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This month England has been taken by storm. Not rain – but riots. Unlike the weather, it came without warning and has left the nation…

I'm not sure exactly what makes someone a phenomenon, but anyone who has managed to win 62 music awards in two years and has produced a…

A politician, a surgeon, an electrical engineer and an anaesthetist once entered into a discussion about which of them represented the…

Writer / directors Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest cerebral masterpiece is a fable on the purpose of morality, and the reasons for…

What would the world be like if no one had ever lied? Ricky Gervais's new film, The Invention of Lying, explores this question with the…