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Keala settles into life after The Greatest Showman: ‘I ran from fear – I drank, took pills, all of that’ | platform

Keala settles into life after The Greatest Showman: ‘I ran from fear – I drank, took pills, all of that’ | platform

💥 Discover this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Stage,Culture 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: forShining in the fluorescent glow of her rehearsal studio on the south bank of the Thames, Keala Settle embodies a woman redefining herself in the court of public opinion. Playing former First Lady Mary Lincoln in Mrs. President, a bleak and unsettling stage production that begins a six-week run at London's Charing Cross Theater this month, she grapples with the turbulent inner world of Abraham Lincoln's wife, distorted by the media and eager to rewrite herself in the eyes of the United…
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Kids & Teens Roundup – Best New Picture Books and Novels | Children and adolescents

Kids & Teens Roundup – Best New Picture Books and Novels | Children and adolescents

🚀 Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Children and teenagers,Books,Culture,Fiction 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: The Good Deed Dogs by Emma Chichester-Clark, Walker, £12.99three very Good-natured dogs' attempts to help others keep backfiring with messy consequences—until they succeed in saving a kitten in this charming picture book.Auntie Bracelets by Dean Atta and Aliya Marley, Orchard, £12.99Everyone misses Auntie, especially the jingle of her jewels; But finally Theo and Rama are ready to wear her bracelets and dance to celebrate her memory. A sweet and poignant picture book about loss, joy, and memory.Grandpa's World by Michael…
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‘Village of the Damned was shot here – and then George Harrison moved in’: our UK City of Culture nominations | culture

‘Village of the Damned was shot here – and then George Harrison moved in’: our UK City of Culture nominations | culture

💥 Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Culture,Communities,Art,Kent,Cornwall,Hertfordshire,Edinburgh,West Yorkshire,Festivals,Art and design 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Ramsgate, KentWhy did Caesar, St Augustine, Hengist and Horsa make Ramsgate their first port of call on various crusades to England? Proximity to France? Easy landing beaches under cliffs? Lively arts scene?Perhaps - pending new archaeological discoveries - the first two, but there is no doubt that this part of Thanet has been on the move for a long time. Van Gogh, Turner, Pugin, Tissot and Sambourne used brushes on its streets. Everyone already knows about Dickens, but…
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Why is Robert Burns’ classic novel considered a masterpiece?

Why is Robert Burns’ classic novel considered a masterpiece?

🚀 Read this insightful post from BBC Culture 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Nannie and her colleagues are not happy to hear it: Tam has to flee on horseback with a horde of witches screaming in hot pursuit, "Wi 'mony an eldritch skriech and hollo." Fortunately for him, witches cannot cross running water, and the River Doon is located nearby. Tam managed to race over the bridge to safety, but Maggie the horse wasn't quite so lucky. Nanny grabs her tail as soon as she steps into Brigadier O'Don, and — spoiler alert — she's only left with…
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Harry Styles: Aperture Review – An upbeat, laid-back, laid-back track designed to embrace strangers on the dance floor | Harry Styles

Harry Styles: Aperture Review – An upbeat, laid-back, laid-back track designed to embrace strangers on the dance floor | Harry Styles

🚀 Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Harry Styles,Pop and rock,Dance music,Music,Culture 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: nAs the proud owner of six Brit hits, three Grammy Awards, and seven UK Top 10 singles, it's fair to say that Harry Styles has elegantly avoided the potholes that litter the path from former boyband member to solo star. His well-earned confidence means that instead of bridging the gap between 2022's Harry's House and last week's announcement of his fourth album - the confusingly titled Kiss All the Time. Disco, sometimes – with so many one-off releases,…
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‘Some artists thought it was too political’: Can Jarvis, Damone, Olivia Rodrigo and the Arctic Monkees reboot the biggest charity album of the ’90s? | music

‘Some artists thought it was too political’: Can Jarvis, Damone, Olivia Rodrigo and the Arctic Monkees reboot the biggest charity album of the ’90s? | music

✨ Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Music,Pop and rock,Indie,Charities,Kae Tempest,Pulp,Jarvis Cocker,Damon Albarn,Fontaines DC,Blur,Arctic Monkeys,Depeche Mode,Jonathan Glazer,Film,Culture,Oasis,Paul McCartney,Radiohead 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WWhen Kae Tempest was asked to contribute to a new track by Damon Albarn, which would also feature Fontaines DC frontman Grian Chatten, Tempest says he jumped at the chance. It wasn't just the artists involved, nor the fact that it was destined for a new compilation for War Child, called Help (2): a sequel to the charity's huge hit Help (2): After seven solo albums, Tempest began to think about working…
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Dumbphone owners have lost their minds

Dumbphone owners have lost their minds

🚀 Check out this insightful post from Culture Latest 📖 📂 **Category**: Culture,Culture / Digital Culture,Separation Anxiety 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: My friend Laila He is the cruelest person I know.She refuses to kill insects and mice. She once made me try homemade wine (disastrous). A few years ago, she left her food justice nonprofit job to live in a tent, and then went to grad school and moved into the attic, where her roommates were squirrels. Despite her will, I owned an iPhone for a while. She had no choice: the university director explicitly told her that she could…
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Tonight TV: Get ready to scream at the screen via the Traitors final | television

Tonight TV: Get ready to scream at the screen via the Traitors final | television

🔥 Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Television,Television & radio,Culture 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Traitors8.30pm on BBC OneSecret traitor. Fiona vs. Rachel. Family tree theory. And a naked handstand contestant on Instagram. It may not have reached the thrilling heights of the recent Celebrity series, but The Traitors provided the wicked excitement we needed this January. It's also given us a good group of believers who have already discovered the traitors - but will they make it to the end? Get ready to scream at the screen throughout the finale. Holly RichardsonAmanda and Alan…
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China’s AI business is taking on a life of its own

China’s AI business is taking on a life of its own

🔥 Explore this must-read post from Culture Latest 📖 📂 **Category**: The Big Story,Culture,Culture / Digital Culture,Love Language 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Jade met Joe Boyfriend online. Gu, a 26-year-old studying art theory in Beijing, was playing on her phone when she saw Charlie. She was immersed in an otome game, a romance-themed video game where women are the heroes. Charlie was a character.Some otome players date multiple men at once, but Go fell in love with Charlie - a tall, confident character with silver hair. But she found the game's dialogue system frustrating. She can only interact with Charlie…
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You’ve never heard of China’s greatest science fiction novel

You’ve never heard of China’s greatest science fiction novel

🔥 Check out this insightful post from Culture Latest 📖 📂 **Category**: The Big Story,Culture,Culture / Books,Country Fandom 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: A moment came in 2011. On July 23, two high-speed trains collided near Wenzhou, killing 40 people. The incident shocked the nation by seeming to reveal the costs of China's rapid pace of development. A prominent article captured this mood, and its headline became a rallying cry: “China, slow down, wait for your people.” The prose reads almost like a prayer: “China, please stop your flight, wait for your people, wait for your soul, wait for your morality,…
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