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Eight of the best podcasts of 2026 so far

In Creation Myth, De Groot ponders the question: to breed or not to breed? A compellingly raw audio memoir, it moves from present to past

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Six reasons why it was the best Oscars in years

Popular wins all round Frankenstein, which won three Oscars, and KPop Demon Hunters, which won two, are both Netflix films which had limited cinema releases,

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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 sides. However, the focal point

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Ryan Gosling’s space epic is ‘a mind-stretching sci-fi’ ★★★★☆

Luckily, he’s not quite alone. It turns out that another spacecraft is on the same mission from a different planet, and it, too, has just

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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 women aged 45 plus who

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Maggie Gyllenhaal’s riff on the Bride of Frankenstein is ‘exhilarating’ ★★★★☆

When Euphronious jump-starts the corpse, the electrified Bride comes to life with her platinum hair on end, an echo of Elsa Lanchester’s in the original

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The moment Cher wore the ultimate ‘revenge’ outfit

Since then, the phrase revenge dress has increasingly been used in celebrity culture. Revenge dresses as they are understood by the mainstream have typically been flattering,

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10 of the best films to watch in March

Alamy 9. Project Hail Mary If you fancy a deeply researched story of a scientist stuck on his own in space, then Andy Weir is

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The darkness behind British artist LS Lowry’s famous city scenes

The ‘matchstick men’ association Lowry hid behind a down-to-earth facade, but this unpretentious attitude may have led some to dismiss his work as unskilled. Asked

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11 of the Winter Olympics’ most striking images

7. Mass and motion Getty Images Transformed by a photographer’s lens into smudgy speed lines accelerating behind the carefully calibrated push of her polished curling