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Radio 4 is home to some truly original shows right now
Radio

Radio 4 is home to some truly original shows right now

'120 Beats per Minute' is an Aids docudrama that doesn't waste a second
Film

'120 Beats per Minute' is an Aids docudrama that doesn't waste a second

Cracking the secret library code of elderly ladies
Books

Cracking the secret library code of elderly ladies

Hilton Als, White Girls: Denis Johnson, The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
Books

Hilton Als, White Girls: Denis Johnson, The Largesse of the Sea Maiden

How the BBC reshot ‘Ordeal By Innocence’ after sexual assault accusations
TV

How the BBC reshot ‘Ordeal By Innocence’ after sexual assault accusations

London's Human Library is the storytelling antidote to our age of exclusion
Books

London's Human Library is the storytelling antidote to our age of exclusion

Musical youth – is children's song finally getting a much needed shake-up?
Music

Musical youth – is children's song finally getting a much needed shake-up?

The kids are alright with TV like Love, Master Of None and The Big Sick
TV

The kids are alright with TV like Love, Master Of None and The Big Sick

Isle of Dogs, review – is it time Wes Anderson learned some new tricks?
Film

Isle of Dogs, review – is it time Wes Anderson learned some new tricks?

The Big Issue backs Independent Bookshop Alliance launch
Independent Bookshops Alliance Darren Henley John Bird Simon Key
Books

The Big Issue backs Independent Bookshop Alliance launch

Tracy Beaker returns as a single mum living in social housing
TV

Tracy Beaker returns as a single mum living in social housing

Punk, Icon, Activist: Never mind the Sex Pistols, here's Vivienne
Film

Punk, Icon, Activist: Never mind the Sex Pistols, here's Vivienne

London's Tower Bridge is turning into a giant sound sculpture
Music

London's Tower Bridge is turning into a giant sound sculpture

Queer Eye is a beacon of hope not just for straight men, but all humanity
TV

Queer Eye is a beacon of hope not just for straight men, but all humanity

On World Down Syndrome Day, read our interview with The A Word's Leon Harrop
Christopher Eccleston and Leon Harrop
TV

On World Down Syndrome Day, read our interview with The A Word's Leon Harrop

Will.i.am’s heart hurts for today’s fame-hungry youth
Music

Will.i.am’s heart hurts for today’s fame-hungry youth

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Independent bookshops are taking their battle with Amazon to parliament
Books

Independent bookshops are taking their battle with Amazon to parliament

The Square, review – is it hip to be satirising art world vapidity?
Film

The Square, review – is it hip to be satirising art world vapidity?

How Bernard MacLaverty's novels chimed with the mood in the North of Ireland
Books

How Bernard MacLaverty's novels chimed with the mood in the North of Ireland

Songs of praise: Snoop, Dylan, Bieber and a history of musicians finding God
Music

Songs of praise: Snoop, Dylan, Bieber and a history of musicians finding God

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