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The Golden Spurtle: A porridge-making championship that feeds the soul
Film

The Golden Spurtle: A porridge-making championship that feeds the soul

Beyond the joyful absurdity of the porridge competition, this story is not just about oats
Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde review – a radical, gorgeous queer novel
Books

Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde review – a radical, gorgeous queer novel

Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal review – connections across the Indian diaspora
Books

Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal review – connections across the Indian diaspora

The Toxic Avenger review – genuinely pure, if also puerile, artistic intentions at work
Film

The Toxic Avenger review – genuinely pure, if also puerile, artistic intentions at work

Where the Axe is Buried by Ray Nayler review – speculative fiction with an emotional core
Books

Where the Axe is Buried by Ray Nayler review – speculative fiction with an emotional core

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Man on the Endless Stair by Chris Barkley review – mind-bending revelations
Books

The Man on the Endless Stair by Chris Barkley review – mind-bending revelations

Small Rain by Garth Greenwell review – mortal reflections from a hospital bed
Books

Small Rain by Garth Greenwell review – mortal reflections from a hospital bed

Breaking by Mic Wright review – insider insights into the grubby world of right-wing media
Books

Breaking by Mic Wright review – insider insights into the grubby world of right-wing media

Robert Shaw, An Actor's Life on the Set of Jaws… by Christopher Shaw Myers review – a vivid family saga
Books

Robert Shaw, An Actor's Life on the Set of Jaws… by Christopher Shaw Myers review – a vivid family saga

Use the Words You Have by Kimberly Campanello review – captivating poetic sensibilities
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Use the Words You Have by Kimberly Campanello review – captivating poetic sensibilities

The Ha-Ha by Jennifer Dawson review – a spry and contemporary overlooked classic
Books

The Ha-Ha by Jennifer Dawson review – a spry and contemporary overlooked classic

Savages review – a deeply political film designed to raise awareness of Indigenous rights
Film

Savages review – a deeply political film designed to raise awareness of Indigenous rights

The Good Father by Liam McIlvanney review – an emotionally gripping psychological thriller
Books

The Good Father by Liam McIlvanney review – an emotionally gripping psychological thriller

Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch review – weird happenings in the Granite City
Books

Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch review – weird happenings in the Granite City

Is Lena Dunham's Too Much basically just Emily in Paris with red phone boxes?
Lucy Sweet

Is Lena Dunham's Too Much basically just Emily in Paris with red phone boxes?

The best books to read in summer 2025
Summer books

The best books to read in summer 2025

It's Terrible the Things I Have to Do to Be Me by Philippa Snow review – insights into female celebrity
Books

It's Terrible the Things I Have to Do to Be Me by Philippa Snow review – insights into female celebrity

Moderation by Elaine Castillo review – modern love story falls short
Books

Moderation by Elaine Castillo review – modern love story falls short

Notes on Stereophonics, nostalgia and why you can't keep a good banger down
Music

Notes on Stereophonics, nostalgia and why you can't keep a good banger down

Bruce Springsteen's Tracks II is 83 songs long – and proves sometimes less is more
Bruce Springsteen
Music

Bruce Springsteen's Tracks II is 83 songs long – and proves sometimes less is more

Frenetic, angry and urgent: Kneecap show they've no intention of shutting up during Glasgow show
Kneecap

Frenetic, angry and urgent: Kneecap show they've no intention of shutting up during Glasgow show

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon review – defiant poetry
Books

Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon review – defiant poetry

Lana Del Rey's stadium show is strange, beguiling and brilliant
Music

Lana Del Rey's stadium show is strange, beguiling and brilliant

Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil by Harry Freedman review – other Dylan books are available
Books

Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil by Harry Freedman review – other Dylan books are available

In Transit by Brigid Brophy review – decades ahead of its time
Books

In Transit by Brigid Brophy review – decades ahead of its time