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Australian musician appears in New Zealand court after raid at home in Tauranga on the North Island
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The much-hyped continuation of the blockbuster series has been given its official name as filming comes to a close
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In just seven days, this year’s first platinum artist shifted more copies of 1989 than the combined sales of albums at No 2 to No 107 in Billboard chart
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A resident of Paris for 60 years, Klein’s photographs of 1950s New York caught the city’s energy and grit and made his name. He talks about returning to Brooklyn, working for Vogue – and being praised by Picasso
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Featuring both pedal steel guitars and light-up suits, with a couple of pop interlopers thrown in, the Country Music Association awards offered a night of highs and lows
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With Your Wings, about a black pilot returning from the second world war, was written for an Orson Welles radio broadcast in 1944 but then disappeared
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Steve Rose: Like Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey Christopher Nolan’s epic unashamedly celebrates travelling to the stars as the next logical step in our evolution. Perhaps, after years of cynicism, we’re ready to be inspired by space exploration again
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From ‘half-baked nonsense’ to a ‘stink in the nostrils’, Alison Flood rounds up five of the most damning book reviews ever. But what’s your favourite hatchet job?
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For these unusual images, the notorious ambulance-chaser of New York City turned his lens on stars and high-society players, then doctored the pictures in his darkroom
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Star, currently filming Magic Mike XXL, signs up for Tarantino’s new western, about a pair of bounty hunters transporting prisoners through 19th-century Wyoming
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It’s another tumescent Guide Daily, your handy repository for you pop culture needs. Tunes, vids, trailers, and - today - more mawkish tweeness than your can hurl a fwuffy wittle kitten at. Get in touch with us @guideguardian or at that bit at the bottom of the page colloquially known as ‘the comments’. We’re here until 5.30, so turn on, tune in, and, erm, make yourself a brew or something
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Bonfire night marks the anniversary of Guy Fawkes’ failure to blow up the Houses of Parliament on 5 November 1605. This year’s celebrations included wild processions in Lewes and a tar barrel festival in Devon, along with other fireworks displays around the UK
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Originally published in the Guardian on 6 November 1976: ‘If people must really see X or AA films then I think they should not object to paying a little extra for the privilege’ - Richard Body MP
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An engagement announcement was posted in the Times, between Sherlock star Cumberbatch and Hunter, an actor and successful stage director
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Girls creator says she is ‘dismayed’ by interpretation of childhood behaviour, described in her memoir, as abuse
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Wellcome Collection’s exhibition on the history of forensics includes slides from Crippen case and a stabbed liver
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The veteran record producer talks about his key collaborations with Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and Alicia Keys – and his regrets for those he never signed
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Welcome to the Guide Daily, where we’ll be sharing the best news, links, tunes and vids. Today: Ariel Pink, the Daily Show and Michael Fassbender
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Imbalance unfair on taxpayers and lottery players elsewhere in UK, says culture select committee
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Marks discovered during extensive conservation were carved within months of Gunpowder Plot at great house in Sevenoaks for anticipated visit of James I
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Letters: On the same page is the story of John McArthur, who has been sanctioned by the DWP for declining to work unpaid for the same company which had laid him off
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Welcome to another Guide Daily where we’ll be crawling the curbs of pop culture once again. Stumbling upon various Girls and other metaphors that border on the unsavoury. Enjoy!
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‘I wrote Anna as my alter ego – and Miles stood for all the self-satisfied but charming men I fancied’
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We brought you news of career-defining Halloween costumes and a cure for Taylor Swift-itis
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TV star and owner of ‘gigantic’ house in London says he would face a ‘colossal tax aimed at foreigners’ if levy is introduced
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Surreal, mildly scary and with a vintage aesthetic, this will be equally popular with children and adults who buy artisanal pickles at the Brooklyn Flea Market
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Rhys Jones joins the likes of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Paul Daniels and Phil Collins by saying he’ll emigrate if Labour get in.
