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What’s on TV tonight: Spacey Unmasked, Marcus Wareing, Blue Lights and more
Spacey Unmasked Channel 4, 9pm In July 2023, Kevin Spacey, one of the most high-profile scalps of the MeToo movement, was acquitted on all charges of sexual offences against four men in a UK trial. Questions regarding the star’s alleged conduct are unlikely to cease after this extraordinary two-part documentary is aired. It features allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour from 10 men, none of whom were involved with the trial. All but one have never spoken about Spacey publicly before.
21-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
Virginia Woolf was a hopeless gardener – but Monk’s House remains a floral wonderland
No one could describe Virginia Woolf as a keen gardener. She often regarded the garden at Monk’s House, so lovingly tended by her husband Leonard, as a kind of rapacious rival, a threat that could eat up time, money and attention. But that didn’t mean she wasn’t susceptible to its charms. She wrote book after book in her work room in the garden (the first a converted potting shed, the second a lodge in the apple orchard), and often used its bounty as raw material for her writing. “Our garden is
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Bernard Hill’s five greatest roles: from Titanic to Boys from the Blackstuff
The death of the actor Bernard Hill at the age of 79 deprives Britain of one of its most versatile and talented actors. His demise is all the sadder for the knowledge that he was about to be seen on television tonight, playing Martin Freeman’s father in the second series of The Responder. Hill had not been as much of a presence in cinema or on TV over the past few years as he was in his heyday, whether by choice or circumstance, but when he did appear in anything, it was certain that he would ad
6-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
Michael Morpurgo: We can’t let a fear of upsetting children stop us from talking to them about war
There was a time when the books I was writing for young people were often dismissed as nostalgic or irrelevant. Less often now, I hope.
11-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
‘He’s very decisive’: Elton John’s private art adviser on his collecting obsession
Some years ago, Newell Harbin was at Elton John’s house – the one in Atlanta, as opposed to those in Windsor, London, Nice or LA. She had recently become director of his photography collection, and he was giving her a tour. Pausing by Robert Frank’s 1955 picture Trolley—New Orleans, she dated it incorrectly. ‘I caught myself – “Oh wait, no” – and he didn’t just correct me, he told me what year he bought it and how much he paid. He has 7,000 photographs!’
9-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
Why the coins in your pocket make you a Roman
“This is two thousand years old,” my father reminded me as he placed the small silver disc in the palm of my hand. It was still gleaming, cool to the touch, no bigger than a penny. My young mind could not possibly comprehend such an expanse of time. This coin was older than both world wars, older than Shakespeare, and had already existed for a millennium when Harold took an arrow in the eye at Hastings.
7-min read - TechnologyThe Telegraph
Why you should treat chatbots like people
In Belgium last year, a disturbing story appeared in the press. A married father-of-two had committed suicide shortly after becoming obsessed with a chatbot named Eliza. Anxious about climate change and suffering from depression, he had been using the text-based programme, provided by an app called Chai, as a way to discuss his fears.
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