As the Oscar-winning actor returns to his filthy desk as Jackson Lamb in the Apple TV+ espionage thriller, we look at the man behind many masksThere are bad bosses, and then there’s Jackson Lamb: rumpled, smelly, discouraging and mildly corrupt. Yet fo...
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The comic, who has been accused of ****, ****** assault and emotional abuse and given support by Elon Musk and Andrew Tate, hints that a darker agenda is at playThis weekend’s accusations that the comic and actor Russell Brand has committed serious ***...
A reshuffle of Tate Britain’s collections has led to it being accused of reducing art to social historyEveryone has a favourite. For some it might be John Singer Sargent’s luminous 1885-6 image of two young girls hanging paper lanterns in a summer even...
Audiences can choose from a glut of Ebenezers this festive season, with the infamous miser a more pointed character than ever in these hard timesThis Christmas, whatever the weather, it will be snowing “Bah! Humbug!”s, with cobwebby ghosts of Jacob Mar...
Classic ****** yarns are back on our screens, inspired by the queen of crime fiction, but given a fresh twist to keep audiences on their toesA brilliant Greek sun beats down on Daniel Craig and his co-stars Kate Hudson, Edward Norton and Janelle Monáe ...
From Triangle of Sadness and Parasite to The Maid, audiences are revelling tales of inter-class violence that draw on growing discontent at inequalityA luxury berth on a superyacht might seem a good place to unwind. But cinema audiences will feel rath...
Australian director’s biopic about the singing legend to be unveiled at Cannes film festival next weekWhat do you get if you cross an Australian ballroom dancing teacher with the owner of a little cinema? Genetically speaking, the answer comes in the f...
After years of growth, the streaming giant revealed a shock fall in subscribers. But is it really downhill from here?An era comes to be defined by its major innovations and, sometimes, just a simple company name does the trick: the Ford Motor Company m...
The Irish star, who once competed in a BBC talent show, has made a name for herself in challenging and unconventional roles. Her performance in The Lost Daughter could win her an Academy AwardAmong the performances vying for shiny gongs at Sunday’s Aca...
The author tells why he spent five years on a new draft of his 2008 novel Starbook to give more emphasis to one of its key themesSelf-criticism, perhaps even regret, is common among writers looking back at old work, but the novelist Ben Okri has now go...