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How Anya Taylor-Joy cornered the Complex Female Character market
Film

How Anya Taylor-Joy cornered the Complex Female Character market

Jimmy Webb: 'I came pretty close to the edge of the abyss on a number of occasions'
Music

Jimmy Webb: 'I came pretty close to the edge of the abyss on a number of occasions'

Benedetta review: an all-nuns-blazing tale of sex, sinners and unholy sisterhood
Benedetta
Film

Benedetta review: an all-nuns-blazing tale of sex, sinners and unholy sisterhood

Sienna Miller: 'This is the right time for a show like Anatomy of a Scandal'
Sienna Miller plays Sophie Whitehouse in Anatomy of a Scandal Photo: Netflix
Anatomy of a Scandal

Sienna Miller: 'This is the right time for a show like Anatomy of a Scandal'

Reggae has become an international language, synonymous with peace, love and justice
Burning Spear
Music

Reggae has become an international language, synonymous with peace, love and justice

Call Me: Johnny Marr in conversation with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein
Music

Call Me: Johnny Marr in conversation with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein

Derry Girls: 'We did the last series for the fans. Our major ambition is to say goodbye to these characters in the way that they deserved'
TV

Derry Girls: 'We did the last series for the fans. Our major ambition is to say goodbye to these characters in the way that they deserved'

This week's Big TV picks: Derry Girls, Doctor Who, Muhammad Ali and Why Didn't They Ask Evans
TV

This week's Big TV picks: Derry Girls, Doctor Who, Muhammad Ali and Why Didn't They Ask Evans

5 things we can learn from Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof
TV

5 things we can learn from Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof

JJ Chalmers: 'In some ways, it's like I was born again after Afghanistan'
JJ Chalmers
TV

JJ Chalmers: 'In some ways, it's like I was born again after Afghanistan'

Bertie Carvel on playing Donald Trump: 'It's going to be a huge success. I feel confident saying that to you.'
Theatre

Bertie Carvel on playing Donald Trump: 'It's going to be a huge success. I feel confident saying that to you.'

Fearne Cotton, Kojey Radical and Leigh Francis artworks up for fund-raising auction for Big Issue vendors
Richer Than Heath Kane exhibition to support Big Issue vendors
Our vendors

Fearne Cotton, Kojey Radical and Leigh Francis artworks up for fund-raising auction for Big Issue vendors

Why classical club night concerts are now the hottest ticket
Music

Why classical club night concerts are now the hottest ticket

Paddy Considine: 'I feel like my life is a series of beautiful interventions'
Paddy Considine
Music

Paddy Considine: 'I feel like my life is a series of beautiful interventions'

Is It Cake? on Netflix is perfect for frazzled, post-pandemic jelly-brains
Is it Cake?
TV

Is It Cake? on Netflix is perfect for frazzled, post-pandemic jelly-brains

Harrow by Joy Williams review: A nihilistic vision of a joyless future
Cut down forest
Book review

Harrow by Joy Williams review: A nihilistic vision of a joyless future

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The BBC is one of the last decent things standing. And BBC 6 Music is a jewel in its crown.
Ibibio Sound System. BBC/Sarah Jeynes/Jamie Simmonds
Radio

The BBC is one of the last decent things standing. And BBC 6 Music is a jewel in its crown.

'What you really love to do will keep you going': Remembering June Brown, EastEnders' iconic Dot Cotton
June Brown, who played Dot Cotton in EastEnders. Photo by Derek Cox/PA.
TV

'What you really love to do will keep you going': Remembering June Brown, EastEnders' iconic Dot Cotton

Lisa McGee: 'Writing Derry Girls, I've realised I really like teenagers'
TV

Lisa McGee: 'Writing Derry Girls, I've realised I really like teenagers'

This week's Big TV picks: Art That Made Us, Hacks, Slow Horses and The Andy Warhol Diaries
The Spong Man, displayed in the British Library. Credit: BBC/ClearStory/Menace
TV

This week's Big TV picks: Art That Made Us, Hacks, Slow Horses and The Andy Warhol Diaries