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Almost two decades ago, a Christian teenager with brightly coloured hair burst out of Tennessee and fronted a band who captured the pains of adolescence to a snappy beat. With Paramore, Hayley Williams pioneered something new.★★★☆☆
Almost two decades ago, a Christian teenager with brightly coloured hair burst out...★★★☆☆
Almost two decades ago, a Christian teenager with brightly coloured hair burst out...

From the wholesome romantic hideaway that’s miles from anywhere to the full-on sex-cation with “toys” in the minibar or a tiny James Bond-esque escape pod in the Scottish Highlands to emperor-size beds and giant bathtubs in genteel Cheltenham...From the wholesome romantic hideaway that’s miles from anywhere to the full-on sex-cation with...From the wholesome romantic hideaway that’s miles from anywhere to the full-on sex-cation with...

Burt Bacharach, who has died aged 94, wrote some of the biggest hits of the sixties. Bob Stanley, a writer and founding member of the pop group Saint Etienne, explains what his music means to him and chooses some of his favourite tracks from The...Burt Bacharach, who has died aged 94, wrote some of the biggest hits of the sixties. Bob Stanley...Burt Bacharach, who has died aged 94, wrote some of the biggest hits of the sixties. Bob Stanley...

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Well, you don’t see this every day: a French animation for kids set in ancient Greece and featuring pacifist scorpions, the god Apollo reimagined as a narcissistic gym boy and a team of ninja rats pulling off a heist while bobbing their...★★★☆☆
Well, you don’t see this every day: a French animation for kids set in ancient Greece...★★★☆☆
Well, you don’t see this every day: a French animation for kids set in ancient Greece...

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It’s Phaedra, kind of, but Simon Stone’s rivetingly black-comical psychodrama is also very much its own beast. In fact, giving it the same name as the plays by Euripides, Seneca and Racine that inspired it might scare off those averse...★★★★☆
It’s Phaedra, kind of, but Simon Stone’s rivetingly black-comical psychodrama is also...★★★★☆
It’s Phaedra, kind of, but Simon Stone’s rivetingly black-comical psychodrama is also...