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Books about jazz you need to read
Books about jazz you need to read
Deb Grant shares her top picks that are a must for anyone who loves jazz – and especially everyone who doesn’t
Lucy Sweet: Glastonbury – ‘the maddest masterclass of sensory overload’
Lucy Sweet: Glastonbury – ‘the maddest masterclass of sensory overload’
The BBC’s televised coverage of Glastonbury reminded Lucy Sweet how much she loves a festival – just as long as the cameras are not on her
Life as a midwife aid worker: ‘Plagued by vivid dreams of the patients I felt I had failed’
Life as a midwife aid worker: ‘Plagued by vivid dreams of the patients I felt I had failed’
For Anna Kent, writing was a way of processing the emotional burden of frontline aid work – the lives she saved and the ones she couldn’t.
The Odd Throuple: Only Murders In The Building is back with a triumphant second season
The Odd Throuple: Only Murders In The Building is back with a triumphant second season
Why I created a book full of weird and wonderful images I found in online archives
Why I created a book full of weird and wonderful images I found in online archives
Darren McGarvey: ‘Austerity was class war. I want to hit back’
Darren McGarvey: ‘Austerity was class war. I want to hit back’
‘I hope young activists will take heart’: Sir Nick Partridge on Aids: The Unheard Tapes
‘I hope young activists will take heart’: Sir Nick Partridge on Aids: The Unheard Tapes
Rainn Wilson on the time Bryan Cranston almost killed the cast of The Office
Rainn Wilson on the time Bryan Cranston almost killed the cast of The Office
Being deaf is no tragedy – it’s one of my greatest strengths
Being deaf is no tragedy – it’s one of my greatest strengths
‘Sherwood is important. It forces people to remember that the political is personal’
‘Sherwood is important. It forces people to remember that the political is personal’
Aids: The Unheard Tapes – stories from the heart of a crisis
Aids: The Unheard Tapes – stories from the heart of a crisis
I was an Old Bailey judge. Here’s what really goes on in court
I was an Old Bailey judge. Here’s what really goes on in court
Lauren Layfield: ‘Normal men, innocent men’ and me
Lauren Layfield: ‘Normal men, innocent men’ and me
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Music biz legend Barbara Charone lifts the lid on an incredible career
Music biz legend Barbara Charone lifts the lid on an incredible career
David Harbour would rather grow up in the time of Stranger Things than be a kid today
David Harbour would rather grow up in the time of Stranger Things than be a kid today
Six things we learned from Phoebe Bridgers live at Glasgow Barrowland
Six things we learned from Phoebe Bridgers live at Glasgow Barrowland
Rainn Wilson emailed Star Trek: Strange New Worlds to say Harry Mudd would ‘fit right in’
Rainn Wilson emailed Star Trek: Strange New Worlds to say Harry Mudd would ‘fit right in’
‘A landmark moment’: Arthur Hughes on being the first disabled actor to play Richard III at the RSC
‘A landmark moment’: Arthur Hughes on being the first disabled actor to play Richard III at the RSC
Rowan Atkinson: ‘I always liked the definition of art as the rejection of the status quo’
Rowan Atkinson: ‘I always liked the definition of art as the rejection of the status quo’
Yoga by Emmanuel Carrère review: An intriguing journey with a uniquely inventive writer
Yoga by Emmanuel Carrère review: An intriguing journey with a uniquely inventive writer
O-T Fagbenle: ‘I’m wary of being involved in the soap opera of politics’
O-T Fagbenle: ‘I’m wary of being involved in the soap opera of politics’
Mr Bean meets Breaking Bad – why Man vs Bee is a comedy masterpiece
Mr Bean meets Breaking Bad – why Man vs Bee is a comedy masterpiece
‘Glastonbury is like Disneyland – when you’re there, you don’t really think of the outside world’
‘Glastonbury is like Disneyland – when you’re there, you don’t really think of the outside world’
Top songs: a guide to Tom Cruise singing cheesy tunes in movies
Top songs: a guide to Tom Cruise singing cheesy tunes in movies
The Lost Girls: ‘This movie represents my own process of growing up’
The Lost Girls: ‘This movie represents my own process of growing up’
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a radical reminder that older women are sexual beings
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a radical reminder that older women are sexual beings
Lightyear: Astronaut Tim Peake reveals five things films get right about space
Lightyear: Astronaut Tim Peake reveals five things films get right about space
Calum Scott: ‘Pouring my heart out is the only way I can write’
Calum Scott: ‘Pouring my heart out is the only way I can write’
Everything Went Fine: A right-to-die story that’s strangely life-affirming
Everything Went Fine: A right-to-die story that’s strangely life-affirming
The Lazarus Project is about the near misses we’ve had with the end of the world, says writer Joe Barton
The Lazarus Project is about the near misses we’ve had with the end of the world, says writer Joe Barton
Can design solve homelessness, the climate crisis and racism?
Can design solve homelessness, the climate crisis and racism?
Everything we know about Squid Game season two, now that it’s official
