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A Day with David Bowie: How a Visit to a Psychiatric Clinic Changed Him – and His Music | David Bowie

A Day with David Bowie: How a Visit to a Psychiatric Clinic Changed Him – and His Music | David Bowie

πŸ’₯ Discover this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: David Bowie,Music,Brian Eno,Culture,Art,Australia news,Western Australia,Photography βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: FFrom Thin White Duke to Ziggy Stardust, and a recluse in Berlin to late-career elegance, David Bowie's oeuvre is defined by reinvention. As an artist, he was relentlessly attuned to the circumstances that might spark the next creative rupture. However, one crucial moment has slipped largely from the popular imagination: a day spent inside a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Vienna – a moment that was unexpectedly formative.In September 1994, Bowie and Brian Eno – who had…
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Syndicated Review – Ben Wheatley’s twisty sci-fi brings small-budget magic to big questions | film

Syndicated Review – Ben Wheatley’s twisty sci-fi brings small-budget magic to big questions | film

πŸš€ Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Film,Science fiction and fantasy films,Comedy films,Ben Wheatley,Sam Riley,Comedy,Culture πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: HeyOn a modest budget, director Ben Wheatley gives us a good old-fashioned sci-fi with plenty of naΓ―ve paranoia, questioning of reality and the prevalence of the multiverse, and features re-recorded comic book dialogue, giving the whole thing a sheen of dream-like realism. There are also a lot of weird special effects that work with Airfix models.Bulk is a film indebted to a mountain of pop culture references listed in Wheatley's handwriting in capital letters…
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Flower Bearers Review by Rachel Eliza Griffiths – A powerful portrait of loss and violence | Biography and memoirs

Flower Bearers Review by Rachel Eliza Griffiths – A powerful portrait of loss and violence | Biography and memoirs

πŸ’₯ Discover this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Autobiography and memoir,Books,Culture,Salman Rushdie πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: TThe night before her wedding to Salman Rushdie in 2021, American poet and novelist Rachel Eliza Griffiths was worried about her best friend. Kamla Aisha Moon was scheduled to read a poem at the ceremony, but no one heard from her. Her phone was going straight to voicemail, and staff at her hotel said she hadn't checked in. "We'll find her," Griffith's sister, Melissa, assured her. "She won't miss your wedding." But the next afternoon, in the middle of…
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Do you think panto season is behind you? Oh no, it’s not – some aren’t open yet stage

Do you think panto season is behind you? Oh no, it’s not – some aren’t open yet stage

✨ Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Theatre,Stage,Culture,Panto season,Nottingham Playhouse,Liverpool,Comedy,Comedy,Christmas πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: TThe Christmas decorations have been put down, the kids are back in school and New Year's resolutions have already been forgotten. It's mid-January, and the festive season is well and truly over - but not in the land of panto. Pantomimes are still performed in Liverpool, at the city's Royal Court and Everyman theatres, and at the Theater Clwyd in Mold, among other places. But will panto look different once the Christmas holidays are over and could it serve…
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From Ralph Fiennes to Jeffrey Wright: The Most Overlooked Performances of This Awards Season | Oscars

From Ralph Fiennes to Jeffrey Wright: The Most Overlooked Performances of This Awards Season | Oscars

πŸ’₯ Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Oscars,Ralph Fiennes,Jeffrey Wright,Amanda Seyfried,Kirsten Dunst,28 Years Later,Awards and prizes,Film,Culture,US news βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: eIn January, if not earlier, the awards narratives leading up to the Oscars take shape. While the details of Oscar nominations are never known in advance, and can always be counted on for some surprises when they are actually revealed, pundits, pundits and fans all go into this final stretch with a good idea of ​​who won't be nominated.Some of this is due to the endless spitting. But it's also easy to compile…
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Review Pole to Pole with Will Smith – Every Moment Is Great or Exciting | TV and radio

Review Pole to Pole with Will Smith – Every Moment Is Great or Exciting | TV and radio

πŸ”₯ Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Television & radio,Culture,Television,Will Smith,Environment,Exploration βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: HBollywood stars – they're just like us! Except when we want to go on a fun/massive rehab trip for ourselves and/or our career, we have to pay for it. And we generally don't get to go on a 100-day adventure across seven continents, with experts there to introduce us to their indigenous people, talk us through world-changing research being conducted in the most isolated places on Earth, show us wonderful new species to be found there that may contain…
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Mackenzie Scott donates $45 million to The Trevor Project

Mackenzie Scott donates $45 million to The Trevor Project

πŸ’₯ Read this insightful post from Culture Latest πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Culture,Culture / Culture News,Culture / Digital Culture,Active Support βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: Billionaire philanthropist Mackenzie Scott donated $45 million to The Trevor Project, a non-profit organization serving LGBTQ+ youth. This major gift comes just months after the Trump administration shuttered counseling services for LGBT youth through the federally funded 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline program, whose services are managed by The Trevor Project.In a blog post, Trevor Project CEO James Black called the donation β€œtransformational,” calling Scott’s gift the largest single donation the charity has ever received in its…
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TV Tonight: A cozy art competition in the Lake District television

TV Tonight: A cozy art competition in the Lake District television

πŸš€ Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Television,Television & radio,Culture,The Traitors βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: Landscape Artist of 20268 p.m., Sky ArtsKnown as the 'Queen of the Lakes', Derwentwater is home to the world's largest crayon - housed in the Derwent Pencil Museum in Keswick - and is the starting point for this year's art competition. Stephen Mangan is back to warm hosting duties, with some artists begging for sunlight to hit the water while working on their paintings. The first artist is chosen for the semi-finals - along with the wildcard artist -…
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Owen Cooper: How a Schoolboy Conquered the Golden Globes and Changed Acting for a Generation | Adolescence

Owen Cooper: How a Schoolboy Conquered the Golden Globes and Changed Acting for a Generation | Adolescence

πŸ’₯ Explore this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Adolescence,Television & radio,Culture,UK news,Drama,Netflix,Golden Globes,Golden Globes 2026 βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: Standing on stage at the Golden Globe Awards in front of Hollywood's elite, Owen Cooper said the experience simply "wasn't real."The 16-year-old from Warrington took home the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in Netflix's incel drama series, Adolescent, which was one of the big winners at the ceremony and has dominated the cultural conversation about male toxicity for much of 2025.Adolescent's success at the Golden Globes (it took home four awards) follows its win…
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Lovers and Fighters: How Les Liaisons Dangereuses Reveals Christopher Hampton’s Feelings | Christopher Hampton

Lovers and Fighters: How Les Liaisons Dangereuses Reveals Christopher Hampton’s Feelings | Christopher Hampton

πŸ”₯ Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Christopher Hampton,Theatre,Stage,Culture,National Theatre πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: I Christopher Hampton, who celebrates his 80th birthday this month, was once called β€œthe quiet man of British theatre”. By this I mean that he was less inclined to express his opinions in opinion pieces than his contemporaries such as David Hare and David Edgar. The term also indicates that his plays have a less idiosyncratic style than, say, the works of Harold Pinter or Tom Stoppard. But I suspect that Hampton's respect for the classic virtues of objectivity, clarity,…
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