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Top 5 Books about Scottish history as chosen by Andy Burnham
Books

Top 5 Books about Scottish history as chosen by Andy Burnham

Classical music's pushbacks against travel restrictions and gender imbalance
Music

Classical music's pushbacks against travel restrictions and gender imbalance

Stephen Mangan's filthy good 'Hang Ups' is wholly unsuitable family viewing
TV

Stephen Mangan's filthy good 'Hang Ups' is wholly unsuitable family viewing

Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' is a provocative and urgent film for our times
Film

Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' is a provocative and urgent film for our times

Brian Henson: "I depicted a puppet ejaculating Silly String"
Happytime Murders Brian Henson
Film

Brian Henson: "I depicted a puppet ejaculating Silly String"

Street Art: Eugene Little's drawings show the real side of Camden's homeless
Art

Street Art: Eugene Little's drawings show the real side of Camden's homeless

Radio 4's 'When Diane Met Ken' is great, even before it's been broadcast
Ken Campbell
Radio

Radio 4's 'When Diane Met Ken' is great, even before it's been broadcast

Ron Stallworth was the first black member of the Ku Klux Klan
Film

Ron Stallworth was the first black member of the Ku Klux Klan

Poverty Safari Live: A Big Issue vendor reviews Edinburgh's top show
Darren McGarvey
Theatre

Poverty Safari Live: A Big Issue vendor reviews Edinburgh's top show

The Kinks Komeback: new song from the archive has a Brexit shadow
The Kinks – image © Barrie Wentzell
Music

The Kinks Komeback: new song from the archive has a Brexit shadow

Two tribes: Is it high time for the return of the tribal pop rivalry?
Music

Two tribes: Is it high time for the return of the tribal pop rivalry?

Meet Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's rock
Myles Humphus
Culture

Meet Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's rock

The Eyes of Orson Welles offers a fresh perspective on the filmmaker's life
Orson Welles

The Eyes of Orson Welles offers a fresh perspective on the filmmaker's life

The fig tree is nature's humble hero
Books

The fig tree is nature's humble hero

Disenchantment is a coming-of-age show with a backdrop of fantasy and magic
Disenchantment Netflix
TV

Disenchantment is a coming-of-age show with a backdrop of fantasy and magic

Director slams censors as new film A Northern Soul is rated as a 15
Sean McAllister Alamy
Film

Director slams censors as new film A Northern Soul is rated as a 15

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Pearl Jam raise more than £8m for homelessness organisations in Seattle
Pearl Jam PA
Music

Pearl Jam raise more than £8m for homelessness organisations in Seattle

Top 5 books for holiday reading as chosen by Asia Mackay
Books

Top 5 books for holiday reading as chosen by Asia Mackay

Elvis Presley, the '68 Comeback Special and the radical rocker that never was
Elvis Presley
Music

Elvis Presley, the '68 Comeback Special and the radical rocker that never was

'Wasted' the musical shows why the Brontës rocked
Music

'Wasted' the musical shows why the Brontës rocked

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