Culture

How Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow’s headliners
Music

How Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow’s headliners

5 best rom-com books, selected by rising star novelist Alex Sarkis
Books

5 best rom-com books, selected by rising star novelist Alex Sarkis

Have you ever wondered where mushrooms come from? This is the incredible secret life of fungi
Nature

Have you ever wondered where mushrooms come from? This is the incredible secret life of fungi

Firebrand cellist Abel Selaocoe: ‘Classical music is about telling a great story’
Music

Firebrand cellist Abel Selaocoe: ‘Classical music is about telling a great story’

Atherton ‘had everything taken away’. The Snug brought back music and community
venue watch

Atherton ‘had everything taken away’. The Snug brought back music and community

‘Being over-sexualised as a teen has grave consequences’: NXKXTA on grooming and the Lolita myth
NXKXTA

‘Being over-sexualised as a teen has grave consequences’: NXKXTA on grooming and the Lolita myth

Comic book legend Grant Morrison on drag, defying gender norms and debut novel Luda
Books

Comic book legend Grant Morrison on drag, defying gender norms and debut novel Luda

Russell T Davies’ classic picks from the Whoniverse as Doctor Who episodes land on iPlayer
TV

Russell T Davies’ classic picks from the Whoniverse as Doctor Who episodes land on iPlayer

Top 5 books about love, selected by ‘QI elf’ Edward Brooke-Hitching
Love

Top 5 books about love, selected by ‘QI elf’ Edward Brooke-Hitching

‘It was time to change the narrative’: How I created the Black British Book Festival
Books

‘It was time to change the narrative’: How I created the Black British Book Festival

Time season 2 star Jodie Whittaker: ‘People are leaving prison and they’re being given a tent’
Interview

Time season 2 star Jodie Whittaker: ‘People are leaving prison and they’re being given a tent’

Duran Duran pick the scariest movies to watch at Halloween – from Dracula to Silence of the Lambs
Halloween

Duran Duran pick the scariest movies to watch at Halloween – from Dracula to Silence of the Lambs

Children’s author Oliver Jeffers: ‘Storytelling is the most powerful force humans have’
Christmas Kids Cover Competition

Children’s author Oliver Jeffers: ‘Storytelling is the most powerful force humans have’

Al Murray on boarding school, Pub Landlord and his mysterious grandfather’s wartime movements
Letter to my younger self

Al Murray on boarding school, Pub Landlord and his mysterious grandfather’s wartime movements

Rom-com royalty Meg Ryan is coming home to woo us one more time
Film

Rom-com royalty Meg Ryan is coming home to woo us one more time

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson
Books

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson

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Inside the grassroots music venue where Oasis, Pulp and Ed Sheeran cut their teeth
Venue Watch

Inside the grassroots music venue where Oasis, Pulp and Ed Sheeran cut their teeth

Typist Artist Pirate King review – a warm-hearted, clear-eyed tribute to a neglected artist
Film

Typist Artist Pirate King review – a warm-hearted, clear-eyed tribute to a neglected artist

Retribution review – another Liam Neeson action vehicle fresh from the production line
Film

Retribution review – another Liam Neeson action vehicle fresh from the production line

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon review – pure, undiluted Partridge
Books

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon review – pure, undiluted Partridge