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  • 6 days ago | observer.co.uk | Vanessa Thorpe

    The lights are low and the embers in the grate are glowing; it must be time for a good story. What about this one from Clementine Barchester-King, one of the hottest new authors of the summer? Her debut novel, The Weft of Nettles, is set in a decaying Suffolk rectory where twin sisters, Honoria and Dido, have seen out seven decades of hard winters.

  • 3 weeks ago | observer.co.uk | Vanessa Thorpe

    A huge sign spells out “Cannes” next to the castle tower above the city. It is a nod to the famous Hollywood sign, and on inspection, after a climb in afternoon heat, its flimsy lettering is made out of some sort of spun material. Dreams, perhaps? A walk along the narrow castle ramparts with the day-trippers means stepping quickly out of the way of a woman alarmed by the sudden sound of a tolling bell.

  • 3 weeks ago | observer.co.uk | Vanessa Thorpe

    A new exhibition reveals how the fashion photographer's stage outfits, which mesmerised the West End for half a century, were inspired by his perennials When winter retreated, the ageing Cecil Beaton liked to watch the first snowdrops appearing in his Wiltshire garden, just as he once watched over the wilder antics of his many summer houseguests.

  • 4 weeks ago | observer.co.uk | Vanessa Thorpe

    Smoke and fire pour from the bank of the Tyne as coal is hauled on to boats bound for London on a gleaming moonlit evening. You might think of it as the Geordie Turner. It’s the sort of painting Newcastle could build an entire gallery around, but it’s a work of art a long way from home, long lost to a collection in the US.

  • 1 month ago | observer.co.uk | Vanessa Thorpe

    As filming starts for a much-anticipated celeb spin-off, the hit’s status as a national institution seems all but assured Fans of The Traitors, known as The Faithful, may have to engage in some on-brand duplicity to get hold of tickets to a BBC Prom in July devoted to the hit reality show, after the concert was announced last week. The “spine-tingling celebration of musical treachery” was, however, rather overshadowed by the leak of the roster of names taking part in a special celebrity series.

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