CULTURE

11 of the best TV shows to watch this April
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- . April 2, 2025
HBO (Credit: HBO) From the return of HBO’s zombie apocalypse thriller to Michelle Williams in a provocative new role. Amazon

Why the quaint paintings of Thomas Kinkade divided the US
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- . March 30, 2025
(Image credit: The Kinkade Family Foundation) Beloved by many, despised by others, Thomas Kinkade’s quaint rustic scenes and his wholesome

ESPN’s Monica McNutt on the future of women’s college basketball after Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese
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- . March 27, 2025
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) Does the success of women’s college basketball hinge on big names or can it build

Author Ann Patchett on writing amid chaos
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- . March 24, 2025
Natassja Ebert (Credit: Natassja Ebert) In the latest episode of Influential, US writer Ann Patchett shares how seeing kindness around

How The White Lotus reveals the hidden codes of male nudity on screen
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- . March 21, 2025
Warner Bros Discovery (Credit: Warner Bros Discovery) Full-frontal male nudity in all three series of The White Lotus has provoked

Jean-Luc Godard on the film that changed cinema
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- . March 18, 2025
Getty Images Stylish and experimental, Breathless heralded a new era of film-making when it was released 65 years ago. In

Wynton Marsalis on how jazz connects democracy and liberation
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- . March 15, 2025
Natassja Ebert Wynton Marsalis says his approach to performing was influenced by his father (Credit: Natassja Ebert) Wynton Marsalis made

Why celebrities and Gen Z women love the jacket-and-tie look
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- . March 12, 2025
Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images From the catwalk to the red carpet, the jacket-and-necktie combo is back for women –

Expect to ‘age out’ of your career, says Vera Wang
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- . March 9, 2025
Natassja Ebert (Credit: Natassja Ebert) From making history as Vogue’s youngest-ever fashion editor to creating a gown fit for a

How Lampedusa’s The Leopard skewered the super-rich
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- . March 6, 2025
Lucia Iuorio/ Netflix (Credit: Lucia Iuorio/ Netflix) Lampedusa’s mid-20th-Century novel The Leopard became a bestseller, then a revered film –