russian novelist and playwright Dmitry Glukhovsky poses for a portrait as people walk by, October 12, 2025. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
For the past 20 years, writer Dmitry Glukhovsky has observed Vladimir Putin’s Russia from extremes of proximity and…
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Everyone needs a place to sit and simply hear themselves think
It is not nearly so far a journey as you’d expect between flying and frying. At 10, my father sent me down to the small youth club at the bottom of the hill behind our house in London to study judo. Our dojo master Tom must have been in his 50s…
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‘The Artist’ review: Big stars and historical figures fill an odd comedy
The first, or maybe the second thing to be said about “The Artist,” a six-part comedy written and directed by Aram Rappaport, is that it streams from the Network, a free ad-supported streaming service Rappaport created to release his…
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Celebrity Traitors star Ruth Codd recovering after second leg amputation
Pete AllisonCulture reporter
Getty ImagesRuth Codd had said before her operation she hoped to feel “pretty unstoppable” after the procedure Celebrity Traitors player and actress Ruth Codd has said she is recovering after a second leg amputation…
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The Oscar-tipped Shakespeare drama is moving but ‘manipulative’
The Shakespeare drama starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley has a stellar cast but is “exploitative” and lacks subtlety – “it tugs the heartstrings and targets the tear ducts with absolute ruthlessness”.
There’s no doubt that, in many people’s…
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Kevin Spacey to Face More Sexual Assault Claims in London Civil Court
Disgraced actor Kevin Spacey will face three more civil claims of sexual assault in London next year.
BBC News reported on Wednesday that the claims have come from three separate men, who allege the House of Cards star assaulted them…
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