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Art and politics are not the same thing – but the Anna Netrebko case shows what happens when they collide | Martin Kettle

The arts and politics are bound to mix, but they are not the same thing. In the cold war, Soviet artists performed in the west. Should the Russian soprano, who has condemned the Ukraine invasion, be …

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BRIAN VINER reviews Mr Burton: A masterclass from Toby Jones as the teacher who made Richard Burton a star

Richard Burton was born at home in Pontrhydyfen, near Port Talbot, and was buried under the world's gaze in Celigny, near Geneva.

Mr Burton review – the teacher who inspired and encouraged screen legend Richard Burton

Toby Jones plays the spaniel-eyed schoolmaster setting Harry Lawtey’s needy young pupil on course for haughty international stardom

The career of Richard Burton seemed mythic at the time, and more so …

‘His genius is elusive’: Harry Lawtey and Toby Jones on bringing Richard Burton back to the screen

In new film Mr Burton, the Industry star plays a young Richard Burton, with Jones as the mentor who helped him find his acting chops. The duo discuss trying to understand a cultural icon – and how to…

‘A beloved figure’: Welsh village ready for tourists as Richard Burton biopic opens

Events planned in Pontrhydyfen for centenary of actor’s birth, as many recall his visits home with Elizabeth Taylor

Hardly a day goes by when villagers don’t spot a cinephile traipsing in the footstep…

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Richard Burton's plush Hampstead home that he shared with Elizabeth Taylor and then a Yugoslavian princess is set to fetch £4.5m at auction

A lavish mansion in Hampstead, north London, where Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor's tumultuous relationship played out could fetch £4.5million when it goes under the hammer.

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