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The best movies, TV, music, podcasts and books of the year (so far)
As a sort of mid-year stocktake, our critics have picked their favourite pieces of pop culture from the first half of 2022.
- by Debi Enker, Garry Maddox, Melanie Kembrey, Barry Divola and Robert Moran
Twenty million shows and counting: The remarkable story of the BBC at 100
- by Bridget Griffen-Foley
Movies
Will Lightyear make it to a future where kids want to watch it over and over again?
Twenty-seven years have passed between the respective releases of Toy Story and Lightyear. Movies have changed, and so have our ways of watching them.
- by David Free
From the Archives, 1992: Strictly Baz
30 years ago, Strictly Ballroom was a total success. Audiences loved it, and so did Hollywood moguls. But director Baz Luhrmann was taking it all step by step.
- by Tony Squires
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TV & radio
SBS makes history with refreshed Tour de France line-up
The Tour de Femmes is reborn, with the women’s race returning for the first time since 1989.
- by Louise Rugendyke
‘When you hate someone, you are their prisoner’: Q&A with Meshel Laurie
Comedian Meshel Laurie on her daily news habits, her first job and her sporting bucket list.
- by Michael Lallo
Music
Opinion
Beyonce
Calling all Millennials to the dance floor as Beyonce and Drake announce return of clubbing
- by Thomas Mitchell
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Celebrity
Stage
★★★
Arts
Tim Finn’s new musical starts with promise, but fails to fulfil its potential
- by Peter Hodgson, Kate Herbert and Tony Way
Art & design
Opinion
Republic debate
Ensign for the times: Forget the new flagpole, we need a new flag
- by Helen Pitt
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Art
After everything was destroyed by floods, National Art School steps up for students
- by Lenny Ann Low
Books
Twenty million shows and counting: The remarkable story of the BBC at 100
- by Bridget Griffen-Foley
Shocking crimes and Minnie Driver’s eye-opening memoir: Top books to read next
- by Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
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