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[ad_1] Where would we be without gothic literature? With its seductive blend of the strange and macabre, gothic literature is one of those few genres that...
[ad_1] (Image credit: The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust) Ansel Adams’ images of national parks and oil derricks from the 30s and 40s are a powerful...
[ad_1] But while some ground has been conceded, the rest of the code remains as straight as the baseline on Centre Court, with competitors being told they “must...
[ad_1] Indiana Jones might be able to unearth the Ark of the Covenant, but can he fill cinemas? Apparently not. Fifteen years on from Indiana Jones...
[ad_1] Another nagging problem is that so much of the film is so familiar. Like the previous two Mission: Impossible episodes, both directed by McQuarrie, this...
[ad_1] And now, almost half a century after his death, Drake is being rediscovered all over again. The Endless Coloured Ways, a collection of 23 of...
[ad_1] (Image credit: Paramount+) Caryn James picks out the biggest offerings – from Taylor Sheridan’s spy thriller Special Ops: Lioness, with Zoe Saldana and Nicole Kidman,...
[ad_1] Some compared The Idol to the 2022 Netflix film Blonde, another production that seemed to revel in the relentless sexual violation of its female lead...
[ad_1] Drawing is enjoying popularity again – appreciated for its therapeutic qualities and the sense of “flow” it engenders, especially since the lockdowns during the pandemic....
[ad_1] (Image credit: Warner Bros) Including Barbie, Oppenheimer and the latest Mission: Impossible – Nicholas Barber lists this month’s unmissable releases. 1. Barbie Somehow, one of...
[ad_1] (Image credit: Disney+/ FX) Fashion and food are the twin preoccupations of the TV series, now entering season two. Faran Krentcil dissects the appeal of...
[ad_1] In a widely reported comment about her punningly-titled No Hard Feelings, Jennifer Lawrence said: “Everybody in some sense will be offended by this film –...
[ad_1] DIVA pays tribute to “the spectacle and the sparkle, the feathers and the flamboyant”, says Bailey, with costumes taking centre stage. Headlining is the revealing...
[ad_1] Bohemian or boho fashion has its roots in the hippy movement of the late 1960s. “Informed by the 19th and early 20th-Century obsession with the...
[ad_1] 10. Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (from Frozen, 2013) This poignant song was almost considered too gloomy for Frozen – but it proved...
[ad_1] Lady with a Fan is among the very few portraits by Klimt, a leading figure of the Vienna Secession art movement, to be owned privately....
[ad_1] But then there is most derided storyline of all, Miranda’s (Cynthia Nixon) romance with the non-binary stand-up comic Che Diaz (Sara Ramirez), sometimes called television’s...
[ad_1] Another of the film’s conceits is that it isn’t just a film. A black-and-white prologue, featuring Bryan Cranston as its frowning narrator, informs us that...
[ad_1] When workers at a vending machine factory in Ukraine had their homes bombed, the owner Alex Stepura repurposed the facility to build them new ones....
[ad_1] (Image credit: Getty Images) The 1900 song – originally written as a tribute to former US President Abraham Lincoln – has endured to become the...