From Rebus to The Responder, it’s time to bury the defective detective
Whether it’s Poirot’s vanity or Nero Wolfe’s agoraphobia, detectives have always had their vices, writes Nick Hilton. But as ...
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'IF' only! These imaginary friends are sweet, but could have been so much more
Imagine that imaginary friends were real. Now imagine that IF director John Krasinski and star Ryan Reynolds convinced A-list ...
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End of Lee era for Singapore as PM steps down
Mr Lee Hsien Loong has led Singapore for 20 years Singapore's long-serving Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has stepped down, marking the end of a political era for the island nation. After 20 years ...
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How Alan Arkin's Two Greatest Roles Reveal His Range As An Actor
He could get a laugh just as easily as he could induce dread. He could be avuncular in one film, then play a straight-up psychopath in the next. He projected a wry intelligence that drew you in ...
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End of Lee era for Singapore as PM steps down
Singapore's long-serving Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has stepped down, marking the end of a political era for the island nation. After 20 years in power, Mr Lee formally handed over the reins ...
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An epistolary cabinet of curiosities: the letters of Dr Oliver Sacks and Dr Susan Barry
Together they proved not just the possibilities of later-life stereo vision but of late-life friendship. Septuagenarian Sacks became an avuncular figure for Barry. Alas, cancer took Sacks’s own stereo ...
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Jean Renoir: Reflections of Paradise
Film directors usually make the least promising subjects for biography. They tend to stay behind the camera and get on with making films, emerging only to make the odd promotional statement. Only ...