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Robert Icke’s ‘brooding’ stage adaptation of famous filmKeira Knightley is the “marquee name” in this much anticipated stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning film about a Stasi officer conducting a covert audio surveillance operation in East Berlin in the 1980s, said Nick Curtis in The Standard. She ...

Disturbing drama about TV host of To Catch a Predator“If we learn any lesson from the movies this year, let it be this: Robert Pattinson is an absolutely fantastic villain,” said Hadley Freeman in The Times. Following hard on the heels of his excellent turn as the dastardly Antinous in “The Odyssey”...
This “extraordinary” solo debut from Radie Peat, the singer in the Irish four-piece band Lankum, is the year’s best folk album. “How staggering for traditional songs to taste so like fresh blood: stunning, brutal and unforgettable”, said The Guardian.
by Andrew HankinsonIn the autumn of 2023, Britain became gripped by “the renegade logging of the Sycamore Gap”, said Sarah Ditum in The Times. For a while, it was unclear who had carried out the “senseless felling” of the iconic, much-photographed 150-year-old tree that stood next to Hadrian’s Wall ...

Classical actor who found fame on the Starship EnterprisePatrick Stewart, who has died aged 86, overcame an impoverished and often violent childhood to emerge as one of Britain’s foremost classical actors. Over 20 years, he won acclaim for stage performances at the RSC, the National Theatre and else...
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The Explainer The Trump administration has imposed further sanctions on the International Criminal Court. Why?

THE EXPLAINER The country’s big bet on artificial intelligence has created billions in losses and a major market upheaval

The Explainer Tactics may change following another setback for the pro-democracy movement

The Explainer Cyberattacks have targeted supermarket fridges and freezers across Europe. Could the UK be next?

Talking Point Tesla and SpaceX CEO has brought money into politics on a previously unthinkable scale – but his actual influence is debatable

Talking Points Pope Leo drives a rethinking of just war doctrine

Talking Point Monarch and PM both stop short of apologising for Britain’s role in slave trade, and sidestep growing calls in Commonwealth for financial redress



Under the radar Warming temperatures are offsetting natural cycles

Under the Radar Fake reading communities and AI scams are a few of the nefarious methods

Under the Radar Arson attack on mountainside retreat exposes difficulty in dealing with the physical legacy of Germany’s Nazi past

Speed Read It comes less than two weeks after the rapper was dropped by Ed Sheeran’s tour

Speed Read Democratic lawmakers have demanded more details about the ad

Speed Read The two leaders have “never gotten along better,” Trump claimed

Speed Read The parts were “inexplicably diverted” to the city, Bloomberg reported
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