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Clean Break: A theatre company for women in the criminal justice system
Deborah Bruce and director Róisín McBrinn in rehearsal for Dixon and Daughters
women’s prisons

Clean Break: A theatre company for women in the criminal justice system

Eddie Piller's electrifying trip back to Mod's second wave
Eddie Piller book
Memoir

Eddie Piller's electrifying trip back to Mod's second wave

Greek Lessons by Han Kang review: A luminous reflection on the difficulties of language
Greek Lessons cover
Fiction

Greek Lessons by Han Kang review: A luminous reflection on the difficulties of language

I couldn't find a book with a Black British romantic heroine, so I wrote one
Frances Mensah Williams illustration in green and gold
Black British fiction

I couldn't find a book with a Black British romantic heroine, so I wrote one

Robin Ince: My Dad is gone, but our shared love of books remains
Robin Ince's bookmarks
In memoriam

Robin Ince: My Dad is gone, but our shared love of books remains

Jack Nicholson can stand on his balcony if he wants. You don't need to see it
Jack Nicholson showing off that grin in As Good As It Gets. Photo: Maximum Film / Alamy Stock Photo
Social media

Jack Nicholson can stand on his balcony if he wants. You don't need to see it

How the Harry Potter TV series can fix the wizarding world
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. Photo: PictureLux / The Hollywood Archive / Alamy Stock Photo
preview

How the Harry Potter TV series can fix the wizarding world

Taylor Swift’s break-up shows why media literacy is vital
Taylor Swift greets Swifties during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Photo Credit Brent Perniac/AdMedia/Sipa USA
Opinion

Taylor Swift’s break-up shows why media literacy is vital

A working class community's fight to be seen for who they are... through theatre, bingo and a good feed
Other Side of the River
cost of living

A working class community's fight to be seen for who they are... through theatre, bingo and a good feed

Linton Kwesi Johnson: 'It wasn’t easy for the Windrush generation'
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Letter To My Younger Self

Linton Kwesi Johnson: 'It wasn’t easy for the Windrush generation'

Accidental journalist Ross Kemp: 'People think I take myself very seriously. They don't know me'
Ross Kemp - Deep Sea Treasure Hunter
Interview

Accidental journalist Ross Kemp: 'People think I take myself very seriously. They don't know me'

Michael Bublé: 'Your real legacy is the empathy and kindness you show'
Michael Bublé singing on stage
Letter to my Younger Self

Michael Bublé: 'Your real legacy is the empathy and kindness you show'

Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani
A chopping board with vegetables, herbs and a knife
recommended

Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani

What can human creators learn from grasses, the 'sleeping beauties' of our natural world?
A hand grasping some grasses
Evolution

What can human creators learn from grasses, the 'sleeping beauties' of our natural world?

The Long Form by Kate Briggs: Profoundly ambiguous, wonderfully unstructured
The Long Form book cover
review

The Long Form by Kate Briggs: Profoundly ambiguous, wonderfully unstructured

The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng review: Compelling drama set in the shadow of Empire
Historical fiction

The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng review: Compelling drama set in the shadow of Empire

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Gary Lineker had the government scared. They should have been worrying about Casualty
TV gets political

Gary Lineker had the government scared. They should have been worrying about Casualty

Sally Phillips: 'I had to go through this revelation that I'm no good at acting'
Sally Phillips
Letter to my younger self

Sally Phillips: 'I had to go through this revelation that I'm no good at acting'

Grenfell by Steve McQueen review: A powerful and haunting reminder
Birds-eye shot overlooking the green pastures and misty blue sky in an opening shot for the Grenfell film by Steve McQueen
Art

Grenfell by Steve McQueen review: A powerful and haunting reminder

Danny Robins on the return of Uncanny: ghostly monks, poignant poltergeists and famous UFOs
Danny Robins, the man behind Uncanny
ghosts

Danny Robins on the return of Uncanny: ghostly monks, poignant poltergeists and famous UFOs

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