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Top songs: a guide to Tom Cruise singing cheesy tunes in movies
Film

Top songs: a guide to Tom Cruise singing cheesy tunes in movies

Sam Delaney: held hostage by an unsolicited flute recital
Sam Delaney

Sam Delaney: held hostage by an unsolicited flute recital

The Lost Girls: 'This movie represents my own process of growing up'
Film

The Lost Girls: 'This movie represents my own process of growing up'

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a radical reminder that older women are sexual beings
Daryl McCormack and Emma Thompson in Good Luck To You, Leo Grande. Image: Searchlight Pictures
Film

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a radical reminder that older women are sexual beings

Lightyear: Astronaut Tim Peake reveals five things films get right about space
Buzz Lightyear and astronaut Tim Peake
Space

Lightyear: Astronaut Tim Peake reveals five things films get right about space

Everything Went Fine: A right-to-die story that’s strangely life-affirming 
everything went fine
film

Everything Went Fine: A right-to-die story that’s strangely life-affirming 

The Lazarus Project is about the near misses we’ve had with the end of the world, says writer Joe Barton
Paapa Essiedu in The Lazarus Project
TV

The Lazarus Project is about the near misses we’ve had with the end of the world, says writer Joe Barton

We may have won World War II, but Ukraine proves its repercussions remain
pegasus bridge war
politics

We may have won World War II, but Ukraine proves its repercussions remain

Lea Thompson: 'I love that science fiction can use the future to talk about the present'
Lea Thompson
Film

Lea Thompson: 'I love that science fiction can use the future to talk about the present'

Stanley Tucci's forbidden foods make for mouth-watering TV
stanley tucci food
Foodie TV

Stanley Tucci's forbidden foods make for mouth-watering TV

In opera Violet, time becomes elastic and society crumbles
violet anna dennis
classical music

In opera Violet, time becomes elastic and society crumbles

Alison Hammond: 'I knew very little about my own Black history in Britain'
Letter To My Younger Self

Alison Hammond: 'I knew very little about my own Black history in Britain'

Sherwood: 'You have to shine a light on why this happened and how ugly it is'
TV

Sherwood: 'You have to shine a light on why this happened and how ugly it is'

Coventry Cathedral is the symbol of healing we could all use right now
The Baptistry window at Coventry Cathedral
Paul McNamee

Coventry Cathedral is the symbol of healing we could all use right now

The legendary Brian Auger has a goldmine of tracks and rock anecdotes
Steampacket
Music

The legendary Brian Auger has a goldmine of tracks and rock anecdotes

The relief of adult ADHD recognition
Central Park, New York
Robin Ince

The relief of adult ADHD recognition

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Britain's homeless services are stripped to the bone, irrational, discriminatory and not fit for purpose
Daniel Lavelle
Daniel Lavelle

Britain's homeless services are stripped to the bone, irrational, discriminatory and not fit for purpose

Borgen star Sidse Babett Knudsen explains how the show proves power corrupts everyone
TV

Borgen star Sidse Babett Knudsen explains how the show proves power corrupts everyone

Does the Queen really own all the swans?
the queen and swans
jubilee 2022

Does the Queen really own all the swans?

Companion Piece by Ali Smith review: Finding compassion in a world of everyday injustices
Book review

Companion Piece by Ali Smith review: Finding compassion in a world of everyday injustices