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The Guide #256: Norovirus, giant puddles, sit-ins and no beer – how can festivals survive the worst? 20 of the best cabins, campsites and hotels in Europe’s mountains, lakes and forests Little Bird: this beautiful, moving Canadian drama will fill you with visceral anger Why can’t penguins fly and why don’t buses have seatbelts? The kids’ quiz Which English cheese can’t be made in its namesake village? The Saturday quiz ‘Their Strength Through Joy conversation is killing me’: Samuel Beckett’s German diaries Westminster council threatens Charing Cross soup kitchen with closure ‘Watch your spending, use free perks’: an insider’s tips on student money TV tonight: a gripping new thriller about the fall of Kabul Is the US ready for President Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? BBC was warned of author’s claim to possess missing clothes of child murder victim I feel guilt talking to those left behind in Afghanistan. While I enjoy freedom, they are prisoners Tim Dowling: who is the secret admirer leaving gifts for the dog? Christopher Berry-Dee is the UK’s all-time bestselling true crime author. Is he also a violent abuser of women and children? Concerns grow over increased global ties with Taliban in Afghanistan From Tony to Jungle: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead The Great Stink of 2026? Hot, dry summer leaves London holding its nose Blind date: ‘I got the impression he liked me well enough, but who knows?’ Australia 56-17 Japan: Nations Championship rugby union international – as it happened Flamenc Oh!! review – frills, flirting and fierce footwork in breezy Spanish comedy

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Director Mike Leigh likely to retire after his next film due to illness

silverguide.site – Film-maker’s drama Tender Loving Care ‘likely’ his final one as he manages myositis, a disease affecting immune system…
Director Mike Leigh likely to retire after his next film due to illness
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The Killer: without John Woo’s gun fu classic, Hollywood action films would be far more dull

silverguide.site – The 1989 Hong Kong thriller established Woo as one of the greats, with its explosive gun fights, high-speed car chases and an incorruptible hero…
The Killer: without John Woo’s gun fu classic, Hollywood action films would be far more dull
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Lesvia review – the rise and fall of an amazing lesbian community on Sappho’s actual island home

silverguide.site – Director Tzeli Hadjidimitriou grew up on Lesbos, and her elegant debut feature explores how the Greek poet’s birthplace became a hub for lesbians…
Lesvia review – the rise and fall of an amazing lesbian community on Sappho’s actual island home
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Just when you thought it was safe … the shark movie is back for more

silverguide.site – Shark Week arrives in an overstuffed period for the film genre even if nothing will ever rival the greatest of them all…
Just when you thought it was safe … the shark movie is back for more
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Tinsman Road review – found footage haunted horror as a film-maker searches for his sister haunts

silverguide.site – The soundscape of Robbie Banfitch’s latest low-budget film is key to the creepy mood, in a story of a disappeared girl and her brother’s attempts to find out more…
Tinsman Road review – found footage haunted horror as a film-maker searches for his sister haunts
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Wham! 10 Days in China review – pop meets politics in George and Andrew’s great leap east

silverguide.site – The duo’s groundbreaking 1985 tour reveals a strange collision of pop stardom and communism, a re-edit of Lindsay Anderson’s efforts that got him fired…
Wham! 10 Days in China review – pop meets politics in George and Andrew’s great leap east
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‘She wasn’t acting, she wanted to live it’: how a fake pregnancy resulted in the wildest true crime film of the year

silverguide.site – Netflix documentary A Child of My Own tells the stranger-than-fiction story of a hospital worker who went to extreme lengths in her efforts to become a mother. Its director recounts their meetings in a Mexican prison…
‘She wasn’t acting, she wanted to live it’: how a fake pregnancy resulted in the wildest true crime film of the year
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My thrilling Odyssey on BBC Sounds | Brief letters

silverguide.site – Brief letters: Simon Armitage’s Odyssey | Preventing lobbying | Surviving obituaries | Cream cracker lunch | DIY decision…
My thrilling Odyssey on BBC Sounds | Brief letters
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David Jonsson: the London rising star handpicked to be the new Black Panther

