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Chris Broughton

@ChrisDBroughton

Will write for food

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Joined January 2009
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My How we made... on the viridescent wolfshead's finest ever manifestation. theguardian.com/culture/2024…
‘I hit the boom operator’s car with an arrow. He was inside’: how we made Robin of Sherwood

‘I hit the boom operator’s car with an arrow. He was inside’: how we made Robin of Sherwood

‘We’d invite famous actors to guest star for a fee topped at £3,000. “Come and have some fun!” we’d say – and nobody ever turned us down’

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These are fab. I've heard a lot about this Tate Modern place and might be tempted to go and see what this 'art' business is all about. theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Hot snogs, fizz-fuelled City boys and a hilltop homage to Duran Duran: 10 photos that capture the...

Hot snogs, fizz-fuelled City boys and a hilltop homage to Duran Duran: 10 photos that capture the...

It was a tumultuous decade characterised by street riots, financial excess and big-haired bands making big-budget videos. As a major exhibition of shots from the 1980s prepares to open, we talk to...

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Good to see my interview with photographer Ricky Flores hitting the streets a week before the US election, when affronted Puerto Ricans in Pennsylvania may yet help consign the Hallowe'en Trumpkin to the compost bin. theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Carlos and Boogie on the subway heading for 42nd Street: Ricky Flores’s best photograph

Carlos and Boogie on the subway heading for 42nd Street: Ricky Flores’s best photograph

‘These are my boys on the 6 train. Carlos, on the left, had just come out of the army – and Boogie’s just being Boogie’

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Extraordinary image and article The hidden underside of an iceberg: Laurent Ballesta’s best photograph theguardian.com/artanddesign…
The hidden underside of an iceberg: Laurent Ballesta’s best photograph

The hidden underside of an iceberg: Laurent Ballesta’s best photograph

‘This iceberg in Antarctica was so vast, I had to dive down and take 147 photos in sub-zero water, then get a computer to join them up. Ten years on, my toes are still damaged’

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Very much looking forward to this gilded beauty... #HALLOWEIRD
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Inevitably, I wrote this one up with Ken Dodd warbling in my head. Under the circumstances, I'm not sure he'd have been terribly tickled. theguardian.com/culture/2024…
‘It would not get made today’: Todd Solondz on his shocking paedophile film Happiness

‘It would not get made today’: Todd Solondz on his shocking paedophile film Happiness

‘It’s about a guy who has this horrible private obsession but doesn’t accept he’s hurting anyone. He feels he’s a good father, a good family man, and that this other life is his alone. Sadly, I don’t...

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Sci-fi fans of Hastings and East Sussex please note: As part of this coming Thursday's Doctor Who night at the Electric Palace I'll be hosting a Q&A with Matthew Waterhouse, AKA ill-fated companion Adric. Follow link for further details and to buy tickets. electricpalacecinema.com/wha…
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A father and son commune with their ancestors in an Andean ghost village: Víctor Zea Díaz’s best photograph theguardian.com/artanddesign…
A father and son commune with their ancestors in an Andean ghost village: Víctor Zea Díaz’s best...

A father and son commune with their ancestors in an Andean ghost village: Víctor Zea Díaz’s best...

‘Two families went up to the abandoned town to find their ancestral homes. They set out like Indiana Jones but ended up in tears as they reached the tumbledown buildings’

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The first of a couple of interviews I've done with former winners of Wildlife Photographer of the Year. I didn't anticipate quite how many of the comments underneath would be readers debating which species of predatory animal they'd sooner be killed by. theguardian.com/artanddesign…
A wild dog catches a wildebeest: Jonathan Scott’s best photograph

A wild dog catches a wildebeest: Jonathan Scott’s best photograph

‘I followed the hunt from a distance with my knee on the steering wheel – focusing manually while trying not to hit an anthill or go down a warthog burrow’

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Both Gallagher brothers came up in these interviews, but they're getting no column inches on MY watch. NB: Mr Dorff isn't interested in talking about the horror film he made as a kid. "Every time I see Tarantino, he'll be like, 'The Gate!' And I'll be like, 'For fuck's sake...'"
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‘Let them kick the crap out of the songs’: how we recreated the Beatles to make Backbeat theguardian.com/culture/arti…
‘Let them kick the crap out of the songs’: how we recreated the Beatles to make Backbeat

‘Let them kick the crap out of the songs’: how we recreated the Beatles to make Backbeat

‘I knew people who said John Lennon was angry, insecure and cruel in the early days. When I met Ian Hart, I saw he could provide that’

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Hey, @Lindymorrison8, my daughter Kitten is in the middle of playing 16 Lovers Lane on crackly vinyl in its entirety on her 4zzz show as part of a celebration of Brisbane acts. Realise it's pretty late, but listen back tomorrow if you feel inclined. xX 4zzz.org.au/program/night-sl…
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I made a tiny contribution to this Guardian article, talking about the time my then seven-year-old decided she wanted to watch Fritz Lang's Metropolis. Also reiterates the importance of keeping music on the school curriculum. theguardian.com/film/article…
‘Sobbing in the aisles’: writers on their most memorable parent-kid film experiences

‘Sobbing in the aisles’: writers on their most memorable parent-kid film experiences

Whether a terrifying Postman Pat, a mortifying sex scene, or a brush with button-phobia, our writers report on the family viewing they will never forget

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I spoke to Sayed Asif Mahmud about photographing Yemen, with occasional interruptions from his very fine cat. theguardian.com/artanddesign…
A wild moment with date paste – Sayed Asif Mahmud’s best photograph

A wild moment with date paste – Sayed Asif Mahmud’s best photograph

‘This was one of 40 pictures of Yemen I showed at an exhibition in Brussels. The Yemeni ambassador came to me with tears in his eyes and said: “No one has shown my country like this”’

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I chatted to Steven L. Sears and Renee O'Connor about the making of Xena: Warrior Princess. I don't think this is the headline any of us anticipated. theguardian.com/culture/arti…
‘I was attacked by a bloody rabbit’: how we made Xena: Warrior Princess

‘I was attacked by a bloody rabbit’: how we made Xena: Warrior Princess

‘The studio was hesitant about suggesting Xena and Gabrielle were in a romantic relationship. But as time went on, they decided to look the other way and just let us get on with it’

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A celebration of a child who never got to be born – Jair F Coll’s best photograph theguardian.com/artanddesign…
A celebration of a child who never got to be born – Jair F Coll’s best photograph

A celebration of a child who never got to be born – Jair F Coll’s best photograph

‘The rule of a Colombian bunde ritual is that you cannot go home before the child is buried at midnight. If you try, their ghost will chase you’

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Rest well Jeannette Charles, who has died at 96, the same age as her well-known lookalike. Here's a photo of me visiting Jeannette at home to interview her just before the other queen's Platinum Jubilee.
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Experience: I’ve been a Queen lookalike for 50 years

Experience: I’ve been a Queen lookalike for 50 years

Bands wanted me for music videos, and I handed out gifts with Liberace

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Rain fails to stop play at Hastings Jack in the Green, though spending some of the day inside a giant means I managed to stay drier than most. Dropped my phone in the mud shortly after filming this - it was returned via the onstage MC within 10 minutes. 10/10, as usual.
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