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

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

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
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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

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

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