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JJ Chalmers: 'In some ways, it's like I was born again after Afghanistan'
JJ Chalmers
TV

JJ Chalmers: 'In some ways, it's like I was born again after Afghanistan'

Bertie Carvel on playing Donald Trump: 'It's going to be a huge success. I feel confident saying that to you.'
Theatre

Bertie Carvel on playing Donald Trump: 'It's going to be a huge success. I feel confident saying that to you.'

Who is Jim Browning? Meet the man who scams the scammers
Life

Who is Jim Browning? Meet the man who scams the scammers

Patrick Alley: Why the UK has an oligarch problem and how to fix it
Abstract design
Activism

Patrick Alley: Why the UK has an oligarch problem and how to fix it

Why classical club night concerts are now the hottest ticket
Music

Why classical club night concerts are now the hottest ticket

Paddy Considine: 'I feel like my life is a series of beautiful interventions'
Paddy Considine
Music

Paddy Considine: 'I feel like my life is a series of beautiful interventions'

Is It Cake? on Netflix is perfect for frazzled, post-pandemic jelly-brains
Is it Cake?
TV

Is It Cake? on Netflix is perfect for frazzled, post-pandemic jelly-brains

Harrow by Joy Williams review: A nihilistic vision of a joyless future
Cut down forest
Book review

Harrow by Joy Williams review: A nihilistic vision of a joyless future

In defence of buddleja, blossom of the concrete jungle
Buddleia
Gardening

In defence of buddleja, blossom of the concrete jungle

The path to ending homelessness starts with a little thing called hope
John Bird

The path to ending homelessness starts with a little thing called hope

The BBC is one of the last decent things standing. And BBC 6 Music is a jewel in its crown.
Ibibio Sound System. BBC/Sarah Jeynes/Jamie Simmonds
Radio

The BBC is one of the last decent things standing. And BBC 6 Music is a jewel in its crown.

'What you really love to do will keep you going': Remembering June Brown, EastEnders' iconic Dot Cotton
June Brown, who played Dot Cotton in EastEnders. Photo by Derek Cox/PA.
TV

'What you really love to do will keep you going': Remembering June Brown, EastEnders' iconic Dot Cotton

Lisa McGee: 'Writing Derry Girls, I've realised I really like teenagers'
TV

Lisa McGee: 'Writing Derry Girls, I've realised I really like teenagers'

Will having the calorie content of our meals on menus actually tackle the obesity epidemic?
Bananas and Wotsits
Food

Will having the calorie content of our meals on menus actually tackle the obesity epidemic?

Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy – escapism has never looked or tasted so good
TV

Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy – escapism has never looked or tasted so good

Robert Sheehan: 'Human beings are more destructive and wasteful than we've ever been'
Robert Sheehan plays tech billionaire Dalton Monkhouse in The Last Bus. Credit: Netflix
TV

Robert Sheehan: 'Human beings are more destructive and wasteful than we've ever been'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Limbic by Peter Scalpello review: the dark side of queer writing
Book review

Limbic by Peter Scalpello review: the dark side of queer writing

Will Young: 'I worked out that nothing really matters, then found simplistic joy in everything'
Will Young
Music

Will Young: 'I worked out that nothing really matters, then found simplistic joy in everything'

The indefinable allure of Tom Burke
Film

The indefinable allure of Tom Burke

The messy magic of The Beatles and Ben Corrigan's fascinating podcast
Ben Corrigan with Anna Meredith
Music

The messy magic of The Beatles and Ben Corrigan's fascinating podcast