Review
These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere review – love in the face of hate
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These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere review – love in the face of hate
Heaven by Emerson Whitney review – a memoir with fearsome grace
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Heaven by Emerson Whitney review – a memoir with fearsome grace
Night Train to Odesa by Jen Stout review – finding defiant beauty amid devastation of war
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Night Train to Odesa by Jen Stout review – finding defiant beauty amid devastation of war
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel review – a depth of feeling like a punch to the guts
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Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel review – a depth of feeling like a punch to the guts
Clear by Carys Davies review – a wonderful, poetic reminder that no man is an island
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Clear by Carys Davies review – a wonderful, poetic reminder that no man is an island
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid review – the alienation of campus life
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Come and Get It by Kiley Reid review – the alienation of campus life
My Heavenly Favourite by Lucas Rijneveld review – a nightmarish vision of abuse
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My Heavenly Favourite by Lucas Rijneveld review – a nightmarish vision of abuse
Origin review – a genuine, often unsettling cinema outlier
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Origin review – a genuine, often unsettling cinema outlier
Hamilton tour review – an urgent production as America needs heroes to rise up
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Hamilton tour review – an urgent production as America needs heroes to rise up
Behind Oscar-tipped doc Four Daughters: A story of radicalisation, family and loss
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Behind Oscar-tipped doc Four Daughters: A story of radicalisation, family and loss
The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler review – the mammoth risks of playing God with nature
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The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler review – the mammoth risks of playing God with nature
Your Utopia by Bora Chung review – finding poignancy in speculative fiction
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Your Utopia by Bora Chung review – finding poignancy in speculative fiction
Family Politics by John O'Farrell review – a plea to engage with those whose views we abhor
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Family Politics by John O'Farrell review – a plea to engage with those whose views we abhor
Mrs Gulliver by Valerie Martin review – finding agency in a patriarchy
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Mrs Gulliver by Valerie Martin review – finding agency in a patriarchy
Freaks Out! by Luke Haines review – a righteous celebration of gloriously weird rock 'n' rollers
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Freaks Out! by Luke Haines review – a righteous celebration of gloriously weird rock 'n' rollers
Dune: Part Two review – deluxe space opera with a discreet safety net
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Dune: Part Two review – deluxe space opera with a discreet safety net
Breathtaking and The Way: These are the next Mr Bates-style TV dramas poised to shake-up Britain
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Breathtaking and The Way: These are the next Mr Bates-style TV dramas poised to shake-up Britain
The Smile just made the best Radiohead album Radiohead never made
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The Smile just made the best Radiohead album Radiohead never made
American Fiction review – a satirical take on novel writing with Jeffrey Wright
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American Fiction review – a satirical take on novel writing with Jeffrey Wright
Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical review – nostalgia never felt so wicked
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