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BBC's I'll Get This: Just a TV version of weak stocking-filler trivia games
TV

BBC's I'll Get This: Just a TV version of weak stocking-filler trivia games

The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin: An arrow through the reader's heart
Books

The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin: An arrow through the reader's heart

Freaky review: A body-swap stabfest with emotional stakes
Film

Freaky review: A body-swap stabfest with emotional stakes

Supernova: 'I don't think two actors on the planet could have done it better'
Film

Supernova: 'I don't think two actors on the planet could have done it better'

The Great Mistake by Jonathan Lee: Lush and memorable
Books

The Great Mistake by Jonathan Lee: Lush and memorable

Supernova review: An unfussy, careful, utterly engaging drama
Film

Supernova review: An unfussy, careful, utterly engaging drama

Time ticks all the usual prison drama boxes – but adds in remorse
Film

Time ticks all the usual prison drama boxes – but adds in remorse

Inside Download Festival: 'It was a liberating feeling to take off the mask'
Music

Inside Download Festival: 'It was a liberating feeling to take off the mask'

The feat of the Fast & Furious franchise
Film

The feat of the Fast & Furious franchise

Jazz from 'the horizontal comfort of the sofa'
Music

Jazz from 'the horizontal comfort of the sofa'

Independent Bookshop Week: The best books from independent publishers
Books

Independent Bookshop Week: The best books from independent publishers

Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller: All that is unsaid
Books

Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller: All that is unsaid

The world's narrow escape from nuclear war
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Books

The world's narrow escape from nuclear war

Wicked Enchantment by Wanda Coleman: Poems that race from line to line
Books

Wicked Enchantment by Wanda Coleman: Poems that race from line to line

The Father review: Unsettling, insidious and genuinely scary
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Film

The Father review: Unsettling, insidious and genuinely scary

Keanu Reeves: Saving the world with rock'n'roll... and kindness
Bill & Ted on a Bogus Journey
Film

Keanu Reeves: Saving the world with rock'n'roll... and kindness

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The best LGBTQ+ documentaries ever made
Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel – A Secret Love
TV

The best LGBTQ+ documentaries ever made

Fargo taps into our deepest fears, and not just because of the ad breaks
TV

Fargo taps into our deepest fears, and not just because of the ad breaks

The Final Revival of Opal and Nev: An exploration of feminist agency
Books

The Final Revival of Opal and Nev: An exploration of feminist agency

Dream Horse review: straightforward, unfussy but full of charm
Film

Dream Horse review: straightforward, unfussy but full of charm

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