Culture
Culture
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The artist who ate Maurizio Cattelan’s work at Art Basel Miami talks about the concept behind his audacious stunt
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Popular broadcaster and scientist hailed as man who ‘inspired a whole generation’ -
Our countdown continues with space criminals, terrifying pagan rituals, a star-packed whodunnit and riotous high-school comedy. We’ll reveal more every day
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Best culture of 2019
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The pick of the year’s top television rolls on with ghosts, gangsters, Derry Girls – and Alan Partridge’s incontinent crassness. The countdown continues every weekday -
Our pick of the year’s finest albums gathers barbed British rap, impetuous indie, dispatches from despair and utopian rave. Check in every weekday as we count down to No 1 -
Our pick of the year’s top movies released in the UK includes poignant pyromania, high-school hilarity, folk-horror and space crime. Check back every day more every weekday -
Tell us about your standout stage show of the year – we’ll feature a selection of your favourites later this month
News
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Director claims rivalry over 2003 Oscars race reignited rape backlash, now further fuelled by fresh accusations and protests against new Dreyfus film
Reviews
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4 out of 5 stars.
Stage Subterfuge and spying in the #MeToo age
4 out of 5 stars.Lydia Wilson is riveting as the strong-willed duchess in Rebecca Frecknall’s arresting update -
4 out of 5 stars.
Aquarela Cracking climate crisis documentary
4 out of 5 stars.The sound of splintering ice haunts this excellent and disturbing account of collapsing glaciers, violent storms, flooded landscapes and rising sea levels -
4 out of 5 stars.
Three Sisters Inua Ellams transfers Chekhov to Nigeria
4 out of 5 stars.Buoyed by first-rate performances, this production transforms the Russian classic into an eye-opening account of the Biafran war
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3 out of 5 stars.
Pink Wall Time travellers on romance's rocky road
3 out of 5 stars.Director Tom Cullen reshuffles events in an intimate drama about how the messiness of life jeopardises a new relationship -
Brenda Romero’s crime sim is a homage to the glitter and skulduggery of prohibition-era Chicago – a game of revenge, race and relationship management -
A short, spiky novella about identity and belonging plays with the boundaries between ‘truth’ and ‘fiction’
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Pictures & video
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Simeran Maxwell chooses 10 of her favourite pieces to tell the story of a rivalry that pushed each artist to even greater heights
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