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In the frame: Tate Britain’s rehang has received a mixed response
A reshuffle of Tate Britain’s collections has led to it being accused of reducing art to social history
Vanessa Thorpe
28, May, 2023 @11:00 AM
Was ‘the first man to reach the North Pole’ a fraud?
Frederick Cook claimed to have reached the top of the world, but a new book says he was lying
Vanessa Thorpe
28, May, 2023 @9:00 AM
Flaming June, once a student poster favourite, returns to London home
The only colour study by Frederic Leighton for his famous painting is set to go on show at restored museum
Vanessa Thorpe
28, May, 2023 @8:00 AM
Media shuns Tory party conference over demands for attendance fee
UK Conservatives are only party to charge press delegates for accreditation at annual gathering
Vanessa Thorpe Arts and media correspondent
28, May, 2023 @6:00 AM
Scorsese and De Niro reunite at Cannes for Killers of the Flower Moon
The director and actor talked about learning from the Native American nation at the heart of their latest film
Vanessa Thorpe in Cannes
21, May, 2023 @4:19 PM
Cannes diary: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and ‘peak noire’ on the Croisette
While the Indiana Jones star went for a bike ride, a new ticketing system went into meltdown
Vanessa Thorpe
21, May, 2023 @6:00 AM
Nazis and normality: UK directors unsettle Cannes with films tackling ‘unseen’ evil
Steve McQueen and Jonathan Glazer separately confront the Holocaust with themes prompted by a resurgence of the far right
Vanessa Thorpe
20, May, 2023 @4:26 PM
‘The welcome is unimaginable’: Harrison Ford reduced to tears in Cannes over Indiana Jones’s return
In an emotional press conference, the 80-year-old star talked about seeing his younger self on screen, his latest topless scene and why he is hanging up his fedora for good
Vanessa Thorpe in Cannes
19, May, 2023 @3:20 PM
Wim Wenders: cinema today ‘makes me nauseous’
Director who won Palme d’Or for Paris, Texas and has two films at Cannes this year bemoans lack of new stories in mainstream film
Vanessa Thorpe in Cannes
18, May, 2023 @4:00 PM
‘Ed Sheeran can’t go to Tesco, but I can’: the writing partners keeping music stars grounded
The Ivor awards in London this week will celebrate the collaborators who have dodged the stresses of celebrity
Vanessa Thorpe, Arts and media correspondent
14, May, 2023 @12:00 PM
‘He doesn’t understand journalism’: ex-producer’s verdict on BBC director general Tim Davie
Rob Burley, a former head of the corporation’s live political coverage, lambasts Davie for waving through cuts and shedding experienced interviewers
Vanessa Thorpe
14, May, 2023 @7:00 AM
‘I kept my alcoholism secret on Mission: Impossible set,’ Simon Pegg reveals
The actor, now recovered, tells BBC’s Desert Island Discs he became ‘very sneaky’ about his drinking in the early 2000s
Vanessa Thorpe, Arts and media correspondent
14, May, 2023 @5:01 AM
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