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Film | Hollywood

What does 'Barbenheimer' really mean?

Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer and Margot Robbie in Barbie

Editor's Picks

Book covers: After the Funeral, The Postcard and Crook Manifesto

18 of the best books of the year so far

By Rebecca Laurence and Lindsay Baker

Ryan Gosling as Ken in the film Barbie, holding a surfboard

Why critics are loving Barbie's Ken

By Laura Martin

Cilian Murphy standing with a pipe in Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer is a flat-out masterpiece

By Caryn James

Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in the Barbie movie

'Joyous' Barbie breaks the mould

By Nicholas Barber

(Credit: Howard Sooley)

Six extraordinary gardens

By Cath Pound

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The Tetons and Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942

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By Cath Pound

Picture of some old books and a gothic candle

The eight best gothic books of all time

By Freya Berry

(Credit: Alamy)

Europe's most expensive painting ever

By Kelly Grovier