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Sundance film festival: two teenage girls find their friendship put to the test in a witty and charmingly odd British comedyIf you know, you know that first best friendship is a world unto itself – lush, rugged and expansive, nutritive and int...
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Bernard MacMahon’s film about the 70s giants took advantage of audience enthusiasm to make a major impact in cinemas – and it’s just the latest in a string of films about the era of classic rockBare-chested swagger, out of control hair, thunderous guitar riffs … the heroe...
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Avatar director, who moved to New Zealand after the Covid pandemic says he will soon be a citizen of a country where people ‘are, for the most part, sane’James Cameron has said that New Zealand’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic is the reason behind his decision to reloc...
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Any attempt to add a down-to-Earth note to this wildly psychedelic 80s cartoon risks missing the point of its gloriously overblown originsThere is a rule in the science fiction and fantasy milieu – or at least there ought to be – that these types of properties should neve...
Politics » 1 week ago
Home Office to set targets for response times and victim satisfaction as home secretary takes powers to intervene directlyPolice forces will face new targets for crime fighting and those performing poorly will be named and shamed under government plans to take sweeping po...
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Angela Rayner is expected to urge PM to let Greater Manchester mayor stand in Gorton and Denton byelectionKeir Starmer is facing mounting pressure not to block Andy Burnham from making a comeback to parliament, with Angela Rayner planning to urge No 10 to let him stand in...
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Trust says Reform UK leader was invited to WEF event by London-based venture capitalist as an honorary adviserNigel Farage’s trip to Davos this week was hosted and paid for by the $10bn family trust of an Iranian-born billionaire, the Guardian has learned....
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President’s assertion that Nato troops were not on the front line in Afghanistan has sparked widespread angerKeir Starmer’s allies have launched a “Stop Andy Burnham” campaign to prevent the Labour mayor from returning to parliament after the resignation of a Manchester M...
Politics » 1 week ago
Donald Trump’s maximalist approach to foreign policy reached a crescendo this week, with the US president dominating proceedings at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Trump rescinded his threat to seize the Danish territory of Greenland, and launched his so-called board of peace for Gaza.&l...