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Arts

  • Location, location, location … a scene from House of the Dragon, part of which is filmed in Cornwall.

    Film
    ‘We made the Maldives from a hotel in Heathrow airport’: Hollywood location scouts reveal their secrets

  • Taffy Brodesser-Akner.

    Books
    ‘You can write anything about sex, but you cannot talk about money’: Taffy Brodesser-Akner on life after Fleishman

    Her bestselling debut, Fleishman Is in Trouble, became a hit TV series. Now Taffy Brodesser-Akner is taking on the American dream
  • white woman wearing white suit gestures at white woman wearing patterned shirt as a white man wearing a black suit and bowtie looks on

    Film
    Rude awakening: when movies change their original NSFW titles

    Hit Netflix comedy A Family Affair and Zoe Kravitz’s upcoming thriller Blink Twice were both once called very different things
  • Cigarettes After Sex.

    Music
    Cigarettes After Sex: ‘Our lyrics might be a bit dirty for some people’

  • Garth Risk Hallberg (c) Michael Lionstar

    Books
    Garth Risk Hallberg: ‘David Foster Wallace convinced me to change the way I was living’

  • This image released by Amazon shows Emma Roberts, left, and Poppy Liu in a scene from "Space Cadet." (Prime Video via AP)

    Film
    Space Cadet – Emma Roberts joins Nasa in lazy streaming slop

  • Dominique White photographed in front of Deadweight in production, 2024.

    Art and design
    ‘I always want to grapple with an unruly beast’: the ghostly works of Dominique White

Talking points

  • Lily Allen at the Olivier awards in London.

    Music
    Sole trader: why is Lily Allen selling feet pics on OnlyFans?

  • A color-tinted photo of three smiling white men wearing casual suits and standing in a row, looking in the same direction, in front of a pink rosebush and a white picket fence.

    Books
    'They always got away with it': new book reveals Kennedys’ shocking treatment of women

  • Film still: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

    Film
    Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to open Venice film festival

  • A color still of an older white woman and a younger white man appearing about to kiss in the vegetable section of a grocery store.

    Film
    From The Idea of You to A Family Affair: the summer of age-gap romances

People

  • portrait of man wearing black shirt in front of taupe backdrop

    Film
    Robert Towne, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Chinatown, dies aged 89

  • Black man wearing black shirt and white and red hat speaks into microphone

    Music
    Rapper BG ordered to have all future songs approved by US government

    • Killer Mike at the BET awards on Sunday.

      Music
      Killer Mike will not face charges after Grammys arrest

    • Jacqueline de Jong in 1982.

      Art and design
      Jacqueline de Jong, influential avant garde artist, dies at 85

    • Ismail Kadare

      Books
      ‘An ancient shadow permeates his work’: Alberto Manguel on the genius of Ismail Kadare

The big picture

  • ‘Don’t be afraid to shine’ … Nikita Gold

    ‘Our message? Be fabulous!’: drag artists with Down’s syndrome – in pictures

    Fierce and fantastic, the artists who make up the collective Drag Syndrome explain why performing helps them express who they really are

Reviews

  • The Imaginary. Netflix © 2024 Ponoc

    Film
    The Imaginary – charming anime about made-up best friends from former Ghibli protege

  • Rebecca Watson

    Books
    I Will Crash by Rebecca Watson – a unique take on sibling torment

    • Reunited … from left, John Ashton, Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.

      Film
      Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F – fish-out-of-water Eddie Murphy chases past glories

    • A scene from Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD.

      Games
      Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD – the scariest surprise is the price

    • Despicable Me 4.

      Film
      Despicable Me 4 – Gru goes into witness protection to keep Minion magic alive

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Pictures & video

  • Rehearsals for The School for Scandal at the Royal Shakespeare theatre

    Royal Shakespeare Company
    No rest for the wicked: The School for Scandal at the RSC – in pictures

    Sheridan’s 18th-century comedy of manners is staged for the Royal Shakespeare Company this month by director Tinuke Craig. Enter a backstage world of wigs, fans and frocks
  • Linda in the laundry room, alongside a picture of linens

    NHS
    ‘We all need a place to hide’: hospital workers take a breather

  • Jordan, Shuayb, Sadiq and Idris at the Other Stage

    ‘Like an island separate from England’
    ‘Like an island separate from England’: Black joy at Glastonbury

  • ‘Our message? Be fabulous!’
    Drag artists with Down’s Syndrome

  • Close encounters
    Arles festival of photography

  • Photo essay
    Families behind the two-child limit to benefits

  • Photography
    Giddy up! LensCulture critics’ choice awards

  • Photography
    ‘Some people refused to leave their flats’: Britain through the Thatcher years

  • Photography
    Bogart, Dietrich, Keaton: Faces from Hollywood’s golden years

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