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The Mastermind review – Kelly Reichardt lays out the worst-laid plans
Film

The Mastermind review – Kelly Reichardt lays out the worst-laid plans

Josh O’Connor is supremely watchable as a deeply flawed character who demonstrates flashes of being a caring family man

Big Issue featured in new street art mural celebrating efforts to help homeless people in Bristol
Street art

Big Issue featured in new street art mural celebrating efforts to help homeless people in Bristol

A huge 19 metre mural has gone up in Stokes Croft, Bristol ahead of a major fundraiser to build micro-homes for the homeless

Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – evoking our collective Covid brain fog
Books

Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – evoking our collective Covid brain fog

Lockwood is as profound as she is funny in this depiction of the modern mind

The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux review – grief’s rippling effects
Books

The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux review – grief’s rippling effects

I ran off to join the circus – here’s what happened
Big Issue invest

I ran off to join the circus – here’s what happened

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Lang Lang: ‘People thought working with Metallica would destroy my classical career’
Letter To My Younger Self

Lang Lang: ‘People thought working with Metallica would destroy my classical career’

These inspiring women in history flew in the face of patriarchal norms
History

These inspiring women in history flew in the face of patriarchal norms

‘I fully expect we’ll be performing at Glastonbury’: Tamsin Greig on new punk drama Riot Women
TV

‘I fully expect we’ll be performing at Glastonbury’: Tamsin Greig on new punk drama Riot Women

Pokémon Legends Z-A features anti-homeless hostile architecture: ‘Are you for real?!’
Gaming

Pokémon Legends Z-A features anti-homeless hostile architecture: ‘Are you for real?!’

For Those I Love: ‘I totally understand why people in Ireland feel so disheartened’
Music

For Those I Love: ‘I totally understand why people in Ireland feel so disheartened’

Top 5 literary dystopias, chosen by award-winning author Matt Greene
Books

Top 5 literary dystopias, chosen by award-winning author Matt Greene

What we can learn about the joy of community from the 17th century Digger movement
Theatre

What we can learn about the joy of community from the 17th century Digger movement

‘There’s a strong anti-Bond theme’: How John le Carré revolutionised the spy novel
Books

‘There’s a strong anti-Bond theme’: How John le Carré revolutionised the spy novel

Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world
Books

Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world

Yes, we’re milking Margaret Thatcher for profit and publicity. It’s what she would have wanted
Thatcher Fest

Yes, we’re milking Margaret Thatcher for profit and publicity. It’s what she would have wanted

What’s behind the enduring appeal of Paul Weller?
Music

What’s behind the enduring appeal of Paul Weller?

‘I hope it’s a worthy successor to Happy Valley’: Sally Wainwright on menopause and new show Riot Women
TV

‘I hope it’s a worthy successor to Happy Valley’: Sally Wainwright on menopause and new show Riot Women

Cillian Murphy: ‘There’s this massive imbalance where the most important people can’t afford a house’
Film

Cillian Murphy: ‘There’s this massive imbalance where the most important people can’t afford a house’

Top 5 Midlands-based crime dramas, chosen by filmmaker and author Nigel Proctor
Books

Top 5 Midlands-based crime dramas, chosen by filmmaker and author Nigel Proctor

The Producers star Marc Antolin: ‘Sometimes making fun of fascism is the best way to deal with it’
Theatre

The Producers star Marc Antolin: ‘Sometimes making fun of fascism is the best way to deal with it’

Homelessness ‘should not exist in a country that values human life’, says Alt-J star Gus Unger-Hamilton
World Homeless Day

Homelessness ‘should not exist in a country that values human life’, says Alt-J star Gus Unger-Hamilton

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Big Issue ambassador Kwajo Tweneboa launches podcast to reveal famous faces’ humble beginnings
Podcasts

Big Issue ambassador Kwajo Tweneboa launches podcast to reveal famous faces’ humble beginnings

Tosca’s Russian soprano row sees politics replace performance for Royal Opera
Music

Tosca’s Russian soprano row sees politics replace performance for Royal Opera

Good Boy review – tails of the unexpected in a ghostly shaggy-dog story
Film

Good Boy review – tails of the unexpected in a ghostly shaggy-dog story

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza’
Music

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza’