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The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki: A deeply profound novel about human connection
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The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki: A deeply profound novel about human connection

Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch
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Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch

The Jazz is Dead label avoids being a vanity project to create something entirely new
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The Jazz is Dead label avoids being a vanity project to create something entirely new

Author Fiona Valpy discovers the real Casablanca
The Storyteller of Casablanca by Fiona Valpy is out now (Lake Union Publishing. Illustration: Joseph Joyce
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Author Fiona Valpy discovers the real Casablanca

Five of the worst sexist costumes on sale this Halloween
Halloween 2021 - the wirst sexist outfits
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Five of the worst sexist costumes on sale this Halloween

Venom: Let There Be Carnage is another missed opportunity for a superhero-horror crossover
Venom: Let There Be Carnage lacks bite. Image: Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage is another missed opportunity for a superhero-horror crossover

Dolly Parton, Dave Grohl and Billie Piper feature in Letter To My Younger Self paperback
The Letter To My Younger Self paperback edition is out now.
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Dolly Parton, Dave Grohl and Billie Piper feature in Letter To My Younger Self paperback

Fab films: The best documentaries about The Beatles
Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and George Harrison playing their famous gig on a London rooftop
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Fab films: The best documentaries about The Beatles

Billy Bragg: 'There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism'
Billy Bragg. Image: Jill Furmanovsky
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Billy Bragg: 'There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism'

Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds reveals the music that saved his life
Dan Reynolds and Imagine Dragons
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Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds reveals the music that saved his life

Top 5 books about the Windrush Generation, chosen by author Paul Mendez
22nd June 1948: The ex-troopship 'Empire Windrush' arriving at Tilbury Docks from Jamaica, with 482 Jamaicans on board, emigrating to Britain. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Top 5 books about the Windrush Generation, chosen by author Paul Mendez

Exclusive: David Lloyd's unseen drafts of iconic V for Vendetta mask
Artist David Lloyd. stands in front of the V for Vendetta masks he originally designed which became an emblem for the Occupy movement.
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Exclusive: David Lloyd's unseen drafts of iconic V for Vendetta mask

Top 5 books for children, chosen by Matt Lucas
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Top 5 books for children, chosen by Matt Lucas

Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett: 'Unlike anything you've read before'
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Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett: 'Unlike anything you've read before'

Dinner Party: A Tragedy by Sarah Gilmartin: 'A compulsive narrative drive'
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Dinner Party: A Tragedy by Sarah Gilmartin: 'A compulsive narrative drive'

Author Tash Aw: 'So many of us have multiple identities'
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Author Tash Aw: 'So many of us have multiple identities'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Roger Taylor on Elvis, Freddie Mercury's belief in Queen and his weekend with Bowie
Queen drummer Roger Taylor. Image: Xavier Vila
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Roger Taylor on Elvis, Freddie Mercury's belief in Queen and his weekend with Bowie

The best under-the-radar films to see at this year's London Film Festival
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The best under-the-radar films to see at this year's London Film Festival

Read this exclusive poem about homelessness by Ian McMillan
Tents in Butler Place in London, ont far from the houses of parliament
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Read this exclusive poem about homelessness by Ian McMillan

You know that unmistakeable James Bond film look? Here's how it's created
James Bond (Daniel Craig) looks out on the water surrounding his Jamaican home in No Time To Die. Image: Nicola Dove / © 2021 Danjao, LLC and MGM
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You know that unmistakeable James Bond film look? Here's how it's created

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