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Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power star Sophia Nomvete: ‘Everyone could benefit from thinking like a dwarf’
Sophia Nomvete plays Princess Disa in Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Photo: Ben Rothstein/Prime Video
Lord of the Rings

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power star Sophia Nomvete: ‘Everyone could benefit from thinking like a dwarf’

Muse: Will of the People review – 'Mad, bad, dangerous, and unreasonably good fun'
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Album review

Muse: Will of the People review – 'Mad, bad, dangerous, and unreasonably good fun'

Johnny Harris hails Jawbone's redemptive power
Johnny Harris
Culture

Johnny Harris hails Jawbone's redemptive power

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power stays true to Tolkien’s environmental message says Elrond actor Rob Aramayo
Rob Aramayo plays Elrond in Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
TV

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power stays true to Tolkien’s environmental message says Elrond actor Rob Aramayo

Otessa Moshfegh's Lapvona review: Comic, compelling and pulsing with perversity
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Book reviews

Otessa Moshfegh's Lapvona review: Comic, compelling and pulsing with perversity

Michael Flatley on writing, directing and starring in his spy thriller Blackbird
Film

Michael Flatley on writing, directing and starring in his spy thriller Blackbird

Sayaka Murata's Life Ceremony: A fairly mixed bag of strange and grotesque tales
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Book reviews

Sayaka Murata's Life Ceremony: A fairly mixed bag of strange and grotesque tales

Top 5 books on migration by women, chosen by Sophie Buchaillard
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Top 5 books

Top 5 books on migration by women, chosen by Sophie Buchaillard

Head trauma: The dark shadow looming at the heart of contact sport
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Books

Head trauma: The dark shadow looming at the heart of contact sport

Top 5 funny books for kids, chosen by Anthony Horowitz
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Top 5 Books

Top 5 funny books for kids, chosen by Anthony Horowitz

The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe: A clarion call for disenfranchised people
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Book reviews

The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe: A clarion call for disenfranchised people

BetterPod: William MacAskill explains what we owe the future
William MacAskill: Why should we care about future people?
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BetterPod: William MacAskill explains what we owe the future

Jon Ransom's letter to his 16-year-old self: 'It's about to get rough. There's no way around it'
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Books

Jon Ransom's letter to his 16-year-old self: 'It's about to get rough. There's no way around it'

Act now to stop Terminator future, says ethicist William MacAskill
Act now to stop Terminator future, says ethicist William MacAskill
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Act now to stop Terminator future, says ethicist William MacAskill

Top 5 books about wizards and witchcraft, chosen by Malcolm Gaskill
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Top 5 Books

Top 5 books about wizards and witchcraft, chosen by Malcolm Gaskill

Destruction of the Amazon: 'Let people know what is happening. Shout it loud'
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Books

Destruction of the Amazon: 'Let people know what is happening. Shout it loud'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty review: An easy read which fails to strike home
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Book reviews

You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty review: An easy read which fails to strike home

Why I mapped the whole of Scotland by hand
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Books

Why I mapped the whole of Scotland by hand

Book reviews: Three Assassins and Devil House
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Book reviews

Book reviews: Three Assassins and Devil House

Aidan Turner: 'It does feel like there is change happening'
Aidan Turner
TV

Aidan Turner: 'It does feel like there is change happening'