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Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield review: A mystical thriller with serious depth
Book reviews

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield review: A mystical thriller with serious depth

A Bug's Life to Billy Elliot: 7 best socialist films to watch this Labour Day bank holiday
Film

A Bug's Life to Billy Elliot: 7 best socialist films to watch this Labour Day bank holiday

This week's Big TV: Ten Percent, Navalny, Clark and Generation Change
Jim Broadbent, Hiftu Quasem and Jack Davenport in Ten Percent
What to watch

This week's Big TV: Ten Percent, Navalny, Clark and Generation Change

Fight Night by Miriam Toews review: The funniest, smartest novel you’ll read this year
Woman with face in hands
Book review

Fight Night by Miriam Toews review: The funniest, smartest novel you’ll read this year

Channing Tatum was seemingly engineered in a lab to give uncomplicated pleasures to audiences
The lost City
Film

Channing Tatum was seemingly engineered in a lab to give uncomplicated pleasures to audiences

This week's Big TV: Gaslit, Chivalry, Tan France: Beauty and the Bleach, Life After Life and Heartstopper
What to watch

This week's Big TV: Gaslit, Chivalry, Tan France: Beauty and the Bleach, Life After Life and Heartstopper

The Wonders by Elena Medel review: a gripping portrayal of poverty and powerlessness
Friends in bright colours
Book review

The Wonders by Elena Medel review: a gripping portrayal of poverty and powerlessness

How Anya Taylor-Joy cornered the Complex Female Character market
Film

How Anya Taylor-Joy cornered the Complex Female Character market

Benedetta review: an all-nuns-blazing tale of sex, sinners and unholy sisterhood
Benedetta
Film

Benedetta review: an all-nuns-blazing tale of sex, sinners and unholy sisterhood

This week's Big TV picks: Derry Girls, Doctor Who, Muhammad Ali and Why Didn't They Ask Evans
TV

This week's Big TV picks: Derry Girls, Doctor Who, Muhammad Ali and Why Didn't They Ask Evans

5 things we can learn from Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof
TV

5 things we can learn from Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof

Why classical club night concerts are now the hottest ticket
Music

Why classical club night concerts are now the hottest ticket

Is It Cake? on Netflix is perfect for frazzled, post-pandemic jelly-brains
Is it Cake?
TV

Is It Cake? on Netflix is perfect for frazzled, post-pandemic jelly-brains

Harrow by Joy Williams review: A nihilistic vision of a joyless future
Cut down forest
Book review

Harrow by Joy Williams review: A nihilistic vision of a joyless future

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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?