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Read moreLast year she got sober and an official diagnosis. It’s not the first time a new understanding about herself has reframed the Sydney artist’s music – and life
Read moreThe novelist receives passionate AI-written emails almost every day – but when he decided to take up one sender’s offer to find him new readers, the story took a darker turn
Read moreCate McHugh was congratulated by her coach Sir Tom Jones after she was crowned winner on Saturday.
Read moreAnnilese Miskimmon’s new production of Puccini’s complex drama unmoors it from its church and state settings, but there are few gains, only losses in her radical reading. Christopher Purves’ brutish Scarpia, however, is terrific
Read moreAs deadpan spoof documentarian Philomena Cunk returns with a new series on cinema, her creators discuss meeting J-Lo, their worst ever jobs – and why artificial intelligence is like mad cow disease
Read moreThe maximalist, heart over head adaptation of the romantic tragedy made stars of its leads and became an English teacher’s most trusted weapon for Bard-averse students Romeo + Juliet is not the most renowned or beloved of Shakespeare’s plays, but it is perhaps the most foundational. The 16th-century tragedy, a story of love-addled teenagers and white-hot resentment, is often an English student’s first introduction to the bard’s oeuvre – more accessible and relatable to teens, with its plaintive lust and histrionic mood swings, than the more austere machinations in, say, Macbeth, Hamlet or Othe
Read moreRapper Pos of the hip hop greats favours Barry White for the bedroom and sobs to Stevie Wonder, but which cheese-rock hit does he love on the sly?
Read moreCelebrities have been embracing the scariest day of the year by dressing up as sport stars, dismembered limbs and unsold concert tickets.
Read moreVasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic’s take on Strauss’s tone poem is full of darkness and light, with an impressionist’s eye for details
Read moreThe late actor’s co-stars in Logan and Anthony and Cleopatra remember dog impressions, marching band-conducting and a fervent belief in fun
Read moreTake the plunge with shrimps, starfish and tawny nurse sharks. Plus, a mysterious, gambling-themed “quiz event” with Bradley Walsh. Here’s what to watch this evening
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