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Revenge is in the air in an episode full of warnings, axe-clutching and grizzled British character actors. Come on down, Ian McShane
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The British star will play the son of Idris Elba’s character from the first film in the sequel, which will not see Guillermo del Toro return as writer or director
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People might be raving about the Night Manager and the return of 24, but it’s the Americans with its mix of family drama and espionage that still wins out
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Cassidy has stolen the church’s wine, Jesse deals with temptation and The Saint of Killers might have made his first appearance. Preacher is heating up.
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The author, director John Tiffany and playwright Jack Thorne spent two years collaborating on The Cursed Child. Here, they give an exclusive interview before curtain up…
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Inspired by The Satyricon, French master Blutch’s tale of a mysterious Roman maiden has finally been translated
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Robert Kirkman on the enduring attraction of zombies, why exorcism fascinates - and how he doesn’t let social media chatter drive him crazy
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In the German director’s Schaubühne production, there’s a drum kit on stage, the princes are puppets and the battle scene features Richard alone in his pants
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the big picture
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After years being ravaged by the Biafran civil war, Nigeria was ready to kick out the jams in the 1970s with psych-laced funk. Musicologist Uchenna Ikonne tells the stories behind the sunglasses
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Emilia Clarke tries to fill the emotional vacuum with full-on kook as a carer for a hunky quadriplegic in Thea Sharrock’s wipe-clean romance
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Slickly digitised and heavily armed to once again defeat Shredder, reptilian meatheads Donny, Mikey and the gang are joyless company
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pictures & video
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Photographer Joana Choumali’s latest project explores body image and beauty by documenting the men building Abidjan’s clothing models
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From Peter Pan’s movements in Kensington back to images of imperial vanity and plans of Saxon kingdoms, maps provide fascinating routes through British history
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Seventy years after the fall of Nazi Germany, a surprising number of its buildings and public spaces remain. A new book examines these unsettling survivals. Here are some of them
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Shot by Seamus Murphy as the pair travelled through Afghanistan, here's the latest and last in the Hope Six Demolition Project series
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‘The protesters would go over to him and chat – as if he was just painting a river’
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The National Museum of Wildlife Art features exhibits focused on national parks, including Georgia O’Keeffe camping and views of Yellowstone
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Shakespeare Solos
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Jaques’s speech about the seven ages of man from As You Like It is performed by Zawe Ashton
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Adrian Lester performs Hamlet’s soliloquy in which the prince considers taking his own life
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Roger Allam performs a speech from the tragedy in which the ageing king curses the weather and his daughters
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Joanna Vanderham performs Juliet’s speech from the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet
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Samuel West speaks Henry V’s soliloquy on the night before battle, in which he reflects upon the public’s expectations of the king
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Daniel Mays speaks Macbeth’s lines from Act II, Scene 1, in which he sees a murder weapon in a hallucination
'Women are realistic, men idealistic' Studio Ghibli on why a director's gender matters