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‘This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion’: 30 authors on the books they give to everyone
Colm Tóibín, Robert Macfarlane, Elif Shafak, Michael Rosen and more share the novels, poetry and memoirs that make the perfect giftI love giving books as presents. I rarely give anything else. I strongly approve of the Icelandic tradition of the Jólabókaflóðið (Yule book flood), whereby books are gi...
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My cultural awakening: The Lehman Trilogy helped me to live with my sight loss
My reduced vision badly affected my ability to appreciate films and art, but the stripped-back staging and immediacy of the play gave me back my sense of selfI began to notice my sight deteriorating in my 40s, but not just in the way that you expect it to with age. I had night blindness and blind sp...
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Stranger Things to The Lowdown: the seven best shows to stream this Christmas
The smash hit sci-fi nostalgia-fest reaches the end game on Boxing Day – so brace yourself for blockbuster whoppers. Plus: Ethan Hawke is a dirt-digging ‘truthstorian’ in a quirky drama full of heart – and more Emily in Paris! The concluding episodes of the Duffer brothers’ smash-hit coming-of-age,...
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TV tonight: who will make it to the Strictly Come Dancing final?
Amber, George, Balvinder and Karen battle it out for a chance at the glitterball trophy. Plus: get in the spirit with some festive bangers. Here’s what to watch this evening6.35pm, BBC One Continue reading...
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Elastic limbs, fantastical accents and crackling sexual chemistry: Dick Van Dyke turns 100
The goofy star of Mary Poppins becomes a centenarian on Saturday. And what a precocious performer he has proved, sustaining scrappy mischief through seven decades of mainstream entertainmentAll Hollywood stars grow old and die except perhaps one - Dick Van Dyke - who turns 100 today. The real world...
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From Eleanor the Great to Emily in Paris: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut stars the 96-year-old June Squibb, while Netflix’s lovable tweefest sees its heroine move to RomeEleanor the GreatOut nowJune Squibb stars in Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut, which premiered at Cannes and tells the tale of the eponymous Eleanor, a senior...
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LSO/Pappano review – Musgrave’s Phoenix rises and Vaughan Williams’ London stirs the soul
Barbican, LondonAn all British programme featured music by Thea Musgrave, Vaughan Williams and William Walton, with Antoine Tamestit an expressive and sensitive soloist in the latter’s Viola concertoAntonio Pappano’s evangelical embrace of British music continued apace in a concert featuring a welc...
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Lurker to Our Girls: the week in rave reviews
A buzzy thriller about a Hollywood hanger-on and a moving documentary following the parents bereaved in last summer’s Southport attack. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews Continue reading...
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‘A master of complications’: Felicity Kendal returns to Tom Stoppard’s Indian Ink after three decades
The writer’s former partner and her co-star Ruby Ashbourne Serkis describe the bittersweet nature of remounting his 90s play so soon after his death• ‘We were swimming in the mind pool of Tom Stoppard!’ – actors salute the great playwrightI won’t, I promise, refer to Felicity Kendal as Tom Stoppard’...
Elderly man dies after mobility scooter and van involved in crash on busy Ilkeston road
The driver of the van involved is helping officers with their inquiries
More tower blocks could be on the way after Derbion project approved
Derby's chief planning office praised councillors for approving a scheme with a 19-storey building in the city centre
New Derby city centre car park is £4 for all-day parking
Situated in the Cathedral Quarter, the car park is ideal for shoppers and is among the cheapest in the city centre
Authorities reach agreement after tug-of-war over use of former Heanor Grammar School
The Grade II listed former school, after standing derelict for ten years, recently underwent a £5m transformation
'Danger to life' warning issued as Derbyshire homes 'could be flooded' amid heavy rain forecast
The Met Office has said fast flowing or deep floodwater is possible