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Known for his roles in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Tombstone, the prolific actor’s cause of death was pneumoniaRemembering Val Kilmer: an ethereally handsome actor who evolved into droll self-awarenessA life in picturesVal Kilmer, the actor best known for his roles in Top Gun, Batman Forever and The Doo...
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American authors of All Fours and Tell Me Everything are competing for the 30th award alongside four other novels highlighting ‘the importance of human connection’American writers Miranda July and Elizabeth Strout have been shortlisted for the 30th Women’s prize for fiction alongside four debut auth...
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16 hours ago
The author of The Five, about the Ripper murders, turns her attention to another tragically misunderstood victimIn the canon of British true crime, the case of Dr Crippen routinely gets billed as the first “modern” murder. It wasn’t that there was anything particularly original about the doctor’s mo...
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Ruaridh Mollica is very good as Max, a freelance writer with a secret app life in prostitution, but Mikko Mäkelä’s film is not clear enough about his motivationsSex work as a window into human nature is a longstanding theme in cinema, from Kenji Mizoguchi’s Street of Shame to Chantal Akerman’s Jeann...
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Photographer Sarah Mei Herman was 20 when her half-brother Jonathan was born – she spent the next two decades capturing intimate moments between him and their father Continue reading...
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Prof Hannah Fry examines the kitchen phenomenon in her fascinating tech series. Plus: Rose Ayling-Ellis’s emotional signing project. Here’s what to watch this evening8pm, BBC TwoYet another show about the air fryer – but it’s OK, because this time it’s to kick off the brilliant Prof Hannah Fry’s th...
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Director Kevin O’Hare announces staging of NYCB choreographer Peck’s 2014 piece, as well as new works by Akram Khan and Cathy MarstonA ballet by one of New York’s hottest choreographers, set to the music of Sufjan Stevens, and Akram Khan’s first work for the Royal Opera House stage are two highlight...
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19 hours ago
The council's error led to a three-month delay in implementing new licensing rules
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It has been unused for a long time and fell into disrepair after arson attacks
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The US-Canadian dual citizen speculates he may be ‘barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement floor’ after his European tour, after years of speaking against TrumpNeil Young has shared his concerns of being barred from the US after his European tour later this year, thanks to his outspoken critiques...
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1 day ago
The Hurt Arms pub on the A6 in Ambergate has been closed since October 2023 but could reopen next year