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Goths flock to the North Yorkshire seaside town for the popular twice-yearly music festival
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As Wednesday’s episode, based on the Slender Man stabbing, showed, the police procedural cleverly uses topical subjects to explore its audience’s attitudes to crime and violence
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Lynn Shelton: For years, cinema didn’t seem able to cope with the concept of a rounded female character. Now times have changed, but the pressure on both genders to stay traditional remains intense
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Oliver Wainwright: The 2020 Olympic stadium has faced two years of widespread criticism and budget cuts. Now prominent Japanese architect Arata Isozaki has launched a blistering attack on the designs
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First look at architectural designs for Lucas Museum for Narrative Art draws range of reaction from snide comments to admiration
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ITV director of drama commissioning says the show continues to be ‘a phenomenon’
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Although filmmakers have not announced the singer’s selection, reports state that Smith ‘edged out’ Lana Del Rey, winning the approval of Bond producer Barbara Broccoli
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Viewers complain after Saturday night’s show features dark themes surrounding theories about the afterlife
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Peter Bradshaw: Notebook: The Washington Post’s imbroglio with Dejan Lazić is a salutory story for all critics. I won’t make the same kind of mistake
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Jimmy Carter’s energy policy, stadium rock, the death of Mao, fall of the Shah, The Sweeney and Roy of the Rovers feature as hot topics among Ian Plenderleith’s recommended reads
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New annual Somerset House event aims to become the best photography fair in the world
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Life-sized iron figures will be installed at five waterside sites including charity’s buildings in Suffolk and Bristol Channel
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William Rivers’s groundbreaking contribution to anthropology sidelined after his death in 1922, according to a new book
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Ultra-pricey luxury brand, popular as a status symbol for the rich, has been closely associated with the hip-hop star since 2006
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McConaughey’s new role as Newton Knight will explore the life of Newton Knight, leader of an outlaw band of Confedrate deserters who rejected slavery and secession, writes Andrew Pulver
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Australia’s top architecture awards dominated by projects that provided community benefits, including a refurbished toilet block
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The actor is to star in director’s long-gestating social satire about a down-on-his luck man who decides to shrink himself
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Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red display will close, despite political appeals
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The former Skins star is the latest lead in a film beset by problems and delayed for 17 years
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Debunking recent Netflix survey, researchers find that audiences want to be excited and teased about forthcoming films rather than knowing the plot, writes Ben Child
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Filmed version of Sarah Frankcom’s cross-gender production to be released in 2015
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Judges including Michael Morpurgo saw a record number of entries from incarcerated men, women and children, in spite of diminishing creative opportunities in UK prisons, writes Erwin James
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Star, currently filming Magic Mike XXL, signs up for Tarantino’s new western, about a pair of bounty hunters transporting prisoners through 19th-century Wyoming
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Ebook readers reveal the most highlighted passages in Harry Potter, the Bible, Lord of the Rings and many more, writes Alison Flood
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After Dave Grohl and Pat Smear suggested band should re-record their self-titled 1995 album, Taylor Hawkins put end to plan by suggesting ‘people would hate it!’
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, which sold 60m copies and was also made into a film, to be turned into 13-part TV series by on-demand entertainment company
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But Jonathan Dickens wants Spotify to change policy of not allowing some albums to be restricted to paying subscribers only. By Stuart Dredge
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Girls creator says she is ‘dismayed’ by interpretation of childhood behaviour, described in her memoir, as abuse
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Is it pop? Is it metal? It’s both, in a deeply strange and spectacular show by an armour-clad, Japanese teen girl band, writes Brad Nelson
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She doesn’t like Tony Abbott’s swimwear or policies, thinks Nigel Farage is frightening, loves Australia – mostly – and thinks Israel can be blind to its own faults. Anything else to add to the list?
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The veteran record producer talks about his key collaborations with Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and Alicia Keys – and his regrets for those he never signed
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Thanks to new album, endorsement deals and international tour dates, the 33-year-old has doubled her fortune from the previous year
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Ben Child: The US director of Black Swan and Noah, who will help to decide the winner of the 2015 Golden Bear, says the Berlinale is ‘always exciting and fascinating’
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Kin of the great songwriter is gearing up for his debut full length. Listen to Midnight, the first taste from his forthcoming LP
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Rapper had been performing at the venue and record store in Williamsburg when he was attacked
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Sylvie Guillem has announced that she will present her final dance programme at Sadler’s Wells in 2015. Revisit her journey from Parisian ballerina to global dance sensation
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As the internet implodes over the Nirvana frontman’s ‘newly’ surfaced mixtape, Everett True hears from one of its original recipients about how it was really made
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Oscar contender Leviathan is a frank portrayal of corrupt Russia. In a rare interview, its director talks to Shaun Walker about his country’s ‘eternal curse’ and why voting there would be a ‘completely pointless step’
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Author who blends DNA research with personal stories to examine how people inherit their family’s experiences says understanding how history has shaped you is empowering, writes Johanna Leggatt
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Helen Macdonald’s obsession with falconry got her bullied at school. It has also just won her the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction. She talks to Stephen Moss about grief, Wordsworth – and training hawks with Bedouins in Abu Dhabi
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‘His sharp, smart playing got me hooked on jazz. I’ve got a pair of sandals – and I do wear socks’
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William Murrell has driven entertainers from Michael Jackson to Prince – but it’s the godfather of soul he knew best, and he wasn’t much of a sex machine
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The long read: He is one of the few directors who can walk into a Hollywood studio with an idea and come out with $200m. So, asks Tom Shone, will Nolan’s latest epic, Interstellar, reinforce his reputation as the auteur who thinks big?
