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How two men outran the KGB to bring Tetris to the world
Tetris pair Pajitnov and Rogers
exclusive

How two men outran the KGB to bring Tetris to the world

I thought Noël Coward was dated. How wrong I was
Noel Coward
Biography

I thought Noël Coward was dated. How wrong I was

Death Watch review: Killer timepieces and the emptiness of consumerism
Death Watch
Dark satire

Death Watch review: Killer timepieces and the emptiness of consumerism

Whenever the government wants to distract us from the important stuff, there's a crackdown
Two doughnuts with pink icing
Paul McNamee

Whenever the government wants to distract us from the important stuff, there's a crackdown

International Transgender Day of Visibility: Top 5 books by trans feminine authors
Trans flag eyeshadow
Trans women

International Transgender Day of Visibility: Top 5 books by trans feminine authors

God's Creatures: Paul Mescal flexes his brogue in artfully bleak Irish family drama
Paul Mescal as Brian O’Hara and Emily Watson as his mother Aileen in God's Creatures.
review

God's Creatures: Paul Mescal flexes his brogue in artfully bleak Irish family drama

BBC Singers: Internationally renowned choir deserved to dodge the axe
Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers at Glasgow’s City Halls.
Choral

BBC Singers: Internationally renowned choir deserved to dodge the axe

Succession is a bracingly difficult watch because we are all Roys, really
Succession
opinion

Succession is a bracingly difficult watch because we are all Roys, really

Tetris director Jon S Baird: Tragically, this story is timely
Taron Egerton, Sofia Lebedeva and Nikita Efremov in
interview

Tetris director Jon S Baird: Tragically, this story is timely

What I learned from living for a year only on foraged foods
Foraging
Foraging

What I learned from living for a year only on foraged foods

Water companies fouled our rivers, now they want us to pay to fix it
A dripping tap against dappled sunlight
Paul McNamee

Water companies fouled our rivers, now they want us to pay to fix it

Sian Brooke 'fell in love with Belfast' making gritty police drama Blue Lights
Sian Brooke as Grace in Blue Lights.
Northern Ireland

Sian Brooke 'fell in love with Belfast' making gritty police drama Blue Lights

How the Twist ignited Cambodia's musical golden age
Touch Chhattha
Music

How the Twist ignited Cambodia's musical golden age

Top 5 books about making a new home, chosen by Anne Youngson
A migrant woman and her children during the depression
Migration

Top 5 books about making a new home, chosen by Anne Youngson

David Harewood: 'I would tell my younger self to get prepared. Because life is tough, isn’t it?'
David Harewood
drama

David Harewood: 'I would tell my younger self to get prepared. Because life is tough, isn’t it?'

Bookshops help us understand humanity's complexities
Bookshop
Robin Ince

Bookshops help us understand humanity's complexities

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review: 'Nothing like you'll expect'
Birnam Wood cover
Reading list

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review: 'Nothing like you'll expect'

Porn: An Oral History could have been fascinating
Porn: An Oral History book cover
non fiction

Porn: An Oral History could have been fascinating

Poverty is the great drain at the heart of the budget
Margaret Thatcher
John Bird

Poverty is the great drain at the heart of the budget

James Norton: 'A Little Life is the scariest thing I've ever done'
James Norton smiling, in a white t-shirt with a blue jacket
Interview

James Norton: 'A Little Life is the scariest thing I've ever done'

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