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Her kooky online skits brought her viral fame and a breakout role in HBO’s Hacks. Then Lena Dunham came calling with the job of a lifetime. Is the actor ready to take centre stage?When Lena Dunham messaged, Megan Stalter lost it. “Like d’uhh,” Stalter is explaini...
Lifestyle » 1 week ago
Artwork and poems from contemporary artists and former Bethlem hospital patients to go on showThe vivid dream that vanishes on waking but fragments of which remain tantalisingly out of reach all day. Powerful emotions – tears, terror, ecstasy, despair – caused not by real...
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From the site of the failed assassination comes a sharp-eyed account of Trump’s political gains – and Democrats’ failings The Democrats’ famed blue wall is more the stuff of nostalgia than reality. On election day 2024, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin voted for Donal...
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Popstars and political leaders reveal all in a juicy documentary series. Plus, Vicky McClure’s insomnia thriller. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC Two ...
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Ozzy and Sabbath played their last ever concert at Villa Park in their home city of Birmingham, supported by a stellar lineup of metal bands including Slayer and Anthrax – and some secret guests• ...
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This audacious attempt to give two polar bears a second life by transporting them across Europe to a new home is an uplifting tale. But be warned, it is shockingOK, I think it is incumbent upon me as an ethical reviewer to state something up top. I am conscious of our col...
World » 1 week ago
The rules of the institutions that define our lives bend like reeds when it comes to Israel – so much that the whole global order is on the verge of collapseSereen Haddad is a bright young woman. At 20 years old, she just finished a four-year degree in psychology at Virgi...
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American actor best known for playing heavies, including the ‘psycho’ Mr Blonde in Reservoir DogsThe actor Michael Madsen, who has died aged 67 of a cardiac arrest, saw himself as a “...
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Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequencesThroughout my life, my mum has always been a big reader. She was in three or four book clubs at t...
World » 1 week ago
Mood is tense and subdued after nearly 21 months of Israeli offensives that have displaced almost the entire populationIn Gaza City on Sunday morning, there was only one topic of conversation: the possibility of peace. In the half-ruined town, as across the entire territo...