When it first returned to our screens, people said Gladiators was a tired format. They had clearly forgotten the joy of watching half-clad hulks with silly names go to battle, says superfan Helen Pidd as she heads backstageWhen Gladiators is filming at the Sheffield Arena, it feels as if everyone is...
This weekend promises a Hollywood showdown with films including Sinners, Marty Supreme and One Battle After Another up for major awardsAfter a year that was notoriously close to call (did anyone initially see Anora emerging as the ultimate victor?), this awards season feels a little easier to scope...
From the greatest cartoon racing game in history to a remastered version of an Alien-inspired sci-fi shooter, here are the Switch’s must-play games• The 15 best games to play on the Nintendo Switch in 2025Although the Nintendo Switch 2 has been out for several months, not everyone has made the leap...
From Jorge Luis Borges to George Orwell and Margaret Atwood, novelists have foreseen some of the major developments of our age. What can we learn from their prophecies?This year marks 100 years& since the first demonstration of television in London. Elizabeth II sent the first& royal email in 1976....
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Ravishing actors, charged glances, buttocks like pneumatic hams … this is one steamy love story. But it’s far more than just a porny sport-based bodice-ripperI was surprised to learn that ice hockey romance is a genre, a popular one. Surprising, but it makes sense. Love in a cold setting has a fairy...
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I had been a member of the Children of God for two decades, but was growing disillusioned with its controlling behaviour and worrying sexual practices. Then I heard Michael Stipe’s lyrics and was set on a path to freedomIn 1991, I was living in a commune with 200 other people in Japan, as a member o...
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An enemy-to-lovers romance in hit Canadian show Heated Rivalry. Plus: a fresh new look for Casualty on its 40th anniversary. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, Sky Atlantic Continue reading...
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You can tell a lot about someone from the vehicle they drive, as Martin Roemers’ collection of photographs show. Introduction by author William BoydIn my novels I find that I very rarely write “a car” or “a van” or “a lorry” – I always tend to specify the marque and the model, often with some pedant...
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Hoddinott Hall, CardiffAn imaginatively programmed concert featured Anders Hillborg alongside Sibelius and Shostakovich – with Alban Gerhardt the impeccable soloist in the latter’s second cello concertoCadavre Exquis was the game – akin to Consequences – in which surrealist artists such as Yves Tang...
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The high-finance melodrama returns, darker than ever, and David Lynch’s nightmare in suburbia gets another outing in the cinema. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews Continue reading...
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Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley play the Shakespeares in an emotional Maggie O’Farrell adaptation, while The Change creator returns to standupHamnetOut now Bring the tissues for this emotional Oscar hopeful which sees Paul& Mescal and Jessie Buckley star as& none other than William Shakespeare and h...
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Harold Pinter theatre, LondonCrudup and Denise Gough lead a tense adaptation that turns the film into a debate play whose McCarthy-era roots resonate powerfully todayHow do you turn a classic Hollywood western into West End musical fare? Add songs, many of Bruce Springsteen’s in this case, along wit...
Mitchell Bird also had no insurance on his car