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• Moors Murders, review: this ill-judged series plumbed new depths of bad gustatory modality

  Channel 4's documentary revisited the crimes of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, merely muddied the waters over what was new and what was not

  

• Lock up your historians, Netflix'due south Vikings: Valhalla is a handsome romp with perfect hair

  Swoonsome Vikings with perfect cheekbones and indeterminate accents practise boxing in an enjoyable adventure from the author of Dice Hard

• Nonclassical shines in its mainstream-venue debut, plus the best of February'due south classical concerts

  Founded by Prokofiev's grandson Gabriel, this celebration of immature composers outside the classical mainstream proved a rewarding evening

• Tom Cruise got Jack Reacher wrong – here's how Amazon got him right

  Furious Lee Child fans accused 'Tiny Tom' of cutting his biggest character downward to size. Now a gigantic hit series has fabricated him whole over again

• A Century of the Artist's Studio, 1920-2020: a fascinating peek into the (mostly) secret lives of artists

  From Warhol to the women who gathered in Chile's shanty towns nether Pinochet's dictatorship, the Whitechapel's show is full of surprises

Annotate and analysis

• How Brahms's Requiem bankrupt the rules – with boggling results

  Swapping Latin liturgy for consolations in German, Brahms's work was a shock – never more and so than in the ashes of the Second Earth War

  

• Wales has been overrun by totalitarian nationalists

  Richard King's new book 'Brittle With Relics' exposes the unpleasantness of the movement that has made Wales a foreign state to me

  

• The Oscars 'fan votes' are a ludicrous, Twitter-pleasing idea

  The new 'Fan Favourite Award' and 'Oscars Cheer Moment' are sops to online fandom, not serious appraisals of cinematic merit

  

• Bloated, internet-baiting trailers are ruining movie theater

  Social media has created a prime number playground for spoilsports – can the motion-picture show industry fight back?

  

Reviews

• Distant Fathers by Marina Jarre review: from fleeing the Nazis to exile in fascist Italy

  An Italian novelist's rediscovered memoir captures the startling, disorientating experience of being lost in a time of historic upheaval

  

• Nonclassical shines in its mainstream-venue debut, plus the best of Feb's classical concerts

  Founded by Prokofiev'southward grandson Gabriel, this celebration of immature composers outside the classical mainstream proved a rewarding evening

  

• A Century of the Artist'south Studio, 1920-2020: a fascinating peek into the (mostly) secret lives of artists

  From Warhol to the women who gathered in Chile'south shanty towns nether Pinochet's dictatorship, the Whitechapel's show is full of surprises

  

• The School for Practiced Mothers by Jessamine Chan review: Handmaid's Tale for the Squid Game generation

  Already a hit in the Us, this chilling debut novel imagines a draconian institution where 'bad' mothers are corrected

  

• ENO: The Cunning Little Vixen, review: fauna passion drives the virtually curious of operas

  Janáček's vividly folky tale slips between human and unmerciful worlds, and thanks to twenty local schoolchildren, it was excellently performed

  

• Fugitives by Danny Orbach, review: the Nazis who became Cold War spies

  This riveting history, written by an ex-Israeli operative, exposes the Nazis who fed America scare stories about the Soviets

  

Behind the music

Rock's untold stories, from band-splitting feuds to the greatest performances of all time

This evening'south TV

• What'south on TV tonight: Imagine... Wayne McGregor, Moors Murders: The Witness and more

  Your consummate guide to the week's television, films and sport, across terrestrial and digital platforms

Screen Secrets

A regular series telling the stories behind film and TV'southward greatest hits – and most fascinating flops

• Afar Fathers by Marina Jarre review: from fleeing the Nazis to exile in fascist Italy

  An Italian novelist's rediscovered memoir captures the startling, disorientating experience of being lost in a time of historic upheaval

  

• I quit recruitment to become a successful 'erotic' author

  Lockdown forced Stephanie Oram to switch careers and attempt her manus at writing...

  

• The Schoolhouse for Good Mothers past Jessamine Chan review: Handmaid's Tale for the Squid Game generation

  Already a hit in the U.s.a., this chilling debut novel imagines a draconian establishment where 'bad' mothers are corrected

  

• Fugitives by Danny Orbach, review: the Nazis who became Common cold War spies

  This riveting history, written by an ex-Israeli operative, exposes the Nazis who fed America scare stories about the Soviets

  

• A Century of the Artist'south Studio, 1920-2020: a fascinating peek into the (mostly) surreptitious lives of artists

  From Warhol to the women who gathered in Republic of chile's shanty towns under Pinochet's dictatorship, the Whitechapel's show is full of surprises

  

• The 'super smart' secretive trader ranked amidst Britain'due south richest people

  Fiddling is known almost Preston-built-in billionaire Michael Platt outside of hedge fund circles

  

• The Crivelli code: subtle jokes hidden in the paintings of a Renaissance master

  The first UK exhibition about Carlo Crivelli proves he was a 15th-century Magritte – only an fine art historical conspiracy has kept him sidelined

  

• Prince Charles'southward favourite architect on his war on ugly buildings: 'We were brainwashed'

  How Quinlan Terry bankrupt free of his socialist upbringing to lead compages'due south classical counter-revolution

  

In depth

More than stories

• Distant Fathers by Marina Jarre review: from fleeing the Nazis to exile in fascist Italy

  An Italian novelist's rediscovered memoir captures the startling, disorientating feel of being lost in a time of celebrated upheaval

  

• From luggage to coffee shops to Tommy Shelby haircuts: how Peaky Blinders conquered U.k.

  The BBC menstruation drama has captured the public's imagination like few other television receiver programmes

  

• Peaky Blinders series 6, kickoff-wait review: bombastic, aye, just notwithstanding a masterclass in fashion and substance

  The first episode of the concluding serial shows a calmer Tommy Shelby. He'southward notwithstanding a dab hand with a switchblade, though

  

• Imagine… Wayne McGregor, review: an absorbing hour with the man who redefined trip the light fantastic

  Alan Yentob offered an accessible style into this rarefied globe when he met the multi laurels-winning choreographer

  

• Moors Murders, review: this ill-judged series plumbed new depths of bad taste

  Channel 4'south documentary revisited the crimes of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, only muddied the waters over what was new and what was not

  

• Lock upwardly your historians, Netflix'southward Vikings: Valhalla is a handsome romp with perfect pilus

  Swoonsome Vikings with perfect cheekbones and indeterminate accents exercise battle in an enjoyable adventure from the author of Die Hard

  

• Nonclassical shines in its mainstream-venue debut, plus the best of February's classical concerts

  Founded by Prokofiev'due south grandson Gabriel, this celebration of young composers outside the classical mainstream proved a rewarding evening

  

• Tom Cruise got Jack Reacher wrong – here's how Amazon got him right

  Furious Lee Kid fans defendant 'Tiny Tom' of cutting his biggest graphic symbol downwards to size. Now a gigantic hit series has fabricated him whole again

  

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Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/

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