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This week's Big TV picks: Art That Made Us, Hacks, Slow Horses and The Andy Warhol Diaries
The Spong Man, displayed in the British Library. Credit: BBC/ClearStory/Menace
TV

This week's Big TV picks: Art That Made Us, Hacks, Slow Horses and The Andy Warhol Diaries

Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy – escapism has never looked or tasted so good
TV

Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy – escapism has never looked or tasted so good

Limbic by Peter Scalpello review: the dark side of queer writing
Book review

Limbic by Peter Scalpello review: the dark side of queer writing

The indefinable allure of Tom Burke
Film

The indefinable allure of Tom Burke

The messy magic of The Beatles and Ben Corrigan's fascinating podcast
Ben Corrigan with Anna Meredith
Music

The messy magic of The Beatles and Ben Corrigan's fascinating podcast

More polite than passionate: has Bridgerton lost its sparkle?
TV

More polite than passionate: has Bridgerton lost its sparkle?

Chilean Poet by Alejandro Zambra review: A dazzling jewel from a true original
Man and woman embrace
Books

Chilean Poet by Alejandro Zambra review: A dazzling jewel from a true original

The Worst Person in the World: A coming-of-age tale with a misleading title
The Worst Person in the World
Graeme Virtue

The Worst Person in the World: A coming-of-age tale with a misleading title

Cymande – the most influential band you've never heard of
Cymande
Music

Cymande – the most influential band you've never heard of

The directors of Lead Me Home want to bring the film's homeless stars to the Oscars
Lead Me Home
Homelessness

The directors of Lead Me Home want to bring the film's homeless stars to the Oscars

Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart review: a contemporary literary hoot
In Our Country Friends, the protagonists leave locked down New York for a country pile upstate Photo: Clay LeConey / Unsplash
Books

Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart review: a contemporary literary hoot

Skint: the BBC's new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty
TV

Skint: the BBC's new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty

Stephan Moccio: piano solos with a pop persuasion
Stephan Moccio
Music

Stephan Moccio: piano solos with a pop persuasion

The Imposter by Silvina Ocampo review: A glorious, unexpected joy
Books

The Imposter by Silvina Ocampo review: A glorious, unexpected joy

Ali & Ava: Interracial romance is a balm of northern soul
Film

Ali & Ava: Interracial romance is a balm of northern soul

The Kids by Hannah Lowe review: Poetry that sings from the page
Book reviews

The Kids by Hannah Lowe review: Poetry that sings from the page

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To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara review: An evocative novel about echoes, cycles, and regrets
Washington Square Arch Photo: Joshua Woroniecki / 250 Images
Book reviews

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara review: An evocative novel about echoes, cycles, and regrets

Love Marriage by Monica Ali review: A novel of immense brightness
Love Marriage is set in modern day London Photo by Timur Valiev on Unsplash
Book review

Love Marriage by Monica Ali review: A novel of immense brightness

Eight ways Wordle can be improved (and making it more difficult is not one)
Wordle has captured the world's attention for it's simplicity and addictiveness
Wordle

Eight ways Wordle can be improved (and making it more difficult is not one)

Flee proves that we truly are in a golden age of animation
Film

Flee proves that we truly are in a golden age of animation

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