29 h. ago Big Brother's George Gilbert sparks house feud as fans slam 'rude' star

The controversial star has found himself at the centre of yet another row

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35 h. ago Big Brother fans 'uncover' George Gilbert's role in EastEnders

Big Brother viewers are convinced that they have spotted housemate George Gilbert in EastEnders after the actor failed to mention his role in the BBC soap

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36 h. ago Big Brother fans 'expose' George Gilbert's role in EastEnders

Big Brother viewers were left 'shocked' to see a housemate on the long-running BBC soap

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37 h. ago Gilbert & George review – a pulsating panorama of sex, violence and glorious urban grime

Hayward Gallery, LondonFrom the calling cards of male sex workers to shocking headlines about murder, the octogenarian pair see and incorporate everything, resulting in a show that seethes with lifeThe first picture in Gilbert & George’s retrospective of their art of this century is a portrait of them sitting in a cemetery amid floating drug baggies, their suits bright purple (George) and green (Gilbert) against the grey gravestones. It sums up a stillness, a sadness and a romantic passion that breathes in this show – but you won’t notice it straight away. Instead you’ll be carried along in a rush of cheeky provocations and ludicrous juxtapositions of word and image: a joyous embrace of modern life or even, pardon my French, a jouissance.The pictures tower and expand in this perfect brutalist setting as if you’re walking through a city of art – a dirty, disreputable city. Ages (2001) is a yellow and red slab almost the scale of a cinema screen on which their blandly smiling face...

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37 h. ago Gilbert & George, water lilies and a Ferrari circuit: photos of the day – Monday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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40 h. ago The best of Gilbert & George's new Hayward exhibition: 'They draw our attention to humanity'

Rachel Thomas from Hayward Gallery reveals her favourite pieces from Gilbert & George’s immense new exhibition, 21st Century Pictures

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5 d. ago Tottenham takeover latest as £21bn businessman issues update

Tottenham revealed last month that they had turned down a £4.5 billion takeover offer, one that would have set a new world record, led by former DJ Brooklyn Earick.

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1 week ago Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir has raised eyebrows – but she always comes out on top | Emma Brockes

A new tale from the longtime purveyor of self-love is both horrific and poorly done, and nobody’s sure how to respondIf you are someone who reads multiple news sources a day, a fun way to occasionally spend your time over the last few weeks would have been to watch how critics and commentators have grappled with a hard problem. It is not, admittedly, as hard as the problem of grappling with consciousness. But it is hard enough that the famous assurance by Glennon Doyle, lifestyle coach and thought leader, that “we can do hard things,” remains relevant. I am talking about the problem of how we talk about All the Way to the River, Elizabeth Gilbert’s new memoir – specifically, how to be kinder and more measured about it than the book really deserves.As you may know if you are one of the 30 million people who bought Eat Pray Love, one of the tens of millions who have read Big Magic or one of her other novels, or simply one of her 1.2 million followers on Instagram, Gilbert recently pub...

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2 w. ago Little House on the Prairie star responds to Jason Bateman claiming he was HAZED on set of beloved show

Little House on the Prairie icon Melissa Gilbert has responded to Jason Bateman's claims he was 'hazed' by his fellow child stars on the hit show.

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2 w. ago Haunting letter left by husband and wife who were found dead at their home

Husband and wife, Tony and Phyllis Gilbert, were discovered deceased at their home in Ireland in November 2021, and a letter was found pinned to their door stating eight chilling words

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2 w. ago Husband and wife were found dead at home after leaving a note pinned to the door and a recording for the police

Tony and Phyllis Gilbert, both 83, were found dead in their bungalow at Dromneavane, Kenmare, Co. Kerry, Ireland shortly after 10am on November 14, 2021.

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2 w. ago Husband and wife were found dead at home after leaving an eight

Tony and Phyllis Gilbert, both 83, were found dead in their bungalow at Dromneavane, Kenmare, Co. Kerry, Ireland shortly after 10am on November 14, 2021.

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3 w. ago Couple, 83, with terminal cancer found dead in home after leaving chilling note

Tony and Phyllis Gilbert, both 83, were found dead at their home in Kenmare, Co Kerry, in November 2021, after leaving a chilling note on their front door

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3 w. ago Did Elizabeth Gilbert really try to murder her dying addict girlfriend?

All the Way to the River is a revelatory new memoir from the Eat Pray Love author

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3 w. ago All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert review – excruciating to read

The Eat Pray Love author’s account of her relationship with her late partner Rayya is solipsistic and self-indulgentThe first chapter of Elizabeth Gilbert’s much anticipated new memoir closes on a four-page love letter to Gilbert from her late partner Rayya, who, dead for five years, comes to her in a “visitation”. In Rayya’s voice, Gilbert calls herself babe, baby, or “sunshine baby” multiple times, emotes in all-caps, and grants herself permission to write the details of Rayya’s terrible, humiliating final year. “Let me just look at you for a minute,” “Rayya” says to Liz. “Look at your little rainbow eyes! Look at your sparkling tears! You’re so beautiful!” The letter is deeply self-indulgent and excruciating to read. “You’re going all the fucking way this time – all the way to the enlightenment.”I believe that the dead are gone and that artists don’t need their permission to evoke them. But I was stunned that this solipsistic mess opens the book, because Gilbe...

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4 w. ago Oprah Winfrey selects Elizabeth Gilbert's new memoir for her book club

Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick is Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir, “All the Way to the River.”

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4 w. ago She was the queen of the spiritual memoir – so how did Elizabeth Gilbert end up plotting to murder her girlfriend?

The beloved author behind ‘Eat Pray Love’ returns with a beguiling tale of drug abuse, addiction, and co-dependent love. While it’s a notable shift in subject matter from the woo-woo spirituality of her most famous work, much more interesting is the book’s repositioning of Gilbert from everyday woman to wise guru, writes Annabel Nugent

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