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On my radar: Emily Maitlis’s cultural highlights

The broadcaster on Jodie Comer’s incredible stage performance, her father’s musical bequest, and Netflix’s flashy Spanish political potboiler

The Guardian - UK

Pablo Picasso was not a lone genius creator – he was at the centre of several creative hubs, and changed the course of western art

Review: Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition 2022: The Picasso Century, NGV International.

The Conversation

Olga review – political gymnastics drama sets the bar high

Gymnast Anastasiia Budiashkina gives an impressive performance as a rising star whose world is flipped upside down by the 2014 Ukrainian revolution

The Guardian - UK

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100 days of Ukraine invasion: How Russian soldiers weaponised rape in war with Kyiv

Ukraine has documented more than 15,000 suspected war crimes, including rapes by ill-equipped Russian soldiers who use sexual violence to instil fear among the local population

The Independent UK

Where Paul O'Grady's dogs are now - tragic deaths, forced to send back and fights

Animal lover Paul O'Grady has suffered through his fair share of animal heartbreak - but wouldn't let it stop him from welcoming more pets into his home and heart

Daily Mirror

Russian speakers reject the 'language of the enemy' by learning Ukrainian

One of the stated goals of Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine was defending Russian-speaking populations who were allegedly being persecuted by Ukrainian nationalists. Ironically, since the start of the war, Russian speakers in Ukraine have been signing up for classes to improve their Ukrainian-language skills.

France 24

Ukraine war: Israel treads careful line as public blames Russia

While PM Bennett tries to mediate peace, Israelis with backgrounds in ex-Soviet nations are against Moscow’s invasion.

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Ukraine offers to swap prisoners for hurt Mariupol fighters

Ukraine offered to release Russian prisoners of war in exchange for the safe evacuation of the badly injured fighters trapped inside a steel mill in the ruined city of Mariupol

The Independent UK

Ukrainian family finds sanctuary in South Shields thanks to Hexham mum and local charity

Three generations of the same family and their dog escaped war-torn Ukraine to come to the North East and find safety

Chronicle Live

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is 'personal' for soldiers protecting their families in the Donetsk region

Ukrainians on the frontline of Russia's war don't pretend to know what's going through the minds of "the enemy", but if they had to guess, they think their invaders' hearts aren't in it. That's not so for the local soldiers.

ABC News

What it's like living in Ukraine's warzone

Ukraine's army is slowing Russia's invasion to a crawl, but there is still heavy fighting in the south. For those living there, the war has started to feel like a deadly kind of normal.

WEKU

Occupied Ukrainian city fears sham Russian referendum plans

While the world’s attention has focused on the fighting around Ukraine’s capital and the east, Russia swiftly captured and has held onto swaths of the country’s southern territory for two months

The Independent UK

Traumatised, homeless and alone: the harrowing journey of Ukraine’s refugee children

An estimated 40% of the five million people who have fled Ukraine are children — many of whom arrive in neighbouring countries unaccompanied and afraid.

Crikey

A Viking Epic to Conquer Them All in ‘The Northman’

Alexander Skarsgård has been dreaming about Vikings for as long as he can remember. Some of his earliest memories are from Oland, a Swedish island on the Baltic Sea, where his great-grandfather built a home many years ago. His grandfather would regale him with tales of Viking history while walking…

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The Independent UK

A Viking epic to conquer them all in 'The Northman’

Alexander Skarsgård has been dreaming about Vikings for as long as he can remember

Tribune News Service

Movie review: Robert Eggers’ ‘The Northman’ is a violent feast for the senses

You never would accuse Robert Eggers of being just another filmmaker.

Daily Mirror

Heartbreak as Antiques Roadshow rare Fabergé box halves in value after discovery

Jewellery historian John calmly talked the audience through the valuation of the “rather plain” box, before excitedly revealing it was actually a Fabergé cigarette case and was worth thousands of pounds

Daily Mirror

Antiques Roadshow guest devastated as heirloom halves in value due to tiny damage

An Antiques Roadshow guest was left devastated when the family's heirloom plummeted in value after the expert spotted out a small amount of damage on it

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The Guardian - UK

The Northman review – Robert Eggers’s ambitious, preposterous Viking epic

Understatement is not on the menu as Alexander Skarsgård scorches through a mission of bloody vengeance in this oddly plodding Scandi saga

Los Angeles Times

'How many graves? Go count them': Russia batters Ukraine's east

SEVERODONETSK, Ukraine — The rows of graves were marked with simple crosses of fresh-cut wood. Black plaques with gold lettering declared the names. The occasional wreath broke the monotony of dull earthen colors, and, in the front, three rectangular holes awaited the newly fallen.

AFP

Fleeing Russians help Uzbekistan chase IT dreams

Tashkent (AFP) - Hit by regular power cuts and with popular sites like Twitter and TikTok blocked, the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan hardly seems a likely candidate for a tech boom.

ABC News

What happened in Bucha? Inside Ukrainian city of horrors caught up in Russia's battle for Kyiv

Bucha resident Larysa Savenko spent five weeks hiding in her shed in the freezing cold as Russians occupied her town. Now the horror on her street has become the latest defining image of the war.

Daily Record

Balfron villagers step up to plate as Ukraine refugee responses kicks into gear

The village is like so many areas of the country reading to welcome refugees into their homes.

Reuters

Russian family prefers exile to 'unbearable' pro-war mood at home

A day after Russia invaded Ukraine, married couple Olga and Nikolai Kustov locked up their St Petersburg apartment, took their children out of school, and moved to a foreign country.

The Guardian - UK

A Life of Picasso Volume IV by John Richardson review – demon or deity?

This ingenious final volume of an epic biography illuminates the imagery in the artist’s work during Europe’s war years and his complicated love life

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