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• ‘I was really surprised by the swimmers’ powerful energy’: Jorge Perez Ortiz’s best phone picture

  31-01-2026 12:00
  After undergoing emergency surgery following an accident, the photographer discovered a newfound appreciation for the human bodyThree years ago, Jorge Perez Ortiz was on a small wooden boat travelling from Cartagena in Colombia to a group of nearby islands when the sea became unexpectedly rough. As a strong wave hit, Ortiz, sitting at the bow, felt his body lift and come down sharply on his seat. The sudden impact fractured a vertebra. He was taken to hospital and underwent emergency surgery.&ld
  
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• From Nouvelle Vague to Mock the Week: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

  31-01-2026 07:00
  Richard Linklater pens a love letter to the greats of French cinema, and the satirical panel show finds a new homeNouvelle Vague
  Out nowNever bet against Richard Linklater: the veteran director (Dazed and Confused, Boyhood) loves turning his hand to different genres, and his latest is a typically mellow dramatisation of the period in French film history that saw the likes of Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and Claude Chabrol shake off their lives as critics and become bona fide film le
  
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