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Love Actually: Is it a Christmas classic or an unwatchable schmaltz-fest? 
Montage of stars of Love actually
Film

Love Actually: Is it a Christmas classic or an unwatchable schmaltz-fest? 

Bad Taste by Nathalie Olah review – relentlessly anti-capitalist
Bad Taste: Or the Politics of Ugliness by Nathalie Olah
Books

Bad Taste by Nathalie Olah review – relentlessly anti-capitalist

Napoleon review – a man at war with the world and himself
joaquin phoenix as Napoleon
Film

Napoleon review – a man at war with the world and himself

Education isn't an exact science – but proper investment is vital
Professor Brian Cox
Paul McNamee

Education isn't an exact science – but proper investment is vital

This orchestra is giving dementia sufferers something to sing about: 'Music changes lives'
Two people dance in front of a small orchestra in a church
Dementia

This orchestra is giving dementia sufferers something to sing about: 'Music changes lives'

I'm on holiday, my hotel is cursed and I have a crush on a Spanish game show host
A hand pointing a tv remote at a screen
Lucy Sweet

I'm on holiday, my hotel is cursed and I have a crush on a Spanish game show host

Leonard Bernstein: Exploring the American composer behind Bradley Cooper's musical biopic Maestro
Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in Maestro
Music

Leonard Bernstein: Exploring the American composer behind Bradley Cooper's musical biopic Maestro

'The wine trade is changing': Is technology the solution to the great wine fraud?
Illustration of a spilt glass of wine
Wine

'The wine trade is changing': Is technology the solution to the great wine fraud?

Russell T Davies on returning to Doctor Who, queer representation and 'maddest' episodes yet
Russell T Davies
TV

Russell T Davies on returning to Doctor Who, queer representation and 'maddest' episodes yet

Property inflation divided Britain – this is what needs to be done to fix it
London skyline
Rowan Moore

Property inflation divided Britain – this is what needs to be done to fix it

Black Friday's capitalist roots actually stretch back 3.4 million years. No, seriously
Black friday: illustration of the ascent of man
Black Friday

Black Friday's capitalist roots actually stretch back 3.4 million years. No, seriously

Astronaut Chris Hadfield on sustainable space travel, Elon Musk and the modern-day space race
Chris Hadfield next to an astronaut's suit
the future of travel

Astronaut Chris Hadfield on sustainable space travel, Elon Musk and the modern-day space race

BBC Strictly's Angela Rippon: 'I'm showing that actually, people of a certain age can still exercise'
Angela Rippon, Strictly Come Dancing 2023. Image: BBC
Letter to my younger self

BBC Strictly's Angela Rippon: 'I'm showing that actually, people of a certain age can still exercise'

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair review – a compelling account of the Rastafari movement
Books

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair review – a compelling account of the Rastafari movement

Top 5 quite interesting books about sport – selected by QI's James Harkin
Close-up of a dartboard with a dart in the bullseye
Books

Top 5 quite interesting books about sport – selected by QI's James Harkin

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq review – coming of age in the Tundra
Split Tooth book cover
review

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq review – coming of age in the Tundra

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Why DWP snooping on benefit claimants' bank accounts will only whip up hatred of disabled people 
dwp protest
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Why DWP snooping on benefit claimants' bank accounts will only whip up hatred of disabled people 

King Charles III gives us food for thought on poverty
King Charles, John Bird and vendor Kelvin Gregory
John Bird

King Charles III gives us food for thought on poverty

Was that a cabinet reshuffle or just Rishi Sunak shuffling deckchairs?
David Cameron at Downing Street
Paul McNamee

Was that a cabinet reshuffle or just Rishi Sunak shuffling deckchairs?

Now and Then: is it time for Beatles fanboys to finally let it be?
The Beatles, Sgt Pepper's launch party, 19 May 1967
Music

Now and Then: is it time for Beatles fanboys to finally let it be?

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