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Anya Chalotra says she's been changed by playing Yennefer in The Witcher
Anya Chalotra plays Yennefer in The Witcher Image: Netflix
The Witcher

Anya Chalotra says she's been changed by playing Yennefer in The Witcher

Punch a Nazi: The morally certain joy of Indiana Jones, from Raiders to the Dial of Destiny
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) getting ready to whoop those Nazis in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Analysis

Punch a Nazi: The morally certain joy of Indiana Jones, from Raiders to the Dial of Destiny

Andrew Ridgeley 'was never envious' of Wham! friend George Michael's success
Wham! in 1984: George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley
pop

Andrew Ridgeley 'was never envious' of Wham! friend George Michael's success

Summer songs 2023: Anthems to soundtrack sunny days
Music summer songs
bangers

Summer songs 2023: Anthems to soundtrack sunny days

George Michael's incredible generosity went far beyond Band Aid
George Michael onstage in 2011
George Michael

George Michael's incredible generosity went far beyond Band Aid

George Michael’s death left ‘a void’ says Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley
Wham! in 1986: George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley
pop

George Michael’s death left ‘a void’ says Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley

Chrysalis review: A fascinating look at narcissism in the modern world
Chrysalis book cover
Fiction

Chrysalis review: A fascinating look at narcissism in the modern world

Top 5 books on British women in sport, chosen by Suzanne Wrack
Alex Scott wearing yellow in front of Japanese neon signs
recommended

Top 5 books on British women in sport, chosen by Suzanne Wrack

Marriage: A feminist history
Illustration of married couples
LGBT+

Marriage: A feminist history

Termush review: A rediscovered dystopian masterpiece
Termush book cover
Fiction

Termush review: A rediscovered dystopian masterpiece

Peter Crouch: 'It felt like the whole world was ridiculing me'
Peter Crouch
documentary

Peter Crouch: 'It felt like the whole world was ridiculing me'

Asteroid City is a perfectly timed meditation on grief
Scarlett Johansson in director Wes Anderson's Asteroid City
analysis

Asteroid City is a perfectly timed meditation on grief

Windrush at 75: Young people share objects that connect them to their past
Windrush

Windrush at 75: Young people share objects that connect them to their past

A Dispatch from '24 Hour Wes Fest', or The Peculiar Oddities of a Wes Anderson Cinematic Endurance Test
Wes Anderson films: Asteroid City, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Fantastic Mr Fox. Images: 87 Productions/Focus Features, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Everett Collection
review

A Dispatch from '24 Hour Wes Fest', or The Peculiar Oddities of a Wes Anderson Cinematic Endurance Test

Children of Windrush: Mica Paris, Jay Blades, Lenny Henry and more reflect on heritage and identity
Children of Windrush
Letter to my younger self

Children of Windrush: Mica Paris, Jay Blades, Lenny Henry and more reflect on heritage and identity

‘I felt so powerful’: Jen Reid on inspiring the next generation after Bristol protests
jen reid bristol protests. Jen Reid stands in front of the new black resin and steel statue portraying her
interview

‘I felt so powerful’: Jen Reid on inspiring the next generation after Bristol protests

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'It should not be a novelty that there's more than one Black face on stage'
Chi-chi Nwanoku CBE.
Letter To My Younger Self

Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'It should not be a novelty that there's more than one Black face on stage'

The Wicker Man at 50: Woozy, semi-surreal and hugely influential
The Wicker Man
folk horror

The Wicker Man at 50: Woozy, semi-surreal and hugely influential

Top 5 books by Jamaican writers, chosen by Kereen Getten
books

Top 5 books by Jamaican writers, chosen by Kereen Getten

‘Pavement is as viable today as we were in the mid-90s’
Pavement
interview

‘Pavement is as viable today as we were in the mid-90s’

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