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Inside eight fashion designers’ homes that match their owners’ clothing aesthetic

Robyn Lea When fashion people pour their creativity into their homes, the results can be tactile interiors that visitors may

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How revolutionary band MC5 soundtracked US counterculture

Alamy (Credit: Alamy) They emerged from 1960s Detroit with an explosive sound that paved the way for punk. As a

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Julie Taymor on turning The Lion King into the most successful musical of all time

Emmanuel Lafont Disney’s stage version of their hit film is an unmatched global phenomenon. Twenty-seven years on from its premiere,

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Six books to help understand the US and its politics

Bloomsbury Press, University of California Press, W W Norton & Company (Credit: Bloomsbury Press, University of California Press, W W

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Bella Freud on ‘frock consciousness’ and her new podcast

Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Bella Freud/ Getty Images (Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Bella Freud/ Getty Images) With her intimate new podcast,

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Doris Day and Rock Hudson on Pillow Talk, the risqué romcom

Getty Images Released in this week in 1959, Pillow Talk challenged Hollywood’s conservative morality, cleverly navigating restrictions on how bedroom

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Why Gang of Four’s Entertainment! was the most blistering debut album of all time

Andrew Corrigan (Credit: Andrew Corrigan) The British post-punk band’s 1979 LP was a revolutionary mix of abrasive guitar and subversive

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10 of the best films about US presidential elections

Yun Sun Park/ BBC/ Alamy The tension is building in the race for the White House – and that tension

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Could Amadeus be the most misunderstood Oscar winner ever?

Alamy (Credit: Alamy) Released 40 years ago this month, Miloš Forman’s best picture-winning Amadeus is often accused of historical inaccuracies

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Wuthering Heights: Hollywood’s worst casting decisions

Getty Images The news that Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are starring in Emerald Fennell’s take on Emily Brontë’s romance