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‘I spent a year in a refugee camp’: Immigrant stories take centre stage at the Oscars 2023
Ke Huy Quan kisses his Oscar statuette as he accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a supporting role for Everything Everywhere All at Once at the Oscars 2023. Photo: AP /Chris Pizzello
diversity

‘I spent a year in a refugee camp’: Immigrant stories take centre stage at the Oscars 2023

Oscars 2023: Why we should celebrate Everything Everywhere All At Once
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once. Photo: A24
Awards season

Oscars 2023: Why we should celebrate Everything Everywhere All At Once

Edith Bowman: 'It would be unbelievable to the teenage me that I ended up being on the telly'
Edith Bowman
Letter To My Younger Self

Edith Bowman: 'It would be unbelievable to the teenage me that I ended up being on the telly'

Is Lydia Tár based on a real person?
Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár
Film

Is Lydia Tár based on a real person?

Alan Lomax created a 'global jukebox' for us all
Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax created a 'global jukebox' for us all

Top 5 state-of-the-nation books, chosen by Ayòbámi Adébáyò
Globe map of the world
reading list

Top 5 state-of-the-nation books, chosen by Ayòbámi Adébáyò

Meet Me In The Bathroom reminds me how lucky I was to live through a proper epoch in music
A crowded dancefloor in New York
Music

Meet Me In The Bathroom reminds me how lucky I was to live through a proper epoch in music

Mammals have a surprising secret history – forget everything you thought you knew
Illustration of rodent-like mammals
natural history

Mammals have a surprising secret history – forget everything you thought you knew

The Speculations of Country People review: Majella Kelly's poems of desire
The Speculations of Country People by Majella Kelly
Poetry

The Speculations of Country People review: Majella Kelly's poems of desire

Dust Sucker review: Jen Calleja weaves resonant strands together
Dust Sucker cover
Books

Dust Sucker review: Jen Calleja weaves resonant strands together

Next in Fashion is as daft as telly comes, but oddly addictive
Next in Fashion
review

Next in Fashion is as daft as telly comes, but oddly addictive

Meet Me In The Bathroom: nostalgic retelling of a New York moment
The Strokes band
Film

Meet Me In The Bathroom: nostalgic retelling of a New York moment

Lee Grant: I wasn't scared when I was blacklisted. I am now
Lee Grant, at her home in New York City
Profile

Lee Grant: I wasn't scared when I was blacklisted. I am now

Jon Snow: 'It was wonderful to talk to Nelson Mandela'
Jon Snow at Grenfell Tower
Letter to my Younger Self

Jon Snow: 'It was wonderful to talk to Nelson Mandela'

The Great British Bake Off Musical review: Showstopper or soggy bottom?
John Owen-Jones as Phil Hollinghurst (centre) and contestants in The Great British Bake Off Musical
Theatre

The Great British Bake Off Musical review: Showstopper or soggy bottom?

National Vendor Week: Big Issue sellers pick their favourite cultural highlights
Culture

National Vendor Week: Big Issue sellers pick their favourite cultural highlights

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Antisemitism is something you get used to – but we shouldn't have to
An illustration of a star of david being attacked
discrimination

Antisemitism is something you get used to – but we shouldn't have to

Nothing Special review: A fictional peek into the world of Warhol
Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup
novel

Nothing Special review: A fictional peek into the world of Warhol

The forgotten story about how forgotten author Jean Rhys was rediscovered
Liznojan Books
Books

The forgotten story about how forgotten author Jean Rhys was rediscovered

Will slasher Winnie the Pooh open the door for other off-colour Disney remakes?
Winnie the Pooh isn't cuddly any more in Blood and Honey. Image: Altitude
horror

Will slasher Winnie the Pooh open the door for other off-colour Disney remakes?