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When TV pop shows were rubbish A crucial history lesson for the EU How the Sagrada Família became the world’s most-visited building site plus The Game of Thrones star who fell into a sinister cult
Watching the recent Eurovision Song Contest, I was staggered once again by the spectacle of the presentation. Nearly every song is staged as a full production number, with video walls, fire and explosions, CGI elements, immaculate cutting...
Should Lesley Manville win a Tony next weekend, it would be another major milestone in an acting career that has been the ultimate slow-burn. For Manville, who turned 70 earlier this year, has gradually transformed from respected actress...
Few Western actors have covered themselves in glory over Ukraine and Iran, but the European Union has done worse than most. Over the past four years, it has been repeatedly blindsided by events, from Russia’s 2022 fullscale invasion of Ukraine,...
Tony Palmer’s arts documentaries – mainly about music and, as his career progressed, more about classical composers and musicians – have won countless awards. I think almost all are available on DVD (I have a whole shelf of them at home) and...
When Pope Leo XIV visits the Sagrada Família in Barcelona on June 10, he will mark the 100th anniversary of its creator’s death. Antoni Gaudí, an enigmatic Catalan architect, died aged 73 from injuries suffered when he absent-mindedly stepped in...
