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Some of London’s famous red phone boxes might be turned into vending machines
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Farewell to fannies – The Vagina Museum is closing down
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‘People Make Television’
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‘Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons’ review
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Knock at the Cabin
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Polite Society
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Eileen
Anne Hathaway goes deliciously dark in an adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel that tiptoes around queer obsession

Infinity Pool
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