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‘What a fascinating challenge for an artist’: how Monet captured Venice in his twilight years
Claude Monet was 68 years old before he ever set foot in Venice, surprisingly keeping his distance from a city that for hundreds of years has attracted many of...
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Bridgerton puts female romance at heart of season five
Quinn said last year that while she didn't write Francesca as a neurodivergent character, she was thrilled some autistic fans of the show could...
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Shoplifting, sex shows and sheepdog-breeding: great artists and the side-hustles they did to get by
Before he pioneered a new genre of semi-autobiographical writing, the great French novelist and playwright Jean Genet pioneered something very different indeed: a special...
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Bafta Television Awards 2026: The nominations in full
Find out which shows and stars have been rewarded with nominations for this year's Bafta TV Awards.
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Ant & Dec are shunned at last! The TV Baftas make some clever omissions for once
The Bafta TV awards have recently been dominated by shows that feel so last year. In 2025, the statuettes for Mr Bates vs the...
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Aimee Lou Wood and Erin Doherty set for double Bafta TV Awards battle
Adolescence has the most nominations overall with 11, followed by A Thousand Blows with seven.
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‘It won’t be pretty!’ French and Saunders to play the Ugly Sisters in Palladium panto
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are to return to the stage together for the first time in 17 years to play the Ugly Sisters...
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Dame Shirley Bassey reveals she can no longer reply to fan mail
The singer, 89, said she was 'truly humbled' by the letters she had received during her 70-year career.
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Hurvin Anderson review – this haunted, hazy, beautiful show is like stumbling through someone’s memories
Us and them, then and now, concrete and jungle, acceptance and rejection … Birmingham and Jamaica. Hurvin Anderson’s world is defined by clashing contrasts,...
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Anthony Hopkins teases new film in 'golden land' of Dylan Thomas
The two-time Oscar winner stars in a film based on Dylan Thomas's short story, A Visit To Grandpa's.
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Empire of Lies review – far-right conspiracist and YouTuber lock horns in Gloucestershire field
There are no prizes for guessing the twist at the end of this claustrophobic two-hander set entirely in a field in Gloucestershire. It starts...