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Did Hitler marry a woman of Jewish descent in 1945?

Adolf Hitler with Eva Braun, whose relationship with him was a state secret
Documentary tested hair samples which are said to have come from a hairbrush used by the fascist dictator's wife Eva Braun and discovered at his mountain retreat
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Steve Coogan (left) and Rob Brydon star in 'The Trip'

The Italian leg of the series could feel self-indulgent, but...

The Trip to Italy, TV review
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Glastonbury's pyramid stage

Glastonbury reveals official 2014 line-up

Dolly Parton, Ed Sheeran, Lily Allen and Lana Del Rey have been announced by organisers for 2014
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Stars of 1970s sitcom, The Good Life, Felicity Kendal, who played Barbara, and Richard Briers, known to viewers as Tom

Bob Larbey, Good Life co-writer, dies aged 79

tvHis sit-com hits included Ever Decreasing Circles and Please Sir!
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It's back! Machiavelli with magic and dragons

tv The allure of Game of Thrones
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A Hard Day’s Night

music How The Beatles had Cliff Richard on the run in the 1960s
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Stephen Colbert will be leaving his persona behind and simple being himself for the Late Show, insiders have said

Is this the new face of the Late Show?

tvStephen Colbert rumoured to replace David Letterman
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Charles Peterson and Steve Double's photographs of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana are on display in London's Proud Camden

Kurt Cobain exhibition

music Intimate photographs of troubled rock star on display in Camden
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Where are all the women in TV and radio?

radio
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Steve Coogan attends the Alpha Papa premiere in character as Alan Partridge

Partridge to return for Alpha Papa sequel

film
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The Kinks perform on a television show in 1968 (Getty)

Dave Davies talks comebacks and 'toxic' relationships

The Kinks star plays his first hometown gig in 13 years next week at the Barbican
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Russell Crowe Biblical epic scrapes in due to scene where Noah’s wife Naameh (Jennifer Connolly talks to adopted daughter Ila (Emma Watson) about her pregnancy

Noah won't turn the tide

Film review: Biblical epic is soggy and bombastic
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Mirror man: Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska in The Double

The Double, film review

Jesse Eisenberg’s double trouble makes for twice the fun in new Dostoyevsky screen adaptation

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Singer-songwriter Nick Drake

Unheard Nick Drake song released 40 years after singer's untimely death

Listen exclusively to 'Reckless Jane'
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A scene from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at The Savoy Theatre

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Review:There is a point to this show, but it’s hardly an essential one

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Paul Gauguin

Stolen Gauguin and Bonnard paintings recovered after 40 years

Paintings found hanging in a factory worker's kitchen
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Puritan intentions: Freya Mavor and Jamie Dornan in 'New Worlds'

Jamie Dornan: From masturbation to restoration

Fifty Shades of Grey actor to star in new 17th-century drama
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Fans will be excited by the new that Game of Thrones is due back on screens in April

How Game of Thrones phenomenon conquered all

Hugh Montgomery presents his A-Z on how the series has grown into the television event
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Photographer Mick Rock on his nostalgia for the shocking Seventies

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Emma Watson plays Hermione in the Harry Potter films, flanked by Ron (Rupert Grint) and Harry (Daniel Radcliffe)

Harry Potter spin-off to be made into film trilogy

'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' to get three films
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Frozen becomes highest-grossing animated film

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Wasikowska as the shifty Hannah in The Double

Mia Wasikowska on doppelgangers and developing survival instinct

The actress reveals how she bounced back to become the world's highest-grossing female film star
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The Hold Steady

The Hold Steady on their new record: 'We're treating our neuroses like pets'

Anxiety, heartbreak and regret: the cult-rockers have become the consummate chroniclers of American angst
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Even before tragedy, Theroux doesn’t flinch. That’s just what he does

tv Grace Dent on BBC documentary Louis Theroux’s La stories
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The scene in Titanic where Kate Winslet's character Rose is painted nude

That nude Titanic portrait still haunts me, says Kate

film
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Making a point: A Ministry of Health poster from the 1950s urges parents to get their child immunised against diphtheria

When the 'nanny state' ruled the roost

books

Strange appeal of bossy ad campaigns from the Sixties and Seventies
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Katherine Rundell received £5,000 as the overall winner of the prestigious award

Tightrope-walking academic wins top Children’s Book Prize

books
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Lauren is one of the children featured on 15,000 Kids and Counting

15,000 Kids and Counting - TV review

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Noah star Logan Lerman says the film is a 'good telling' of the Biblical story

Logan Lerman defends 'blasphemous' Noah

film
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Hola Saúl Bueno

TV

First look at Spanish language version of Breaking Bad
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Stepmom

