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They Might Be Giants is not a cult: How they built a birdhouse in your soul... and a 40-year sustainable creative enterprise
They Might Be Giants (L-R John Linnell and John Flansburgh) are coming to the UK to celebrate their album Flood. Photo: Sam Graff
Interview

They Might Be Giants is not a cult: How they built a birdhouse in your soul... and a 40-year sustainable creative enterprise

Excited about Cocaine Bear? Here are 10 more ridiculous, high concept movies to try
Keri Russell as Sari in Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks.
daft movies

Excited about Cocaine Bear? Here are 10 more ridiculous, high concept movies to try

In The Strays, horror confronts code-switching, class and the Black British experience
Jorden Myrie as Carl, Bukky Bakray as Dione in The Strays, directed by Nathaniel Martello-White
Horror

In The Strays, horror confronts code-switching, class and the Black British experience

Daniel Mays: 'Becoming a dad made me a better person and a better actor, it galvanised me'
Daniel Mays
Letter to My Younger Self

Daniel Mays: 'Becoming a dad made me a better person and a better actor, it galvanised me'

‘I was scammed for £500’ – 90% of music fans say ticketing industry needs to be safer
Natasha was scammed trying to buy a resale ticket for The 1975
ticket touts

‘I was scammed for £500’ – 90% of music fans say ticketing industry needs to be safer

Bernie Sanders: 'Real fundamental change never comes easily'
bernie sanders
Inequality

Bernie Sanders: 'Real fundamental change never comes easily'

Editing Roald Dahl isn’t ‘woke’. It’s capitalism
Children's books by Roald Dahl and others
Opinion

Editing Roald Dahl isn’t ‘woke’. It’s capitalism

Why BAFTA was wrong to omit Bernard Cribbins from awards tributes
Bernard Cribbins poses for photographers as he arrives for the British Academy Children's Awards in 2014
Tribute

Why BAFTA was wrong to omit Bernard Cribbins from awards tributes

Are we doomed to repeat the cost of living crisis? This archive film shows how little has changed in the UK
cost of living archive film
Cost of living crisis

Are we doomed to repeat the cost of living crisis? This archive film shows how little has changed in the UK

Tracy-Ann Oberman: ‘Getting older is fantastic’
Tracey-Ann Oberman
advice

Tracy-Ann Oberman: ‘Getting older is fantastic’

Top 5 books about migrants, chosen by Sam Miller
Migrants
Recommended

Top 5 books about migrants, chosen by Sam Miller

Daniel Mays: 'I had a burning desire to be noticed'
Daniel Mays as Sid in Mike Leigh’s award-winning Vera Drake
Culture

Daniel Mays: 'I had a burning desire to be noticed'

I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai review: A superbly paced mystery
Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai
Books

I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai review: A superbly paced mystery

The Springs of Affection by Maeve Brennan: A fabulous reissue
The Springs of Affection book cover
short stories

The Springs of Affection by Maeve Brennan: A fabulous reissue

Paul Rudd: 8 stories that prove we don’t deserve the real Ant-Man
Paul Rudd
appreciation

Paul Rudd: 8 stories that prove we don’t deserve the real Ant-Man

Meet the young, care-experienced theatre-makers breaking stereotypes
Belongings - a play that aims to challenge stigma faced by young people in care. Care Day
foster care

Meet the young, care-experienced theatre-makers breaking stereotypes

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Sharper director Benjamin Caron: 'Money basically equals success in New York'
John Lithgow and Julianne Moore in Sharper
Interview

Sharper director Benjamin Caron: 'Money basically equals success in New York'

Star Trek: Picard is finally set to stun thanks to The Next Generation reunion in season 3
Jonathan Franks and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: Picard season 3. Image: Paramount+
Review

Star Trek: Picard is finally set to stun thanks to The Next Generation reunion in season 3

Travis Alabanza: 'If I can make an audience laugh then I can make them think'
Travis Alabanza
Interview

Travis Alabanza: 'If I can make an audience laugh then I can make them think'

Oscar-nominated Marcel the Shell With Shoes On is 'a charming, magic trick of a movie'
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
animation

Oscar-nominated Marcel the Shell With Shoes On is 'a charming, magic trick of a movie'

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