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The Chinese-born Australian artist tells <b>Monica Tan</b> about the day he was detained and later deported from Beijing for daring to make art about China today
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In a new series interviewing women who write on the web and shape its discussions, we speak to Mallory Ortberg, founder of the Toast, a general interest site for women of a literary bent
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The stars of Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic, about a mission to find a new home away from ecologically-ravaged earth, talk to Catherine Shoard about climate change, human endeavour and getting tangled up in string theory
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Every summer the quintessential American novelist heads to Connemara to shoot woodcock. Robert McCrum joins him on the Irish coast
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Blondie’s Chris Stein and Debbie Harry talk to Hermione Hoby about a new book of intimate photos taken by Stein during the band’s post-punk glory days
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The writer and creator of Girls talks to Alex Clark about rejecting shame, and her fondness for nudity, catcalls and crumpets
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The novelist tells Kate Kellaway why she was happy to abandon teaching in favour of writing and talks about her new collection of short stories
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Jamie Dornan is a happily married, Guardian-reading feminist with a daughter. So how come he’s so persuasive as a serial killer in The Fall? And what about all this bondage sex in Fifty Shades of Grey? By Nigel Farndale
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After six years of writing a weekly Observer column, David Mitchell answers Tim Lewis’s questions about finding ideas, talking shop with his wife and saying farewell to Peep Show
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The actress talks to Ralph Jones about Katie Mitchell’s Cherry Orchard, favourite restaurants, Paris Photo and sleazy comedy crime drama Inherent Vice
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The ex-Boyzone singer-songwriter talks to Liz Hoggard about the challenge he faces taking on the lead role in hit West End musical Once
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Matthew McConaughey stars in this colossal space adventure that is as visionary as Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, but not nearly so subversive, writes Peter Bradshaw
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This “new” record based on 20-year-old outtakes sounds the most like Pink Floyd than any of album with their name in the past 25 years, writes Alexis Petridis
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Music Vaughan Williams: A Pastoral Symphony; Tallis Fantasia, etc CD review – a glorious account
4 / 5 starsThe troubled, sullied world that the music explores is recreated by Elder and the Hallé without ever becoming overwrought, writes Andrew Clements -
Giulano Carmignola’s performance sounds lively and involving at first, but the effect eventually loses its potency, writes Andrew Clements
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Music Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words; Variations Sérieuses, etc CD review – a constant delight
4 / 5 starsJavier Perianes’ range of colour is perfectly judged, writes Andrew Clements
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Nosheen Iqbal: Sarah Koenig’s year-long inquiry into the murder of 17-year-old Hae Min Lee is smart, original and utterly brilliant
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Ex-My Chemical Romance man moves in a new, more artful direction, but he’s determined to take everyone along, writes Dave Simpson
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The US percussionist led an exciting young band in a set that spliced dazzling drums with bracingly updated jazz classics, writes John Fordham
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Television & radio Penny Dreadful box set review – a Victorian horror show that takes the macabre to new heights (or depths)
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Ishmael Butler and Tendai Maraire don’t go in for onstage banter, but their icily inventive hip-hop ventures to far-out places, writes Stevie Chick
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Osmo Vänskä proved his mastery of the Finnish composer through early works including the Lemminkäinen Suite, writes Andrew Clements
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Art and design Transmitting Andy Warhol review – white light and black angels in an immersive explosion
5 / 5 starsThe first major Andy Warhol exhibition in the north of England recreates the world of the Factory and the Exploding Plastic Inevitable – and Warhol is revealed in all his compassion and searing insight -
Girls and dads strut their stuff in this warm-hearted show about family relationships, writes Lyn Gardner
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In his first book for adults, the children’s author demonstrates a Pratchettian vigour and invention . By Harry Ritchie
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Hiccup Theatre’s energetic show comes with songs, visual tricks and an eco-message – and the performers really bond with the audience, finds Andrew Pulver
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Injustices nursed by a Yorkshire pit community since the 1984-85 strike lurk beneath one woman’s homecoming in this powerful and evocative play, writes Alfred Hickling
