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Florence’s angels of mud
First came a devastating flood.. then a city’s battle to save its cultural heritage
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Nic Aubury: Repeat to Fade
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How you can star in a hit novel (and support torture victims at the same time)
A literary festival that reminds us of the healing power of words
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What’s the point of the Dr. Strangelove revival?
Yes, it’s amusing - but Steve Coogan is no Sellers and this can’t match the Kubrick classic
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What two suits and a parrot say about modern art
A London exhibition featuring Joseph Beuys and two more key conceptual artists feels dated if occasionally thrilling
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Blitz, Steve McQueen at his finest
Textured and monumental, Blitz is the work of a great British director at the height of his powers
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The artist who embraced human imperfections
What he saw as the blandness of tradition bore little or no resemblance to the world he knew and the art he wanted to create
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Joe Green and a name to envy
What links Philip Glass, Volodymyr Zelensky and Giuseppe Verdi?
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The simple, elegant luxury of Vichy
The water is beloved thanks to its saltiness and the fact that it is a distinctly natural alternative to booze
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Belfast and furious: The rise and rise of Kneecap
The Feargal Sharkey-approved hip hop trio are tearing up the world with message-based rap that’s neither hectoring nor earnest
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Beauty in a flow of words
From James Joyce and Jerome K Jerome to Eliot and Alice Oswald, a personal pick of the greatest writing about rivers
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We are what we drink
Humanity’s profound physical and spiritual link with water
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Nic Aubury 4-line poem: Dear Americans
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A Greek king stalks the West End
A new production of Oedipus shows how it should be done
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You need to read this book on Ukraine
The story of Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko captures the reason why the country must fight, why it must win and why the west needs to support it all the way
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The triumphant return of Dr. Strangelove
Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s streaming, cinema, theatre and books
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Lehman Brothers collapses… again
A good show first time round is back for an ill-advised encore
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The concert promoter who took a stand
Graham was one of the most high-profile critics of Reagan’s visit to Bitburg. It was personal
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The same but different
Contronyms – words like ‘sanction’ and ‘cleave’ – are a puzzling phenomenon in English, in that they have two opposite meanings
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The drama of white truffle season
In the high season Alba is a frenetic, whirling fungal infection of a time
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Cinema’s last revolutionary
Thomas Vinterberg founded Dogma 95 and changed the movie industry for ever. Is another revolution possible – and what would it look like?
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An exhibition at a moment of vital importance
In a tense year, a new Athens exhibition celebrates our precious freedom to vote
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Nic Aubury’s 4-line poem: On death and holidays
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The American war on literature
Across the US, the authorities are banning books. If Trump gets into the White House, the censorship could get even worse
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No wonder Donald Trump hates The Apprentice
Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s streaming, cinema, theatre and books
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Theatre review: Felicity Kendal shows she is still on top of her game in Filumena
A play that’s as light and refreshing as a glass of champagne
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The hunt for the golden owl is over
Europe's greatest ever treasure hunt is over, leaving thousands bereft
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Dilettante: The internet I loved is disappearing fast
Online life has changed over the past five years or so, and not for the better. The algorithm has taken over entirely
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René Lacoste, the tennis superstar who became a fashion pioneer
The Frenchman won seven Grand Slam singles titles in the 1920s before becoming an innovator in the world of sportswear and tennis equipment
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Fishing for gold in Paris
The word repechage was heard regularly at this summer’s Olympics, but its modern usage bears little relation to its original meaning
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Matthew d’Ancona’s Culture: Music, mayhem and murder in Todd Phillips’s Gotham sequel
Joker: Folie à Deux takes music and makes it a medium for deception, pain and lethal misunderstanding
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Josh Barrie on food: A little slice of France in the heart of London
Le Beaujolais, London’s oldest French wine bar, is a timeless haven of wit, warmth and wonder