Culture

Joe Lycett: ‘Let’s fix things in our backyard before we try and fix the world’
TV

Joe Lycett: ‘Let’s fix things in our backyard before we try and fix the world’

The United States of Birmingham is an eye-opening look at the state of that nation from Joe Lycett

Soft Core by Brittany Newell review – sex, smoke and mirrors
Books

Soft Core by Brittany Newell review – sex, smoke and mirrors

The chaotic life of Ruth and her pseudonyms propels you into the seedy underbelly frequented by sex workers and their customers

Flight of the Conchords star Rhys Darby: ‘My biggest failure? I’m yet to fail’
Big Questions

Flight of the Conchords star Rhys Darby: ‘My biggest failure? I’m yet to fail’

He grew up with Monty Python, Andy Kaufman and Peter Jackson – a career in absurdist comedy was inevitable

Coronation Street legend Sue Cleaver: ‘I was always searching for love in the wrong places’
Letter to My Younger Self

Coronation Street legend Sue Cleaver: ‘I was always searching for love in the wrong places’

I was a migrant working in a warehouse. Then I got a role in a film about doing exactly that
Film

I was a migrant working in a warehouse. Then I got a role in a film about doing exactly that

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Top 5 books about desire, chosen by novelist Lisa Harding
Books

Top 5 books about desire, chosen by novelist Lisa Harding

Brandi Carlile: ‘Getting married felt radical. Now my wife and I are very afraid about our future’
Music

Brandi Carlile: ‘Getting married felt radical. Now my wife and I are very afraid about our future’

Operation Mincemeat stars on British humour, Broadway and why fascism ‘hits differently’ in America
Theatre

Operation Mincemeat stars on British humour, Broadway and why fascism ‘hits differently’ in America

Just Act Normal creator Janice Okoh on class, comedy and the one joke white people won’t get
TV

Just Act Normal creator Janice Okoh on class, comedy and the one joke white people won’t get

10Foot, Tox and Fume’s art exhibition shut down after ‘f**k the King’ graffiti
Graffiti

10Foot, Tox and Fume’s art exhibition shut down after ‘f**k the King’ graffiti

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – the war crimes paradox
Books

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – the war crimes paradox

Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva review – a bizarre but utterly compelling look at Argentina in 2272
Books

Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva review – a bizarre but utterly compelling look at Argentina in 2272

E’s, discos and studying sculpture: How Britain has changed since Pulp last released an album
Pulp

E’s, discos and studying sculpture: How Britain has changed since Pulp last released an album

The Change star Bridget Christie: ‘You’ve got to make a real effort to evolve when you get to 50’
Letter To My Younger Self

The Change star Bridget Christie: ‘You’ve got to make a real effort to evolve when you get to 50’

Would you buy a record sleeve without the vinyl inside? It’s one way to reduce plastic
Record Store Day

Would you buy a record sleeve without the vinyl inside? It’s one way to reduce plastic

Top 5 books about swimming, chosen by The Drownings author Hazel Barkworth
Books

Top 5 books about swimming, chosen by The Drownings author Hazel Barkworth

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on return to the Tardis: ‘I was pushed in ways I hadn’t been before’
Doctor Who

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on return to the Tardis: ‘I was pushed in ways I hadn’t been before’

Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby, ‘the greatest novel in the English language’
The Great Gatsby

Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby, ‘the greatest novel in the English language’

Singer AURORA: ‘Soundtracking the end of Adolescence was meant to be’
Big Questions

Singer AURORA: ‘Soundtracking the end of Adolescence was meant to be’

The Return – Ralph Fiennes embarks upon on a nail-biting odyssey
Film

The Return – Ralph Fiennes embarks upon on a nail-biting odyssey

Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe: ‘Wonky Donkey is one of the best TV segments of all time’
Big Questions

Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe: ‘Wonky Donkey is one of the best TV segments of all time’

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Flesh by David Szalay review – life comes at you fast
Books

Flesh by David Szalay review – life comes at you fast

Jennifer Coolidge: ‘I do think it’s interesting that I’ve never been offered the part of a real winner’
Film

Jennifer Coolidge: ‘I do think it’s interesting that I’ve never been offered the part of a real winner’

Jeff Goldblum: ‘The universe is a wondrous, mysterious place – appreciate it’
Letter To My Younger Self

Jeff Goldblum: ‘The universe is a wondrous, mysterious place – appreciate it’

Top 5 domestic noirs, chosen by novelist and journalist Hannah Beckerman
Books

Top 5 domestic noirs, chosen by novelist and journalist Hannah Beckerman