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What does it mean to push the boat out, and can peacocking be more than just a beautiful gesture?
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In less than a decade, surrounded by screens, I lost my ability to read some of the best books ever written. But, inspired by the Guardian’s 100 best novels list, I was determined to get it back
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The acting is fine and the imagery brooding, but this tepid sci-fi – all creepy neighbours, hazmat squads and crustacean-faced infected – is in thrall to better films
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The dissolute aristocrats from 1895 remain sharply funny, and bitingly relevant, in this flamboyant new spin
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Charles quoted Wilde and Dickens in measured masterclass – and no tirade as yet from mad monarch in White House
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The actor, comedian and raconteur, who would have turned 100 on Sunday, could play humble or haughty, cheeky or Chekhov – but always stole the show
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