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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'

Robin Ince on tour: Wine-tasting woes with Professor Brian Cox
Professor Brian Cox
Travel

Robin Ince on tour: Wine-tasting woes with Professor Brian Cox

80 years on from the Beveridge Report, this is Britain's new safety net
William Beveridge
Welfare state

80 years on from the Beveridge Report, this is Britain's new safety net

How we lost sight of the Beveridge Principles
William Beveridge
Dr Lee Gregory

How we lost sight of the Beveridge Principles

Awaab Ishak's shocking death will be the housing sector's defining moment
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Paul McNamee

Awaab Ishak's shocking death will be the housing sector's defining moment

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

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'

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'

Ezra Furman: 'All my music is protest music'
Ezra Furman
anti-corporate

Ezra Furman: 'All my music is protest music'

Cézanne left me jaded, but I still dream of owning one of his works
Paul Cézanne
John Bird

Cézanne left me jaded, but I still dream of owning one of his works

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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

Top 5 books about Jewish identity
Star of David
recommended

Top 5 books about Jewish identity

Limberlost review: What nature can teach a boy about a man
Limberlost by Robbie Arnott
novel

Limberlost review: What nature can teach a boy about a man

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