CULTURE

‘Slick, suave and a little sexy’: Herb Alpert

You could see Alpert's popularity as a last hurrah for the sort of jazz-inflected easy listening that ruled the airwaves…

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Michael Jackson film set to be a controversial hit

All the same, the allegations remain a part of Jackson's life story, complicating the attempt to turn his life into…

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10 intimate images of a lost, decadent 1930s Paris

8. Kiki de Montparnasse with her Friends Thérèse Treize de Caro and Lily (Kiki de Montparnasse avec ses amies Thérèse Treize…

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The 'bizarre' story of the world's first LSD trip

Dr Albert Hoffman discovered the hallucinatory effects of LSD in April 1943 Source link

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Eight of the best films of 2026 so far

From a touching sci-fi blockbuster to a wilfully provocative comedy-drama Source link

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10 of the best TV shows of 2026 so far

From an outrageous Ryan Murphy body horror to a new Game of Thrones prequel Source link

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Why Chow Yun-Fat is cinema’s greatest action hero

And if Woo helped lay the foundations of modern action cinema, Chow was right alongside him, showing what the ideal…

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The centuries-old origins of current fairy fiction

Fallen angels and demi-godsThe debate over what exactly fairies are – fallen angels, demi-gods, the spirits of humans – continues,…

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12 of the best TV shows to watch this April

Half Man premieres 23 April on HBO and HBO Max in the US and 24 April on BBC iPlayer in…

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These artworks are by women – but men got the credit

Some scholars have argued that Marcel Duchamp's upturned urinal, titled Fountain and signed "R Mutt", was also her work. Irene…

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