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Historian Lucy Worsley looks back: ‘The story of my life has been – the bookworm shall go to the ball’
The presenter recalls being a ‘weird little nerd’, almost becoming a scientist – and the most…
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Like many authors, I’m bombarded by scam fan mail. I wasn’t prepared for what would happen when I wrote back
The novelist receives passionate AI-written emails almost every day – but when he decided to take…
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Tosca review – ENO’s new staging abandons Puccini’s realism for baffling and near-constant violence
Coliseum, LondonAnnilese Miskimmon’s new production of Puccini’s complex drama unmoors it from its church and state…
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Romeo + Juliet at 30: how Baz Luhrmann made teens fall in love with Shakespeare
The maximalist, heart over head adaptation of the romantic tragedy made stars of its leads and…
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‘Let’s take Alexa out into the garden and smash it with a shoe’: Charlie Brooker and Diane Morgan take aim at Hollywood, AI … and each other
As deadpan spoof documentarian Philomena Cunk returns with a new series on cinema, her creators discuss…
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‘It seems weird for an MC – but lyrics have never been a thing for me’: De La Soul’s honest playlist
Rapper Pos of the hip hop greats favours Barry White for the bedroom and sobs to…
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Strauss: An Alpine Symphony album review – monumental work’s mystic vision guides Petrenko
RPO/Petrenko(Harmonia Mundi)Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic’s take on Strauss’s tone poem is full of darkness…
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Dafne Keen and Harriet Walter on working with Patrick Stewart: ‘I’ve never seen anyone so ecstatic’
The late actor’s co-stars in Logan and Anthony and Cleopatra remember dog impressions, marching band-conducting and…
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TV tonight: oceanic wonder with David Attenborough in Blue Planet III
Take the plunge with shrimps, starfish and tawny nurse sharks. Plus, a mysterious, gambling-themed “quiz event”…