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The Hound of the Baskervilles Review – Sherlock’s boutique laughs but fails to solve the real mystery | stage

The Hound of the Baskervilles Review – Sherlock’s boutique laughs but fails to solve the real mystery | stage

✨ Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Theatre,Stage,Culture,Arthur Conan Doyle πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: TTo get a sense of how exhausting this adaptation of Sherlock Holmes is, you only have to consider its predecessors. The joke is that there are only four actors representing the famous detective, his friend John Watson, several members of the Baskerville family, plus servants, neighbors and yoke, not to mention number 221B Baker Street, which is a windswept moor. The impossibility of achieving such a task comes at the expense of the theater itself: shaky props, hasty costume changes,…
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Move on stoicism! Why We Should All Embrace Nihilism – and Discover What Really Matters in Life | Friedrich Nietzsche

Move on stoicism! Why We Should All Embrace Nihilism – and Discover What Really Matters in Life | Friedrich Nietzsche

✨ Read this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Friedrich Nietzsche,Books,Philosophy books,Culture,Australian books βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: One of the tricks I developed in the late stages of my first pregnancy to prevent inquiries, concerns, recommendations and advice about having a baby was to refer to her impending birth as β€œthe end of the world.β€β€œI don't know,” I'd shrug. β€œWe'll see what things look like after the apocalypse.”It was an effective strategy. There's not a lot of advice you can give a woman who's openly planning to experience motherhood like nuclear fallout. I was skeptical, even…
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Neither saint nor sinner, Artemisia Gentileschi’s Mary Magdalene is evocatively alive | Art and design

Neither saint nor sinner, Artemisia Gentileschi’s Mary Magdalene is evocatively alive | Art and design

πŸ’₯ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Art and design,Culture πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: A Woman bangs her head back. Her eyes and mouth are closed but she is awake. With rosy cheeks, red lips, and long golden hair, she glows from a sharply lit flame in a room shrouded in darkness. Her fabrics range from a lace-trimmed shirt blouse β€” which slides down her right shoulder, exposing her porcelain skin β€” to a heavy yellow and purple material, and she appears to be alone. Unaware of our existence, they exist in a…
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Bath BachFest Review – Upbeat and uplifting music making | classical music

Bath BachFest Review – Upbeat and uplifting music making | classical music

πŸš€ Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Classical music,JS Bach,Festivals,Culture,Music πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: TTaking on the role of the late Amelia Freedman as Artistic Director of Bath Baqfest is no small task for Adrian Brindle, but his determination to breathe new life into the three-day festival is evident, not least in creating a Baqfest band that unites hugely talented players in the early stages of their outstanding careers.The energy and commitment of the young players was palpable, and in a concert of Handel, Purcell, Bach and Vivaldi, and their collaboration with an older…
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Obituary of Philippe Juliet | Clowns

Obituary of Philippe Juliet | Clowns

✨ Discover this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Clowns,Culture,France,Paris,Theatre,Comedy,London πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: In 1980, the Γ‰cole Philippe Juliet opened its doors in Paris to help performers find and celebrate their β€œinner fool.” The school quickly became a major destination for clown training, attracting theater students, actors and other curious people from around the world.Philip, who died aged 82 after suffering a lung infection, came up with the idea The game - He plays - Central to his teaching. For him, comedy was not about jokes, but danger: the moment when a performer risks failure…
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‘Deeply moving’: Netflix’s posthumous celebrity interview series is a marvel | television

‘Deeply moving’: Netflix’s posthumous celebrity interview series is a marvel | television

πŸ”₯ Discover this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Television,Netflix,US television,Culture,Television & radio,Jane Goodall βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: eExactly one day after actor Eric Dane's death, a new show has hit Netflix. Titled "Famous Last Words", it consisted of an interview with Eric Dane himself. While the timing of the journalist's release may at first appear coincidental at best and exploitative at worst, the reality of the interview was something else entirely.It turns out that Dane recorded the interview knowing full well that he was dying. Moreover, he did so on the understanding that it would…
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β€˜There are so many images I’d like to forget’: Julia Kochetova’s astonishing photographs of war in Ukraine | Photography

β€˜There are so many images I’d like to forget’: Julia Kochetova’s astonishing photographs of war in Ukraine | Photography

πŸš€ Discover this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Photography,Ukraine,Art and design,Culture,Europe,World news,War reporting πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: Julia Kochetova is unlike most of the people who cover Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the Guardian. The photographer lives in Kyiv; she is Ukrainian. It is her country that is being invaded, her friends who are being killed.The war that began in 2014 and brutally escalated on 24 February in 2022 has infused every part of her existence. It is fundamental to her life choices, her relationships, her friendships, her career (when she was younger she had…
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‘The musicians drank too much and slept on the floor of my barn’: Andrew Bird on producing cult album The Mysterious Production of Eggs | culture

‘The musicians drank too much and slept on the floor of my barn’: Andrew Bird on producing cult album The Mysterious Production of Eggs | culture

πŸ”₯ Discover this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Culture,Pop and rock,Music,Indie πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: Andrew Bird, singer, songwriter, violin, guitar, instrument, whistleWe had a family farm three hours west of Chicago, and when I was looking at potential studio spaces, I remembered some of the barns where my brother and I used to make hay bale forts when we were kids. One of them was in rough shape and had raccoons living in it, but I got a local carpenter to do the handyman work and did the normal stuff like the roof shingles.…
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BBC Full Immersion: Icelandic Chill review – Ambience, flower pots and drones on a diverse day of new music | classical music

BBC Full Immersion: Icelandic Chill review – Ambience, flower pots and drones on a diverse day of new music | classical music

πŸ’₯ Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Classical music,BBC Symphony Orchestra,Culture,Music πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: DDespite its modest population of around 400,000 – roughly the size of the city of Bristol – Iceland punches well above its weight artistically. Musicians from VΓ­kingur Γ“lafsson to BjΓΆrk, and composers from the so-called First Icelandic School regularly top the bill in concert halls around the world. But is there such a thing as the Icelandic sound?The Afternoon Program for Chamber and Choral Music suggested not to do so. By widening its network, the European mainstream of the…
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BBC apologizes again for Baftas N-word incident as show removed from iPlayer for re-editing | Baftas 2026

BBC apologizes again for Baftas N-word incident as show removed from iPlayer for re-editing | Baftas 2026

πŸ’₯ Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Baftas 2026,Baftas,BBC,Awards and prizes,Culture,Film,Media,iPlayer,Digital media πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: The BBC has issued a fresh apology for its handling of an incident at the Bafta Film Awards which saw the N-word broadcast during BBC One's coverage of the ceremony and remain overnight on BBC iPlayer. The BBC has now removed the show from iPlayer and says it will re-edit it amid growing backlash.The BBC said in a statement: "Some viewers may have heard strong and offensive language during the BAFTA Film Awards. This arose from verbal tics…
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