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• London gets at least one new Banksy mural for Christmas

  22-12-2025 19:12
  Artist confirms image in Bayswater is by him, but gives no indication about another outside Centre Point towerA new Banksy mural that shows two children lying down and looking at the sky has appeared in west London.The artist revealed he was behind the artwork above a row of garages on Queen’s Mews in Bayswater by posting a photo of it to his Instagram account on Monday afternoon. Continue reading...
  
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• CBS News Yanks ‘60 Minutes’ Story On Brutal El Salvador Prison

  22-12-2025 14:30 via variety.com
  Bari Weiss is said to have spiked the show a few hours before it was supposed to run. “The report … was to have featured correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi interviewing deportees who the Trump administration has sent to the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador.” – Variety
  
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• Museums Are, Understandably, Freaking Out After The Louvre Heist

  22-12-2025 14:15 via nytimes.com
  In short, they all want to make sure they’re guarding the perimeter. – The New York Times
  
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• Moviegoing Is Split Into Two Equally Miserable Experiences, But You Never Hear About The Second One

  22-12-2025 14:00 via slate.com
  Hell is other people in a cinema, sure, but Hell – especially for a movie that needs an audience – is also no other people. – Slate
  
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• Popular British Children’s Author Is Dropped By Publisher After Allegations Of Harassment

  22-12-2025 13:45 via theguardian.com
  David Walliams, “one of Britain’s most successful children’s authors, was reportedly the subject of complaints that he had ‘harassed’ junior female staff at HarperCollins UK, prompting the publisher to decide it would no longer release new titles by the author.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• This One Little Word Can Make Or Break A Film

  22-12-2025 13:30 via nytimes.com
  You know the word – the f-word. “A single use of the F-word requires at least a PG-13, while additional uses will elevate it to an R.” – The New York Times
  
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• A British Museum Asks Its Visitors To Help Uncover The History Of Its Looted African Treasures

  22-12-2025 13:13 via theguardian.com
  “The museum holds more than 40,000 items from across Africa, many of which were traded, collected, looted or preserved during the era of the British empire. … The names of makers, the cultural significance of objects and the people to which they once belonged are largely unknown.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• The best art and photography of 2025

  22-12-2025 13:00
  Jenny Saville’s bruising paintings, Andy Goldsworthy’s immersive stones, Lee Miller’s surrealist shots and Diane Arbus’s unforgiving nudes – our critics highlight a spectacular year
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• James Ransone, Actor Who Played Ziggy On ‘The Wire,’ Has Died At 46

  22-12-2025 13:00 via nytimes.com
  “Ransone was born in 1979 in Baltimore, an advantage in the early 2000s when The Wire, then a little-watched drama on HBO, was looking to cast actors from the city for the show’s second season.” – The New York Times
  
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