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Patterflash by Adam Lowe review: Acrobatic and winking poems of queer life
Patterflash by Adam Lowe
poetry

Patterflash by Adam Lowe review: Acrobatic and winking poems of queer life

Banksy: Cut & Run is the closest we’ve come to seeing behind his mask
Banksy Cut & Run
review

Banksy: Cut & Run is the closest we’ve come to seeing behind his mask

The UK’s best independent bookshops
Best independent bookshops
shop local

The UK’s best independent bookshops

Glenda Jackson defied expectations to succeed in acting and politics
Glenda Jackson
obituary

Glenda Jackson defied expectations to succeed in acting and politics

Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'I was not interested in just playing music by our dead white friends'
Chi-chi Nwanoku
Music

Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'I was not interested in just playing music by our dead white friends'

Robert Carlyle interview: 'The Full Monty is highly political'
Robert Carlyle
Miniseries

Robert Carlyle interview: 'The Full Monty is highly political'

Gina Yashere: 'I was terrified some unscrupulous people would try to out me'
Letter to my Younger Self

Gina Yashere: 'I was terrified some unscrupulous people would try to out me'

The essential guide to the UK's best book festivals 2023
Book festivals map
Book festivals 2023

The essential guide to the UK's best book festivals 2023

How book festivals can fix their diversity problem
Syima Aslam
Books

How book festivals can fix their diversity problem

The best kids' books for summer 2023
Kids books: illustration of The Wall Between Us by Dan Smith.
Recommended

The best kids' books for summer 2023

Rocky Horror at 50: 'A place for the marginalised'
Nell Campbell, Patricia Quinn, Tim Curry and Richard O’Brien in the 1975 movie adaptation. Image: Everett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo
another dimension

Rocky Horror at 50: 'A place for the marginalised'

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’

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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’

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