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How Monet’s paintings changed the way we see London

Christie’s Images A new exhibition charts how Claude Monet’s revolutionary, fog-shrouded visions of the Thames would “irreversibly alter how London

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How James Cameron’s ‘science-fiction slasher film’ predicted our fears about AI, 40 years ago

Alamy Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, the 1984 blockbuster The Terminator has become synonymous with the dangers of superintelligent machines. But it

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How a shocking drag queen became a mainstream icon

Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) The late muse of director John Waters, Divine delighted in inspiring outrage and disgust on

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Six books to help understand the US and its politics

Bloomsbury Press, University of California Press, W W Norton & Company (Credit: Bloomsbury Press, University of California Press, W W

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The Grace of Phantom Pain

I dread mornings. I wake to a world without my daughter in it. Jess died nine years ago. She was

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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

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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

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When Denmark held the first ever same-sex civil unions

Getty Images Denmark became the world’s first country to offer legal recognition of gay partnerships on 1 October 1989, and

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12 of the best films to watch in October 2024

Niko Tavernis From Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix pairing up to Anna Kendrick making her directorial debut and a Donald

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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