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Why David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive is the greatest film of the 21st Century

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How YMCA became Donald Trump’s unlikely anthem

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How Eartha Kitt rose from ‘extreme poverty’ to superstardom

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40 of the most exciting books to read in 2025

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The dystopian office drama ‘works the same magic but is even more mind-bending’

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25 films to look forward to in 2025

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How Audrey Hepburn became a secret spy during World War Two

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The 24 best books of 2024

Simon & Schuster/ Faber/ Doubleday From an intense tale of two brothers to a stunning Booker winner – the very

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‘A highly welcome return to this hellscape world’

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How Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life became a Christmas classic

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