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There’s been a lot of news over the past week, and I’m not really sure how to feel about much of it. The [rap beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP4QFAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL2FydHMtZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC9tdXNpYy9uZXdzL2RyYWtlLWtlbmRyaWNrLWxhbWFyLWJlZWYtdGltZWxpbmUtZGlzcy10cmFja3MtYWxsZWdhdGlvbnMtYjI1NDA2NzMuaHRtbD9saWQ9NHliejZ2b2pmY3ZuJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMS0wNS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmY1rhg_ZgM3ZRpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) (sort of a “hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby” situation, in internet parlance) has continued to escalate, with Pulitzer-winner Lamar accusing Drake of being a paedophile in his track “Not Like Us”. Drake then shot back with his own track, denying this. It’s all remarkably nasty, especially for artists as high-profile as this. Then there’s the furore around Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, the seven-part series about comedian Richard Gadd’s experiences with a stalker. On Thursday, the woman who is alleged to have inspired the series’ stalker gave an interview with Piers Morgan, in a [controversial TV spectacle that many viewers have deemed “unethical”](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2Zpb25hLWhhcnZleS1yaWNoYXJkLWdhZGQtcGllcnMtbW9yZ2FuLWIyNTQyNzEzLmh0bWw_bGlkPWtsc3dodGRiNzRlayZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTEtMDUtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmNa4YP2YDN2UaUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~). There’s also been the build-up to Eurovision this Saturday, amid protests and a planned [boycott due to the involvement of Israel](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2V1cm92aXNpb24vaXNyYWVsLWV1cm92aXNpb24tMjAyNC1ib3ljb3R0LWJhbm5lZC1yZWFzb24tYjI1NDIwOTYuaHRtbD9saWQ9Z3BnODBmcTR1bHQ5JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMS0wNS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmY1rhg_ZgM3ZRpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). UK entrant Olly Alexander has faced criticism for refusing to pull out of the competition, while fans participating in the boycott are set to flood the official social media hashtags with updates and information about the situation in Gaza. ~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2Jlc3QtdWstbXVzaWMtZmVzdGl2YWxzLTIwMjQtbGluZXVwLWIyNTM3Nzk2Lmh0bWw_bGlkPTFxNjJ2aWVmaWhwbCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTEtMDUtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmNa4YP2YDN2UaUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~ Kendrick Lamar and Drake are at loggerheads (Getty) What’ve we been doing on the culture desk this Bank Holiday-shortened week? We’ve had interviews with talent show star [Dannii Minogue](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2Rhbm5paS1taW5vZ3VlLWkta2lzc2VkLWEtZ2lybC1pbnRlcnZpZXctYjI1MzkxNzguaHRtbD9saWQ9bGVscGxtdWRxYTNiJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMS0wNS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmY1rhg_ZgM3ZRpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) (by Adam White), Parks and Recreation funnyman [Ben Schwartz](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP4QSAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL2FydHMtZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC9jb21lZHkvZmVhdHVyZXMvYmVuLXNjaHdhcnR6LWludGVydmlldy1zb25pYy10aGUtaGVkZ2Vob2ctMy1qaW0tY2FycmV5LWltcHJvdi1saXZlLWIyNTM4NDYwLmh0bWw_bGlkPXJnZWhlam9kanhjdSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTEtMDUtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmNa4YP2YDN2UaUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) (by me), indie musician [Rachel Chinouriri](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP4QCAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL2FydHMtZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC9tdXNpYy9mZWF0dXJlcy9yYWNoZWwtY2hpbm91cmlyaS13aGF0LWEtZGV2YXN0YXRpbmctdHVybi1vZi1ldmVudHMtYjI1MzkwNzIuaHRtbD9saWQ9dDhmZzVzOG5oZWtpJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMS0wNS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmY1rhg_ZgM3ZRpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) (by Ellie Muir), and Martin Scorsese’s longtime editor, the great [Thelma Schoonmaker](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL3Bvd2VsbC1wcmVzc2J1cmdlci1kb2N1bWVudGFyeS1zY29yc2VzZS1iMjU0MTQ5MC5odG1sP2xpZD1nem4wejRyYm82ZWQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDExLTA1LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZjWuGD9mAzdlGlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) (by James Mottram). TV critic Nick Hilton wrote about [Bear Grylls’s appearance at Russell Brand’s baptism](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2JlYXItZ3J5bGxzLXJ1c3NlbGwtYnJhbmQtYmFwdGlzbS1iMjU0MjIyNS5odG1sP2xpZD12ZWd2Z3Fjb2JreTQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDExLTA1LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZjWuGD9mAzdlGlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), as well as the [downfall of Kevin Spacey](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0T9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2tldmluLXNwYWNleS1zZXh1YWwtbWlzY29uZHVjdC1jaGFubmVsLTQtdW5tYXNrZWQtYjI1MzkyMjAuaHRtbD9saWQ9ZW16aDdoOTZiNmk2JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMS0wNS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmY1rhg_ZgM3ZRpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). And