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The first edition of Tolkien's The Hobbit, published in 1937, was found without its dust jacket on a shelf in a house in Bristol and sold at auction for £43,000

The first edition of Tolkien's The Hobbit, published in 1937, was found without its dust jacket on a shelf in a house in Bristol and sold at auction for £43,000. It is one of 1,500 original copies, of which only a few hundred survive. The book

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Queen Elizabeth II always had personal chauffeurs, but she adored driving herself, especially in a Range Rover, the British off-roader that became her signature car

Queen Elizabeth II always had personal chauffeurs, but she adored driving herself, especially in a Range Rover, the British off-roader that became her signature car. At the end of August one of her vehicles will go under the hammer at the Silverstone Festival auction: a 2006 model with 120,

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Coco Chanel on the Staircase of Her Atelier

Coco Chanel on the staircase of her atelier. Paris, 1961

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Gaslighting, the familiar term for a form of psychological abuse, takes its name from the play “Gas Light”

The role in the 1944 film adaptation brought Angela Lansbury her first fame and her first Oscar nomination. She played the maid Nancy, who helped Mr Gregory Anton drive his wife, played by Ingrid Bergman, out of her mind. It was precisely the pattern of behaviour of the manipulative husband

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Robespierre, head of the Jacobins, known as the Incorruptible and effectively at the helm of the government of revolutionary France, is mentioned in The Sopranos, in which the North Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano tries to solve his problems with the help of

Robespierre, head of the Jacobins, known as the Incorruptible and effectively at the helm of the government of revolutionary France, is mentioned in The Sopranos, in which the North Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano tries to solve his problems with the help of a psychotherapist. Good morning, and a good

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Photographs taken by Viggo Mortensen on the set of The Lord of the Rings

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In essence, ChatGPT and Tom Riddle's diary are phenomena of one and the same demonic nature

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Russian Headdresses as One of the Most Powerful Impressions of High Fashion

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Elizabeth Taylor through the Lens of Helmut Newton, 1985

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Astrological Types by the Artist Olga Gromova

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Confess: you can't tell Keira Knightley from Natalie Portman either, can you?

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The Singing Actor

The Singing Actor. Oleg Andreyevich Anofriyev was an artist whose work is familiar to every one of us. A graduate of the Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio, he worked at the Mayakovsky Theatre and the Mossovet Theatre and appeared in a great many films, though seldom in leading roles. But