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November 03, 2025

My Father’s Shadow looms over competition at British independent film awards

Akinola Davies Jr’s Nigeria-set drama has 12 nominations, including best film and besr directorNigeria-set drama My Father’s Shadow is the leading...

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November 01, 2025

Madrid regional government co-funding Woody Allen’s new film – but it must feature ‘Madrid’ in the title

Regional authority is investing €1.5m in the project but has stipulations about featuring ‘identifiable locations’ on screen and the film premiering...

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October 31, 2025

Bonus episode: Searching for the spirit of Pan-Africanism – podcast

In this bonus episode, the Guardian journalist Chris Osuh explores whether we are living through a Pan-African moment 80 years on from Manchester’s...

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October 31, 2025

Egypt’s vast $1bn museum to open in Cairo after two-decade build

Grand Egyptian Museum next to pyramids of Giza billed as world’s largest archaeological facility for single civilisationA vast $1bn museum billed as...

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October 30, 2025

Why do so many people think the Fruit of the Loom logo had a cornucopia?

There is a shirt currently listed on eBay for $2,128.79. It was not designed by Versace or Dior, nor spun from the world’s finest silk. In fact, a...

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October 30, 2025

It’s never been easier to be a conspiracy theorist

The timing was eerie. On November 21, 1963, Richard Hofstadter delivered the annual Herbert Spencer Lecture at Oxford University. Hofstadter was a...

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October 30, 2025

Netflix drops a doozy of a trailer for Stranger Things S5

Dustin: "We stay true to ourselves, we stay true to our friends, no matter the cost." ...

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October 19, 2025

Louvre heist: hunt on for thieves after eight ‘priceless’ jewellery pieces stolen

Necklace given by Napoleon to his wife among items taken from Paris museum in highly professional daylight raidFrench police are hunting four thieves...

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October 18, 2025

Yes, everything online sucks now—but it doesn’t have to

Ars chats with Cory Doctorow about his new book Enshittification. ...

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October 18, 2025

With deadline looming, 4 of 9 universities reject Trump’s “compact” to remake higher ed

But Trump is pressuring the other five. ...

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October 17, 2025

Dead Ends is a fun, macabre medical history for kids

Ars chats with co-authors Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal about their delightful new children's book. ...

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October 16, 2025

Meet the man building a starter kit for civilization

You live in a house you designed and built yourself. You rely on the sun for power, heat your home with a woodstove, and farm your own fish and...

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