9 h. ago Bono: Stories Of Surrender trailer offers a glimpse of his one

The film includes footage of him performing the songs that shaped his career.

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32 h. ago Nicole Kidman finally returns to iconic role after four years in first

Nine Perfect Strangers fans have finally been offered a glimpse at the show's second season, which is going to be available to stream next month.

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8 d. ago Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles raised her daughters to win – her memoir explains how she did it

Since her famously private daughter Beyoncé rarely speaks out, Tina Knowles offers a rare glimpse into their iconic family in her memoir, ‘Matriarch’. Helen Brown explores the love, loss, and trauma that the mother and writer believes is woven into her DNA

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9 d. ago ‘Ours was inspired by the Empire State Building!’ The chaotic brilliance of the UK’s biggest self

It is a place where a Disney-ish castle, complete with turrets, sits near a scaly ‘pangolin’ house. But is Graven Hill now straying from the DIY vision that made its anarchic jumble of styles so mesmerising?What would the world look like if Kevin McCloud had his way? What if each of us had the chance to build our very own Grand Design, letting our streets be lined with personal visions, liberated from the identikit brick boxes offered by the usual big housebuilders?A glimpse of this world exists, sort of, on the outskirts of Bicester in Oxfordshire, where the country’s biggest self-build experiment has been under way for 10 years. Graven Hill is a place where rooftops tilt, zigzag and bulge, where windows come in circles, squares and triangles, or poke out from unexpected places. There are balconies fashioned from glass, steel and rustic timber clinging to facades of stone, brick, wood and render, along with every type of fibre-cement board available. Wandering the freshly tarmacked...

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1 week ago Charming UK market town with no tourists 'perfect for a staycation'

This market town in Northumberland may seem modest but it is home to an abundance of historical monuments - offering a glimpse into the Hadrian era as well as views of the surrounding countryside

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2 w. ago Rare letter offers glimpse into Bram Stoker’s early thoughts on Dracula

‘Lord forgive me. I am quite shameless’, author playfully wrote in note weeks after horror novel published in 1897He had just unleashed one of the most famed gothic horror books on the world, a blood-curdling classic that chilled readers and has inspired countless authors, film-makers and video game developers ever since.But a rare note that Bram Stoker wrote only weeks after Dracula was published in 1897 gives a glimpse into the playful fun he must have had with the novel. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Pillion, Phoenician and Panahi: superb lineup set to extend Cannes’ Oscar

After a tricky few years, the world’s pre-eminent film festival has come roaring back and is set to feature new work by Kelly Reichardt, another Joachim Trier drama starring Renate Reinsve and Cannes icons the Dardenne brothersThe Cannes film festival selection has been unveiled by its director Thierry Frémaux, with all its auteur heavyweights and cineaste silverback gorillas, including new work by Kelly Reichardt, Julia Ducournau, Ari Aster, Wes Anderson, Joachim Trier and Carla Simón. Tom Cruise’s final Mission: Impossible movie is showing out of competition; Robert De Niro is getting an honorary Palme d’Or – and probably treating audiences to a characteristically tightlipped onstage interview – and Bono arrives at the red carpet for Andrew Dominik’s documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender. Actor turned director Scarlett Johansson comes to Cannes with her Eleanor the Great, a quirky New York tale starring veteran player June Squibb.There is also, of course, an appearance from the B...

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3 w. ago Astronomers spot two stars the size of Earth headed toward a violent explosion

This discovery offers a glimpse into the dramatic and explosive fates awaiting some of the universe's most fascinating objects

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3 w. ago It came from outer space: the meteorite that landed in a Cotswolds cul

Meteorite falls are extremely rare and offer a glimpse of the processes that formed our world billions of years ago. When a space rock came to an English market town in 2021, scientists raced to find as much out as they couldBy Helen Gordon. Read by Sasha Frost Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Classified files and MI5 spy artefacts to be exhibited for the first time

The exhibition will offer the public a first-ever glimpse into MI5's private collection

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