7. Mass and motionGetty ImagesTransformed by a photographer's lens into smudgy speed lines accelerating behind the carefully calibrated push of her polished curling stone, Switzerland's Briar Schwaller-Huerlimann, competing in a mixed-doubles match against Canada on day four of the Games,...
George was set apart. Jenkins tells the BBC, "He doesn't necessarily fit into a kind of Vanderbilt mould. He doesn't really participate in New York society. He doesn't inherit any of the business responsibility for his family's railroad interests. But...
Jolly, kitsch and bawdy, Beryl Cook's paintings were loved by the British public but derided by the art establishment. One hundred years after her birth, a new exhibition argues for a radical reassessment of her work and legacy.By any measure,...
The actress makes a return to form in this hard-hitting film from Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó about a middle-aged woman facing up to addiction – and her traumatic childhood.Amy Adams is a transfixing screen actress, but she's had a bad...
1. Daydream (c 1870–1890), anonymousTwo realities collide in this 19th-Century carte de visite that was most likely purchased to be collected and traded. Cartes de visite were small mass-produced prints mounted on card, and were very popular in the Victorian...
They were directed to the isolated farmhouse of racehorse breeder Jeremy Maxwell, about 30 miles outside Belfast near Downpatrick. On the way, they were in the countryside when five masked men carrying machine-guns stopped their car. Thompson said that when...
Bill Evans was a boundary-breaking US pianist who contended with multiple personal tragedies, and a serious drug problem. This new drama about him will draw you to his hypnotic music.While they may be a favourite of awards season, musician biopics...
Looking back on it with a 2025 lensIt will be interesting to see how the perception of the show is shifted yet again by the airing of the Netflix series. Banks takes the chance in it to express some regret...
Adolescence writer Jack Thorne has adapted William Golding's classic novel for his latest TV series about murderous male youth – but it's a very different beast.Jack Thorne has long been an acclaimed and prolific playwright and screenwriter, with credits including...
She is also the subject of a new nine-part drama from Ryan Murphy, creator of American Horror Story and American Crime Story. The first season of his latest franchise Love Story is about the courtship and marriage of Carolyn and...
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