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Oscar Wilde

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16 hours ago

What does it mean to push the boat out, and can peacocking be more than just a beautiful gesture?

A friend’s mother once told me that for a couple of years in the 1980s – as the Conservatives were wag…

7 days ago

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

It is…

20 days ago

Oscar Wilde is at the centre of a fascinating tale about a picture after a photo from his Oxford days was discovered.

22 days ago

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

To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, gettin…

25 days ago

Lyric Hammersmith, London
The dissolute aristocrats from 1895 remain sharply funny, and bitingly relevant, in this flamboyant new spin

Oscar Wilde’s comedy was billed as a “play of modern life” when i…

41 days ago

Charles quoted Wilde and Dickens in measured masterclass – and no tirade as yet from mad monarch in White House

A flick of Oscar Wilde here, a nod to Henry Kissinger there, a sprinkling of Charles Dic…

49 days ago

Oscar Wilde's older brother was a talented playwright who showed more promise than his younger sibling… yet he ended up a broken, disillusioned failure

50 days ago

Rare books collection, including work by John Keats and Oscar Wilde, will be auctioned

3 months ago

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

When standup comic Tom Allen received Attitude magaz…

4 months ago

A 139-year-old letter written and signed by legendary playwright Oscar Wilde argues that 'Brussels sprouts make people bloodthirsty'.

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