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Stephen Graham and Steven Knight on class, boxing and new drama A Thousand Blows
TV

Stephen Graham and Steven Knight on class, boxing and new drama A Thousand Blows

Steven Knight’s new series about boxing and crime and survival in the East End of London packs a punch. Stephen Graham and Malachi Kirby join the writer to explain how boxing was a means of survival

I’m Still Here director Walter Salles on the tragedy he never forgot: ‘I felt very much lost’
Film

I’m Still Here director Walter Salles on the tragedy he never forgot: ‘I felt very much lost’

Salles’ new film focuses on Eunice Paiva, whose dissident husband Rubens was ‘disappeared’ during the Brazilian dictatorship in the 70s

Robert De Niro and the Zero Day dilemma: Is Netflix scared of Trump?
TV

Robert De Niro and the Zero Day dilemma: Is Netflix scared of Trump?

As outspoken Robert De Niro plays an ex-president called out of retirement after a cyber-attack in Zero Day, the curious lack of political questions allowed of the star suggests the streaming giant is in damage limitation mode

EastEnders at 40: How Britain’s soaps became the soul of the nation
TV

EastEnders at 40: How Britain’s soaps became the soul of the nation

Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison review – lifting the taboo of being gay in football
Books

Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison review – lifting the taboo of being gay in football

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My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel review – searing, angry power on every page
Books

My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel review – searing, angry power on every page

Jason Donovan on ‘first love’ Kylie Minogue: ‘It’s a very difficult relationship to escape’
Music

Jason Donovan on ‘first love’ Kylie Minogue: ‘It’s a very difficult relationship to escape’

First Dates star Fred Sirieix: ‘I left France because I loved punk’
Letter To My Younger Self

First Dates star Fred Sirieix: ‘I left France because I loved punk’

White Lotus star Jason Isaacs on why we love watching the 1% be ‘miserable as hell’
TV

White Lotus star Jason Isaacs on why we love watching the 1% be ‘miserable as hell’

Clara Amfo: ‘You will never lose learning about how somebody else lives differently to you’
Film

Clara Amfo: ‘You will never lose learning about how somebody else lives differently to you’

Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard
Books

Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees
Refugees

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees

This bizarre tale of a snail-obsessed misfit might be the unlikely hit of the Oscars
Film

This bizarre tale of a snail-obsessed misfit might be the unlikely hit of the Oscars

Cobra Kai star Ralph Macchio thinks his Karate Kid kick belongs in the Smithsonian: ‘It’s cinema magic’
TV

Cobra Kai star Ralph Macchio thinks his Karate Kid kick belongs in the Smithsonian: ‘It’s cinema magic’

We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea’s trauma and terror
Books

We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea’s trauma and terror

The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin’s Russia
Books

The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin’s Russia

Heartbroken? Blame capitalism. Author Shon Faye on why so many of us feel like ‘failures in love’
Love

Heartbroken? Blame capitalism. Author Shon Faye on why so many of us feel like ‘failures in love’

Bros star Matt Goss: ‘Me and my brother Luke should get on with having a good time together’
Letter to my Younger Self

Bros star Matt Goss: ‘Me and my brother Luke should get on with having a good time together’

From Star Wars to David Lynch: How my obsession with obscure 80s films rewired my tiny brain
Film

From Star Wars to David Lynch: How my obsession with obscure 80s films rewired my tiny brain

The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Inside the Iranian film that a brave cast and crew risked everything for
Film

The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Inside the Iranian film that a brave cast and crew risked everything for

Top 5 Cold War novels, chosen by historian and author Oskar Jensen
Books

Top 5 Cold War novels, chosen by historian and author Oskar Jensen

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Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico review – anatomy of a fake online life
Books

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico review – anatomy of a fake online life

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – a darkly humorous examination of online lives
Books

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – a darkly humorous examination of online lives

World’s most-streamed classical artist Ludovico Einaudi: ‘Music was the only way for me to survive’
Letter To My Younger Self

World’s most-streamed classical artist Ludovico Einaudi: ‘Music was the only way for me to survive’

Why the story of metal is worthy of a Greek tragedy
Metal

Why the story of metal is worthy of a Greek tragedy