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This is an exuberant look at love and life in an absurd and godless universe, writes Simon Ings
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The performance is a nicely detailed one, with adequate rather than outanding soloists, writes Andrew Clements
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How were the lives of ordinary people changed by the French wars? This is anecdote-rich descriptive history at its best. By Vic Gatrell
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Books How I Stopped Being a Jew by Shlomo Sand and Unchosen: The Memoirs of a Philo-Semite by Julie Burchill – review
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Television & radio Broadmoor; Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words – TV review
Lucy Mangan: The patients’ misery seems endless in Broadmoor – but still the doctors and nurses try to put them back together
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Watch an exclusive clip from the acclaimed biopic of the Bletchley Park codebreaker
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Watch the trailer for a romantic drama, starring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina as a married couple forced to live apart after 40 years together
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Bonfire night marks the anniversary of Guy Fawkes’ failure to blow up the Houses of Parliament on 5 November 1605. This year’s celebrations included wild processions in Lewes and a tar barrel festival in Devon, along with other fireworks displays around the UK
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Peter Bradshaw explains why documentary film-maker Gianfranco Rosi's voyage around Rome's ring-road is worth your time this week
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For these unusual images, the notorious ambulance-chaser of New York City turned his lens on stars and high-society players, then doctored the pictures in his darkroom
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Queen Forever, a new compilation of the band’s music, features previously unreleased tracks from sessions dating back to 1981, including a duet between Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson. Ahead of its release on 10 November, here are some images taken from that era
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As Tom Hanks announces that he is to publish a collection of short stories inspired by his love of typewriters, we remember some of the other writers who have cherished them, across the ages
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Five-piece psyche band Hookworms perform On Leaving at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds
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Assembly lines meet chorus lines in the new musical Made in Dagenham, starring Gemma Arterton and based on the hit British film. Go behind the scenes
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From barbershop signs made out of bloodied limbs, living mummies, and possessed drag acts, photographer Manuel Vason’s new book Double Exposures captures the artists pushing the boundaries of performance art
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After years of taking striking photos of Gypsies, the Czech photographer stood before the tanks during the 1968 invasion. He smuggled out his images, they went round the world and he fled to Britain. Here are his most poignant and powerful shots
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If the G20 is primarily an economic forum, what about the world it's held on?
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Jeff Stark's The Dreary Coast is staged on the Gowanus Canal, one of the most polluted waterways in Brooklyn. Take a tour of this interactive theatre piece, which incorporates elements of several Greek myths, Dante's Inferno and a smattering of other classical and modern references, in order to tell the story of Charon, the mythical boatman who ferries souls through Hades. Read our review of the performance
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The definitive photographer of the American west made his name with these photographs of California’s Yosemite Valley, currently on show at New York’s Met. The series inspired President Lincoln to sign a bill preserving the valley’s beauty and laying the foundations for the US National Park system
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Sylvie Guillem has announced that she will present her final dance programme at Sadler’s Wells in 2015. Revisit her journey from Parisian ballerina to global dance sensation
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Narrated by former Fugee Lauryn Hill, this documentary explores the liberation struggles across Africa in the 1960s and 70s, as colonial masters were overthrown
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Wild things roam free in this month’s Share your art project, with psychedelic wolves, whale karaoke and JMW Turner on safari in Bali
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From the opium trade routes of the 1900s to CND’s operations in the 1980s, maps reveal the political leylines of history – except when it comes to the holiday islands of San Serriffe, as a new British Library book reveals
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Telly addict Andrew Collins reviews House of Lies, The Missing, Scrotal Recall, Intruders and Life is Toff
A Place to Call Home: not Australia's Downton Abbey – yet