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How Ridley Road joins the dots between a housing crisis and the rise of the far right

Ridley Road writer Sarah Solemani explains why she wanted to make a Sunday-night drama with something to say.

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Film

Limbo star Amir El-Masry: This film fights racism

Director Ben Sharrock and star Amir-El-Masry explain how they kept the human stories at the centre of Limbo – a film about refugees on a Scottish island.

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Film

Wander star Aaron Eckhart: ‘I should do comedies… it’s probably easier’

New thriller Wander is another descent into darkness for Aaron Eckhart. Does he ever crave a little levity?

Music

Robert MacFarlane and Johnny Flynn discuss making an album in lockdown

Olivia Williams: ‘It’s still extraordinary how people find women frightening’

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Film

Anthony Boyle on Danny Boy: ‘No one is above the law’

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Simon Farnaby on laughter in the time of Covid

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Film

This is what it’s really like being a nomad for 12 years

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Drew McIntyre: ‘The times I was knocked down prepared me for any situation’

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The Gleeson brothers Frank of Ireland is both puerile and profound

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News

Stuart Lawrence: ‘I wouldn’t want to be a police officer’

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Music

Gabrielle: ‘There was no one like me in pop music’

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Sylvester McCoy: ‘Wisdom? Me? What wisdom have I got?’

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