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'Bliss' review: A film that takes a different approach
Bliss follows Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is a computer simulation. Image credit: Amazon Studios/Entertainment Pictures
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'Bliss' review: A film that takes a different approach

'Rams' review: Funny and thoughtful in equal measure
Sam Neill in a scene from Samuel Goldwyn Films new film: Rams (2020). Image credit: Supplied by LMKMEDIA.
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'Rams' review: Funny and thoughtful in equal measure

Dave Grohl: 'For a while I wasn't sure if I ever wanted to play music again'
Dave Grohl is a very nice man. Credit: Danny Clinch
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Dave Grohl: 'For a while I wasn't sure if I ever wanted to play music again'

A River Called Time by Courttia Newland: A dramatic and satisfying finale
Courttia Newland latest novel A River Called Time
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A River Called Time by Courttia Newland: A dramatic and satisfying finale

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor: Richer than books three times as long
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Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor: Richer than books three times as long

5 George Orwell books that aren't 1984 or Animal Farm
George Orwell
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5 George Orwell books that aren't 1984 or Animal Farm

Sometimes we need to go against everything we know to get what we need
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Sometimes we need to go against everything we know to get what we need

Busting the myths of the Windrush Generation
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Busting the myths of the Windrush Generation

Zoe Lyons: 'I would go back and tell my younger self she will be loved'
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Zoe Lyons: 'I would go back and tell my younger self she will be loved'

‘There’s just a great sparkle there’: A chat with Bakewell and Mangan
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‘There’s just a great sparkle there’: A chat with Bakewell and Mangan

Why should we care about superheavy elements? Because we don't know yet
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Why should we care about superheavy elements? Because we don't know yet

The Ghost Of Peter Sellers: 'One of history's most infuriating film stars'
Peter Medak, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan on the set of Ghost in the Noonday Sun
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The Ghost Of Peter Sellers: 'One of history's most infuriating film stars'

Rock royalty: Cashing in on a classic
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Rock royalty: Cashing in on a classic

Radio Life by Derek B Miller: A return to form, with knobs on
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Radio Life by Derek B Miller: A return to form, with knobs on

Master Craftsman by George Saunders: A writer's David Bowie or Lou Reed
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Master Craftsman by George Saunders: A writer's David Bowie or Lou Reed

Top 5 kid's picture books with black people in them
Atinuke shares her top 5 black picture books.
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Top 5 kid's picture books with black people in them

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Wish I was there: Who needs real travel when you have TV?
TV shows like Travel Man and Chris Tarrants Extreme Railways have provided an escape during lockdown
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Wish I was there: Who needs real travel when you have TV?

Omari Douglas from It's a Sin: 'People like Roscoe shaped the gay landscape'
Omari Douglas stands in a bar in a string vest as Roscoe Babatunde
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Omari Douglas from It's a Sin: 'People like Roscoe shaped the gay landscape'

Matthew Lewis: 'For 10 years I've been saying, one day you'll grow up'
Matthew Lewis
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Matthew Lewis: 'For 10 years I've been saying, one day you'll grow up'

Seven reasons why It's A Sin is the most important drama of 2021
The young cast of It's A Sin
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Seven reasons why It's A Sin is the most important drama of 2021