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Monday 27 February 2012

Culture

All the latest culture news, reviews and features

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Oscars 2012: the winners

The cast and crew of best film winner The Artist pose with their awards at the 84th Academy Awards

In pictures: all of the winners at this year's Academy Awards.

Harry Belafonte at Hay Festival

Harry Belafonte, the acclaimed singer and social campaigner, will appear at the 2012 Telegraph Hay Festival.

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Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, review

Judi Dench stars in a well-intentioned film which falls down on some wince-inducing India clichés.

3 out of 5 stars

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Olympics concert: what makes a great mash-up?

Neil McCormick gives his suggestions for the Olympics concert. What are yours?

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My middle-class taste in television

Nigel Farndale reviews the week's TV, including Melvyn Bragg on Class and Culture (BBC Two) and I'm in a Boy Band (BBC Two)

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Safe House, review

This police thriller, starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, is a fourth-rate Bourne pastiche.

1 out of 5 stars

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What does this statue say about us?

Elmgreen and Dragset's Fourth Plinth is not subtle, but that's its primary asset, says Alastair Sooke.

4 out of 5 stars

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Quirky country music misery

Whiskey Farmer is a quirky and highly enjoyable album from The James Low Western Front.

4 out of 5 stars

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Wonder: A moving tale of a boy's courage

Wonder, by R.J. Palacio, is the moving and uplifting tale of August Pullman, a boy born with a facial deformity.

4.5 out of 5 stars

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Bingo, Young Vic, review

Charles Spencer endured acres of dramatic boredom watching Bingo, starring Patrick Stewart.

2 out of 5 stars

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The Bomb, Tricycle Theatre, review

The Tricycle has done it again with this characteristically ambitious collection of new plays, says Charles Spencer

4 out of 5 stars

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Top 10 films of the week

Our film critics rate and rank the latest films out now in UK cinemas.

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The 12 greatest celluloid spies

The best secret agents to have appeared on screen.

bizarre scenes at the Oscars over the years

Bizarre Oscars moments

Some of the strangest scenes at the Oscars over the years.

Join our creative writing course

Louise Doughty launches the Short Story Club, where aspiring authors can master the art of brevity.

Oscars 2012: list of winners

Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist and Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo' won five Academy Awards each at the Oscars last night.

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Sue Townsend: the difficult years

Thirty years after the first Adrian Mole book, the best-selling author is facing blindness. But she can still see the funny side , says Iain Hollingshead.

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The Brothers

In her series The Brothers, Elin Hoyland captures the lives of Harald and Mathias who have lived together on a small farm in Norway their entire lives.

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Homeland, Channel 4, review

Michael Hogan reviews the second episode of US drama Homeland, starring Damian Lewis and Claire Danes.

4.5 out of 5 stars

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We are not amused: Royal exhibition reveals artist who dared to disobey Queen Victoria

A new exhibition celebrating the Royal Collection of art works will reveal how one opinionated artist dared to challenge the queen’s authority.

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Royal Ballet fuses pop music, ballet and high fashion in groundbreaking new production

A new work by the Royal Ballet is to feature pop singers and hip-hop rappers accompanying ballerinas on stage at Covent Garden in a collaboration with music producer Mark Ronson.

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