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After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux
Polito provides in-depth analysis of Dylan’s key works from this period in a kinetic prose style befitting his subject
Young Once: A Life Less Heavy by Nigel Planer review: highly entertaining and endearingly droll

Young Once: A Life Less Heavy by Nigel Planer review: highly entertaining and endearingly droll
Planer has enjoyed a long, successful career doing something he absolutely loves
Jews and Muslims’ connected history goes beyond Gaza. It’s a story that needs to be told right now

Jews and Muslims’ connected history goes beyond Gaza. It’s a story that needs to be told right now
Muslims and Jews have engaged one another, sometimes for better, sometimes as partners, for over 1,400 years
Nick Mohammed: ‘Doing the school drop-off during Celebrity Traitors was crazy’
Nick Mohammed: ‘Doing the school drop-off during Celebrity Traitors was crazy’
50 years of Bongo Fury: Reliving Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart’s volatile classic
50 years of Bongo Fury: Reliving Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart’s volatile classic
Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey 

Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey
How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: ‘You absorb what’s happening’

How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: ‘You absorb what’s happening’
Forty years of Flare, London’s LGBTQIA+ film festival: ‘We’ve become a really important safe space’

Forty years of Flare, London’s LGBTQIA+ film festival: ‘We’ve become a really important safe space’
Kneecap break silence on terror charges: ‘I can’t be completely responsible all the time’

Kneecap break silence on terror charges: ‘I can’t be completely responsible all the time’
Handcuffed: We just want to see two flabby-bottomed strangers take a really awkward shower together

Handcuffed: We just want to see two flabby-bottomed strangers take a really awkward shower together
Crux by Gabriel Tallent book review: feats of wild imagination

Crux by Gabriel Tallent book review: feats of wild imagination
Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward book review: slow-burn thriller with a nerve-shredding finale

Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward book review: slow-burn thriller with a nerve-shredding finale
Former Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon: ‘Trump? Hopefully he’ll just keel over and die’ 

Former Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon: ‘Trump? Hopefully he’ll just keel over and die’
Rebellion Festival: a festival for punks who like to be beside the seaside

Rebellion Festival: a festival for punks who like to be beside the seaside
Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan

Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan
The Molotovs: ‘We kind of created a scene from nothing’

The Molotovs: ‘We kind of created a scene from nothing’
Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires

Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires
Why the hell would you write a punk song about Davos in 2026? 

Why the hell would you write a punk song about Davos in 2026?
Punk isn’t dead. Here’s where you can find it in 2026

Punk isn’t dead. Here’s where you can find it in 2026
One Last Deal review: a magnification of everything we love about Danny Dyer

One Last Deal review: a magnification of everything we love about Danny Dyer
In pictures: Celebrating the punk photography of Spike Waltzer

In pictures: Celebrating the punk photography of Spike Waltzer
May We Feed The King by Rebecca Perry book review: communing with the past

May We Feed The King by Rebecca Perry book review: communing with the past
Glyph by Ali Smith book review: radical energy, resistance and courage

Glyph by Ali Smith book review: radical energy, resistance and courage
British Book Awards: Ruth Jones, Charles Mackesy and Mick Herron among Author of the Year nominees

