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But a quarter of a century on, it is taught in schools as a historical event. Can you believe it? No, because if you experience such a convulsive moment – even at the distance of being a television viewer in a different…
It's been a very long wait to see her return, following confirmation from ITV in May. At the time , Kensit said: "I am really excited to return to Emmerdale. I treasure the years I was here before. Sadie King is a…
As someone says here, they have cute ears. Even the film's title, evoking the kids' game Hungry Hungry Hippos, diminishes the menace. That's perhaps not the tone to set if you're trying to persuade audiences that fatal…
The Biennale drew heavy criticism this spring when it allowed Russia to use its pavilion for the first time since 2022, despite the ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Speaking on the eve of the Biennale's cinematic…
A woman walks out of her house and her life, starts along the mountain road and disappears in the snow. Her son Miquel, failing to find her body, waits through the dark months for the thaw. A Long Winter, which appeared…
Joan in Sunderland gave evidence in court against the teacher who raped and got her pregnant – but he was acquitted. They tell their stories in this blood-boiling documentary, along with other women who were unmarried…
The film is yet another example of a real-time assassination nightmare as an ordinary citizen is placed in an extraordinary situation, forced to do something terrible by someone terrible. Think Johnny Depp in Nick of…
Now the phrase is all over the internet, and Gleeson is mortified: "The worry is that somebody will say this to me now thinking that I believe it." He doesn't know where it came from – possibly his co-star Gayle Rankin…
"Since I had my son, I'm not drinking anywhere near as much," he laments. "Children do not respect hangovers, or tiredness in general." His son is almost two, and Lycett has readjusted his life accordingly. "I've started…
Say what you like about what follows, it isn’t dull. Ahead of a gangland murder trial, Maia is going for a morning jog through London. But then Lewis (known only as "The Caller") rings to say he is holding her son Noah…