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The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture
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The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture

When an employee loses his daughter at work, nobody recalls her being there. So what is actually real?

Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity
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Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity

Blood Bank explores de l’Horizon’s childhood and their relationship with their grandmother as she descended into dementia

Kae Tempest: ‘Seeing all these young queer and gender queer people makes me feel so happy’
Letter to my Younger Self

Kae Tempest: ‘Seeing all these young queer and gender queer people makes me feel so happy’

Music was an all-consuming escape. Now, every song he writes is a love song

Top 5 Balkan books, chosen by Slovenian author and journalist Ana Schnabl 
Books

Top 5 Balkan books, chosen by Slovenian author and journalist Ana Schnabl 

Train Dreams star Joel Edgerton: ‘What is the meaning of this life that we have?’
Film

Train Dreams star Joel Edgerton: ‘What is the meaning of this life that we have?’

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Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out fighting: ‘Any time Brian Cox wants to talk… I’m easy to find’
Film

Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out fighting: ‘Any time Brian Cox wants to talk… I’m easy to find’

Deck your walls with limited edition prints by leading artists to support Big Issue at Christmas
Deck the Walls

Deck your walls with limited edition prints by leading artists to support Big Issue at Christmas

The brass band bringing the cracking tunes of Wallace & Gromit to life
Music

The brass band bringing the cracking tunes of Wallace & Gromit to life

Die, My Love review – an extremely fraught, emotionally intense tale of motherhood
Film

Die, My Love review – an extremely fraught, emotionally intense tale of motherhood

This metal song perfectly sums up the anger felt by disabled people towards the benefits system
Music

This metal song perfectly sums up the anger felt by disabled people towards the benefits system

168 Songs of Hatred and Failure by Keith Cameron review – an uplifting Manic Street Preachers saga
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168 Songs of Hatred and Failure by Keith Cameron review – an uplifting Manic Street Preachers saga

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money
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A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money

Daniel Day-Lewis on row with Brian Cox over method acting: ‘I don’t know where the f**k that came from’
Film

Daniel Day-Lewis on row with Brian Cox over method acting: ‘I don’t know where the f**k that came from’

Dermot O’Leary: ‘I was bricking it when I started The X Factor’
Letter to my Younger Self

Dermot O’Leary: ‘I was bricking it when I started The X Factor’

Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major
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Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major

This book proves the margins of society are not silent – they’re full of voices bursting to be heard
Books

This book proves the margins of society are not silent – they’re full of voices bursting to be heard

Meet James B Partridge, the man who made school assembly bangers cool
Music

Meet James B Partridge, the man who made school assembly bangers cool

Eurovision winner Nemo: ‘Social media is harming us – but I have a big idea to change that’
Big Questions

Eurovision winner Nemo: ‘Social media is harming us – but I have a big idea to change that’

Relearning to Read by Ann Morgan review – eye-opening and revelatory
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Relearning to Read by Ann Morgan review – eye-opening and revelatory

100,000 Birthdays by Cynthia Rogerson review – as fun as it is profound
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100,000 Birthdays by Cynthia Rogerson review – as fun as it is profound

Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page: ‘I didn’t feel safe at drama school – we were told we were s**t’
Letter To My Younger Self

Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page: ‘I didn’t feel safe at drama school – we were told we were s**t’

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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

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

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

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