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The king of zing: lemons in art – in pictures

23-03-2024 18:00

Our love of lemons has deep roots. They have been portrayed in still-life paintings and pop art, featured in tales by the likes of Joan Didion and James Joyce, and even played a part in the founding of the mafia. So when David Lane and Marina Tweed of the food and culture journal the Gourmand were looking for the next topic in their book series celebrating individual ingredients (eggs came first), lemons were an obvious choice. “The lemon is the king of the citrus,” says Lane. Featur

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On my radar: Frank Tallis’s cultural highlights

23-03-2024 16:00

The author and psychologist on an intimate performance of MR James’s ghost stories, a brilliant debut novel and an impossibly good pianistFrank Tallis is a clinical psychologist and writer of fiction and nonfiction. He was born in Stoke Newington, London in 1958 and trained at St George’s Hospital Medical School and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience. His series of psychoanalytic detective novels, The Liebermann Papers, has been adapted for television as Vienna

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‘I don’t try to take epic shots. I am interested in the day, the story, the event’: Craig Atkinson’s best phone picture

23-03-2024 11:00

The ‘pride and innocence’ of the photographer’s young son and niece are captured in this wedding day imageIt’s surprising to Craig Atkinson that a decade has passed since he took this photograph. His eldest son Oscar stands to the left of the frame, his niece Emily to the right. Back then, they were five and four, excited young children preparing for the day’s festivities.“We were at a Chinese wedding at Tatton Hall in Cheshire; it was early autumn and Os

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From Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire to Renegade Nell – a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

23-03-2024 07:00

The new generation of ghoul-getters meet the New York originals, and Sally Wainwright stands and delivers with her drama about an 18th-century highwaywomanGhostbusters: Frozen Empire
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The fifth film in the franchise heads back to New York, as the original gang team up with the new Ghostbusters, in this sequel to Afterlife. This time, they face a new baddie who is building an army of ghosts. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson reprise their roles from the 1984 classic. Continue readi

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