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The days are growing shorter, the weather is getting worse, summer holidays are a distant memory and Christmas is still ages away. There is no denying that October can be a depressing time of year in the UK – and then the clocks go back, and November is even more dark and dismal. But it … Read more

When Georgina Wilson watched Marvel’s new Fantastic Four film last month, the standout feature wasn’t Pedro Pascal’s deadpan humour or Vanessa Kirby’s platinum waves, but the giant round conversation pit in the middle of the protagonists’ living room. The sunken, carpeted seating area takes centre stage in the Baxter family’s New York penthouse. The huge … Read more

I have fond, slightly surreal, memories of each autumn in primary school being filled with leaves cut from orange and red paper, bread dough sculptures of bundles of wheat, scarecrows, and tables covered with cans of food. I don’t have children myself, so I don’t know – do schools still celebrate harvest festival? Traditionally scheduled … Read more

Consider the great Hollywood feud. Perhaps Bette Davis and Joan Crawford’s mutual loathing comes to mind? Or Marlon Brando’s 40-year-old beef with Burt Reynolds? Maybe the more recent tensions between Olivia Wilde and Florence Pugh? Well, let me tell you: these are absolutely nothing compared to Cate Blanchett and her indefatigable animus towards … the … Read more