silverguide.site – Jonsson has come a long way from east London’s Docklands, winning accolades on stage and screen…
David Jonsson: the London rising star handpicked to be the new Black Panther
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‘I would be ashamed to have written any part of this’: Odyssey translator Emily Wilson attacks Nolan blockbuster

silverguide.site – Wilson, whose work on Homer’s epic was praised by Nolan, said his film was grandiose and superficial with ‘nothing convincing to say’…
‘I would be ashamed to have written any part of this’: Odyssey translator Emily Wilson attacks Nolan blockbuster
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The Phantom Pain of Rojava review – Kurdish veterans of the war against IS tell story of courage and survival

silverguide.site – Maryam Ebrahimi’s documentary about a home for survivors of the war in northern Syria is tender, gentle and incredibly moving…
The Phantom Pain of Rojava review – Kurdish veterans of the war against IS tell story of courage and survival
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Joyce Carol Oates thinks the 90s TV adaptation of The Odyssey is the best. I beg to differ | Stuart Heritage

silverguide.site – The Hallmark Channel’s ropey version of The Odyssey is going viral for its star-studded cast. Christopher Nolan’s film only looks better by comparison…
Joyce Carol Oates thinks the 90s TV adaptation of The Odyssey is the best. I beg to differ | Stuart Heritage
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Unauthorised version of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey shared on X

silverguide.site – A high-quality pirated version of the summer’s hit movie was leaked on Elon Musk’s X platform and viewed more than 3m times before being removed…
Unauthorised version of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey shared on X
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A Dairy Story review – giving cows and calves a happier life through progressive farming

silverguide.site – Filled with shots of emerald pastures and gambolling animals, this documentary shows that challenging accepted practices can benefit animals and the environment…
A Dairy Story review – giving cows and calves a happier life through progressive farming
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Valentina and the MUOSters review – US military surveillance in Sicily triggers family discord on the ground

silverguide.site – A young woman strives for self-reliance as local people protest the US military communications system that has landed in their rural town…
Valentina and the MUOSters review – US military surveillance in Sicily triggers family discord on the ground
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‘I thought it didn’t stand a cat’s chance in hell’: Andrew Ridgeley on Wham’s surreal trip to China

silverguide.site – Four decades after he and George Michael became the first western pop act to tour the country, Ridgeley recalls silent gigs, awkward embassy receptions – and the ‘bloody ludicrous’ hiring of Lindsay Anderson as director…
‘I thought it didn’t stand a cat’s chance in hell’: Andrew Ridgeley on Wham’s surreal trip to China
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Chuck Russell obituary

silverguide.site – Film-maker who reshaped The Mask as an exuberant comic spectacular and launched the film careers of Cameron Diaz and the Rock…
Chuck Russell obituary
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Chuck Russell, director of The Mask and The Blob, dies aged 74

silverguide.site – The film-maker, also behind A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, died on Wednesday in his San Diego home…
Chuck Russell, director of The Mask and The Blob, dies aged 74
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Prince William? David Cameron? JD Vance? Celebrities brace – and Staines celebrates – ahead of new Ali G film

silverguide.site – Sacha Baron Cohen’s doofus voice of yoof has been making fresh mischief with new film Who Iz I? But who will he catch out this time? And what does his fictional hometown make of his return?…
Prince William? David Cameron? JD Vance? Celebrities brace – and Staines celebrates – ahead of new Ali G film
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If Deadpool wants to be a true Marvel superhero, is it time he grew up and stopped joking around?

silverguide.site – Ryan Reynolds’ sarcastic superhero is rumoured to be in Avengers: Doomsday – but how is he going to fit in the MCU proper when he spent all of his previous film mocking it?…
If Deadpool wants to be a true Marvel superhero, is it time he grew up and stopped joking around?
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