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America

Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels 
Books

Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels 

California's governor wants to use AI to solve homelessness – but it's backfired, badly
California governor Gavin Newsom
Homelessness

California's governor wants to use AI to solve homelessness – but it's backfired, badly

Americans are buying up Britain from right under our noses. Here's why
Angus Hanton

Americans are buying up Britain from right under our noses. Here's why

Origin review – a genuine, often unsettling cinema outlier
Film

Origin review – a genuine, often unsettling cinema outlier

Hamilton tour review – an urgent production as America needs heroes to rise up
DeAngelo Jones, Shaq Taylor, Billy Nevers and KM Drew Boateng in Hamilton. Photo Danny Kaan
Theatre

Hamilton tour review – an urgent production as America needs heroes to rise up

American Fiction review – a satirical take on novel writing with Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright and Erika Alexander in American Fiction
Film

American Fiction review – a satirical take on novel writing with Jeffrey Wright

Ralph Nader on shaping history, broken American politics and the enduring appeal of Donald Trump
Ralph Nader. Illustration
Politics

Ralph Nader on shaping history, broken American politics and the enduring appeal of Donald Trump

Greed, betrayal and exploitation: The cruel true story behind Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon
Scorsese, with DiCaprio, Gladstone and De Niro
Film

Greed, betrayal and exploitation: The cruel true story behind Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper review – if only all fiction was this evocative
Everybody knows book cover
Review

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper review – if only all fiction was this evocative

Eminem, Ramaswamy, and the slim pickings from shady politicians
Vivek Ramaswamy
Paul McNamee

Eminem, Ramaswamy, and the slim pickings from shady politicians

‘It’s not fun to be right’: How new wave pioneers Devo predicted Trump and our ‘bankrupt materialism’
an illustration of Devo
Interview

‘It’s not fun to be right’: How new wave pioneers Devo predicted Trump and our ‘bankrupt materialism’

Sydney Sweeney on the Reality of life as a whistleblower
Sydney Sweeney
Reality

Sydney Sweeney on the Reality of life as a whistleblower

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

Alan Lomax created a 'global jukebox' for us all

The Kennedy dynasty's darkest secret
Least Like the Other
opera

The Kennedy dynasty's darkest secret

BetterPod: Ariel Hobbs on March for Our Lives and the fight against gun violence in the US
Ariel Hobbs from March For Our Lives on BetterPod
mass shootings

BetterPod: Ariel Hobbs on March for Our Lives and the fight against gun violence in the US

'They're coming for me next': Americans worried the Supreme Court will remove more rights
Robin Ince

'They're coming for me next': Americans worried the Supreme Court will remove more rights

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Not to brag, but Donald Trump hit a hole-in-one and he wants the world to know
A 'Make America Great Again' hat, adorned with an American flag, with a sparkler in the foreground
Donald Trump

Not to brag, but Donald Trump hit a hole-in-one and he wants the world to know

In Silicon Valley, many find it impossible to make ends meet
Konstance and her family face uncertainty in Silicon Valley
Books

In Silicon Valley, many find it impossible to make ends meet

'Who Is America?' sees Sacha Baron Cohen become a troll fit for US politics
Sacha Baron Cohen, Who Is America?
Film

'Who Is America?' sees Sacha Baron Cohen become a troll fit for US politics

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