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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

Can Uncharted break the curse of an entire genre?
Film

Can Uncharted break the curse of an entire genre?

Evangeline Lilly: 'If you lined up all the characters I've played, it would be hard to identify me'
Film

Evangeline Lilly: 'If you lined up all the characters I've played, it would be hard to identify me'

Scream: The genre-defining meta movie refuses to be killed off
Film

Scream: The genre-defining meta movie refuses to be killed off

The French horn maestro who plays using his feet
Music

The French horn maestro who plays using his feet

Mass review: Compelling drama faces every parent's worst nightmare head-on
Film review

Mass review: Compelling drama faces every parent's worst nightmare head-on

'We are turning into a corrupt country': Jeremy Irons and Robert Harris on their new Netflix film
Film

'We are turning into a corrupt country': Jeremy Irons and Robert Harris on their new Netflix film

Actor Danielle Deadwyler: 'The caring Black women do for community is motherhood beyond biology'
Danielle Deadwyler Image: Dustin Chambers/The New York Times/Eyevine
Film

Actor Danielle Deadwyler: 'The caring Black women do for community is motherhood beyond biology'

Hollywood mourns Sir Sidney Poitier, ground-breaking Black actor and activist who has died at 94
Sidney Poitier in 2012
Film

Hollywood mourns Sir Sidney Poitier, ground-breaking Black actor and activist who has died at 94

The films you need to see in 2022
Film

The films you need to see in 2022

Rebel Dykes: From activism to politics and sex, unheard lesbian stories hit the screen
LGBTQ+

Rebel Dykes: From activism to politics and sex, unheard lesbian stories hit the screen

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and its poignant discussion of homelessness
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and its poignant discussion of homelessness

The best indie books of the year 2021
Books of the Year

The best indie books of the year 2021

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders: The Big Issue Book of the Year 2021
Books of the Year

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders: The Big Issue Book of the Year 2021

tick, tick...BOOM! star Alexandra Shipp: 'If I'm not challenging myself I'm not doing myself justice'
Andrew Garfield and Alexandra Shipp in tick, tick...BOOM! Credit: Macall Polay/Netflix
Film

tick, tick...BOOM! star Alexandra Shipp: 'If I'm not challenging myself I'm not doing myself justice'

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James McMahon

Bullseye was more than just speedboats - it was a record of the working-class being left behind

Priyanka Chopra enters the Matrix: 'I love reading the speculations of the fans'
Priyanka Chopra in The Matrix Resurrections
The Matrix Resurrections

Priyanka Chopra enters the Matrix: 'I love reading the speculations of the fans'

10 great documentaries you can watch on The Big Issue TV with a free month's trial
The Big Issue TV

10 great documentaries you can watch on The Big Issue TV with a free month's trial

New versions of The Snowman score can't cause its legacy to disappear
Claire Jackson

New versions of The Snowman score can't cause its legacy to disappear

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