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Melancholy permeates a sardonic tragicomedy in which the hangover of the Troubles is never far from the surfaceIf, post-Sally Rooney, it’s the job of the young female novelist to take the pulse of a generation, the diagnosis so far is worrying. In a...
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A splashy retelling of the Disney classic starring the brilliant Halle Bailey, and Alfonso Cuarón’s dystopian thriller gets even better with age Continue reading...
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(Bubblewrap Collective)Gareth Bonello’s latest album sees him excavating his homeland’s folk classics, interpreting each with drowsy, melancholic voice, guitar, cello and pianoThe Gentle Good is Cardiff-based folk musician Gareth Bonello, whose music...
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(Dead Oceans)The band perfected their blend of dreamy guitar noise washes and indecipherable lyrics decades ago, and the latest example has plenty of haunting beautyAfter being hailed as shoegaze pioneers in the early 1990s, a mix of subsequent criti...
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He wooed Nico, saw Syd Barrett lose his mind and got busted for drugs with the Stones. Now, at 81, Prince Stanislas Klossowski de Rola has become a TikTok sensationHe was a friend of the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, a flatmate of Paul McCartney and...
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A book that lays bare the absurd claims Brexit would reduce red tape – but leaves austerity out of the analysisIn his time as the Telegraph’s Europe editor, Peter Foster showed little of the imagination of his Brussels-based predecessor (by two decad...
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After several critics complained of being quoted out of context on the covers of Jordan Peterson’s new book, the industry body has spoken out against the practiceThe Society of Authors (SoA) has spoken out against publishers misrepresenting negative...
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The final season of the thrilling gangland drama is here, and LaKeith Stanfield stars in a strange New York romance – or should that be horror story? Continue reading...
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The third season set during the Tong wars begins. Plus: Channel 5 brings us the cute Puppy School for Guide Dogs. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...
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Great fun from the NT’s warped fairytale Hex, plus Neil LaBute’s dark relationship comedy and a classic Gilbert & Sullivan romp in our roundup of drama to watch at homeHex is director Rufus Norris’s and adapter Tanya Ronder’s long-delayed take on...
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As the Sag-Aftra strikes roll on, film schedules are being torn up and A-listers are ditching promotional duties. But what’s a film festival without the talent?Picture the scene. A journalist flying to the Venice film festival earlier this week is wh...
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Yuja Wang/Los Angeles PO/Dudamel(Deutsche Grammophon, two CDs)Wang’s interpretation of the concertos is more mature than her previous work, carrying off flashy exuberance and changes of mood with dramatic flairThe most popular piano concertos of the...
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Venice film festival: Macabre alt-history faces the ongoing agony of Chile, and the Chilean people’s struggle to confront their past, with graphic-novel energy and directnessThe undead forces of fascism swoop vampirically through our 21st-century glo...
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The manga series which then became an anime TV show has now been adapted into an ambitious live-action series with mixed resultsWhen beloved long-running stories are translated to a new medium, they’re often caught between irritating longtime fans (w...
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Publishers Association’s call comes as ChatGPT firm argues US lawsuit ‘misconceives scope’ of copyright lawUK publishers have urged the prime minister to protect authors’ and other content makers’ intellectual property rights as part of a summit on a...