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‘The Other Side of the Wind’ is just part of the Orson Welles flotilla docked at Netflix Cove
Cannes 2018: our correspondent goes to the dogs
Cannes daily: on the last day of the festival, some inaccurate predictions and Terry Gilliam’s long-cherished project disappoints
‘I think the Irish are Spaniards who got lost’
Ian Gibson has lived in Spain for decades and is best known for his work on the poet Federico García Lorca
Cannes 2018: There’s only one contender for picture of the year
Cannes daily: A shot of Kristen Stewart glancing admiringly at Cate Blanchett is causing a stir
Cannes film festival: the class acts of 2018
Despite a dispute with Netflix and films not being ready in time, the competition is one of the funkiest, least creaky in years
Spoiler alert: People don’t hate spoilers . . . or do they?
Avengers: Infinity War directors have made sure the new film’s story remains a secret. But if they did tell you, would it really spoil the experience?
Real world intrigue plagues drug smuggling TV series in Spain
Madrid Letter: Controversy fuels success of Galicia-based ‘Fariña’ TV show set in 1980s
Adam Driver: ‘There’s a double standard for men and women’
The ‘Star Wars’ actor on leaving the marines, filming nude and getting to know his dark side
Independence day: 10 great things to celebrate about America
On its birthday, a very personal list of the best gifts the US has given the world
Fintan O’Toole: DUP’s crush on Britain will end badly
Conservative party thinks of England as it clasps Democratic Unionists to its bosom
Life on the road for ballerina with a baby
As Moscow prima ballerina Valeria Kruglova arrives in Dublin to play Sleeping Beauty, she says the hardest role is being a mum on the road
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My morning alarm in Tokyo is an AC H130 fighter jet
I had to survive on the basics when my bank card was blocked after arriving in Japan
A day in a charity shop: ‘A lot of wealthy women come in’
Our Consumer Affairs Correspondent volunteers in an Oxfam shop. Beyond the feel-good factor, it’s a fascinating retail experience: the prices can’t be beaten and the donations range from tat to gold – literally
Podemos makes a show of force at 100,000-strong Madrid march
Anti-austerity party leader tells crowd, ‘We are going to beat the PP in the elections’
Cervantes grave may have been located in Madrid
Search for Don Quixote author’s remains led team to coffin under convent floor
Amazon, the company that changed how we shop
Twenty years ago, a former Wall Street trader sold a book over the internet. With this first sale on Amazon, Jeff Bezos changed the world
Louis van Gaal: an aristocrat of the game
Worth noting that Van Gaal has won just two leagues and the German Cup in the last 15 years
Stolen French painting goes on display in Dublin
Drawing by realist master returned by Criminal Assets Bureau
Events refocus minds on climate change and difficult decisions
UN panel report and foundering of wind energy plan brings neglected issue back, writes Harry McGee
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