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Summer books: The hottest fiction to read in 2023
Summer books - the best of 2023
best reads

Summer books: The hottest fiction to read in 2023

Jayde Adams on how Take That movie Greatest Days captures the 'intensity of fandom'
Greatest Days
Greatest Days

Jayde Adams on how Take That movie Greatest Days captures the 'intensity of fandom'

Alma Singer: 'Art can challenge what's going on in the world'
Carla Nizzola, aka Alma Singer
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Alma Singer: 'Art can challenge what's going on in the world'

The evolution of Mean Girls on screen... from Heathers to Sex Education
Sex Education Season 3. Mimi Keene as Ruby Matthews in Episode 6 of Sex Education Season 3. Cr.
analysis

The evolution of Mean Girls on screen... from Heathers to Sex Education

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders on their Sheffield shows: ‘It feels like a victory lap’
Matt Helders, Arctic Monkeys drummer
Arctic Monkeys x Big Issue

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders on their Sheffield shows: ‘It feels like a victory lap’

Chevalier: Kelvin Harrison Jr on being a 'soldier' for overlooked Black history
Kelvin J Harrison in Chevalier
Black history

Chevalier: Kelvin Harrison Jr on being a 'soldier' for overlooked Black history

'I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up'
Si Mack performs his new show, kid, at BEAF Festival in Bournemouth.
real stories

'I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up'

From benefits cruelty to child hunger, The Full Monty shows a welfare system stripped bare
Robert Carlyle as Gaz in The Full Monty carrying a mattress
TV

From benefits cruelty to child hunger, The Full Monty shows a welfare system stripped bare

First western band to play war-torn Ukraine The Tiger Lillies say it’s their ‘duty’
Martyn Jacques of The Tiger Lillies in his stage makeup
protest music

First western band to play war-torn Ukraine The Tiger Lillies say it’s their ‘duty’

Aleister Crowley and the secret history of UK witches in World War II
Witches of World War II:
history

Aleister Crowley and the secret history of UK witches in World War II

Gina Yashere: For UK Black comics it's a nightclub policy – 'one in, one out'
Gina Yashere
racism

Gina Yashere: For UK Black comics it's a nightclub policy – 'one in, one out'

Robert Carlyle says the UK has had enough of the Tories as The Full Monty arrives on Disney+
Robert Carlyle
Politics

Robert Carlyle says the UK has had enough of the Tories as The Full Monty arrives on Disney+

The governments who called on sci-fi writers to predict the future
Illustration of sciency things
military

The governments who called on sci-fi writers to predict the future

Goodbye Eastern Europe: Finding the remains of a lost world
History

Goodbye Eastern Europe: Finding the remains of a lost world

Top 5 books about queer teenage romance, chosen by Helen Palmer
Two young people holding hands
LGBT+

Top 5 books about queer teenage romance, chosen by Helen Palmer

Shirley Collins: Heartbreak stole my voice. Singing again is extraordinary
Shirley Collins
Letter to my Younger Self

Shirley Collins: Heartbreak stole my voice. Singing again is extraordinary

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How classical music is finally taking Pride in its LGBT+ composers
Pears and Britten outside Crag House with their dog Jove as a puppy. Photographer: unknown
pride

How classical music is finally taking Pride in its LGBT+ composers

Quiet Fires by andriniki mattis review: Realities of living as a transgender Black person in America
Poetry

Quiet Fires by andriniki mattis review: Realities of living as a transgender Black person in America

A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes
nature

A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes

The Little Mermaid modernises the story by going back to the 1837 original, says director Rob Marshall
Halle Bailey as Ariel in The Little Mermaid
Film

The Little Mermaid modernises the story by going back to the 1837 original, says director Rob Marshall

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