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  The Guardian

  Booth by Karen Joy Fowler review – background to an assassination

  Booth by Karen Joy Fowler review – background to an assassination. This family epic about the man who shot Abraham Lincoln spotlights America’s national story and the horrors of slavery

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  The Telegraph

  ‘He thought he was destined for something greater’: meet America’s most dramatic assassin

  In the mid 1800s, the Booths were an American theatrical dynasty. The two middle sons were so handsome and charismatic, it was sometimes necessary to send the stage manager out to beg the ladies to behave like ladies. Passionate fans made passionate offers, grabbed the boys by their clothing or hair in hope of ripping away souvenirs. The younger was said to be the most beautiful man in America. On Good Friday, 1865, the most beautiful man in America walked into Ford’s Theatre and murdered Presid

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  Politics

  The Guardian

  Want to make Jim Jordan sing about the Capitol attack? Ask Jefferson Davis

  Want to make Jim Jordan sing about the Capitol attack? Ask Jefferson DavisThe Ohio Republican admits he spoke to Trump the day the Confederate flag flew in Congress. Aptly, the investigation of John Brown’s raid sets precedent for what must happen nextWhat did Jim Jordan know about the insurrection and when? Jim Jordan listens as Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters at the US Capitol. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA

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  The Guardian

  Stage Fright: Hitchcock thriller makes theatre a crime scene

  Stage Fright: Hitchcock thriller makes theatre a crime scene. A long-lost London playhouse and Rada’s headquarters feature in this 1950 caper starring a showstopping Marlene Dietrich The stage on screen: more films about theatre

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  Politics

  AFP

  US inaugurations: High drama and sore losers

  Outgoing US President Donald Trump will be far from the first to boycott his successor Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday -- but his absence will be the first since 1869.

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  Entertainment

  Evening Standard

  Joe Biden’s inauguration will bring us some much needed glamour

  J. Lo! Gaga! Michelle Obama! Tom Hanks! Your favourite celebrities will be out in force at the ceremony on Wednesday

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  Yahoo Celebrity UK

  BBC presenter Lucy Worsley apologises for using n-word in history programme

  History presenter Lucy Worsley has apologised for using the n-word in a programme broadcast on BBC Two, saying it 'wasn't acceptable'.

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  The Independent

  BBC presenter Lucy Worsley apologises for use of n-word: ‘It wasn’t acceptable’

  Lucy Worsley has apologised after citing the n-word in her BBC show American History’s Biggest Fibs.The programme, which aired on BBC Two on Saturday (1 August), covered the US confederacy and the history of slavery.

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  Politics

  The Guardian

  'It's a deliberate strategy': Trump uses civil war as culture war in bid to beat Biden

  'It's a deliberate strategy': Trump uses civil war as culture war in bid to beat Biden. Trump has dug in over statues, protests and the Confederate flag – and experts say it’s all part of a calculated election plan

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  The Guardian

  Shakespeare in a Divided America by James Shapiro review – how the bard found his greatest stage

  Shakespeare in a Divided America by James Shapiro review – how the bard found his greatest stage. A timely, clever analysis of why Shakespeare continues to cast a spell over American politics

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