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Hachi: Licorice Review โ€“ Stunning dream music with welcome flashes of depravity | music

Hachi: Licorice Review โ€“ Stunning dream music with welcome flashes of depravity | music

โœจ Check out this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Music,Australian music,Culture,Pop and rock ๐Ÿ’ก Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: AAlmost all of Hachi's music could easily fit into a coming-of-age film. Her songs, for the most part, are hazy musings on puppy love and the devastation that follows; They yearn for a redemption that feels fateful and annoyingly out of reach. You can imagine Harriet Pilbeam's Melvรฉe harmonies soundtracking a high school prom speckled with refracted disco ball flashes, or envision her woolly guitars over a montage of light-hearted teenage debauchery. These are pre-made pieces of…
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This new sci-fi from the Breaking Bad creator is ‘one of the smartest shows of 2025’

This new sci-fi from the Breaking Bad creator is ‘one of the smartest shows of 2025’

๐Ÿ”ฅ Discover this insightful post from BBC Culture ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: โœ… Key idea: This intriguing series from Vince Gilligan stars Better Call Saul's Rhea Seehorn, who plays a sarcastic woman living in a world where people suddenly feel happy all the time. The result is George Orwell meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers.If a mysterious man is speaking to you directly by name through your television set, and you are not dreaming or hallucinating, it is safe to assume that the world has changed. How and why is the question in creator Vince Gilligan's exhilarating new Breaking Bad and…
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Paul Kelly: Seventy Reviews โ€“ Reflections on Aging from a Greater Musician Than Ever | Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly: Seventy Reviews โ€“ Reflections on Aging from a Greater Musician Than Ever | Paul Kelly

๐Ÿ”ฅ Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Paul Kelly,Pop and rock,Folk music,Music,Australian music,Culture โœ… Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: pOl Kelly is 70 years old and has never looked older. He's just headlined his first arena tour โ€” which sold out. In an industry as ageist as Australian music, this is a great career path; There has been no sudden revival of interest, nor a belated rediscovery of his vast catalogue. Slowly, over the course of a career spanning fifty years, Kelly became ubiquitous.Over-familiarity comes at a price. There are people who never listened to…
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Shirley Valentine gave Pauline Collins a role that matched her talent. She captured it with elegance and joy film

Shirley Valentine gave Pauline Collins a role that matched her talent. She captured it with elegance and joy film

๐Ÿš€ Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Film,Culture,Comedy films,Comedy,Upstairs Downstairs ๐Ÿ“Œ Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: pOlin Collins was a smart, funny and sexy actress in the 1970s who became a well-known star on both sides of the Atlantic on the British TV show Upstairs, Downstairs and the Downton Abbey of her day.Collins upstairs, downstairs. Image: ITV/ShutterstockShe played Sarah, a vulnerable saloon maid with a dodgy past, who has an affair with the handsome chauffeur Thomas, played by Collins' real-life husband, John Alderton. It was a TV marriage that audiences loved and continued on the…
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The Celebrity Traitors final review โ€“ what an absolute blur! | Traitors

The Celebrity Traitors final review โ€“ what an absolute blur! | Traitors

๐Ÿ”ฅ Read this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: The Traitors,Television,Culture,Television & radio ๐Ÿ’ก Key idea: DDoes he play blinder? Or did the Believers really play it โ€” I mean sensationally, exceptionally, and astonishingly poorly? We'll argue about this on social media a lot, but either way, the winner of the first - but certainly not the last - series of The Celebrity Traitors is the dastardly Alan Carr. When we were first cast in this collection of gowns, handcuffs and terse instructions that we have come to know as presenter Claudia Winkleman, we thought he…
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Martin Frost: BACH Album Review โ€“ Silky-eloquent clarinetist brings freshness and fun | classical music

Martin Frost: BACH Album Review โ€“ Silky-eloquent clarinetist brings freshness and fun | classical music

โœจ Explore this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Classical music,Culture,Music ๐Ÿ’ก Main takeaway: pProbably every musician worth his salt will turn to JS Bach sooner or later. The German composer died before the clarinet as we know it today was created, but Martin Frost, whose playing is as eloquent and silky as ever, makes the short but sweet selection of this recording very much his own.Artwork by Martin Frost: Bach. Image: Sony ClassicThere's an intimate feel to the whole thing, which was recorded at Frost's studio in the Swedish countryside, where his fellow musicians sleep.…
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Michael: The first trailer for controversial Michael Jackson biopic has been revealed | the biography

Michael: The first trailer for controversial Michael Jackson biopic has been revealed | the biography

๐Ÿš€ Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Biopics,Michael Jackson,Film,Culture,Music,Pop and rock,US news ๐Ÿ“Œ Main takeaway: The first trailer for the Michael Jackson biopic has hit the internet after reports of a troubled production.Filming of Michael was completed in May 2024 and the film was originally scheduled for release in April 2025, a date that was then pushed back to October, but reshoots were needed in June, pushing it back to April 2026.There were then further reports that the film was being split into two parts, but the first trailer now suggests that it will…
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Celebrity Traitors Final – Live | Traitors

Celebrity Traitors Final – Live | Traitors

๐Ÿ’ฅ Explore this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: The Traitors,Television & radio,Culture,Television ๐Ÿ’ก Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: While we wait for the show to start, please enjoy highlights from The Guardian's extensive coverage of celebrity traitors over the past few weeks.Analysis of the series by former contestant Paul GortonMichael Hogan HighlightsZoe Williams interviews Tom DaleyAlan Carr vs. Celia Imrie, mentioning the fartEl Hante's visit to the Castle of TraitorsAnd finally, the predicted ranking of contestants I wrote up back in May that was so clearly astonishingly wrong. As always, you're welcome.ShareFor those of you who…
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Actress Shirley Valentine Pauline Collins dies at the age of 85 | film

Actress Shirley Valentine Pauline Collins dies at the age of 85 | film

๐Ÿš€ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Film,Culture,Television,Willy Russell,Stage,Theatre,Drama films,Drama,UK news,Television & radio ๐Ÿ’ก Key idea: Shirley Valentine actress Pauline Collins has died at the age of 85, her family has announced.They added that she died peacefully, surrounded by her family at the care home in Highgate, north of London, after suffering from Parkinson's disease for several years.Collins starred in the first series of the BBC comedy The Liver Birds, but did not become a household name until landing a regular role on Upstairs, Downstairs in 1971. She married fellow actor John Alderton…
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A Voice That Still Carries: Aimee Mann’s Greatest Hits โ€“ Ranked! | Pop and rock

A Voice That Still Carries: Aimee Mann’s Greatest Hits โ€“ Ranked! | Pop and rock

๐Ÿ’ฅ Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Pop and rock,Culture,Indie,Music โœ… Main takeaway: 20. Build This Wall (1999)Aimee Mann has had hits and acclaim from critics and her peers, but the feeling that she is undervalued persists. A beguiling song like Build That Wall might explain why: on the surface it sounds straightforward and easy on the ear, but beneath its soft, sweet surface lies searing lyrics and real emotional power.19. Until Tuesday - (I Thought You Were) Lucky (1988)Mann (right) in 'Til Tuesday, with Robert Holmes, 1985. Photography: John Kish Archive/Getty ImagesA song…
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