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Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels 
Books

Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels 

Danny Dyer on fame, therapy and working-class people in politics: ‘We need a f**king leader’
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Danny Dyer on fame, therapy and working-class people in politics: ‘We need a f**king leader’

Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all
Film

Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets
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Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets

Why the problems of this remote Kenyan community are the problems that face us all
Film

Why the problems of this remote Kenyan community are the problems that face us all

Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation
Review

Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation

Alma’s Not Normal star Sophie Willan: ‘Care experienced people have superpowers – we’re brilliant!’
TV

Alma’s Not Normal star Sophie Willan: ‘Care experienced people have superpowers – we’re brilliant!’

Author Matt Haig: ‘I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood’
Letter To My Younger Self

Author Matt Haig: ‘I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood’

Top 5 books about friendship, chosen by author Marianne Cronin
Books

Top 5 books about friendship, chosen by author Marianne Cronin

Music is everywhere, including in our heads. So why is it so hard to describe?
Music

Music is everywhere, including in our heads. So why is it so hard to describe?

How Dante’s grudges, gossip and pettiness still inspire hundreds of years on
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How Dante’s grudges, gossip and pettiness still inspire hundreds of years on

TV star AJ Odudu on why life can be ‘humbling’ and how we can all restore hope
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TV star AJ Odudu on why life can be ‘humbling’ and how we can all restore hope

Olivier-winning theatre maker Jamie Eastlake: ‘The North East is on the verge of 90s Manchester’
Theatre

Olivier-winning theatre maker Jamie Eastlake: ‘The North East is on the verge of 90s Manchester’

Drifting across Europe in pursuit of my lost, wild twin
Books

Drifting across Europe in pursuit of my lost, wild twin

Joker: Folie à Deux says nothing meaningful about living with mental illness
Film

Joker: Folie à Deux says nothing meaningful about living with mental illness

Rising music star Henry Moodie: ‘Andrew Tate shows how dangerous social media can be’
Music

Rising music star Henry Moodie: ‘Andrew Tate shows how dangerous social media can be’

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Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: ‘I don’t see many Black people in the London Symphony Orchestra’
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Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: ‘I don’t see many Black people in the London Symphony Orchestra’

Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda review – Mexico’s gritty underbelly, as told by women
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Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda review – Mexico’s gritty underbelly, as told by women

Sex, drugs and Bloomberg terminals: How Industry highlights the ‘crony chumocracy’ of Tory rule
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Sex, drugs and Bloomberg terminals: How Industry highlights the ‘crony chumocracy’ of Tory rule

AJ Odudu: ‘I knew we were working class. I shared the top bunk with my younger sister for years’
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AJ Odudu: ‘I knew we were working class. I shared the top bunk with my younger sister for years’