‘Finally we are being seen as contenders’: delight in India as demand for south Asian art booms

As wealth in India has grown, so has the number of arts patrons championing both India’s 20th century modern masters and the next generationFor over seven decades, the masterpiece had gathered dust as it hung in the corridors of a Norwegian hospital. B...

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Black Mirror season seven review – Charlie Brooker’s thrilling satire gets its warmest, most human season ever

Tender sentiment touches instalments starring the likes of Chris O’Dowd, Rashida Jones and Paul Giamatti. But it hasn't lost its demon side – you’ll cackle with laughter at some of the chaosIt’s tough being an anthology. While other dramas set up their...

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Germany is finally getting a new government – and it will be plunged straight into crisis mode | John Kampfner

With the country enveloped in gloom and facing mayhem from the US and Russia, it’s hard to imagine a more fraught time to take powerGermany is about to get a new fitness trainer. So declared Markus Söder, one of the political leaders who have just anno...

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