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Posted On CultureHow Shaboozey’s A Bar Song (Tipsy) became the unexpected smash hit of 2024
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) As Shaboozey’s A Bar Song (Tipsy) becomes one of the country’s most celebrated tracks in 2024, what made this tribute…
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Posted On CultureSex, suspense and danger in Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz’s ‘Motel Destino’
Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz delivers a tropical take on film noir in “Motel Destino”, an erotic thriller set on the sun-bleached shores of Northeastern Brazil.…
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Posted On CultureHow Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to…
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Posted On CultureWatch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical…
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Posted On CultureThe Indigenous American supermodel on bringing change
Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images (Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images) “People are surprised at what I’ve said yes to”: The model, activist and emerging…
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Posted On CultureNetflix’s most streamed series ‘Squid Game’ returns for season 2
The first season of the Korean drama was Netflix’s most streamed series ever. Dheepthika Laurent tells us about the return of the hit show where…
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Posted On CultureBinge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That Girl & More
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made…
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Posted On CultureHow ultra-traditional tweed found a new fanbase
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) Once synonymous with the aristocracy, the thoroughly British winter favourite is now in demand more than ever. It is “timeless…
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Posted On Culture‘Saint-Ex’: Biopic of ‘The Little Prince’ author Antoine de Saint Exupéry
Dheepthika Laurent and film critic Perrine Quenesson look at the latest film releases in France, starting with a very famous aviator: the enigmatic Antoine de Saint…
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Posted On CultureThe Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically Evolved
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming…
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Posted On CultureThe 20 best films of 2024
Focus Features/ A24/ Paramount Pictures/ BBC (Credit: Focus Features/ A24/ Paramount Pictures/ BBC) BBC film critics Nicholas Barber and Caryn James pick their highlights of…
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Posted On Culture99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and…
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Posted On CultureTimothée Chalamet is ‘brilliant and believable’ in ‘conventional’ biopic
Macall Polay Despite its “kinetic performances and irresistible music” from star Timothée Chalamet and cast, James Mangold’s Dylan biopic is disappointingly unambitious. Bob Dylan is…
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Posted On CultureFrench artist Seth on harnessing road artwork's common language
Road artwork used to imply spontaneous scribbles below the duvet of darkness; now these photos dangle in main museums and promote at public sale for…
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Posted On CultureHear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who…
