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Living starring Bill Nighy is an elegant film but it's not a 1950s I recognise
Bill Nighy in Living
John Bird

Living starring Bill Nighy is an elegant film but it's not a 1950s I recognise

The Muppet Christmas Carol actress Meredith Braun on When Love Is Gone being restored
Meredith Braun in a scene from The Muppet Christmas Carol. Photo: LANDMARK MEDIA / Alamy Stock Photo
Festive favourite

The Muppet Christmas Carol actress Meredith Braun on When Love Is Gone being restored

The desire for Scottish independence is not going away
Scotland flag with hand giving peace sign
Paul McNamee

The desire for Scottish independence is not going away

Top 5 books for Latin lovers, chosen by Harry Mount
Latin inscription on a wall at the Vatican
Top 5 books

Top 5 books for Latin lovers, chosen by Harry Mount

Wilko Johnson: 'I believed I was going to die – then started to feel alive'
Letter to my younger self

Wilko Johnson: 'I believed I was going to die – then started to feel alive'

The government must measure the true cost of austerity
Protest against government
John Bird

The government must measure the true cost of austerity

Doreen Lawrence: 'I put my pain to the back of my mind when Stephen died'
Baroness Doreen Lawrence
Letter to my younger self

Doreen Lawrence: 'I put my pain to the back of my mind when Stephen died'

Andrey Kurkov: 'Ukraine is a very democratic country with a good pinch of anarchy'
A recent selfie of Kurkov outside Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv
Culture

Andrey Kurkov: 'Ukraine is a very democratic country with a good pinch of anarchy'

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'

Wine-tasting woes with Professor Brian Cox
Professor Brian Cox
Travel

Wine-tasting woes with Professor Brian Cox

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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