66 h. ago You be the judge: my partner painted the walls, but left me to do the edges. Am I right to be angry?

Helen had broken her wrist so Freddie reached for the roller but he’s no details man. You decide who’s painted themselves into a cornerI’d broken my wrist – if you offer to decorate for someone who is injured, you should do it allShe knows I’m not a details guy – I don’t want to mess up the part I know she can do perfectly Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Art for Everybody review – the dark side of Thomas Kinkade, ‘painter of light’

The extraordinarily popular painter of kitsch American scenes struggled with addiction and depression, as this documentary with access to his previously unseen works showsYou won’t find the works of Thomas Kinkade lining the walls of the Museum of Modern Art, yet the painter, who died in 2012, is one of the best-selling artists in history and his paintings hang in tens of millions of American households. Kinkade’s typical subjects – rustic landscapes, sleepy cottages, quaint gazebos – bask in an idyllic calm, a luminous callback to a fabled simpler past. Turning to his unpublished archive, Miranda Yousef’s engrossing documentary portrait unveils the dark shadows that lurked within the self-titled “painter of light”.Through interviews with family members, close collaborators and critics, as well as Kinkade’s own words, the film traces his meteoric success in the 1980s and 90s. Shunned by the art world, he marketed his works through home-shopping television channels and a network of f...

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9 d. ago Edgar Lungu: Former Zambian president who left chequered legacy dies aged 68

Edgar Lungu’s death comes six months after a court ruling prevented him from running for president again

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2 w. ago Ryan Reynolds talks Adult Star Wars with sex, swearing and bloody grit – are you ready for the R Rated?

The Deadpool star and his idea to bring a darker, more adult edge to the galaxy far, far away, but is this better left in a galaxy far, far away?

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2 w. ago Simon Cowell's fiancée reveals why they don't hang out with the Beckhams in the Cotswolds

The Britain’s Got Talent judge, his partner and their 11-year-old son Eric live in a lavish £8 million farmhouse in Oxfordshire

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2 w. ago Hollyoaks second death 'exposed' as fans 'work out' twist that changes everything

Hollyoaks viewers have been left on the edge of their seats following the latest episode of the popular Channel 4 soap as corrupt copper DI Banks was finally exposed

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2 w. ago Drivers face Bank Holiday headache as their cars get stranded underwater in flood

At least six vehicles were left too close to the water's edge at picturesque Burnham Overy Staithe on Sunday, causing them to be submerged by the rapidly rising tide.

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2 w. ago Don’t go up the wall: how to pick paint colours for your home

Having prepared paint for The Block’s contestants, I understand the pressure to achieve interior design perfection. But choosing colours need not be excruciating “We offer 15,000 whites. Pick any three.”I more often give this advice to female clients, since in 40 years restoring, colour-matching and consulting I’ve seen most domestic décor decisions made by women. Apart from any cultural aspect, studies of human biology suggest a reason: only one in 200 women is colour blind compared with one in 10 men (even more, I suspect, are partially afflicted). Tetrachromacy – the ability to see a far broader range of colours – is also only found in females. Continue reading...

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