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The Black Crowes: A Pound of Feathers review – pathos and profanity elevate rock ‘n’ roll like no other | music

The Black Crowes: A Pound of Feathers review – pathos and profanity elevate rock ‘n’ roll like no other | music

🔥 Explore this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Music,Pop and rock,Culture âś… **What You’ll Learn**: TTime is not linear for Chris and Rich Robinson. When their group The Black Crowes debuted in the late 1980s, the music was deep in one of its magical transitional eras, where technological advances had ushered in an unexpected future where techno, hip-hop and acid house left rock 'n' roll sounding like an old score. The Robinsons clearly didn't get that memo, arriving in a glow of paisley and patchouli with an Otis Redding-inspired cover that dragged their Stax mainstay…
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Snoop Dogg, pig fights and the wrong kind of snow: Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan talk Peaky Blinders | film

Snoop Dogg, pig fights and the wrong kind of snow: Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan talk Peaky Blinders | film

🔥 Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Film,Peaky Blinders,Cillian Murphy,Rebecca Ferguson,Culture,Barry Keoghan,Tim Roth,Netflix,BBC đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: IIn June 2023, Barry Keoghan texted Cillian Murphy to wish him a Happy Father's Day. The pair had shared the screen six years earlier in Dunkirk. “Cillian and Colin [Farrell] “I'm a huge fan of them, and I always keep in touch with them,” Keoghan says. A response from Murphy came shortly after: “Thank you. Would you like to play my son in Peaky Blinders?”Murphy remembers it a little differently: he was the one who initiated…
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How do these attract you, my dear? Nancy Sinatra’s Top 20 Songs – Ranked! | Nancy Sinatra

How do these attract you, my dear? Nancy Sinatra’s Top 20 Songs – Ranked! | Nancy Sinatra

🔥 Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Nancy Sinatra,Music,Pop and rock,Culture âś… **What You’ll Learn**: 20. The last secret agents? (1966)Before she sang a Bond score, Nancy Sinatra recorded a parody of one of her own: twangy guitar, brass mocking John Barry, and all. The brilliant lyrics – “Never caught a spy I'm told / Never caught a cold” – meant the preposterous new recordings of the mid-1960s were no better.19. Don't Let Him Waste Your Time (2004)Sinatra's eponymous 2004 album gained attention for Morrissey's participation, but "Let Me Kiss You" sounds blatantly…
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Naples Museum allows visually impaired visitors to experience art through touch | Museums

Naples Museum allows visually impaired visitors to experience art through touch | Museums

đź’Ą Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Museums,Italy,Blindness and visual impairment,Culture,Europe,Society,World news đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: The Sansevero Church Museum in Naples will allow dozens of visually impaired visitors to participate in a rare tactile experience, allowing them to touch famous works of art including the Veiled Christ, widely regarded as one of the most striking masterpieces in the history of sculpture.On March 17, the museum will host an initiative called La meraviglia a portata di mano – a wonder within reach – organized in partnership with the Italian Federation of the Blind and…
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‘People will actually sleep’: How Claudia Winkleman faces the biggest week of her TV career | television

‘People will actually sleep’: How Claudia Winkleman faces the biggest week of her TV career | television

đź’Ą Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Television,Claudia Winkleman,Talk shows,Television & radio,Culture đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: 'T“They gave me a talk show,” Claudia Winkleman says in the trailer. "Agreed, wrong. It might hurt." This sarcastic self-deprecation continued into the official announcement. “Obviously I would be terrible,” she said. “This goes without saying, but I'm thrilled that the BBC has allowed me to try.”Friday the 13th – Lucky for viewers? The 54-year-old hosts the inaugural edition of the chat show that bears her name. The Claudia Winkleman Show may not have the most exciting…
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Venice Biennale risks losing EU funding due to Russia’s planned participation | Venice Biennale

Venice Biennale risks losing EU funding due to Russia’s planned participation | Venice Biennale

đź’Ą Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Venice Biennale,Italy,Art and design,Europe,Culture,World news,Russia,Ukraine âś… **What You’ll Learn**: The European Commission has warned that it will cut funding for the Venice Biennale if organizers go ahead with plans to include Russia.The committee reiterated that any breach of ethical standards by the art festival would be treated as a breach of contract, leading to the suspension of the €2m (ÂŁ1.7m) agreement.Commission spokesman Thomas Rainier said he could not anticipate a decision by EU lawyers on whether the contract had been violated, but stressed that the decision to…
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Philharmonia/Alsop/Weilerstein Review – The Difficult Mute for Audio Drama | classical music

Philharmonia/Alsop/Weilerstein Review – The Difficult Mute for Audio Drama | classical music

🚀 Discover this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Classical music,The Philharmonia Orchestra,Marin Alsop,Culture,Music đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: THere are the spaces that enhance performance—the spaces that subtly hone, refine, or clarify—and those that hinder it. A recent concert at the Philharmonia Orchestra's residence at Canterbury's Marlowe Theater indicates that this beautiful building is sadly among the last. The sound system is not so much dry as dry, revealing the slightest imperfections and providing all the anechoic room ambiance.Dynamo Orchestra's principal guest conductor, Maren Alsop, presumably knew what she was up against, having made her local…
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Nemanja Radulović: Prokofiev Album Review – Thrills and Spills from a Brave Violinist | classical music

Nemanja Radulović: Prokofiev Album Review – Thrills and Spills from a Brave Violinist | classical music

đź’Ą Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Classical music,Music,Culture,The Philharmonia Orchestra đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: THere is a bold freshness about Nemanja Radulović's playing that makes this generously filled disc of Prokofiev particularly rewarding. Over the course of 86 minutes, he played the Second Violin Concerto with the Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Santo MatĂ­as Rovalli, a pair of poorly performed sonatas and a collection of original works and transcriptions with pianist Laure Favre-Kahn.Artwork by Nemanja Radulović: ProkofievThe concerto receives a supportive and careful reading from Ruffalli, who is happy to play second violin…
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Jeanne Lapotaire made a sensation as Edith Piaf – and a majestic actress you will never regret seeing on stage | stage

Jeanne Lapotaire made a sensation as Edith Piaf – and a majestic actress you will never regret seeing on stage | stage

✨ Read this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Theatre,Stage,Culture,Édith Piaf,Music,West End,Broadway,Royal Shakespeare Company,Gregory Doran,Peter Gill,Katie Mitchell âś… **What You’ll Learn**: CAnne Lapotaire, who has died aged 81, will always be recognized for the title role in Pam James's play Piaf. It opened at the other location in Stratford in 1978, then moved to the West End and Broadway, winning a Lapotaire Olivier Award and a Tony Award. Given her Gaelic origins – born to a French mother and raised by English parents in Ipswich – Lapotaire seemed born to play Edith Piaf, but her performance…
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BAFTA Games Awards 2026: Clear Obscore and Dispatch lead nominations | games

BAFTA Games Awards 2026: Clear Obscore and Dispatch lead nominations | games

✨ Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Games,Culture,Baftas,Awards and prizes đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: The 22nd Bafta Games Awards kick off in April, and the 2026 nominations list is dominated by French smash Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which has 12 nominations and has already won Game of the Year awards at the UK's Golden Joysticks last November, December's Game Awards in the US, and February's Dice Awards in Las Vegas.Dispatch, a game about a bench-bound superhero who manages a team of superpowered misfits in a call center, received nine nominations. Among them is an…
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