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I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father's heart
Music

I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father's heart

Comedian Munya Chawawa: 'There's a dictatorship brewing with Trump'
TV

Comedian Munya Chawawa: 'There's a dictatorship brewing with Trump'

Fin DAC: 'As a creator of public murals, I aspire to leave spaces brighter than I found them'
Fin DAC
Fin DAC

Fin DAC: 'As a creator of public murals, I aspire to leave spaces brighter than I found them'

Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes
Music

Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes

The Room Next Door review – Pedro Almodóvar puts friendship and assisted dying in laser-focus
Film

The Room Next Door review – Pedro Almodóvar puts friendship and assisted dying in laser-focus

That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – a moving testament to the power of music
Books

That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – a moving testament to the power of music

Playground by Richard Powers review – a crafty and deep examination of the state we're in
Books

Playground by Richard Powers review – a crafty and deep examination of the state we're in

Colin Greenwood: 'I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead'
Letter To My Younger Self

Colin Greenwood: 'I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead'

Top 5 books about poison, chosen by author and biologist Noah Whiteman
Books

Top 5 books about poison, chosen by author and biologist Noah Whiteman

Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: 'You don't have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube'
Music

Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: 'You don't have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube'

From ancient civilisations to industrial revolutions: How horses shaped the world we live in today
Horses

From ancient civilisations to industrial revolutions: How horses shaped the world we live in today

Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine
Music

Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine

Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd review – edge-of-your-seat Cold War escapism
Books

Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd review – edge-of-your-seat Cold War escapism

Singer and TV star Daniel O'Donnell: 'I don't want yesterday back – I love today'
Daniel O'Donnell
Letter To My Younger Self

Singer and TV star Daniel O'Donnell: 'I don't want yesterday back – I love today'

When theatres emptied during the pandemic, I had to make my own
Books

When theatres emptied during the pandemic, I had to make my own

This Country's Charlie Cooper: 'We don't have much pride in being English'
Charlie Cooper
TV

This Country's Charlie Cooper: 'We don't have much pride in being English'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels 
Books

Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels 

Danny Dyer on fame, therapy and working-class people in politics: 'We need a f**king leader'
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Danny Dyer on fame, therapy and working-class people in politics: 'We need a f**king leader'

Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all
Alice Lowe in Timestalker
Film

Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets
Books

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets