arts
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The writer-director has mined the darkest of subjects from stalking to rape to paedophilia. In Wiener-Dog he turns his attention to dachshunds and death
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For 20 years he hardly picked up his camera – now the Beckett-inspired Dubliner is the talk of this summer’s Arles festival
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The actor, 68, on agnosticism, depression and having ‘the finest body of work of any American actor’
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The mystery that unfolds over eight stylish 10-minute instalments is compelling, but does it obscure the human tragedy at the heart of it?
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He’s in both the new Star Wars and Bourne films, but it’s Brexit not blockbusters that’s on the rapper-turned-actor’s mind
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JK Rowling’s beloved characters are taking to the stage as adults in The Cursed Child. But are fans ever ready for their childhood heroes to grow up? Leading authors have their say
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people
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As he portrays Mr Spock for the third time in Star Trek Beyond, the actor talks about coming out, making the film without Leonard Nimoy and playing Glenn Greenwald in Oliver Stone’s new film
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The Tobagonian calypso star on touring with Bob Marley, her battles against sexism and exploitation, and enjoying an unlikely career boost at the age of 76
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the big picture
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Five years ago, the Irish photographer began snapping people near his Dublin home
reviews
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In this attempt to breathe new life into his old characters, Jay McInerney confirms that his best work is behind him
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Zachary Quinto’s Spock remains the real star of the latest instalment, even if Idris Elba’s Krall could have been given more to do
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pictures & video
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The Star Trek crew on the UK’s decision to explore a new and potentially hostile frontier and the reasoning behind making commander Sulu’s character openly gay
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Superheroes, supervillains and sci-fi legends fill the San Diego convention center in southern California for the world famous comic convention. The festival is a hub for elaborate ‘cosplay’, which sees thousands of fans merge fantasy with reality
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It was 11 o’clock when we raced and we naively planned to meet our families in the pub at 4.30pm for a roast. What actually happened is we got back to our hotel at 3am
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An exclusive clip from one of the seminal kitchen sink dramas of post-war British cinema
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Inspired by Ronald Blythe’s paean to Britain’s vanishing rural life, Akenfield was directed by Peter Hall to tell the story of ‘three generations in terms of work, belief, education and climate’
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‘The men in black masks chase and beat the villagers to protect the sheep from evil’
culture webchats
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The director-star of Garden State and new film Wish I Was Here – and of course Scrubs – has answered your questions on Kickstarter, Scottish independence and ghosts’ nether regions
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She’s the soul star loved by everyone from Elvis to Will Oldham, who saw her career resurrected by a song she recorded for a weight-loss documentary. She answered your questions about being an old man’s sweetheart, Beyonce and Elvis.
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Back with a new show at White Cube, modern art's most inseparable duo joined us live from the gallery, to talk about painting, politics and why good things often come in pairs
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Standup, panel-show regular and Stephen Fry's favourite Canadian funnywoman ... on Tuesday, Katherine Ryan will be joining us in the hotseat. From her Comic Relief turn as Nicki Minaj to her Beyoncé obsession, ask her your questions now
Shakespeare Solos
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Laura Carmichael speaks Portia’s lines from the courtroom scene in The Merchant of Venice, in which she tells the moneylender Shylock to be merciful
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In a speech taken from the first scene of All’s Well That Ends Well, Sacha Dhawan’s Parolles stresses the importance of losing one’s virginity
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Ayesha Dharker plays Titania, the queen of the fairies, in a scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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David Morrissey speaks the opening lines from Richard III in which the scheming Richard lays out his plan to turn his brothers, Clarence and the newly enthroned King Edward IV, against each other
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Damian Lewis performs Antony’s funeral oration for Julius Caesar in Shakespeare’s tragedy – one of a new set of films to mark Shakespeare 400
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Camille O’Sullivan plays Constance in King John, who laments the loss of her son, Arthur, but disputes the suggestion that she has gone mad
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