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Top 5 books for Latin lovers, chosen by Harry Mount
Latin inscription on a wall at the Vatican
Top 5 books

Top 5 books for Latin lovers, chosen by Harry Mount

‘We’re making disobedience a virtue’ - Guillermo del Toro on Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro Pinocchio
interview

‘We’re making disobedience a virtue’ - Guillermo del Toro on Pinocchio

Wilko Johnson 'inspired a generation to do something different with their guitars'
Wilko Johnson with Alex Kapranos
in memory

Wilko Johnson 'inspired a generation to do something different with their guitars'

Wilko Johnson: 'I believed I was going to die – then started to feel alive'
Letter to my younger self

Wilko Johnson: 'I believed I was going to die – then started to feel alive'

Andrey Kurkov: 'Ukraine is a very democratic country with a good pinch of anarchy'
A recent selfie of Kurkov outside Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv
Culture

Andrey Kurkov: 'Ukraine is a very democratic country with a good pinch of anarchy'

Matilda the Musical: Tim Minchin's anarchic lessons for revolting times
Alisha Weir as Matilda
interview

Matilda the Musical: Tim Minchin's anarchic lessons for revolting times

Top 5 food histories, chosen by Diane Purkiss
Medieval banquet
recommended

Top 5 food histories, chosen by Diane Purkiss

Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes
Goddess Kali
review

Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes

Voices of Bishara takes British jazz in an innovative new direction
Tom Skinner
interview

Voices of Bishara takes British jazz in an innovative new direction

Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: 'Music can make dreams come true'
Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai, Mayhem and Misspent Youth by Stuart Braithwaite is out now
Books

Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: 'Music can make dreams come true'

Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages
A face and a hand obscured by a curtain
short stories

Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages

Ryan Reynolds: 'The great gift about getting older is you become more comfortable with sucking'
Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell in
Interview

Ryan Reynolds: 'The great gift about getting older is you become more comfortable with sucking'

Aftersun: Charlotte Wells captures the fragmentation of memory and loss
Corio and Mescal as Sophie and Callum. Photo: Sarah Makharine
Interview

Aftersun: Charlotte Wells captures the fragmentation of memory and loss

Wednesday review: Can the Addams Family free Tim Burton?
Jenna Ortega as Wednesday
Gothic

Wednesday review: Can the Addams Family free Tim Burton?

Pattie Boyd: 'I was with The Beatles and everything was fabulous'
Pattie Boyd
Swinging Sixties

Pattie Boyd: 'I was with The Beatles and everything was fabulous'

Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce on Kim Philby drama: 'You can have a lot of fun in the spy genre'
Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce in A Spy Among Friends
espionage

Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce on Kim Philby drama: 'You can have a lot of fun in the spy genre'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Ezra Furman: 'All my music is protest music'
Ezra Furman
anti-corporate

Ezra Furman: 'All my music is protest music'

The Big Issue's Christmas art wrapping paper is back and these are the stories behind the designs
Christmas art wrapping paper
Christmas

The Big Issue's Christmas art wrapping paper is back and these are the stories behind the designs

How can you be as happy as Sam Ryder? Start with gratitude, sleep and vegetables
Sam Ryder, Eurovision hero
Eurovision

How can you be as happy as Sam Ryder? Start with gratitude, sleep and vegetables

Ryan Reynolds: What Hugh Jackman taught me about musicals
Ryan Reynolds in Spirited, and Hugh Jackman in The Greatest Showman
Christmas

Ryan Reynolds: What Hugh Jackman taught me about musicals