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The pulp magazines that featured 20th-century fantasy and science fiction were fronted by illustrations that could be laughable or lurid.

It was once the job of “sleazy” tabloids to destroy lives with lurid gossip that titillated the public but lacked public interest in the high-minded sense.

As well as showing fake bank statements to Earl Spencer, the book highlights a series of lurid and untrue claims Bashir made to him about the Royal Family, including the then Prince Charles.

Now we have, as a counterbalance to a lurid male gaze as the season’s new opera for L.A.

Set in the lurid environment of gaming mecca Macau, the movie is notable for assembling good elements, including ‘Conclave’ director Edward Berger, and squandering them.