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Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli will not attend the opening of the 61st Venice Biennale in protest at the presence of the Russian pavilion at the event. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Ministry of Culture announced in a note: “Minister Alessandro Giuli will not travel to Venice on the pre-opening days of the 61st Venice Biennale Art…
Published on 27/04/2026 – 11:24 GMT+2 Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the ’60s girl group The Ronettes, has aged 80. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ross, who died at her home yesterday (Sunday 26 April), was one part of the seminal band with her cousins Ronnie Spector and Estelle Bennett. The news of her death…
They came in their sequined gloves and shiny loafers, their black fedoras and red leather jackets. They danced in the aisles and sang the hits at the top of their lungs. They moonwalked, kicked their legs and leaned like smooth criminals. They let bygones be bygones. Critics have largely savaged “Michael,” the biopic of Michael…
Secret Service 9pm, ITV1Gemma Arterton stars as MI6 officer Kate Henderson in a tense, ambitious espionage thriller. Henderson heads the Russia desk and is disturbed by evidence suggesting the presence of a mole in the government. It soon looks as if she might not know the half of it. Cue twists galore as Henderson’s job…
Most music students prepare for their graduation recitals alone in a practice room. On Friday night, though, the pianist Yunchan Lim had Carnegie Hall. It can be hard to remember that he is still a student. A phenomenal 22-year-old who shot to stardom when he became the youngest winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano…
Heartsinks, in doctors’ private and profane lingo, are difficult patients who conjure dismay in the hearts of the medical professionals they come to see. So Dr Jeffrey Longford (Aden Gillett) reminds his friend and fellow GP after dealing with a “fit as a flea” hypochondriac who returns, week after week, albeit always with a slice…
Almost 2,000 years ago, a Roman soldier of Celtiberian origin completed his military service at the northernmost edge of the Empire and set out on the long journey home to the lands that today make up the Castilian-Leonese province of Soria, in Spain. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In his luggage he carried more than souvenirs: a small,…
The Cage Sunday, 9pm, BBC One For his stress-inducing follow-up to gritty police drama The Responder, cop turned screenwriter Tony Schumacher shifts his focus to a chintzy Liverpool casino. Sheridan Smith and Michael Socha star as workers who realise they are both recklessly skimming from the business. She is a stressed single mum trying to…
A bashful 11-year-old named Crystal had a question for Zara Larsson: “How did you become the perfect star?” Onstage, the singer — Barbie-like in a neon-pink tube top and flowing blond extensions — giggled into her bedazzled mic while a small group of V.I.P. fans awwed. They had assembled in the cavernous, gilded hall of…
Darrell Sheets, an auction bidder who specialized in storage unit liquidations and starred on the long-running reality television show “Storage Wars,” died on Tuesday at his home in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. He was 67. The Lake Havasu City police said in a statement that Mr. Sheets was found with what appeared to be a…
