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Obituaries of the actor are rightly lauding his work in M*A*S*H, Don’t Look Now and JFK, but fail to mark his indelible performance as one of the leading post-Impressionists
The fashion megabrand has used Drummond Castle in Scotland as the backdrop for a new campaign – but was it fully clued up about the site’s colourful history?
The Museum of Old and New Art is offering a rare chance to listen to the only copy of Once Upon A Time in Shaolin in existence, but what will happen to the album next?
Bridgerton provides all manner of pleasures on screen, but can a real-life partnership with Liberty come up to snuff?
The musician once gave this painting away for free, but the times, they have a-changed and he not busy being born is busy buying
The rappers remain locked in a vicious musical battle, but how does it compare with other artistic rivalries over the years?
The Pontiff touched down in Venice this week, but God knows what he thought of the art on display at the Biennale’s Vatican pavilion
The maestro’s first contract with FC Barcelona, written on a napkin, has been withdrawn from auction after a dispute between his current and former agents
The out-lettuced PM has little time for culture in her memoir-cum-manifesto – unlike her Establishment enemy, the Bank of England
The founding father who was careful to cultivate his public image is played with gusto by Michael Douglas in a new TV biopic
