CULTURE

Why Gang of Four’s Entertainment! was the most blistering debut album of all time

Andrew Corrigan(Credit: Andrew Corrigan)The British post-punk band's 1979 LP was a revolutionary mix of abrasive guitar and subversive societal observations.…

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Leigh Bowery and the taboo-busting subculture that shocked 1980s London

Brendan Beirne/ Shutterstock(Credit: Brendan Beirne/ Shutterstock)From shocking performances to extraordinary costumes, how performance artist and style icon Leigh Bowery, and…

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When Denmark held the first ever same-sex civil unions

Getty ImagesDenmark became the world's first country to offer legal recognition of gay partnerships on 1 October 1989, and the…

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12 of the best films to watch in October 2024

Niko TavernisFrom Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix pairing up to Anna Kendrick making her directorial debut and a Donald Trump…

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11 of the best TV shows to watch this October

Netflix(Credit: Netflix)From an adaptation of Jilly Cooper's sex-and-scandal-filled novel to a superhero movie-making satire and the return of Netflix's gripping…

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Why this gross-out body horror about Hollywood beauty standards is 2024’s most divisive film

Mubi(Credit: Mubi)No one who watches this twisted Demi Moore film about a special anti-ageing treatment will forget it. But is…

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Barbara Hulanicki on breaking rules and revolutionising fashion

Emmanuel Lafont(Credit: Emmanuel Lafont)In the 1960s, Barbara Hulanicki disrupted the stuffy, class-ridden view of fashion, and the inclusive Biba lifestyle…

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The best culture to look forward to this autumn

BBC/ Peacock/ Universal Pictures/ HBO(Credit: BBC/ Peacock/ Universal Pictures/ HBO)From imagined futures to mid-life stories and the return of the…

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'Vintage has become its own luxury status symbol'

Vestiaire's Samina Virk on the rise of 'archival fashion' and 'trophy vintage' Source link

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Sergio Leone on the role that made Eastwood a movie star

AlamyClint Eastwood was catapulted to film stardom when he played a brooding gunslinger in Sergio Leone's first Spaghetti Western, A…

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