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David Duchovny: 'I dare you not to be moved by Puff, the Magic Dragon'
David Duchovy in a white t shirt
The Music That Made Me

David Duchovny: 'I dare you not to be moved by Puff, the Magic Dragon'

Author and activist Naomi Klein: 'My mother becoming disabled changed how I saw the world'
Letter To My Younger Self

Author and activist Naomi Klein: 'My mother becoming disabled changed how I saw the world'

How Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow's headliners
Miles Davis playing onstage
Music

How Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow's headliners

5 best rom-com books, selected by rising star novelist Alex Sarkis
An illustration of pink hearts rising from the pages of a book
Books

5 best rom-com books, selected by rising star novelist Alex Sarkis

Have you ever wondered where mushrooms come from? This is the incredible secret life of fungi
illustration of red spotted fungus
Nature

Have you ever wondered where mushrooms come from? This is the incredible secret life of fungi

Firebrand cellist Abel Selaocoe: 'Classical music is about telling a great story'
Abel Selaocoe resting his chin on clasped hands
Music

Firebrand cellist Abel Selaocoe: 'Classical music is about telling a great story'

Atherton 'had everything taken away'. The Snug brought back music and community
female fronted punk band on the stage of The Snug in Atherton
venue watch

Atherton 'had everything taken away'. The Snug brought back music and community

'Being over-sexualised as a teen has grave consequences': NXKXTA on grooming and the Lolita myth
NXKXTA

'Being over-sexualised as a teen has grave consequences': NXKXTA on grooming and the Lolita myth

Comic book legend Grant Morrison on drag, defying gender norms and debut novel Luda
Grant Morrison
Books

Comic book legend Grant Morrison on drag, defying gender norms and debut novel Luda

Russell T Davies' classic picks from the Whoniverse as Doctor Who episodes land on iPlayer
All the lead actors from Doctor Who - as classic episodes arrive in The Whoniverse on BBC iPlayer
TV

Russell T Davies' classic picks from the Whoniverse as Doctor Who episodes land on iPlayer

Duran Duran on critics, escapism and why AI can actually be a useful tool for artistry
Roger Taylor, John Taylor, Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes in black suits against a red background
Interview

Duran Duran on critics, escapism and why AI can actually be a useful tool for artistry

Top 5 books about love, selected by 'QI elf' Edward Brooke-Hitching
Pink neon light in the shape of a heart
Love

Top 5 books about love, selected by 'QI elf' Edward Brooke-Hitching

'It was time to change the narrative': How I created the Black British Book Festival
Selina Brown illustration
Books

'It was time to change the narrative': How I created the Black British Book Festival

Time season 2 star Jodie Whittaker: 'People are leaving prison and they're being given a tent'
Jodie Whittaker in Time
Interview

Time season 2 star Jodie Whittaker: 'People are leaving prison and they're being given a tent'

Duran Duran pick the scariest movies to watch at Halloween – from Dracula to Silence of the Lambs
Duran Duran in spooky black and white for Halloween
Halloween

Duran Duran pick the scariest movies to watch at Halloween – from Dracula to Silence of the Lambs

Children's author Oliver Jeffers: 'Storytelling is the most powerful force humans have'
Christmas Kids Cover Competition

Children's author Oliver Jeffers: 'Storytelling is the most powerful force humans have'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Al Murray on boarding school, Pub Landlord and his mysterious grandfather's wartime movements
Al Murray in a purple shirt
Letter to my younger self

Al Murray on boarding school, Pub Landlord and his mysterious grandfather's wartime movements

Rom-com royalty Meg Ryan is coming home to woo us one more time
When Harry Met Sally...
Film

Rom-com royalty Meg Ryan is coming home to woo us one more time

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson
Books

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson

Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke review – a perfectly timed comeback
Lord Jim at home book cover
Books

Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke review – a perfectly timed comeback

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