Which is really England’s oldest pub? Tree-ring dating helps settle debate
Historic England archaeologist says some inns’ claims to date back 1,000 years are inaccurate and oldest dates from 1400s
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I expect you to cry: what the James Bond actors may face at the final audition
Jack Lowden, Callum Turner and Josh O’Connor are rumoured to be the final candidates taking screentests this weekend. So how can they best prepare? And who is likely to triumph?
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‘I always think my head will fall off when Traitors turn on each other’: the inside story of the world’s biggest TV show
Celia’s guffs, Richard’s gaffes, Claudia’s glorious knitwear – The Traitors has become the most successful show on the planet. The creators and the queen of the castle herself...
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‘Fighting an impossible fight is the only way to reclaim dignity’: Lee Chang-dong on class warfare and his searing Oscar contender
The auteur’s new film – a study of class, capital and the fallout of redundancy – won the grand jury prize at Venice. Telling tales of the disenfranchised is ‘our moral...
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Add to playlist: the gloriously boisterous grime-metal of Native James and the week’s best new tracks
Filtering alt influences and eskibeats through a distinctly Black British point of view, the Ipswich rapper’s scorched-earth rage sounds like a lot of fun
Taika Waititi’s Star Wars film is the latest to hit the buffers. At some point Lucasfilm is going to have to actually make a movie
Waititi joins a long list of movie-makers who were expected to bring a new direction to the franchise, before the studio appeared to get cold feet
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Puppy love: Finnish 24-hour newborn pup livestream is TV smash hit
Show features live chat sessions with breeders, a podcast and updates on dogs’ progress from birth to weigh-ins A 24-hour Finnish TV show dedicated entirely to the live...
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‘Overnight, everything was dead’: the Teeside fisherman turned activist dubbed the Mr Bates of the seas
When thousands of dead crabs washed up on a Yorkshire beach in 2021, Stan Rennie’s livelihood was immediately threatened. Five years later, he’s leading the fight back against...
Why young men are losing faith in Trump’s economy
On a recent crisp college football Saturday, Michigan State senior Zach Larson sat in a lawn chair sipping a can of Modelo that he said cost nearly twice as much as it did when...
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Junk review – David Schwimmer is lost in Mubi’s frustrating LA-set misstep
The Friends alum makes up half of a messy and pretentious comedy drama that boasts some visual panache but is dragged down by a confused tone
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Backrooms to The Monkey: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in a heart-poundingly original horror, while Theo James plays twins cursed by a killer wind-up monkey. Happy Halloween week!
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Loidis: From the Toolkit of Lovers review – epic 111-minute album is a teeming universe of detail
Brian Leeds, AKA Huerco S, keeps raising the temperature on his once-chilly ambient on an ambitious record full of delightful detail and ASMR-inducing sound design
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Basma and Temir Alcy: NAD review – skulking, sultry French-Moroccan crew evoke this shifting season
Vocalist Basma and group Temir Alcy offer a dark and disorienting listen that contemplates loss and new beginnings, stoking a captivating sense of tension
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Murder on the dancefloor: are phones, drugs and chatter killing off dancing?
Viral pleas for punters to stop yapping have divided clubland. With ketamine and social media also altering behaviour, DJs and dancers weigh in on how sacred a space the club...
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Nocturne to The One About Matthew Perry: the seven best shows to stream this week
Stephen Graham nails another standout performance as a serial killer in a creepy thriller. Plus, laughter and tears in an intimate look at the life of the late Friends star
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‘I struggle to see myself as someone special’ Sandra Hüller on being the star of four - or, possibly, five - of the year’s biggest films
New film Fatherland took Sandra Hüller back to a divided Germany. She talks about damaged dreams, Hollywood feelgood and - just maybe - appearing in the new Marvel movie
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‘Hot Santa’, Raging Bull and a Toy Story vibe help to rebuild The Snowman for a new generation
More than 30 years after Raymond Briggs’ story became a stage show, director Will Tuckett and Paddington designer Tahra Zafar have given it a hi-tech refresh with a hunky Saint...
Rebel Wilson secures another Australian court win as co-producers of The Deb awarded just $10
NSW supreme court judge otherwise dismisses case brought by film’s co-producers and awards Wilson almost $400,000 after star countersued