CULTURE

The WW2 general who outwitted his arch-rival

By 23 October he was ready to attack. It began with the largest British bombardment since World War One. Sickened by…

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The ultimate saga of British privilege and power

Galsworthy's writing career spanned the first three decades of the 20th Century and in 1932, he won the most prestigious…

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Has pop art icon Keith Haring been ‘sanitised’?

The layers of his workDespite some critiques of the way his work is licensed, Haring's stock as a serious artist…

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Eight of the world’s most stunning penthouses

This is one of four bedroom suites, its corner position giving views over the bay of San Francisco from two…

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The homes revealing how Tudor people really lived

"There is an appeal to the simplicity of 16th-Century interiors and an honesty in the materials used," says interior and…

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Research shows older women are winning more Oscars – here’s why

The most recent study from Annenberg also found that from Hollywood's top 100 films last year, there were only four…

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How the Eagles’ Greatest Hits broke the US charts

According to biographer Marc Eliot, in To The Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles, the push to release a…

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How Winston Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech launched the Cold War 80 years ago

Churchill reminded people how he had warned in the 1930s against the appeasement of Hitler and Nazi Germany but "no…

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‘It caused so much upset’: Why Tracey Emin’s messy bed shocked the art world in the ’90s

In 1999, an artwork of a dishevelled divan strewn with condoms and lager cans sparked a media frenzy and turned…

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12 of the best TV shows to watch this March

The Comeback premieres 22 March on HBO and Max in the USAmazon Prime Video(Credit: Amazon Prime Video)11. BaitRiz Ahmed has…

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