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Jason Donovan: ‘I enjoyed fame initially – until I left Neighbours’
Letter To My Younger Self

Jason Donovan: ‘I enjoyed fame initially – until I left Neighbours’

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope
Incels

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope

Loud music ruined my ears – but it doesn’t mean I can’t still enjoy a Mogwai gig
Music

Loud music ruined my ears – but it doesn’t mean I can’t still enjoy a Mogwai gig

Top 5 works of satire, chosen by writer and cultural mischief maker Jackie Ess
Books

Top 5 works of satire, chosen by writer and cultural mischief maker Jackie Ess

Stephen Graham and Steven Knight on class, boxing and new drama A Thousand Blows
TV

Stephen Graham and Steven Knight on class, boxing and new drama A Thousand Blows

I’m Still Here director Walter Salles on the tragedy he never forgot: ‘I felt very much lost’
Film

I’m Still Here director Walter Salles on the tragedy he never forgot: ‘I felt very much lost’

Robert De Niro and the Zero Day dilemma: Is Netflix scared of Trump?
TV

Robert De Niro and the Zero Day dilemma: Is Netflix scared of Trump?

EastEnders at 40: How Britain’s soaps became the soul of the nation
TV

EastEnders at 40: How Britain’s soaps became the soul of the nation

My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel review – searing, angry power on every page
Books

My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel review – searing, angry power on every page

Jason Donovan on ‘first love’ Kylie Minogue: ‘It’s a very difficult relationship to escape’
Music

Jason Donovan on ‘first love’ Kylie Minogue: ‘It’s a very difficult relationship to escape’

First Dates star Fred Sirieix: ‘I left France because I loved punk’
Letter To My Younger Self

First Dates star Fred Sirieix: ‘I left France because I loved punk’

White Lotus star Jason Isaacs on why we love watching the 1% be ‘miserable as hell’
TV

White Lotus star Jason Isaacs on why we love watching the 1% be ‘miserable as hell’

Clara Amfo: ‘You will never lose learning about how somebody else lives differently to you’
Film

Clara Amfo: ‘You will never lose learning about how somebody else lives differently to you’

Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard
Books

Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees
Refugees

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees

This bizarre tale of a snail-obsessed misfit might be the unlikely hit of the Oscars
Film

This bizarre tale of a snail-obsessed misfit might be the unlikely hit of the Oscars

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Cobra Kai star Ralph Macchio thinks his Karate Kid kick belongs in the Smithsonian: ‘It’s cinema magic’
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Cobra Kai star Ralph Macchio thinks his Karate Kid kick belongs in the Smithsonian: ‘It’s cinema magic’

We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea’s trauma and terror
Books

We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea’s trauma and terror

The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin’s Russia
Books

The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin’s Russia

Heartbroken? Blame capitalism. Author Shon Faye on why so many of us feel like ‘failures in love’
Love

Heartbroken? Blame capitalism. Author Shon Faye on why so many of us feel like ‘failures in love’