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Inside the grassroots music venue where Oasis, Pulp and Ed Sheeran cut their teeth
Robert Smith of The Cure, Ed Sheeran and Morrissey leading The Smiths on stage in Moles, Bath
Venue Watch

Inside the grassroots music venue where Oasis, Pulp and Ed Sheeran cut their teeth

Typist Artist Pirate King review – a warm-hearted, clear-eyed tribute to a neglected artist
Two women on a beach
Film

Typist Artist Pirate King review – a warm-hearted, clear-eyed tribute to a neglected artist

Retribution review – another Liam Neeson action vehicle fresh from the production line
Liam Neeson looks out of a car window
Film

Retribution review – another Liam Neeson action vehicle fresh from the production line

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon review – pure, undiluted Partridge
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon cover
Books

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon review – pure, undiluted Partridge

Rambling Man by Billy Connolly review – a funny, life-affirming rhapsody
Rambling Man book cover
Books

Rambling Man by Billy Connolly review – a funny, life-affirming rhapsody

Al Murray: 'Going to boarding school set me up to create the Pub Landlord'
Al Murray drumming
Comedy

Al Murray: 'Going to boarding school set me up to create the Pub Landlord'

Cowbois: This 'big queer Western' is subverting macho tropes and celebrating gender outlaws
Theatre

Cowbois: This 'big queer Western' is subverting macho tropes and celebrating gender outlaws

Top 5 children's books about animals, selected by Oscar's Lion author Adam Baron 
Black and white illustration of a lion lying on a bed
Children's books

Top 5 children's books about animals, selected by Oscar's Lion author Adam Baron 

Machines made the modern world – if we're not careful they could break it
illustration of a man smashing a machine with a mallet
machines

Machines made the modern world – if we're not careful they could break it

Madonna's Celebration tour proves this is the Material Girl's world – we're all just living in it
Music

Madonna's Celebration tour proves this is the Material Girl's world – we're all just living in it

Time star Jodie Whittaker slams prison service for failing women: 'Surely there's a better system'
Jodie Whittaker stars in BBC1's Time
Interview

Time star Jodie Whittaker slams prison service for failing women: 'Surely there's a better system'

Shaun Keaveny: 'I was burnt out by the callousness and cruelty of this government'
Shaun Keaveny in a white t-shirt, smiling
Interview

Shaun Keaveny: 'I was burnt out by the callousness and cruelty of this government'

Soul II Soul's Jazzie B: 'As a kid, I was always in Finsbury Park. Now I’ve got a statue there'
Jazzie B in a black hat
Letter to my younger self

Soul II Soul's Jazzie B: 'As a kid, I was always in Finsbury Park. Now I’ve got a statue there'

Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy's Deborah Alma
A notebook, a pen and a cup of coffee
poetry

Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy's Deborah Alma

Why renowned conductor John Eliot Gardiner has drawn comparisons with Lydia Tár
Classical music

Why renowned conductor John Eliot Gardiner has drawn comparisons with Lydia Tár

What Scorsese epic Killers of the Flower Moon means to an Indigenous street paper vendor
A woman in a green top holding a pot plant against a yellow background
Vendors

What Scorsese epic Killers of the Flower Moon means to an Indigenous street paper vendor

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Slade star Noddy Holder breaks silence after throat cancer diagnosis: 'I kept it very low key'
Noddy Holder waving
Exclusive

Slade star Noddy Holder breaks silence after throat cancer diagnosis: 'I kept it very low key'

Stop Making Sense review – a once in a lifetime Talking Heads show
The Talking Heads line-up for the concert film 'Stop Making Sense' (L-R Steve Scales, Bernie Worrell, Jerry Harrison, Ednah Holt, David Byrne, Lynn Mabry, Tina Wemouth, Chris Frantz and Alex Weir)
Music

Stop Making Sense review – a once in a lifetime Talking Heads show

This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen's life – but may run out of money in months
woman playing a keyboard and singing, MacArts centre, man in a hat at a microphone
venue watch

This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen's life – but may run out of money in months

Rock Hudson: How an Aids diagnosis saw the closeted Hollywood icon finally accepted
Rock Hudson and Lee Garlington
LGBTQ+ history

Rock Hudson: How an Aids diagnosis saw the closeted Hollywood icon finally accepted

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