Katie Rosseinsky looked at the [rise and rise of Lorraine Kelly](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2xvcnJhaW5lLWtlbGx5LXNob3ctaXR2LWJhZnRhLWFjdHJlc3MtYjI1MzkyNjguaHRtbD9saWQ9bW04cjZ0ZW84OWM0JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMS0wNS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmY1rhg_ZgM3ZRpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). Next week we have the start of the Cannes Film Festival, the TV Baftas ceremony, and the return of Bridgerton. Take care! Louis [@louischilton](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0ShaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9sb3Vpc2NoaWx0b24_bGlkPW96b2x2Mm9nMnk2bCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTEtMDUtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmNa4YP2YDN2UaUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) What to do this weekend Film | [La Chimera](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0S2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG0_bGlkPXM0ODF4dWFyZTJtZiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTEtMDUtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmNa4YP2YDN2UaUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) What comes out of the ground in La Chimera must be handled with care. It is an Etruscan kylix, a kind of ancient wine cup with a wide, yawning mouth and painted eyes. When held up to the lips, it sees when its drinker cannot, drunkenness having blinded them. It’s a metaphorically potent artefact, uncovered by Arthur ([Josh O’Connor](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL3Jldmlld3MvY2hhbGxlbmdlcnMtbW92aWUtcmV2aWV3LXplbmRheWEtYjI1Mjg1NDAuaHRtbD9saWQ9cDd2cWU0Y245c3pzJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMS0wNS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmY1rhg_ZgM3ZRpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~)), a wayward British archaeologist in Eighties Tuscany, who’s betrayed his profession and fallen in with a band of “tombaroli”, or local graverobbers ... There’s something to this film, and to [director Alice Rohrwacher’s work at large](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP4QTAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL2FydHMtZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC9maWxtcy9yZXZpZXdzL2hhcHB5LWFzLWxhenphcm8tZmlsbS1yZXZpZXctY2FubmVzLWFsaWNlLXJvaHJ3YWNoZXItYWRyaWFuby10YXJkaW9sby1hODg1MzM2MS5odG1sP2xpZD04Y2tqN2RldW9zNTAmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDExLTA1LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZjWuGD9mAzdlGlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), that feels as delicate, as enigmatic, and as spiritually charged as these millennia-old artefacts. It stirs up a fierce protectiveness in the viewer. Treasure this now, hold it, turn it, and examine it from all sides, or it may slip beyond your grasp. Clarisse Loughrey | Film critic   Theatre | [Spirited Away, London Coliseum](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2U_bGlkPXJhNWNtZmE1d3B5dSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTEtMDUtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmNa4YP2YDN2UaUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) Spirited Away simply shouldn’t work. At a time when hackneyed screen-to-stage cash-ins have become a ravaging blight on London’s theatre scene, along comes this: a [doggedly faithful adaptation](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2UvbmV3cy9zcGlyaXRlZC1hd2F5LXBsYXktdGlja2V0cy1sb25kb24tYjIzODYzMjcuaHRtbD9saWQ9dzVqNWQ5ZWE5eTJjJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMS0wNS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmY1rhg_ZgM3ZRpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) of one of the [greatest and most adored animated films of all time](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvaW5kZXBlbmRlbnRwcmVtaXVtL2N1bHR1cmUvc3Bpcml0ZWQtYXdheS1zdHVkaW8tZ2hpYmlsaS1iMjAxNzI1NC5odG1sP2xpZD1lYjNwcXVtMHRmcjQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDExLTA1LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZjWuGD9mAzdlGlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning 2001 fantasy is inimitable – a medium-defining and wholly idiosyncratic achievement only possible in the boundaryless canvas of animation. And yet, here it is on stage, reconfigured ambitiously into flesh and puppetry. Louis Chilton | Culture reporter   TV | [Doctor Who](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0S0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2P2xpZD02dG1nb3Yxd2FnanUmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDExLTA1LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZjWuGD9mAzdlGlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) Fittingly for a series about adventures across space and time, the latest season of [Doctor Who](/topic/doctor-who?lid=zu7r6susenop&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_campaign=IndyArts Newsletter 11-05-24&utm_term=IND_Culture_Newsletter_CDP) features an interstellar lead performance by [Ncuti Gatwa](/topic/ncuti-gatwa?lid=4w2pmt56mwg2&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_campaign=IndyArts Newsletter 11-05-24&utm_term=IND_Culture_Newsletter_CDP). He’s [a natural as the new custodian](/arts-entertainment/tv/news/doctor-who-bbc-review-ncuti-gatwa-b2540760.html?lid=pysih7vdpp6u&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_campaign=IndyArts Newsletter 11-05-24&utm_term=IND_Culture_Newsletter_CDP) of the Tardis, both mischievous and mysterious, and is by far the best thing about the BBC’s biggest franchise as former showrunner [Russell T Davies](/topic/russell-t-davies?lid=9p86qnrc3716&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_campaign=IndyArts Newsletter 11-05-24&utm_term=IND_Culture_Newsletter_CDP) takes up the reins once again. Ed Power | TV critic   Film | [Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0S3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljP2xpZD0zY3huZ3E3N2o3bWImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDExLTA1LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZjWuGD9mAzdlGlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) It’s rare to meet a genuine, dyed-in-the-wool Planet of the Apes fan these days. And yet, the franchise has been ticking away solidly since its 2011 revival. [The last three films opened to acclaim](/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-review-release-date-trailer-caesar-rise-dawn-andy-serkis-woody-harrelson-a7828921.html?lid=ljn86lela1c4&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_campaign=IndyArts Newsletter 11-05-24&utm_term=IND_Culture_Newsletter_CDP), if not feverish reverence, for their sombre, imposing human-ape battles and [Andy Serkis’s game-changing motion capture work](/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/andy-serkis-interview-ulster-american-b2460996.html?lid=00av7web5ret&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_campaign=IndyArts Newsletter 11-05-24&utm_term=IND_Culture_Newsletter_CDP). The franchise continues now, a little more quietly but still impressively, with (deep breath) [Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes](/arts-entertainment/films/news/kingdom-of-the-planet-apes-reviews-premiere-b2539000.html?lid=mb8u0m7p3kxl&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_campaign=IndyArts Newsletter 11-05-24&utm_term=IND_Culture_Newsletter_CDP). This film shifts the series’ timeline forward, and closer to the events of the original 1968 movie, and the luckless arrival of astronaut Charlton Heston. Clarisse Loughrey | Film critic [The Saturday Interview – Tracey Emin](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2FydC9mZWF0dXJlcy90cmFjZXktZW1pbi1hcnQtY2FuY2VyLXBhaW50aW5nLWIyNTQxNTcwLmh0bWw_bGlkPWo1cHBwNXM3NjR1ZyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTEtMDUtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmNa4YP2YDN2UaUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) ~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2pheS1ibGFkZXMtdGhlLXJlcGFpci1zaG9wLWIyNTM4NjU4Lmh0bWw_bGlkPXR0bWJjbnM1dWNkOSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTEtMDUtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmNa4YP2YDN2UaUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~ Tracey Emin has a knack for capturing life at its most earthy and emotionally truthful (PA) Independent editor-in-chief Geordie Greig speaks to Tracey Emin, one of the foremost figures of the modern art scene, for this week's [Saturday Interview](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2FydC9mZWF0dXJlcy90cmFjZXktZW1pbi1hcnQtY2FuY2VyLXBhaW50aW5nLWIyNTQxNTcwLmh0bWw_bGlkPXF1YWdhM3lqdjRmdCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTEtMDUtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmNa4YP2YDN2UaUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~). They discuss the afterlife, giving up booze after her cancer diagnosis, and Emin's decision to use her millions to fund new art ~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2pheS1ibGFkZXMtdGhlLXJlcGFpci1zaG9wLWIyNTM4NjU4Lmh0bWw_bGlkPWI0azhrdGQ4eG9haSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTEtMDUtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmNa4YP2YDN2UaUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~ Emin sits in front of her 1998 piece ‘My Bed’ on display at Christie’s in 2014 (Getty) Read an extract from our Saturday Interview below… Sobriety is one of the changes. “Giving up drink has been totally transformative,” she says. “I love it. I wish I’d done it before. But when I did it in 2008, I felt suicidal. It was horrific and I hated it. I wasn’t surrounded by the right people. Your life’s got to feel like it’s worth living, and you have to build a solid base around you.” Becoming teetotal was gradual. “Having bladder cancer is really good, a useful thing to stop drinking,” she notes with gallows humour. But what irks her is how she wasted time. “People go, ‘Oh my God, you’ve done so much work in the past four years,’ and I go, ‘Yeah, it’s because I don’t drink any more.’ So what would I have done in the past 40 years or so if I had been sober?” [Read the full interview here](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoIZ2uP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2FydC9mZWF0dXJlcy90cmFjZXktZW1pbi1hcnQtY2FuY2VyLXBhaW50aW5nLWIyNTQxNTcwLmh0bWw_bGlkPTM3cnE4bXZwdmk4OSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTEtMDUtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmNa4YP2YDN2UaUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) 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