Culture

All Fours by Miranda July review – a shockingly original voice and a story for our times
All Fours by Miranda July
Books

All Fours by Miranda July review – a shockingly original voice and a story for our times

The Horse by Willy Vlautin review – funny, shocking and heartfelt contender for book of the year
The Horse by Willy Vlautin
Books

The Horse by Willy Vlautin review – funny, shocking and heartfelt contender for book of the year

Paul Weller: 'Keir Starmer's just a slightly softer version of the Tory party, isn't he?'
Paul Weller and Johnny Harris
Politics

Paul Weller: 'Keir Starmer's just a slightly softer version of the Tory party, isn't he?'

Washed Out music video controversy shows the hardest part is accepting AI is here to stay 
Washed Up video
Music

Washed Out music video controversy shows the hardest part is accepting AI is here to stay 

Author Alexander McCall Smith: 'At 16 I took myself terrifically seriously. And no one else did'
Alexander McCall Smith
Letter To My Younger Self

Author Alexander McCall Smith: 'At 16 I took myself terrifically seriously. And no one else did'

Viggo Mortensen on Trump, corruption and why classic Westerns are like the best poetry
Viggo Mortensen in The Dead Don't Hurt
Film

Viggo Mortensen on Trump, corruption and why classic Westerns are like the best poetry

'Queer women aren't for the male gaze': Girli on queerness and why Tories 'don't give a s**t' about Gen Z
Music

'Queer women aren't for the male gaze': Girli on queerness and why Tories 'don't give a s**t' about Gen Z

Top 5 child characters in books, chosen by award-winning journalist Tom Lamont
Books

Top 5 child characters in books, chosen by award-winning journalist Tom Lamont

What the complex history of Cyprus can teach us about today's Europe 
Deposed Cypriot president Archbishop Makarios III meets the Labour government’s foreign secretary James Callaghan in London in 1974
Europe

What the complex history of Cyprus can teach us about today's Europe 

Nero was emperor of Rome at just 16. Which of us would have done better?
Nero
Roman Empire

Nero was emperor of Rome at just 16. Which of us would have done better?

Anjana Vasan on We Are Lady Parts season two, Malala and why UK must open its doors to immigrants
Anjana Vasan
TV

Anjana Vasan on We Are Lady Parts season two, Malala and why UK must open its doors to immigrants

Benedict Cumberbatch: 'History judges us on how we treat those who are most vulnerable'
Benedict Cumberbatch in Netflix series Eric with his monster pal
TV

Benedict Cumberbatch: 'History judges us on how we treat those who are most vulnerable'

Question 7 by Richard Flanagan review – this literary quest is a transformative experience
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
Books

Question 7 by Richard Flanagan review – this literary quest is a transformative experience

The Great White Bard by Farah Karim-Cooper review – a new way of seeing Shakespeare
The Great White Bard by Farah Karim-Cooper
Books

The Great White Bard by Farah Karim-Cooper review – a new way of seeing Shakespeare

Benedict Cumberbatch warns history is repeating itself as street homelessness soars
Benedict Cumberbatch in Netflix series Eric with his monster pal
Film

Benedict Cumberbatch warns history is repeating itself as street homelessness soars

Bikini Kill star and riot grrrl legend Kathleen Hanna: 'I was singing to my younger self on Bikini Kill's early songs'
Kathleen Hanna
Letter to my Younger Self

Bikini Kill star and riot grrrl legend Kathleen Hanna: 'I was singing to my younger self on Bikini Kill's early songs'

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Top 5 books on boxing, chosen by commentator Andy Clarke
Books

Top 5 books on boxing, chosen by commentator Andy Clarke

Baroness Floella Benjamin on being Black on TV, Play School and giving hope to children in poverty
Baroness Floella Benjamin
TV

Baroness Floella Benjamin on being Black on TV, Play School and giving hope to children in poverty

Furiosa director George Miller on the function of stories and why Mad Max is a 'cautionary tale'
Furiosa
Film

Furiosa director George Miller on the function of stories and why Mad Max is a 'cautionary tale'

Bob Vylan: 'Is it OK for me to cry? As a man you can feel there's not space to be vulnerable'
Bob Vylan
Music

Bob Vylan: 'Is it OK for me to cry? As a man you can feel there's not space to be vulnerable'

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