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Think you could lead a country? Here’s a guide to creating your own micronation

Think you could lead a country? Here’s a guide to creating your own micronation
Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams

Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams
Top 5 books on secret statecraft, chosen by Rory Cormac

Top 5 books on secret statecraft, chosen by Rory Cormac
Sinead Gleeson interview: ‘Music has often been regarded as men’s work’

Sinead Gleeson interview: ‘Music has often been regarded as men’s work’
Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher
Don’t Worry Darling: A dystopian take on the American Dream

Don’t Worry Darling: A dystopian take on the American Dream
Top 5 books if you’re into Gothic tales, chosen by Lauren Owen

Top 5 books if you’re into Gothic tales, chosen by Lauren Owen
Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place

Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place
Crimes of the future: Surgery is the new sex in Cronenberg’s latest ick-flick

Crimes of the future: Surgery is the new sex in Cronenberg’s latest ick-flick
Meet Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Son of a Critch star and the real boy behind Disney’s new Pinocchio

Meet Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Son of a Critch star and the real boy behind Disney’s new Pinocchio
An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life review: Exploring loneliness when we’re more connected than ever

An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life review: Exploring loneliness when we’re more connected than ever
Top 5 books about Greek mythology, chosen by Jennifer Saint

Top 5 books about Greek mythology, chosen by Jennifer Saint
Best of BetterPod: Will Poulter, Laura Bates, Darren McGarvey, Sophia Smith Galer and more

Best of BetterPod: Will Poulter, Laura Bates, Darren McGarvey, Sophia Smith Galer and more
Arcade Fire tour: ‘Just some humans doing our best’

Arcade Fire tour: ‘Just some humans doing our best’
Sir Ken Robinson gave us a masterclass in how to live

Sir Ken Robinson gave us a masterclass in how to live
Tony Blackburn: ‘The world we’re living in at the moment is the saddest time I’ve ever known’

Tony Blackburn: ‘The world we’re living in at the moment is the saddest time I’ve ever known’
Explorer Benedict Allen: The day I became a ‘crocodile man’

Explorer Benedict Allen: The day I became a ‘crocodile man’
Venomous Lumpsucker review: The most original – and horrifying – novel of the year

Venomous Lumpsucker review: The most original – and horrifying – novel of the year
Top 5 books about dual heritage, chosen by Eva Verde

