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For Jim Telfer, 82, idea of leaving plot family has farmed outside Edinburgh for 102 years almost too painful to contemplate
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The actor’s latest film for Netflix is filled with annoyingly unfunny moments yet there’s a charm that’s tough to resist
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During the Hindu Lal Kach festival in Dhaka, men and boys cover themselves in body paint and take part in processions through their local neighbourhoods wielding swords to ward off evil and welcome the Bengali new year 1424
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The American photographer is best known for his fashion photography, which appeared in Vogue magazine, as well as his portraits and advertising work for Issey Miyake and Clinique. A new exhibition celebrates 70 years of work
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Dancers from around the world are stomping the floorboards and leaping into the air as they show off their best moves in Dublin this week. The event draws 5,000 performers from Ireland and overseas. Contestants range in age from eight to 30
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As Georgia announces a new statue of Tupac, here is a look at other artists who have been commemorated with statues, often with mixed results
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Some proposals for Trump’s border wall may look like spoofs, but they provide a fascinating window into the lurid anxieties of middle America
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He bailed out of his own jokes and committed to a lack of commitment.
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Alexandre Kojève was one of the architects of what is now the EU — and may have been a spy for the Kremlin.
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Why is it bad for a woman to be big, and to inhabit that space fully?
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Beneath the zingers and the chain-smoking, Ryan Murphy’s latest franchise is about how skillfully patriarchy screws with women’s heads.
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Joseph Szabo was a frustrated high-school teacher in need of inspiration – so he started photographing his students, and captured all the angst and excitement of being caught between childhood and adulthood
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