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How melodrama became the theme running through the 2026 Perth Festival

Theatre academic Peter Brooks championed the rise of melodrama as a popular form replacing tragedy. Melodrama, he said, tends to be explicit and hyperbolic in its representation of emotional and moral values.

The Conversation

NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, December 15 (game #918)

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

TechRadar

The Red Shoes review: Matthew Bourne is in his storytelling pomp

4/5 This adaptation of Powell and Pressburger’s famous classic is a tragedy told with shattering brilliance

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Don't miss the biggest full moon of the year rise on Nov. 5 — Here's what to expect

The November full moon will be the closest and brightest full moon of the year.

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Iconic Mermaid Statue To Be Taken Down After Critics Say It’s Inappropriate

"We shouldn’t be so afraid of a pair of breasts.”

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Denmark to remove ‘ugly and pornographic’ mermaid statue after complaints, reports say

One Danish journalist claimed that the statue was ‘a man’s hot dream of what a woman should look like’

The Independent UK

The Prince Arthur, London SW1: ‘Welcome to the bright new dawn of the turbo-bougie boozer’ – restaurant review

These could be the world’s best pintxo gildas, living their best lives in a back street near Victoria coach station

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The Most Disturbing Body-Horror Thriller Of The Year Is The Fantasy Answer To 'The Substance'

'The Ugly Stepsister' brings the Cinderella story back to its roots in body horror.

Inverse

NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #78 (Monday, May 20 2024)

We help you find today's Strands answers with some useful hints and tips to win.

Tom’s Guide

"We grew up loving classic-era prog rock and that’s the music we decided we wanted to create, and also to make a real impact with it." The story of Haken's debut album Aquarius

There are tales of water, water everywhere as Haken’s jaw-dropping devut album Aquarius is released

Metal Hammer

Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron Is a Dream-Like Swan Song for a Great Animated Filmmaker

A magical, mysterious deeply personal movie about creation and legacy. And also, murder parrots.

Reason

Director Sofia Coppola turned down final Twilight movie because concept was ‘too weird’

Oscar-winning director said she had one meeting that ‘went nowhere’

The Independent UK

The 10 best countries for solo travel – and top tips for travelling alone

From welcoming Japan to adventurous Iceland, here’s our pick of destinations for lone globetrotters

The Independent UK

A long and fishy tail: before Disney’s Little Mermaid, these creatures existed in mythologies from around the world

Mermaids are multicultural mythical figures, reflecting the continuing human fascination with the sea in stories echoing thousands of years into the past. Mermaids are found in cultures across the globe.

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Halle Bailey has viewers hooked in 'modernised' The Little Mermaid but Sebastian isn't the same

The Little Mermaid actress Halle Bailey stars as Ariel in a reimagined, 'gently modernised' version of Disney's 1989 film, which 'felt a bit old fashioned' – but Sebastian's makeover is 'creepy'

The Independent UK

Movie Review: Disenchantment under the sea in live-action ‘The Little Mermaid’

Disney's takes on “The Little Mermaid” for its latest live-action adaptation, starring Halle Bailey as Ariel, Jonah Hauer-King as her human love Prince Eric and Melissa McCarthy as the sea witch Ursula

The New Daily

Princess Mary spotted in cycling turn through Sydney streets

Australian-born Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is back on home shores for her first official engagement in 10 years.

The Conversation

Faced with losing her partner, Chloe Hooper turned to stories to talk to her children about death

The fifth book from Chloe Hooper, an accomplished author of fiction and nonfiction, is in part a bedtime story told across many nights to her two sons, and in part a meditation on how stories – ancient and modern – might sustain or fail us during dark times.

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The best family movies: 37 classic films that’ll appeal to kids and adults alike in December 2024

These are the best family movies of all-time, including ET, Toy Story, The Goonies, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

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