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As Disney's deal with Altman falls apart, what next for AI in Hollywood?
DOES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SPELL APOCALPYSE NOW OR A BRIGHT FUTURE? WILL ROGERS-COLTMAN REPORTS
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April 02, 2026
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First Night Magnificent Sink is just the thing in this star-powered Romeo and Juliet
Sadie Sink, the breakout star of Stranger Things who's already a Broadway veteran at 23, is a magnificent Juliet in Robert Icke’s powerful revival of Shakespeare's tragedy, physically delicate but with a steely passion.
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April 02, 2026
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Don't call single parents 'manosphere mums' — of course we're not the problem
Do I worry that, as a single mum, I'm more likely to raise a toxic boy?
3 min |
April 02, 2026
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ROXANNE FIRST IS ON TOP OF THE WORLD IN CAPE TOWN
The jewellery designer says you can't beat the South African city for incredible views, an up-and-coming food scene and sundowners on the beach
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April 02, 2026
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A lost female artist resurrected in all her sensual glory
Now here's a thing. At a time when female painters have never been more prized and sought-after, at the Royal Academy we find an almost unknown mid-17th-century Flemish female artist who would be at ease in any collection featuring Rubens and Van Dyck.
4 min |
April 02, 2026
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At the table Abéunbound is astonishingly, masterfully good
There is an idea that limitations give art life, that greatness comes from constraint.
3 min |
April 02, 2026
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Palm reading for the wellness age: can a hand scan really tell your health fortune?
If you were to imagine the setting for a fortune teller, an almost unnervingly pristine mews between Knightsbridge and Chelsea might not be the first place to spring to mind.
2 min |
April 02, 2026
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Freddie and Sophie Garland
The Freddie's Flowers founder and his wife have let colour and light bloom.
5 min |
April 02, 2026
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Get your own oil, says Trump — as King’s US visit confirmed
WHAT THEY SAY
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April 02, 2026
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'SUDAN HAS BEEN DESTROYED DUE TO THE EMIRATES'
A devastating war is tearing the African nation apart — and officials say the UAE is secretly arming the militia.
8 min |
April 02, 2026
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A day in the life Nutritionist Christine Bailey
The functional medicine practitioner lifts weights for muscle, says supplements are a must - and dances like no one is watching
2 min |
April 02, 2026
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Tóibín's tales of Ireland are already relics
James Joyce sincerely believed that his short story collection, Dubliners, the greatest in the language, could remedy the paralysis he diagnosed in Ireland.
3 min |
April 02, 2026
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'YOU CAN SAY MORE IN COMEDY. YOU CAN BE UGLIER, MORE PROVOCATIVE'
He ditched the 'next Bond' tag to become an Oscar-winning indie darling — now Riz Ahmed has turned the experience into a hit satirical show. So what did 007 fever teach him?
7 min |
April 02, 2026
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'THE DANCEFLOOR IS ESSENTIAL - IT'S A LIFELINE FOR PEOPLE'
Her dazzling music first came as balm to a nation in lockdown and won her the Mercury Prize — now Arlo Parks is in love, spreading the joy and embracing the sacred spaces of the club scene.
6 min |
April 02, 2026
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Howard Jacobson hates protests. So what does he do to fight antisemitism? Howl
This is an era of protest and, in the Selfridges salt beef bar, Howard Jacobson is talking about placards.
4 min |
April 02, 2026
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A boozy opera-and you're the star
On the sauce
1 min |
April 02, 2026
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One to Watch
AFTER LANDING THREE MAJOR TV ROLES IN ONE STANDOUT YEAR, CHLOÉ SWEETLOVE IS JUST GETTING STARTED
2 min |
April 02, 2026
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A hook-laden group therapy session from a star at the top of her game
As a truly deafening mass of whoops and hollers rings out around the London Palladium Lily Allen picking up a giant bouquet of flowers at the end of her nightly communal romantic exorcism it's hard not to think of the mixed reviews this show has so far received and wonder: what more did people want or expect?
3 min |
March 26, 2026
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HAMMER TIME: INSIDE LONDON'S SMASH AND GRAB CRIMEWAVE
The capital’s jewellers and luxury stores are under attack from gangs of brazen, machete-wielding robbers. Anthony France investigates what's fuelling the crisis
7 min |
March 26, 2026
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The DNA blame game: are we fated to follow our genetic destiny?
Early on in the new book by behavioural geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden, she recounts a letter she once received.
4 min |
March 26, 2026
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The Gulf crisis is bringing economic friction our way — it's time to max out your pennies
As ever, I was late to the exciting new trend of friction-maxxing, whereby, I understand, you stop doing things like ordering groceries online, going on Deliveroo for a bag of chips and travelling everywhere by Uber.
3 min |
March 26, 2026
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Hoppers without the hype is better than it's ever been
It has lived many lives, Shoreditch.
3 min |
March 26, 2026
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Fretting over a safe spot for your cash? Look to the unlikely world of rock'n'roll
As a guitar owned by David Gilmour sells for $14.5m, tripling its value in seven years, Chris Blackhurst looks at other memorabilia that could make your investment portfolio comfortably numb
5 min |
March 26, 2026
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'As a teen, make-up was fun — later it was about being attractive for men'
Model and campaigner Charli Howard on reclaiming beauty from the male gaze
2 min |
March 26, 2026
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TALA ALAMUDDIN LAPS UP THE SERENITY OF LAMU
The accessories entrepreneur, and sister-in-law of George Clooney, sails a dhow through mangroves and soaks up the Swahili culture on Kenya's paradise island
4 min |
March 26, 2026
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ON A DAZZLING NIGHT FOR LONDON THEATRE, THE WINNERS ARE...
Cate Blanchett, Stephen Fry, Rachel Zegler and Hayley Atwell are among the star performers honoured at our glittering celebration of the capital's incredible stages
6 min |
March 26, 2026
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Shoot for the Moon: inside the US and China's rocky race to the lunar south pole
The United States comprehensively won its 20th-century space race with the Soviet Union in the summer of 1969 with Apollo 11.
2 min |
March 26, 2026
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Secrets behind the grit and glamour luring buyers to this Islington enclave
With its Georgian architecture and down-to-earth celebrity residents, it's time to embrace Barnsbury. By Ruth Bloomfield
5 min |
March 26, 2026
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Arteta must get creative after Eze injury blows hole in plan of attack
Arsenal's forwards are tiring and all-too predictable as they near the finish line in title race. By Matt Verri
2 min |
March 26, 2026
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Atequila-soaked trot to madness
One of the worst weeks of my life was when I contracted swine flu in 2009 while travelling through Mexico.
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