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Horror on the Hudson: New York's $25bn architectural fiasco
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Horror on the Hudson: New York's $25bn architectural fiasco

It is a billionaires’ playground where haircuts cost $800 and high-rise duplexes go for $32m. So why...

Edvard Munch: Love and Angst review – 'ripples of trauma hit you like a bomb'
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Edvard Munch: Love and Angst review – 'ripples of trauma hit you like a bomb'

British Museum, London From his sunsets and deathbeds to the world-warping Scream, the Norwegian cre...

Danny Dyer's 'shout out to the Duchess!' – the Olivier awards' best quotes
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Danny Dyer's 'shout out to the Duchess!' – the Olivier awards' best quotes

Laura Wade (best new comedy, Home, I’m Darling): “To my wonderful, amazing partner Sam West. We firs...

25 spring culture highlights
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25 spring culture highlights

Clockwise from top left: Toy Story 4, Killing Eve, Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet, Taron Egerton...

The $500m Shed: inside New York's quilted handbag on wheels
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The $500m Shed: inside New York's quilted handbag on wheels

This puffed-up cultural citadel was meant to be an endlessly evolving, telescopic arts complex. But...

Too toxic to touch? Tribute acts in the age of #MeToo
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Too toxic to touch? Tribute acts in the age of #MeToo

You’d think it’d be a hard time to be a Michael Jackson impersonator – yet business is booming for s...

Fifty shades of white: the long fight against racism in romance novels
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Fifty shades of white: the long fight against racism in romance novels

For decades, the world of romantic fiction has been divided by a heated debate about racism and dive...

How we made A Clockwork Orange – by Malcolm McDowell
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How we made A Clockwork Orange – by Malcolm McDowell

 ‘The eyelid clamps kept slipping off and scratching my corneas. I was in so much pain I was banging...

'It was madness': Game of Thrones stars on how it changed their lives
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'It was madness': Game of Thrones stars on how it changed their lives

On the eve of the final series, 10 of its stars including Carice van Houten, Jonathan Pryce and Gemm...

Ant and Dec: we considered splitting up over ‘indefensible’ drink-driving
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Ant and Dec: we considered splitting up over ‘indefensible’ drink-driving

Ant and Dec considered splitting up after Ant McPartlin’s conviction for drink-driving last year, th...

Podcasting's Netflix moment: the global battle for domination
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Podcasting's Netflix moment: the global battle for domination

With huge audience growth forecast, the race is on to lead podcast distributionMark Sweney @markswen...

From Nazi to football hero: the incredible story of Man City's Bert Trautmann
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From Nazi to football hero: the incredible story of Man City's Bert Trautmann

  Bert Trautmann playing for Manchester City against Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1951. Photograph: Ac...

The flying saucers have landed: Qatar's thrilling new supersized museum
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The flying saucers have landed: Qatar's thrilling new supersized museum

Hundreds of huge white plates lie scattered along the roadside in the centre of Doha, Qatar, as if s...

Art you can have a cuppa in: Yorkshire Sculpture Park's Weston visitor centre
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Art you can have a cuppa in: Yorkshire Sculpture Park's Weston visitor centre

 ‘A diaphanous freestanding pavilion’ … The Weston visitor centre at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Photo...

Squalor, glamour, wealth and cruelty: the Britain Van Gogh saw and loved
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Squalor, glamour, wealth and cruelty: the Britain Van Gogh saw and loved

He painted prisoners, devoured Dickens and worshipped the London News … ahead of a major show, our w...

Stephen Mangan: ‘You don’t see Daniel Day-Lewis on 8 out of 10 Cats’
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Stephen Mangan: ‘You don’t see Daniel Day-Lewis on 8 out of 10 Cats’

The TV star on ‘putting himself out there’, voicing a horse and being in a power couple with Joan Ba...

'Another nail in the coffin': UK music venues face 125% jump in royalty fees
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'Another nail in the coffin': UK music venues face 125% jump in royalty fees

Hospitality industry claims increase from 4p to 9p per person per hour will ‘wring the last life out...

'Before you know it, it's not a big deal to kill a man': Norwegian black metal's murderous past
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'Before you know it, it's not a big deal to kill a man': Norwegian black metal's murderous past

In the early 90s, Norway’s black metal scene turned into a satanic cult as musicians burned churches...

The Scream: Munch London show 'not intentionally timed with Brexit'
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The Scream: Munch London show 'not intentionally timed with Brexit'

Curator at British Museum says date of exhibition featuring artwork is ‘pure serendipity’Esther Addl...

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine: how we made Sheriff Fatman
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Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine: how we made Sheriff Fatman

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine: how we made Sheriff Fatman‘We used my flat’s rank toilet on the...