arts
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Embedded goes global and John Oliver leaves the Bugle – but the comings and goings offer plenty of options from history to heartwarming tales
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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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Carr, whose memoir The Night Of The Gun provides the basis of the new AMC show, will be played by the Better Call Saul actor in a six-part drama
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During a LA film festival panel the director gets candid about the challenges minority film-makers face and why she turned down the Black Panther project
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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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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…
talking points
the citadel
people
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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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From majestic Alpine scenes to expressive portraits, a new exhibition shows off the wide-eyed wonder of 19th-century photographers
reviews
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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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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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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