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The Long Form by Kate Briggs: Profoundly ambiguous, wonderfully unstructured
The Long Form book cover
review

The Long Form by Kate Briggs: Profoundly ambiguous, wonderfully unstructured

The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng review: Compelling drama set in the shadow of Empire
Historical fiction

The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng review: Compelling drama set in the shadow of Empire

Good Friday Agreement 25 years on: What is there to celebrate?
U2’s Bono backs the GFA with David Trimble and John Hume at the ‘Yes’ concert at Belfast Waterfront Hall, May 18, 1998. Image: Gerry Penny / Shutterstock
Northern Ireland

Good Friday Agreement 25 years on: What is there to celebrate?

Gary Lineker had the government scared. They should have been worrying about Casualty
TV gets political

Gary Lineker had the government scared. They should have been worrying about Casualty

Sam Delaney talks money: 'I'm on a crusade to help people discuss being skint'
Empty wallet
Money

Sam Delaney talks money: 'I'm on a crusade to help people discuss being skint'

Sally Phillips: 'I had to go through this revelation that I'm no good at acting'
Sally Phillips
Letter to my younger self

Sally Phillips: 'I had to go through this revelation that I'm no good at acting'

This Easter, be still and dwell in the present, says the Archbishop of York
Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York
Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York

This Easter, be still and dwell in the present, says the Archbishop of York

Cash Carraway on Rain Dogs: 'We always see working-class stories through a middle-class gaze'
Fleur Tashjain and Daisy May Cooper as Iris and Costello Jones in Rain Dogs
interview

Cash Carraway on Rain Dogs: 'We always see working-class stories through a middle-class gaze'

'Tied' visas are putting migrant domestic workers at risk of abuse
Migrant workers

'Tied' visas are putting migrant domestic workers at risk of abuse

Tax secrets the wealthy don't want you to know, like how to get richer by buying a yacht!
Illustration of a pound symbol
The Rebel Accountant

Tax secrets the wealthy don't want you to know, like how to get richer by buying a yacht!

Siobhán McSweeney: 'I just want to dance in the street and lick people's faces'
interview

Siobhán McSweeney: 'I just want to dance in the street and lick people's faces'

In France, the past has a habit of shaping the present
Illustration of the French Revolution
John Bird

In France, the past has a habit of shaping the present

Thirsty Animals review: A dystopian future 'impeccably depicted'
Thirsty Animals
Dystopian fiction

Thirsty Animals review: A dystopian future 'impeccably depicted'

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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