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I think it would be really fun to cast a child actor in the role of “freaky little creep”. It can’t be fun casting child actors for literally any role other than that. Can you imagine the plummy audition tapes you have to trudge through. The unbearable earnestness of their polite little voices! The whispering encouragement of parents off screen! How weirdly unconvincing children are when you ask them to play a “child”!...

The Devil’s Hour: a perfect freaky little Halloween treat | Television & radio October 21, 2022 by user I think it would be really fun to cast a child actor in the role of “freaky little creep”. It can’t be fun casting child actors for literally any role other than that. Can you imagine the ...

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Indigenous Australian art collective proppaNOW has won a prestigious prize that will take them to New York next year after the selecting jury found their practices would serve as “models for political empowerment throughout the world”. But don’t expect traditional Aboriginal artworks. Established in Brisbane in 2003, proppaNOW emerged to give voice to urban-based Indigenous artists. Nearly two decades later, that voice has gone global, with the collective awarded the 2022–2024…...

Brisbane-based Indigenous art collective proppaNOW wins prestigious global prize | Indigenous art October 21, 2022 by user Indigenous Australian art collective proppaNOW has won a prestigious prize that will take them to New York next year after the selecting jury found their practices would serve a...

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The season finale of House of the Dragon has leaked online just two days before it was set to premiere on HBO. According to an HBO spokesperson, the much-anticipated episode of the hit Game of Thrones prequel appears to have come from a distribution partner in Europe, the Middle East or Africa. “We are aware that the tenth episode of House of the Dragon has been posted on illegal torrent sites,” a statement reads....

House of the Dragon: HBO ‘disappointed’ as season finale leaks | House of the Dragon October 21, 2022 by user The season finale of House of the Dragon has leaked online just two days before it was set to premiere on HBO. According to an HBO spokesperson, the much-anticipated episode of the hit G...

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West Bank The wife and children of Mujahid Dawoud, a Palestinian who died after being critically wounded during clashes with Israeli forces in the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, look on during his funeral in the village of Haris in the occupied West Bank. Two Palestinians were critically wounded this week by Israeli military fire in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, amid heightened tensions in the occupied territory....

The week around the world in 20 pictures | Art and design October 21, 2022 by user West Bank The wife and children of Mujahid Dawoud, a Palestinian who died after being critically wounded during clashes with Israeli forces in the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, look on during his funeral in the vill...

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British music fans expressed dismay this week as Glastonbury announced that the cost of tickets for next year’s event will rise from £265 to £335. Emily Eavis, co-organiser of the not-for-profit festival, said: “We have tried very hard to minimise the increase in price on the ticket but we’re facing enormous rises in the costs of running this vast show, whilst still recovering from the huge financial impact of two years without a festival because of Covid.”...

‘There is no safety net’: music festivals in UK raise ticket prices as costs soar | Music October 21, 2022 by user British music fans expressed dismay this week as Glastonbury announced that the cost of tickets for next year’s event will rise from £265 to £335. Emily Eavis, co-organiser of t...

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“Take it right down to the sweet Mancunian ground,” instructs Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos. Telling the audience to drop before rocketing them back up like a firework by restarting the music is an old trick, and one that can fall flat as often as it works. But the hefty crowd at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse dutifully obey and drop in unison....

Franz Ferdinand review – fierce fun from precision-drilled 00s survivors | Culture October 21, 2022 by user “Take it right down to the sweet Mancunian ground,” instructs Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos. Telling the audience to drop before rocketing them back up like a firework by restar...

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4 October 8.05am When I’m driving my daughter to school, we take turns picking songs from my phone. Today it’s On The Drums by Pickle: stark electronic club music as we drive down the forest road. I don’t know who or what Pickle is, but some of this song is kind of sexually suggestive. I try to avoid the ones with overt swears....

Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie’s Listening Diary: ‘Dave Matthews Band? Ouch’ | Music October 21, 2022 by user 4 October 8.05am When I’m driving my daughter to school, we take turns picking songs from my phone. Today it’s On The Drums by Pickle: stark electronic club music as we drive down the...

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“Neon in daylight is a great pleasure”, wrote Frank O’Hara in one of his celebrated poems, written on his lunch break from the Museum of Modern Art in New York. So it is for Cerith Wyn Evans, whose entanglements of white neon hang beneath the skylights at Mostyn gallery. Llandudno is not Times Square, but I feel suspended too, buoyed-up among the effervescent neon and fitful autumn sunlight....

Cerith Wyn Evans review – lose yourself in broken windscreens and neon scribbles | Art and design October 21, 2022 by user “Neon in daylight is a great pleasure”, wrote Frank O’Hara in one of his celebrated poems, written on his lunch break from the Museum of Modern Art in New York. So it is...

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Claims of intellectual property theft have long been a contentious issue within the world of podcasting. It’s a podcast wild west out there – an expansive, creative landscape with concepts seemingly being borrowed, adapted and pillaged. In the last couple of weeks alone, two David v Goliath pod battles have again raised the question: why does it seem so easy to get away with stealing podcast ideas?...

The great podcast robbery? Sony and Spotify accused of stealing shows | Podcasts October 21, 2022 by user Claims of intellectual property theft have long been a contentious issue within the world of podcasting. It’s a podcast wild west out there – an expansive, creative landscape with concepts s...

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In the 2002 book The Mind in the Cave, South African archaeologist David Lewis-Williams explored a transitional episode in early human history: the urge to create art, to carve bone and soft stones, or smear a mix of fat and ochre on to rock walls. Why, asked Lewis-Williams, would early humans crawl along narrow shafts in the darkness to paint in underground spaces few would see?...

Hollow Earth review – digging deep into the curious history of caves in art | Exhibitions October 21, 2022 by user In the 2002 book The Mind in the Cave, South African archaeologist David Lewis-Williams explored a transitional episode in early human history: the urge to create art, to carve bone a...

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English Heritage has accepted a £1.25m donation from Airbnb to support its bid to “boost heritage tourism” and to continue the conservation of the UK’s most important historical attractions and houses. The donation to the charity, which acts as a custodian to the country’s architectural legacy, follows the launch of the rental giant’s new historical homes category in July, which includes listings for historic places in which to stay....

Airbnb donates £1.25m to English Heritage to ‘boost heritage tourism’ | Travel October 21, 2022 by user English Heritage has accepted a £1.25m donation from Airbnb to support its bid to “boost heritage tourism” and to continue the conservation of the UK’s most important historical attrac...

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Picks of the week Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down a Drug LordWidely available, episodes weeklyFrom high-flying co***ne dealers to government informants, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and journalist Charlie Webster tell the story of identical twins Jay and Peter Flores, who were responsible for taking down Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, one of the world’s most dangerous drug barons....

Best podcasts of the week: What it’s like to lose your unvaccinated father and brother to Covid | Podcasts October 21, 2022 by user Picks of the week Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down a Drug LordWidely available, episodes weeklyFrom high-flying co***ne dealers to government informants...

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