21 h. ago JFK got 'secret trailer park lover pregnant' and told her to 'have abortion', bombshell book claims

John F Kennedy's wild fling with a flight attendant he met in a bar has come to light after her family shared her personal diaries with the author of a bombshell new book

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45 h. ago Jeffrey’s Epstein’s reading list: Emails reveal pedophile’s Amazon picks from ‘Lolita’ to Woody Allen

‘To say I'm shocked is an understatement,’ one of the authors told The Independent upon learning his book was in Epstein’s library

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58 h. ago 'Spellbinding performances' in 'gripping' war film now streaming on Netflix

A gripping war epic — starring Chris Pine and Florence Pugh — charts an important era in Great Britain's history and the film is now available to stream on Netflix UK

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3 d. ago Outlander author Diana Gabaldon to receive honorary doctorate from Scottish university today

The author's iconic time-travelling fantasy book series has sold more than 50 million copies in dozens of languages worldwide.

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5 d. ago 'Finest war film ever made' with Hollywood icons airing today on BBC

The 1942 war film was a top-grossing film in the UK and was awarded an honourary Oscar for its US box office performance, and has been praised as the 'finest war film ever made'

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6 d. ago 'Must watch' war epic fans say is 'best film of all time' and will air on Film 4

A classic war and adventure film from the 1960s, which won seven Oscar awards and has been praised as 'phenomenal' and 'one of the greatest films of all time', is now available on Film 4

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6 d. ago 'Beautiful' period drama based on true story of Welsh icon on BBC tonight

The film has been described as 'gorgeous' by fans

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7 d. ago 'Haunting' war film leaves viewers 'completely stunned' on BBC tonight

The war movie, released in 2019 and directed by Sam Mendes, scooped up huge praise and attention as well as being a breakthrough role for leading actor George MacKay

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8 d. ago 'Epic' war film starring 'best ever actor' and boasting 100 per cent rating on BBC today

Fans of classic WWII movies should not miss this absolute classic of the genre, which stars the great Richard Burton

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9 d. ago 'Achingly sad' war film with 'transcendent performances' on BBC tonight

The film traces the life of famous British poet and decorated World War I combat veteran, Siegfried Sassoon, and it's all set to air at 11pm tonight on BBC2.

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1 week ago Writer who led the charge to cancel a fellow author during book racism row shares incredible video of herself sobbing

Monisha Rajesh, who is now an author in her own right, was one of the earliest critics of Clanchy's award-winning 2020 book Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me.

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1 week ago ‘Masterpiece’ war film fans say is ‘one of the best films ever made’ airing on TV tonight

It made history with its release in 1995 and tonight this iconic film will go down in the history books of your movie nights at home as it's set to air on Film4

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1 week ago Author finally receives apology from publisher four years after she was 'cancelled' during book racism row

Kate Clanchy initially found success with the release of her book Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me, but the prize-winning book soon faced a tirade of online criticism.

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1 week ago Salman Rushdie's new book is his first fiction since a brutal attack. He tells us why

Salman Rushdie's new book, “The Eleventh Hour,” marks a creative reset for the author

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1 week ago The many uses of leftover chutney, from breakfast to soups and glazes | Kitchen aide

With Christmas around the corner, our panel of experts recommends creative ways to finish off half-eaten jars before the new ones arrive Every Christmas I’m given chutney, and I still have four barely used jars. What to do with them before the next lot arrive? Christine, OxfordThis sounds like a job for Claire Dinhut, author of The Condiment Book, who also goes by the moniker Condiment Claire. She would approach this meal by meal, starting with breakfast. “It might not seem so obvious,” she says, “but I put Branston pickle on my avocado toast. If you think about it, you often add acidity, which is usually lemon, but chutney is punchy and has that same tang, as well as a bit of texture.” Regardless of what jars Christine has hanging around, Dinhut would also consider the breakfast bap: “Whether it’s spicy mango, peach, chilli or tomato chutney, that would be so delicious with an egg yolk.”Roger Pizey, executive head of pastry at Fortnum & Mason, is no stranger to Christine’s chut...

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1 week ago 'Beautifully shot' war film based on heartbreaking true story streaming now

After the outbreak of the Second World War, Austrian farmer and devout Catholic Franz Jägerstätter refused to fight for the Nazis

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1 week ago 'Classic' war film based on British officer's memoir on TV tonight

This British war film that was released in the 1950s and is based on the real-life of a famed British army officer who was imprisoned in Nazi Germany during World War Two.

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1 week ago Dunkirk actor Mark Rylance backs controversial white poppy movement to 'decolonise' Remembrance Sunday

Sir Mark Rylance, who starred in the World War II film Dunkirk, said next Sunday's event should 'refocus our every effort to avert war'.

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2 w. ago Lynne Ramsay on pushing Jennifer Lawrence to the brink in her twisted motherhood drama: ‘I make films my way’

She burst on to the scene with Ratcatcher and terrified audiences with We Need to Talk About Kevin. The Scottish film-maker’s latest stars Hollywood darling Lawrence, but it doesn’t flinch from the dark side of family lifeSeveral years ago, Martin Scorsese read Die, My Love in his book club. The novel, by Argentinian author Ariana Harwicz, follows an unnamed woman who moves with her husband to the middle of nowhere in France. Isolated and frustrated, she battles the confines of marriage and motherhood. She introduces herself to the reader as “a nutcase”, as “someone beyond repair”. She sets fire to ants, swears at her child, complains of its “constant clucking and grousing”. She speaks the unspeakable: “I’m a mother, full stop. And I regret it, but I can’t even say that.”Scorsese subsequently sent the novel to Jennifer Lawrence’s production company. He was convinced that Lawrence could – should, must – play the mother. In turn, Lawrence and her producing partner, Justine Ciarrocchi,...

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2 w. ago Timeless war film hailed 'one of the best movies ever made' is streaming

The war film has a 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes and has been called a "masterpiece"

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