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JMW Turner’s ‘great love letter’ to Rome makes brief return to city before UK auction
Rome, From Mount Aventine will also visit Hong Kong and New York before it is expected to sell for record priceA JMW Turner painting of Rome that has…
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It was a ghost town of three people. So how did Luckenbach rival Nashville as the heartland of country music?
In 1971, self-appointed mayor Hondo Crouch turned the Texan town into a rural respite for country…
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Child review – jump scares abound in twisty organ transplant fable that keeps horror at its heart
This Luxembourg-made movie about a couple who venture east to save their son features some impressive…
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‘A genre-defying monument’: how Sign o’ the Times captured Prince at his creative peak
As a new book on the Paisley Park polymath is released, author John McKie explains why…
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The Fall of the West by Owen Jones review – a bracing history of the changing world order
A journalist charts a quarter century of geopolitical hubris and economic overreach Like many Britons born…
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The Portuguese House review – picturesque, polite drama of secrets and revelations at a country estate
Spanish drama about people leaving their old lives behind plays out like a literary novel, with…
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‘Jaw-dropping’ play based on Pelicot rape trial comes to London for one night
Four-hour production featuring star-studded cast will be performed at London County Hall A play based on…
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Stations by Louise Kennedy review – a superb follow-up to Trespasses
This tale of broken hearts and broken people moves from the Troubles of 70s Northern Ireland…
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Structural decline: what happened to Japan’s iconic buildings? – in pictures
Japan once had a reputation for statement architecture – yet many buildings have been torn down…
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April X review – Connor Storrie searches for missing twin in dystopian dream-tech sci-fi thriller
The star of Heated Rivalry does his best in this in this human-trafficking yarn, which gets…