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The story behind City Lights and cinema’s greatest ever final shot

Simply the best? There are, of course, many rival claimants to the title of the greatest final shot in cinema

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The 600-year-old origins of the word ‘hello’

Hello around the world  While the English language settled on “hello” as its customary greeting, other languages forged their own.

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‘It’s always been bleak – but it’s got even darker’: How Industry became the most nightmarish show on TV

The HBO banking drama has just kicked off its fourth series, amid serious hype and with a starrier cast than

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The five most exciting head-to-head battles in the Oscars race

Winner of the best actor award at Cannes, he was widely considered a sure thing for an Oscar nomination until the

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Hero or brutal tyrant? The controversy over 16th-Century explorer Magellan

Although solid facts about Magellan’s life are limited, the narrative that often prevails is about his heroism. Diaz’s Magellan, on

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Eight quick fixes to revitalise your home

7. Vintage frames “From a sustainability standpoint, we already have so many objects in the world,” says artist Booth, whose 1970s

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16 of the most exciting films coming up in 2026

12. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping With or without Jennifer Lawrence’s heroic archer, Katniss Everdeen, audiences can’t get their

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12 of the best TV shows to watch this January

The Beauty premieres 21 January on Hulu in the US and 22 January on Disney+ in the UK Apple TV

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Why A Minecraft Movie was 2025’s most important film

The blockbuster based on the brick-building video game came top at the US box office – and, with their “chicken-jockey”

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The Salt Path and 2025’s most scandalous books

Getty ImagesVirginia Giuffre’s powerful posthumous autobiography Nobody’s Girl detailed her sexual abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and his