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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS gives Succession a glowing FIVE-STAR review 

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS gives Succession a glowing FIVE-STAR review 

Succession Rating: Warning: This review contains very strong language from the outset and throughout.Or at least it would if it quoted every zinging, stinging, hilariously scabrous insult and overreaction from the opening episode of Succession (Sky Atlantic),...

Nalini Malani subverts the Old Masters into a huge video display

Nalini Malani subverts the Old Masters into a huge video display

A large void within the National Gallery fills with noise and vast walls as grand master paintings are ripped apart and twisted into new meanings. This is a new video art installation by the contemporary Indian artist, Nalini Malani, and it subverts and...

ESCAPE THE CITY TO THESE COUNTRY PUBS

ESCAPE THE CITY TO THESE COUNTRY PUBS

We love the city, but there are some things you just can’t get here: fresh air, actual peace and quiet (can you even imagine?) and good ol’ country pubs. Sure, London’s got pubs, thousands of them in fact. But there’s definitely a particular charm to a...

Rahul Gandhi: defamation conviction causes uproar in India

Rahul Gandhi: defamation conviction causes uproar in India

“Why do all thieves have Modi as their surname?”So asked opposition politician Rahul Gandhi at a 2019 rally shortly before India’s last general election. To support his point, Gandhi named banned Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi, fugitive diamond...