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Eight of the best podcasts of 2026 so far

In Creation Myth, De Groot ponders the question: to breed or not to breed? A compellingly raw audio memoir, it

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Six reasons why it was the best Oscars in years

Popular wins all round Frankenstein, which won three Oscars, and KPop Demon Hunters, which won two, are both Netflix films

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Eight of the world’s most stunning penthouses

This is one of four bedroom suites, its corner position giving views over the bay of San Francisco from two

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Ryan Gosling’s space epic is ‘a mind-stretching sci-fi’ ★★★★☆

Luckily, he’s not quite alone. It turns out that another spacecraft is on the same mission from a different planet,

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Research shows older women are winning more Oscars – here’s why

The most recent study from Annenberg also found that from Hollywood’s top 100 films last year, there were only four

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How Crash pulled off the most shocking win in Oscars history

Yet as much as Crash presented a flawed cross-section of LA society “crashing into each other”, as Don Cheadle’s weary

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The moment Cher wore the ultimate ‘revenge’ outfit

Since then, the phrase revenge dress has increasingly been used in celebrity culture. Revenge dresses as they are understood by

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10 of the best films to watch in March

Alamy 9. Project Hail Mary If you fancy a deeply researched story of a scientist stuck on his own in

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The darkness behind British artist LS Lowry’s famous city scenes

The ‘matchstick men’ association Lowry hid behind a down-to-earth facade, but this unpretentious attitude may have led some to dismiss

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11 of the Winter Olympics’ most striking images

7. Mass and motion Getty Images Transformed by a photographer’s lens into smudgy speed lines accelerating behind the carefully calibrated