One night in mid-September 2021, the painter Erika Gallo went to the sink and when she lifted the toilet lid she saw that the water in the bowl was boiling.…
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Staff at four universities vote on possible strike action in disputes over cuts
by News Roomby News RoomJo Grady, UCU general secretary, said: “We’re just days into the New Year and once again universities across Scotland are facing the possibility of industrial action, with members being forced…
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Stories within stories: that of the scene that a painting tells; that of the artist who captured that image; that of the materials he used; that of the object itself,…
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Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, on music, love, criticism and typecasting: “If your purpose is to create, it doesn’t matter what they say outside” | People
by News Roomby News RoomImposter syndrome and the struggle to achieve success also applies to stars. It can happen even if your name is Hugh Jackman or Kate Hudson, even though today they are…
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The man behind London’s longest-standing Michelin-starred restaurant
by News Roomby News RoomDavid Moore, the restaurateur behind it, has a story. He was born at Beach Hill Clinic in Monaghan in August 1964, the same year Petrus produced one of its most…
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London leaver: ‘We bought in Clapham but work has taken us to Brussels, Barcelona and now Singapore’
by News Roomby News RoomHaving expected to live in Clapham and work as a lawyer, Charlotte Hunka has instead found herself travelling the world with her husband’s job
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Ban on adverts for ‘less healthy food’ set to come into full effect
by News Roomby News RoomThey will not be allowed to appear on television between 5.30am and 9pm, or online at any time.
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Culture
Everything changes in music except this: the debate about “being a sellout” is still alive | Culture
by News Roomby News RoomIn 1984, Metallica released Fade To Black, an acoustic ballad integrated into his album Ride The Lightning. That a band of thrash metal incorporating a slow and melodic song was…
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People
The Rivals theatre review: Classic comedy revival is gorgeous but awkwardly updated
by News Roomby News RoomLittler and his co-adapter Rosie Tricks, who sounds like she belongs in a Georgian comedy herself, play fast and loose with this plot, its characters and dialogue. Perhaps most jarring…
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This is what faith, war, underground art, seduction and the cosmos smell like | Culture
by News Roomby News RoomNot everything can be smelled at the Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf. Nazism, for example. When the curator of the exhibition reached this traumatic episode in history, he decided to ignore it,…