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Luster by Raven Leilani: Funny, frank, intelligent and extremely readable
Luster by Raven Leilani is out now
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Luster by Raven Leilani: Funny, frank, intelligent and extremely readable

'Bliss' review: A film that takes a different approach
Bliss follows Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is a computer simulation. Image credit: Amazon Studios/Entertainment Pictures
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'Bliss' review: A film that takes a different approach

'Rams' review: Funny and thoughtful in equal measure
Sam Neill in a scene from Samuel Goldwyn Films new film: Rams (2020). Image credit: Supplied by LMKMEDIA.
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'Rams' review: Funny and thoughtful in equal measure

A River Called Time by Courttia Newland: A dramatic and satisfying finale
Courttia Newland latest novel A River Called Time
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A River Called Time by Courttia Newland: A dramatic and satisfying finale

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor: Richer than books three times as long
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Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor: Richer than books three times as long

The Ghost Of Peter Sellers: 'One of history's most infuriating film stars'
Peter Medak, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan on the set of Ghost in the Noonday Sun
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The Ghost Of Peter Sellers: 'One of history's most infuriating film stars'

Radio Life by Derek B Miller: A return to form, with knobs on
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Radio Life by Derek B Miller: A return to form, with knobs on

Matthew Lewis: 'For 10 years I've been saying, one day you'll grow up'
Matthew Lewis
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Matthew Lewis: 'For 10 years I've been saying, one day you'll grow up'

Indie film Concrete Plans summed up both Brexit and Covid-19
Indie film Concrete Plans
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Indie film Concrete Plans summed up both Brexit and Covid-19

Home Alone guide to a socially isolated Christmas
How would Home Alone look in the Covid age?
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Home Alone guide to a socially isolated Christmas

The Three Kings: Busby, Shankly & Stein transformed the footballing landscape
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The Three Kings: Busby, Shankly & Stein transformed the footballing landscape

'Bob looked down at me benignly, like feline royalty – which he was'
A Christmas Gift from Bob Street Cat bob sits ona. bag in a christmas outfit
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'Bob looked down at me benignly, like feline royalty – which he was'

Xstabeth by David Keenan: A rare voice
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Xstabeth by David Keenan: A rare voice

Tuppence Middleton: 'Mank' made me grateful to work in post-Me Too Hollywood
Tuppence Middleton stands wearing all black against a white background
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Tuppence Middleton: 'Mank' made me grateful to work in post-Me Too Hollywood

Zoey Punches The Future In The Dick by David Wong: full throttle fun
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Zoey Punches The Future In The Dick by David Wong: full throttle fun

Brief Encounter at 75: How would the iconic film look in the Covid age?
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Brief Encounter at 75: How would the iconic film look in the Covid age?

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Luke Treadaway: Sleeping rough was the least I could do for Street Cat Bob
Luke Treadaway in A Christmas Gift From Bob
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Luke Treadaway: Sleeping rough was the least I could do for Street Cat Bob

The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey: A Pinocchio for 2020
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The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey: A Pinocchio for 2020

Luke Treadaway: Give a Christmas gift to Big Issue vendors
Luke Treadaway stars in A Christmas Gift from Bob
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Luke Treadaway: Give a Christmas gift to Big Issue vendors

Blue Note Re:imagined sees young blood rethink classics from jazz's pioneers
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Blue Note Re:imagined sees young blood rethink classics from jazz's pioneers

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