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Why Barbie wasn’t snubbed

Also this week: Paul Giamatti’s struggling writers, and bad behaviour at the theatre.

By Olivia Cole

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Beauty and the freak: inside the awful, wonderful world of Diane Arbus

From photographing "freaks" to weekend affairs, a biography of Arbus brings a new dimension to her stunning photographic legacy.

By Olivia Cole

When I go on TripAdvisor, I wonder if the reviewers could have disparaged Eden

My week, including secret beaches in Puglia, TripAdvisor whingers and Norfolk’s smartening seaside.

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