Women talking on screen equals 'bigger hit'

film
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British actor Idris Elba is also a DJ and rapper who played Ibiza last summer

Idris Elba to play Glastonbury

music
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Eminem has spoken about his past desire to write a 'hater' track while he was struggling with drug abuse

Eminem: I was jealous of Kanye West and Drake

music
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Actor Brad Pitt

An unlikely hacker

film

Brad Pitt to make film about Anonymous hacktivist
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Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones

'Lannista's Paradise'

tv

Watch Tyrion in spoof Game of Thrones rap
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Russian Fairy tales

art

Stunning images by Russian photographer Katerina Plotnikova
Arts & Entertainment
Fit for a king: were historical portraits the first selfies?

Selfies: Not just a modern phenomenon

art Art museums full of "renaissance selfies"
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Author Timur Vermes with his new novel

Is it safe to laugh at Hitler?

books German novel imagines Führer as star of alternative comedy show
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Comedian Russell Brand wrote about past treatment for sex addiction and encounters with prostitutes in his autobiography 'My Booky Wook'

Russell Brand to be quizzed about sex life for new Channel 4 doc

tv
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Waterloo Road has been axed by the BBC and will not return until 2015

Waterloo Road axed

TV

BBC school to drama to finish after 10th series in 2015
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Michael Jackson on the cover for his forthcoming posthumous album, XSCAPE

New Michael Jackson song features lyrics about child sex abuse

music

Song appears on singer's new posthumous album
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Strum as you are: Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain musical 'very likely,' says Courtney Love

music
Arts & Entertainment
Horizon: Living with Autism - while living with autism presents difficulties, it needn't be tragic

Horizon: Living with Autism - TV review

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DVD & Blu-Ray reviews: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Svengali, Cat People, A Year in Provence, Dom Hemingway

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (12) Peter Jackson DVD/Blu-ray (161mins)

Secrets of the casting couch revealed: How to pick the perfect Doctor Who, Margaret Thatcher or Paddington Bear
The man who drew himself into a myth: Mourning Hayao Miyazaki's retirement
Olivia Colman to star in movie adaptation of London Road
Expendables 3 trailer suggests there won't be an Expendables 4
Dakota Fanning interview: How to grow up gracefully
Alan Partridge to return for Alpha Papa sequel
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie: Johnny Knoxville to voice Leonardo
Hugh Jackman tips Channing Tatum for Wolverine but James McAvoy disagrees
James Franco Instagram sex texts were probably a promo stunt for Palo Alto film – trailer
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Charles Peterson and Steve Double's photographs of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana are on display in London's Proud Camden

Kurt Cobain death anniversary: Nirvana exhibition reveals intimate photographs of troubled rock star

Charles Peterson and Steve Double's images are on display at Proud Camden
A Hard Day’s Night: How The Beatles had Cliff Richard on the run
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The Saturday Miscellany: How to start a record label; Kate Bush; George Szirtes' bookshelf
The National on Game of Thrones: We feel connected to the Lannisters
The Voice 2014: Kylie Minogue still unsure about return to show
Cyndi Lauper interview: She's still having fun
The Four Tops / The Temptations, O2 Arena, gig review
Metronomy, review: a love letter to electro-pop
Kings of Leon fans warned of measles exposure
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The Saturday Miscellany: How to start a record label; Kate Bush; George Szirtes' bookshelf

How to: Start a record label
The Novel Cure: Literary prescriptions for lack of charm
Friday Book Design Blog: Leaving The Sea, by Ben Marcus
Book review: Viper Wine By Hermione Eyre
Tightrope-walking Oxford don wins Waterstones Children's Book Prize
When the 'nanny state' ruled: Strange appeal of bossy ad campaigns from the 1960s and 1970s
Tightrope-walking academic Katherine Rundell wins 10th Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
National Portrait Gallery announces new Virginia Woolf exhibition
Charlie Chaplin by Peter Ackroyd, book review: An intriguing, if laboured, argument about life and times of a comic genius
A Conversation About Happiness: the story of a lost childhood by Mikey Cuddihy, book review
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Getting the chop: The moment Ned Stark gets killed in Game of Thrones

Video: Watch every death on Game of Thrones in under three minutes

If you've ever wondered how many people have been killed on the show to date, this video has the answer
Game of Thrones' Jack Gleeson: 'Joffrey was inspired by Joaquin Phoenix'
Stephen Colbert reportedly in line to replace David Letterman on the Late Show
Bob Larbey, co-writer of The Good Life, dies aged 79
Did Adolf Hitler marry a Jewish woman? DNA tests �show Eva Braun associated with Ashkenazi Jews’
Machiavelli with magic and dragons: The allure of Game of Thrones
Grace Dent on TV: Louis Theroux’s LA stories, BBC2
Jared Harris: The British actor on avoiding ex-pats in LA, dabbling in the paranormal, and Christmas parties with the Mad Men cast
The Trip to Italy, TV review: The Italian leg of the series could feel self-indulgent, but...
Tom Hardy to star in BBC One drama directed by Ridley Scott
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Charles Peterson and Steve Double's photographs of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana are on display in London's Proud Camden

