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The Kingmaker review – exquisitely horrible portrait of Imelda Marcos | Film
Lauren Greenfield’s film about the Philippines’ former first lady Imelda Marcos reveals a grotesquely self-pitying, wholly unrepentant and very rich…
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The Far Right Today by Cas Mudde review – an alarming new mainstream | Books
Back in 2012, the political scientist Cas Mudde wrote a lecture he planned to deliver in Antwerp entitled: “Three decades…
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Cute furry things … and chairman Mao: China's obsession with car dashboard figurines – in pictures
Figurines are almost ubiquitous on car dashboards in Chinese cities. Photographer Jonathan Browning has documented these tiny forms of individual…
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‘Crass and contemptible’: is Clint Eastwood’s new movie built on a lie? | Film
Clint Eastwood’s indignant, Oscar-buzzed new drama Richard Jewell tasks itself with a noble and initially justifiable aim: to tell the…
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Dracula, first-look review: BBC One's new horror is a bloody good show
Dracula, first-look review: BBC One's new horror is a bloody good show .
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My Grandparents' War: Kristin Scott Thomas, review: a poignant tribute to the war stories of a silent generation
My Grandparents' War: Kristin Scott Thomas, review: a poignant tribute to the war stories of a silent generation .
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cute pandas and amorous fish provide welcome respite from the human race
“It was quite amorous in the beginning, like all relationships. But it’s tailed off recently. He’s sat there in the…
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TV naturalist David Bellamy dies aged 86 | Television & radio
Naturalist and broadcaster David Bellamy has died aged 86, the Conservation Foundation has said. Bellamy died on Wednesday, according to…
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Matisse and Picasso: the art world’s greatest rivalry – in pictures | Art and design
In the nation’s first dual exhibition of Matisse and Picasso, more than 200 works – from paintings and sculptures to…
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Trevor Noah: ‘Trump will have the smallest impeachment of all time’ | Culture
Trevor Noah It’s an oft-said sentence in 2019, but yesterday was a historic day in Washington as House Democrats announced…
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