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Hard Truths director Mike Leigh: ‘I make films for audiences to see, not for awards’
Film

Hard Truths director Mike Leigh: ‘I make films for audiences to see, not for awards’

Rising Icelandic star Elín Hall on how her homeland is leading the way in music: ‘The benefits are clear’
Music

Rising Icelandic star Elín Hall on how her homeland is leading the way in music: ‘The benefits are clear’

The Brutalist star Joe Alwyn: ‘I didn’t think of Trump as an inspiration for my character, but…’
Film

The Brutalist star Joe Alwyn: ‘I didn’t think of Trump as an inspiration for my character, but…’

Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation
Reading

Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation

Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life with Neil Innes by Yvonne Innes review – a tender account of a cult hero
Books

Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life with Neil Innes by Yvonne Innes review – a tender account of a cult hero

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino review – a great actor’s final word
Books

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino review – a great actor’s final word

Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos: ‘I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow’
Letter To My Younger Self

Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos: ‘I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow’

We live in what feels like dark and anxious times – but there’s still lots we can learn from the stars
Space

We live in what feels like dark and anxious times – but there’s still lots we can learn from the stars

Top 5 books about ballet, chosen by ballerina-cum-author Juhea Kim 
Books

Top 5 books about ballet, chosen by ballerina-cum-author Juhea Kim 

Swipe right on this trio of films from female directors on women and love
Film

Swipe right on this trio of films from female directors on women and love

A Complete Unknown director James Mangold on why Bob Dylan is proof you should always meet your heroes
Film

A Complete Unknown director James Mangold on why Bob Dylan is proof you should always meet your heroes

‘I thought I was going to die’: Meet the Hardest Geezer, the man who ran the world
Running

‘I thought I was going to die’: Meet the Hardest Geezer, the man who ran the world

Funk band Cymande on new music doc Getting It Back and finally getting recognition after years
Music

Funk band Cymande on new music doc Getting It Back and finally getting recognition after years

Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac review – breathing chaotic life into the streets of Buenos Aires
Books

Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac review – breathing chaotic life into the streets of Buenos Aires

The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood review – the chilling trauma of gendered violence
Books

The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood review – the chilling trauma of gendered violence

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel
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Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel

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William Tell director Nick Hamm on why the apple scene is so relevant today: ‘It cuts to the core’
Film

William Tell director Nick Hamm on why the apple scene is so relevant today: ‘It cuts to the core’

I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me
Streetwise Opera

I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me

Top 5 locked-room mystery books by whodunit author Tom Hindle
Books

Top 5 locked-room mystery books by whodunit author Tom Hindle

I couldn’t find people suffering from chronic illness in books – so I wrote my own
Books

I couldn’t find people suffering from chronic illness in books – so I wrote my own