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“Communication” by John Doyle – A charged introduction to Sin and Consolation | imaginary

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🔥 Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Fiction,Books,Culture 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: CDoyle's first novel tells the story of Mac O'Brien, a young man who went to seminary to study for the priesthood but was asked to leave because he had no real calling, so he returned to his family home in Wales to decide what to do with his life. He finds himself drawn to take part in a local theater production – playing a schoolboy in Owen Shears' now-legendary The Passion of Port Talbot, an immersive, community-led re-enactment of the crucifixion that…

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Diamante Review – A Glamorous 70’s Fashion Melodrama Is a Sumptuous Soap Drama | film

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💥 Check out this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Film,Period and historical films,Culture,Fashion,Life and style ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: ITo be honest, this comedy-drama set in a 1970s Rome fashion atelier sheds a slight light on the comedy, while the drama is definitely on the lower end of the scale, even a little silly at times. But there's something irresistible about it, especially if you're in any way sympathetic to queer-accented celebrations of women performed by powerful ensembles in the spirit of George Cukor's The Women, François Ozon's 8 Women, or the films of Pedro…

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Post your questions for Adam Scott | film

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✨ Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Film,Culture ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Adam Scott has been a familiar face since the '90s, appearing in everything from Hellraiser IV: Bloodline to Star Trek: First Contact, and comedies including Knocked Up and Step Brothers. You might remember him - and his beard - as a sarcastic boss arguing with Ben Stiller in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ("I was saying you know who looks good with a beard? Dumbledore, not you"), or interfering with timelines in Hot Tub Time Machine 2.It was his role as…

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Glenrothan Review – Alan Cumming returns home in Brian Cox’s big brother drama | film

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🚀 Discover this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Film,Drama films,Brian Cox,Alan Cumming,Scotland,Shirley Henderson,Whisky,Culture,Food 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: FOr his directorial debut, Brian Cox paints in very broad strokes and primary colours; Glenrothan is an emotional comedy-drama from screenwriter David Ashton about the turbulent reunion of two brothers in Scotland. It can be a bit dank, and at times resembles the comfort food shown on TV on a Sunday night, but the big picture will draw you in, and there are certainly some great panoramic shots of the highlands.Cox himself plays Sandy, the enthusiastic head of…

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Leeds Song Festival review – from haiku to hauntings in the evening that think outside the box | classical music

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🚀 Discover this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Classical music,Culture,Music,Folklore and mythology ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: toThe Eeds' high-profile celebration of the vocal arts continues to push the envelope. Two vastly different concerts were exemplary of director Joseph Middleton's determination to think outside the box while honoring the festival's roots in traditional concert.Haiku, which premiered last year in Minnesota, emerged from the fertile minds of baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Ian Burnside. The program, which lasts about 90 minutes, revolves around eight poems taken from a collection of haiku poems written by Japanese Americans who…

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An art lover in Paris wins a Picasso painting worth one million euros in a charity draw worth 100 euros | France

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✨ Explore this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: France,Pablo Picasso,Art,Europe,World news,Art and design,Culture ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: A Picasso painting worth more than €1 million (£870,000) has been won in a lottery by a software engineer from Paris who thought the whole thing might be a hoax.Ari Hodara learned he was the winner of the drawing on Tuesday when he answered a video call from Christie's auction house in Paris. “How can I be sure it's not a hoax?” asked the 58-year-old when he was told he was the new owner of the Spanish artist's…

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A ruined building, five Ghanaians and an elegant horse: the best photo of Ron Temin | Photography

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💥 Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Photography,Art and design,Culture,Ghana,Africa 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: TIt was taken in Labadee, a popular tourist resort in Accra, the capital of Ghana. You don't see this side of him often. People go there to enjoy the golden sands and nightlife, but they don't really integrate with the community that lives there. I wanted to show how they fish - in traditional canoes - how they rest, how they play.I love how this door looks in front of the ruined farm building. It represents the freedom of not…

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Why I embrace the latest not-so-cool things in games | games

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✨ Discover this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Games,Culture,Game culture,Shooting games 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WWhile researching women's experiences in multiplayer video games recently, I came across this thread on the subreddit about Bungie's newest live-action shooter, Marathon. “I've played a lot of shooters, and as a female-represented gamer, it's often a struggle,” it reads. "I've heard all the 'back in the kitchen' jokes...but Marathon was completely different, guys. I didn't have a single problem, and the people were incredibly kind and helpful...the community feels really welcoming to everyone."The response that received the most votes?…

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From clips to riffs and Vivaldi to Van Halen, classic and heavy metal are a natural pairing | classical music

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✨ Discover this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Classical music,Music,Culture 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: TThe question is not why, but why did it take so long? Heavy metal and classical music are being brought together, as the Philharmonia will do next week at the Forged in Sound: Heavy Metal Orchestrated concert, part of the Multititudes festival at the Southbank Centre.There is more that connects metal and classical music than separates them. Love the volume, turn the noise up to 11? From Black Sabbath to Stravinsky, check. The worship of virtuosity, speed, technique and instrumental extravagance,…

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Bridget Jones statue becomes permanent resident in Leicester Square: ‘It makes Londoners feel seen’ | film

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🚀 Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Film,Culture,Statues,Art and design,Bridget Jones' Diary,Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason,Bridget Jones's Baby,Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,London,Romance films,Comedy films,UK news ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: A statue of Bridget Jones in London's Leicester Square has gone a record 149 days without alcohol, cigarettes or ice cream - and her fast is set to be extended indefinitely.Originally designed to be in place for three years, the bronze statue was unveiled in November and has now been given permanent residence opposite the Empire Casino and next to the toilets, where…

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