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Cher: The Memoir, Part One review – pop icon turns back time
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Cher: The Memoir, Part One review – pop icon turns back time

Kubrick: An Odyssey review – a forensic debunking of myths and falsehoods
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Kubrick: An Odyssey review – a forensic debunking of myths and falsehoods

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope
Incels

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope

Top 5 works of satire, chosen by writer and cultural mischief maker Jackie Ess
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Top 5 works of satire, chosen by writer and cultural mischief maker Jackie Ess

Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison review – lifting the taboo of being gay in football
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Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison review – lifting the taboo of being gay in football

My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel review – searing, angry power on every page
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My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel review – searing, angry power on every page

Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard
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Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees
Refugees

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees

We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea's trauma and terror
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We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea's trauma and terror

The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin's Russia
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The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin's Russia

Heartbroken? Blame capitalism. Author Shon Faye on why so many of us feel like 'failures in love'
Love

Heartbroken? Blame capitalism. Author Shon Faye on why so many of us feel like 'failures in love'

Top 5 Cold War novels, chosen by historian and author Oskar Jensen
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Top 5 Cold War novels, chosen by historian and author Oskar Jensen

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico review – anatomy of a fake online life
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Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico review – anatomy of a fake online life

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – a darkly humorous examination of online lives
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Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – a darkly humorous examination of online lives

Why the story of metal is worthy of a Greek tragedy
Metal

Why the story of metal is worthy of a Greek tragedy

Top 5 crime thrillers, chosen by best-selling author and former detective Neil Lancaster
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Top 5 crime thrillers, chosen by best-selling author and former detective Neil Lancaster

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami review – light among the poignancy and depth
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Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami review – light among the poignancy and depth

The Ancients by John Larison review – a powerful dystopian survival story
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The Ancients by John Larison review – a powerful dystopian survival story

Top 5 YA fantasy adventure books, chosen by children's novelist PM Perry
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Top 5 YA fantasy adventure books, chosen by children's novelist PM Perry

How a shocking DNA test revealed my family's links to a celebrity chef and slavery in Jamaica
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How a shocking DNA test revealed my family's links to a celebrity chef and slavery in Jamaica

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