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Cillian Murphy talks Peaky Blinders: the best podcasts of the week | TV and radio

Cillian Murphy talks Peaky Blinders: the best podcasts of the week | TV and radio

🚀 Read this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Television & radio,Culture,Podcasts 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Choose the weekImmortal manAhead of the release of Peaky Blinders, Edith Bowman and Bucky Lee (who played Johnny Dogs) give an in-depth look at the series. Surprisingly, since it is a Netflix production and can be watched on Netflix, it works well in both audio and video form. From wide-ranging chats with creator Steven Knight about 19th century masculinity to Cillian Murphy delving into the research he undertook to play Tommy Shelby, it's a great companion piece for fans. Alexey…
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Orwell went to fight. I Thought I Should Do the Same: Raoul Peck on His Intimate Relationship with the Writer | Documentaries

Orwell went to fight. I Thought I Should Do the Same: Raoul Peck on His Intimate Relationship with the Writer | Documentaries

🔥 Discover this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Documentary films,Film,Culture,George Orwell,Books ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: 'I “I have to admit, George Orwell was not at the top of my list of authors who I thought fit my current worldview,” says Raoul Peck from his book-filled Parisian apartment. This outlook – anti-imperialist, intellectually curious, and fiercely independent – ​​has been shaped by an extraordinary life. Beck was born in Haiti, and grew up under the violent Duvalier regimes, before his family fled in 1961. He was educated in what is now the Democratic Republic of the…
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Oscars 2026: the red carpet, the ceremony, the winners – follow the action live! | Oscars 2026

Oscars 2026: the red carpet, the ceremony, the winners – follow the action live! | Oscars 2026

💥 Check out this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Oscars 2026,Film,Culture,Sinners,One Battle After Another,Hamnet 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureStuart HeritageI don’t know if you’re following the AP red carpet feed but, if you are, you’re missing some of the most frenzied commenting I have ever seen. I have become particularly enamoured with the YouTube user who has spent the last 25 minutes typing ‘WHERE IS JAVIER BARDEM?’ into the chatbox every few seconds. I truly pray that Javier Bardem turns up at some point,…
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Fast to Draw: The Universal Allure of Drawing 100 People a Week | art

Fast to Draw: The Universal Allure of Drawing 100 People a Week | art

💥 Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Art,Australia news,Canada,Art and design,World news 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: IIf you're lucky, you might spot Liz Steele sitting in the corner of a sun-soaked Sydney café, pencils and water-soluble markers in hand. Half a world away, Mark Taro Holmes leads his sketchbook into the freezing streets of Montreal, “like a bear emerging from hibernation.”The duo are co-founders of the #OneWeek100People Challenge, an informal global initiative that asks artists to draw 100 people in seven days. The challenge, which is in its 10th year, took place this week,…
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“Siegfried wants to have a good time, kill the dragon, meet the girl”: Andreas Schager on Wagner’s young bully | Opera

“Siegfried wants to have a good time, kill the dragon, meet the girl”: Andreas Schager on Wagner’s young bully | Opera

✨ Check out this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Opera,Classical music,Culture,Music,Royal Opera House,Richard Wagner 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: AAndreas Schagr rushed through the door, crossed the room in one step and seized my hand in a tight clasp. “Sorry I'm sweaty,” he smiled. “You forged Nothong!” It's midweek lunchtime in the busy back office of London's Royal Opera House, but crafting a magic sword is a morning's work for the world's most sought-after Wagnerian leading man. Currently in rehearsals for Siegfried – the third painting of the Ring Cycle's new show at Covent Garden –…
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Hannah Gadsby: The Obamas watched Nanette as a family. I apologize for spoiling their evening’ | Hannah Gadsby

Hannah Gadsby: The Obamas watched Nanette as a family. I apologize for spoiling their evening’ | Hannah Gadsby

🚀 Read this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Hannah Gadsby,Comedy,Stage,Comedy,Culture 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: She recently released a free special called Woof!, in which she plays a sock puppet. I think the question would be - why?I'm just tired of seeing you. Well, well, there are a lot of different reasons. I'm a little tired of seeing myself reflected. Also, there are a lot of situations now and everything seems the same. People don't watch stand-up comedy anymore, it's usually second or third screen. It's happening in the background. That's why I wrote an album…
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The planned reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer has been cancelled, says Sarah Michelle Gellar | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The planned reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer has been cancelled, says Sarah Michelle Gellar | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

✨ Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Buffy the Vampire Slayer,Television,Hulu,Culture,Television & radio,US news 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Buffy The Vampire Slayer will not be returning, its star Sarah Michelle Gellar has announced, saying a reboot of the 1990s supernatural fantasy series has been cancelled.Hulu, the Disney-owned streaming platform, has decided not to pick up the planned sequel, according to the actor.It was reported last year that the '90s series would return as Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale, with Gellar returning as Buffy Summers.The series was to be directed by Chloé Zhao, the…
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Trapeze and Artists: Restoring the World’s Oldest Circus to its Original Glory in Paris | circus

Trapeze and Artists: Restoring the World’s Oldest Circus to its Original Glory in Paris | circus

🔥 Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Circus,Paris,France,Stage,Culture,Europe,World news ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: For more than 170 years, Cirque d'Hiver, the oldest circus in the world, has been the scene of many amazing acts.In 1859, gymnast Jules Lyotard — whose name became synonymous with the one-piece — captivated audiences by launching himself from one swinging trapeze to another without a safety net for the first time in public.Half a century later, when circus artist Rosa van Bean married animal trainer Joseph Pollione, the pond was set up inside the circus' lion cage; In 1955,…
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Oscars 2026: Who will win, who should win, who should have been in the running? | Oscars 2026

Oscars 2026: Who will win, who should win, who should have been in the running? | Oscars 2026

🚀 Read this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Oscars 2026,Oscars,Film,Awards and prizes,Culture 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Best photowill win: SinnersShould win: Secret agentShould have been a competitor: MastermindBest directorwill win: Paul Thomas Anderson for battle after battleShould win: Paul Thomas Anderson for battle after battleShould have been a competitor: Kleber Mendonça Filho for the movie The Secret AgentMain competitor...Sinners. Photo: Warner Bros. Entertainment/PABest Actorwill win: Michael B. Jordan For SinnersShould win: Timothée Chalamet for Marty SupremeIt should be competitive: Josh O'Connor for MastermindBest Actresswill win: Jesse Buckley for HamnetShould win: Jesse Buckley for HamnetShould have…
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Edvard Munch’s formative influence on Paola Rego is revealed in the unearthed painting | Paula Rego

Edvard Munch’s formative influence on Paola Rego is revealed in the unearthed painting | Paula Rego

🔥 Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Paula Rego,Edvard Munch,Painting,Art,Art and design,Culture ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: He is the towering modernist artist of the Nordic countries. She is the most influential figurative painter of the Iberian Peninsula. But for decades, no one realized that there was a line of influence between Edvard Munch and Paula Rego.Now, the discovery of an early painting and previously overlooked letter by the late Rigo has revealed the formative role the Norwegian painter played in shaping the Portuguese artist's work and career.When Rigaud died in 2022, at the age…
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