2022

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TV 

The excellent and gorgeous TV adaptation of the Elena Ferrante books is coming to a close with a whole new cast

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Fashion 

Fashion hall of fame

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Netflix 

From the anxiety-inducing culinary drama The Bear starring Jeremy Allen White to the Korean family saga Pachinko with Youn Yuh-jung, here are the best TV shows of 2022

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Best of 

From Paul Verhoeven's erotic religious drama Benedetta to Luca Guadagnino's cannibal romance Bones and All starring Timothée Chalamet, here are the best films of 2022 (UK release dates)

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Visual Arts 

What we loved seeing in London this 2022

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Theatre 

Stars making their West End debuts, award-winning collaborators reuniting and fresh takes on classic titles: the best London theatre shows of 2022

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Netflix 

The concluding episodes of Harry and Meghan's Netflix documentary have now been released, detailing their mental struggles after the royal wedding

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TV 

Starring Jennifer Coolidge, Aubrey Plaza, Theo James and Michael Imperioli, the eagerly awaited second season of Mike White's bizarre resort satire is back with tales of desire and jealousy

Tried and Tested

Dance 

London hosted outstanding dance in 2022

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Netflix 

Barely a month after The Crown season 5 dropped on Netflix, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's brand-new docuseries arrives to shake up Christmas

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Shopping 

The big beauty launches, trends, services and advice that we took from 2022

We love

Best of 

In another bumper year for outstanding musicianship, singers and players seemed to reach ever greater heights. Here is the Culture Whisper pick of people and events

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Books 

Transportive tales to fire up the imagination this Christmas

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Netflix 

From Billie Piper returning as Suzie Pickles in I Hate Suzie Too to Sarah Lancashire concluding her time on BBC's Happy Valley, here's our Christmas TV 2022 guide

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Netflix 

From Emily in Paris season 3, starring Lily Collins, to the latest Lady Chatterley's Lover movie starring Emma Corrin, Netflix in December provides many warm treats for a cold Christmas

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Cinema 

Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star in this film adaptation of Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's New York Times investigation into Harvey Weinstein

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Musicals 

Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough and Alisha Weir star in this spectacular film adaptation of the Matilda stage musical

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Cinema 

Based on the novel by Camille DeAngelis, this road movie is the latest from Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino. Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance star

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Netflix 

From Little Women to It's a Wonderful Life, Netflix, Prime Video, Disney Plus, and AppleTV Plus spill with festive treats. Have yourself a merry little Christmas with our top picks

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Cinema 

From Kitchen At Holmes's comfy rooftop cinema to The Luna Cinema's return to Kensington Palace, we round up the best Christmas film screenings London 2022 has to offer

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Netflix 

Season 5 of Peter Morgan's constantly controversial Netflix drama is back, and it's set to become another TV talking point. Stars Imelda Staunton, Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki

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Netflix 

From the already-controversial return of The Crown starring Imelda Staunton to the fun, feministic sequel to Enola Holmes starring Millie Bobby Brown, Netflix in November delves into many histories

Oscars

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Cinema 

Ruben Östlund returns with his second Palme d'Or-winning film, which is a satire of the wealthy on board a luxury yacht. Woody Harrelson stars

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Cinema 

The new movie from Korean director Park Chan-wook follows a Busan-based detective (Park Hae-il) on a murder case who falls in love with the chief suspect (Tang Wei)

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Netflix 

From The Good Nurse with Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne to The Watcher with Naomi Watts and Mia Farrow, Netflix in October yields many dark and delightful pleasures

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TV 

Sir Kenneth Branagh stars as Boris Johnson in this new six-part dramatisation of the British government's response to the Covid pandemic

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Netflix 

Starring Ana de Armas and Adrien Brody, Andrew Dominik's controversial adaptation of the Marilyn Monroe novel by Joyce Carol Oates is finally coming to Netflix

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TV 

Myha'la Herrold, Marisa Abela and Jay Duplass star in Mickey Down and Konrad Kay's Industry, which plunges into the sexual, hedonistic and egotistic world of high finance

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Cinema 

Florence Pugh, Harry Styles and Chris Pine star in Olivia Wilde's second film as director, diving into a weird suburban world with something dark bubbling under the surface

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TV 

James Nesbitt returns as the duplicitous detective Tom Brannick in Chris Brandon's Northern Ireland-set drama Bloodlands. Charlene McKenna also stars

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TV 

David Attenborough is back on the BBC with a new, updated documentary about the frozen lands of planet Earth

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Cinema 

Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart star in David Cronenberg's latest film, which delves into a bleak near-future in which human bodies adjust to a synthetic environment