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Returning again in Ocarina of Time 3D, the mode offers a more challenging way to play, with rearranged dungeons, tougher puzzles and enemies, and even a mirrored world in the 3DS remake. But is Master Mode in the 2026…
Read moreHeist film The Take will see him star alongside Hollywood icon Denzel Washington and Normal People star Daisy-Edgar Jones , and Netflix has just confirmed a release date for the movie. The streamer has confirmed that the…
Read moreWhy, then, 29 years later, does he still command such awestruck attention, including a night dedicated to him on BBC Four this week? For a start, he was an otherworldly character whose birth and death both have mythical…
Read moreWhen my friend Rubina suggested we discuss tradwives on our podcast, Brown Girls Do It Too, in 2024, my response was: “What’s a tradwife?” She explained that they’re women who embrace traditional gender roles. The…
Read moreEverybody cooed, although none of us realised then that we were looking at what would become a classic cover, deftly evoking Dennis Potter’s TV masterpiece, The Singing Detective . “It’s been a great calling card for me…
Read moreIn a remote Norwegian restaurant-hotel above the Arctic Circle, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are enjoying a quiet, private meal. Though it’s not that quiet – over dinner they bicker, do impressions and complain about the…
Read moreJosh is very funny, and Emma is the ultimate professional. And it’s great that we’ve got JoJo upstairs, who can demonstrate a bit of dancing as well. He’s the first host we’ve ever had who’s an accomplished dancer. Of…
Read moreBest known for her comedic brilliance in Derry Girls and Bridgerton , Nicola Coughlan is taking a darker role in C4’s I Am Helen , a raw, improvised drama about sexual consent, pornography and the invidious ways that a…
Read more“Voluntarily putting a listening device in your house? The Stasi would kill for an Amazon Echo!” Emma Moran is marvelling at the unexpected timeliness of her new BBC series, following a deep-cover spy in 1980s’ East…
Read moreThe third instalment in the Roman trilogy hasn't been released yet, but this new single centres on Nero, a character consumed by ego and self-absorption while Rome burns around him. “The song focuses on a character who…
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