Kurt Cobain death anniversary: Nirvana exhibition reveals intimate photographs of troubled rock star

Charles Peterson and Steve Double's images are on display at Proud Camden
Tales from the night bus: Photographer Tim Kavanagh's eerie photo series Omnibus
Young Brits competition: In search of the brightest new talent in the arts, enterprise and innovation
Selfies: There are groupies, ussies, shelfies and even sealfies - but self-obsessed portraiture isn't just a modern phenomenon
Former HSBC boss Lord Green named chairman of the Natural History Museum
Stolen Gauguin and Bonnard paintings worth over €30m recovered after hanging on factory worker's kitchen wall for 40 years
Huge ants are the stars of the show at the Saatchi Gallery
Artist Abraham Poincheval living in a bear for two weeks in Paris exhibition
Stunning images by Russian photographer Katerina Plotnikova evoke land of fairy-tales
Mick Rock: I'd photograph Miley Cyrus but she doesn't have the Seventies shock factor
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A scene from Kes performed at the Sheffield Crucible

Kes, Sheffield Crucible, theatre review

This unique production hits every note near-perfectly
Kingston 14, review: Goldie has a menacing presence in stage debut
Sherlock's Martin Freeman to star as Richard III on London stage
Another Country, Trafalgar Studios, theatre review
Lest We Forget, Barbican, dance review
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Musical - review
Lion King cast perform 'Circle of Life' on a plane
Kurt Cobain death anniversary: Cobain musical 'very likely' to happen, says Courtney Love
Virginia Woolf ballet: Royal Opera House to stage piece based on novels Mrs Dalloway, Orlando and The Waves
Union, Royal Lyceum Theatre, review
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Powder Her Face, Ambika P3, opera review

A tacky jeu d’esprit with a blow-job aria as its calling-card
Prince Igor, London Coliseum, opera review
Jocelyn Pook interview: A concentration camp and a coronation
L’Ormindo, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse - opera review
Ibragimova, LSO, Gardiner - classical review
Classical album reviews: Paavo Jarvi, The Juilliard String Quartet, Carolyn Sampson
Juan Diego Flórez: the best tenor in the world?
The Commission/Café Kafka, opera review
Die Frau ohne Schatten, opera review: An ideal cast make for a breath-taking performance
Steve Jobs meets Shakespeare in Henry V-inspired opera
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Alexandr Pushnoy is a family-friendly musical comedian who has been called the Russian Bill Bailey

From Russia with laughs: A comic invasion of Britain

The country’s stand-up comedians are about to take over the Royal Albert Hall. But how well will their humour travel?
Cardinal Burns interview: �We’ve got about 20 levels of camp’
The Week in Comedy: The kids are all right with these big comic names
Timur Vermes's Look Who's Back: Is it ever safe to laugh at Hitler?
Jason Manford buys audience round of drinks to apologise for being late – and picks up tab for £3,500
Rob Delaney: The US comedian on the power of showing weakness, how ice-cream can save the world, and why Brass Eye is like Beethoven
The Week in Comedy: Something in the air as White City reaches out to outsiders in W1A
Ricky Gervais: Women are treated as 'props' in film, TV and 'particularly comedy'
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Dead funny? Or is it too soon for Bill Maher and co to make jokes about the unfolding tragedy?
The rise of the silver stand-up
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Architect Shigeru Ban has been awarded the 2014 Pritzker prize

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban wins 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize

The 56-year-old was commended for his innovative use of cardboard tubes
Scots literati lead battle against £150m Caltongate building project in Edinburgh's historic Old Town
A Chinese developer plans to rebuild London's 'heroic' Crystal Palace - but will it be a new building or a piece of 'duplitecture'?
The Edwardian Grand Designer: a Time Team Special, TV review
New York art school hopes controversial £19m deal with developers of Extell Building will safeguard its existence for generations
How town planning can make us thin and healthy: Architects show that more green space and less housing density has a clear effect on public health
Christopher Beanland: Architecture attack - what’s with our appetite for destruction?
Concrete buildings: Brutalist beauty
Love, hate and concrete: The battle for Preston Bus Station
Celebrated Modernist home closed to visitors by the National Trust due to lack of interest
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