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Review of Tony Blair’s story – perhaps it would have been good to do some closer analysis of his time in office | Tony Blair

Review of Tony Blair’s story – perhaps it would have been good to do some closer analysis of his time in office | Tony Blair

🔥 Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Tony Blair,Television,Television & radio,Culture,Documentary,Politics,Factual TV đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: eThe first episode of Michael Waldman's new three-part autobiography is subtitled "Who Are You?" In addition to his usual work of collecting archival clips and interviewing his subject's colleagues and rivals to build a picture of past events, Waldman interviewed Tony Blair, his wife Cherie, and several of their children in an attempt to capture the character of the politician who was twice re-elected as Britain's prime minister. The question is: What kind of man is Blair?It's an…
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“People in Awe”: An Exhibition Unveils the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead | Exhibitions

“People in Awe”: An Exhibition Unveils the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead | Exhibitions

✨ Discover this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Exhibitions,Egypt,Art and design,Culture,Museums,Art,New York đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: IIn the ancient world, the journey to eternal bliss was not easy. For the Greeks, you'll have to take a ride with Charon across the River Styx and hope to be one of the lucky few to make it to Elysium. If you lived among the ancient Aztecs, your journey to Mictlán involved many struggles, including climbing a mountain made of obsidian and crossing a desert where there is no gravity and you are buffeted by tremendous winds.For the…
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‘Bald, rawhide skinny, just under six feet tall’: The real soldier behind Robert Duvall’s role in ‘Apocalypse Now’ | film

‘Bald, rawhide skinny, just under six feet tall’: The real soldier behind Robert Duvall’s role in ‘Apocalypse Now’ | film

🚀 Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Film,Robert Duvall,Apocalypse Now,US military,Vietnam war,Culture,US news,World news âś… **What You’ll Learn**: TActor Robert Duvall, who died this week, was known for many memorable movie roles, but none were better than his breakout turn as Stetson-wearing Lt. Colonel Kilgore in Apocalypse Now. In Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War epic, Duvall plays a helicopter squadron commander who flies into battle with Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" blaring from the speakers and uttering the immortal phrase: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."Duvall's scene-stealing portrayal earned him two…
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TV tonight: Inside a famous potato factory – and its controversial new flavours television

TV tonight: Inside a famous potato factory – and its controversial new flavours television

đź’Ą Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Television,Television & radio,Culture 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Dismantling Walkers: Inside the Crisp Factory8pm on Channel 4Hot honey chips, anyone? The controversial new flavor is one of a few launched as part of Walkers' rebranding. In this program - which verges on being an infomercial - cameras are invited to watch the birth of potato chips from soil to shelf, and to go into the kitchen to learn how flavors like chicken masala and sticky teriyaki are invented. Holly RichardsonDeath in heaven9pm, BBC OneThe death of a kindly…
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Interviews revealed that L. S. Lowry believed his paintings would be worthless L. S. Lowry

Interviews revealed that L. S. Lowry believed his paintings would be worthless L. S. Lowry

đź’Ą Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: LS Lowry,Ian McKellen,Painting,North of England,BBC Two,Manchester,BBC,UK news,England,Art,Art and design,Culture,Greater Manchester,Documentary 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: L. S. Lowry was convinced that his paintings would be worthless after his death, he confided in a never-before-heard interview.Although the artist had some success in his later years, Lowry never imagined that he would become one of Britain's best-loved artists or that his paintings would sell for millions of pounds.Going to the Match, his 1953 painting depicting crowds of spectators streaming into a football stadium, sold for ÂŁ7.8 million in 2022.Half a…
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British pop star Skye Newman: ‘I come from a vulnerable background and there are vultures in this world’ | Pop and rock

British pop star Skye Newman: ‘I come from a vulnerable background and there are vultures in this world’ | Pop and rock

🔥 Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Pop and rock,Music,Soul,R&B,Culture,Brit awards 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: AAlthough she is on her way to pop stardom, with two Brit Awards nominations next week, 22-year-old Skye Newman lives in a cottage beneath her sister's garden in London. It's the backdrop to the music video for her song Hairdresser, which has 7.5 million views on YouTube. In the clip, she is seen wearing make-up, with her hair in rollers, as she hangs out with a group of friends. She licks her fingertips to roll a cigarette, and laments…
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“I like being around other peasants like me!” …Danny and Danny Dyer’s battle to save Britain’s cruise holidays | television

“I like being around other peasants like me!” …Danny and Danny Dyer’s battle to save Britain’s cruise holidays | television

✨ Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Television,Danny Dyer,Television & radio,Culture,Travel đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: “You wouldn't see Olivia Colman doing that shit, would you?” Danny Dyer jokes as he cleans a bin at Priory Hill and Knotts Farm Holiday Park in Kent.But over the past year - while filming the return of hit Disney+ series Rivals - the actor and his daughter Dani have been spending weekends on the Isle of Sheppey, filming The Dyers' Caravan Park (Sky One) in a bid to boost the fortunes of Priory Hill and make caravanning…
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QuickShot II Joystick Review – 80s Clicks and Vibrations Lovingly Recreated | games

QuickShot II Joystick Review – 80s Clicks and Vibrations Lovingly Recreated | games

đź’Ą Discover this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Games,Culture,Retro games âś… **What You’ll Learn**: nNostalgia is big in the modern gaming industry. Ironically, the most tech-obsessed art form on the planet is no less keen on the past than cinema and music. And to prove it here, we present the new version of the legendary QuickShot II, a plastic joystick from the early 1980s that didn't even exist Which Good first round. However, it was cheap and resembled an actual joystick on a fighter plane, thanks to its multiple fire buttons and ergonomic column. If…
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Shenoa Allen: Bloodthirsty Summer Review – Weapons and slaughter as the “Son of Satan” seeks to know himself | platform

Shenoa Allen: Bloodthirsty Summer Review – Weapons and slaughter as the “Son of Satan” seeks to know himself | platform

✨ Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Stage,Theatre,Culture,Soho theatre,Comedy âś… **What You’ll Learn**: SHenoah Allen swallows up the characters that surround him. They run in his face and out of his mouth. He's a magnet for eccentricity, imitating the idiosyncrasies of the people he grew up with: his grandmother's lipstick eyebrows; The arm candy of his big-hearted uncle.In this winding collection of anecdotes from the comedian's high-octane upbringing in New Mexico, Allen—best known as one half of the influential comedy duo The Pajama Men, kings of mime and improv—finds his own dressing box,…
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Road Review – Johnny Vegas pulls punches in bitter response to Thatcher’s Britain | platform

Road Review – Johnny Vegas pulls punches in bitter response to Thatcher’s Britain | platform

đź’Ą Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Stage,Theatre,Culture,Royal Exchange đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: SElena Cartmell's vision of Jim Cartwright's play is great. Too large to fit inside the regular ring of the auditorium, even when the director uses the full height of the interior space, sending her actors up the stairs and making them exit the upper level. What's more, before the show and in the interim, its production extends to the wider building.Leslie Travers' set is scattered like so much post-industrial rubble in corners, where, if you get there early and time…
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