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From the highest mountain to the smelliest flower: This is why people are fascinated by the extreme

From the highest mountain to the smelliest flower: This is why people are fascinated by the extreme
Heaven by Emerson Whitney review – a memoir with fearsome grace

Heaven by Emerson Whitney review – a memoir with fearsome grace
Eurovision star Olly Alexander says he’s ‘ambivalent’ about the ‘divisive’ Union Jack

Eurovision star Olly Alexander says he’s ‘ambivalent’ about the ‘divisive’ Union Jack
Sananda Maitreya: ‘You don’t have to suffer. You can just choose happiness’

Sananda Maitreya: ‘You don’t have to suffer. You can just choose happiness’
Why do people love Bridgerton so much? Because it gives us the gift of society as we wish it was

Why do people love Bridgerton so much? Because it gives us the gift of society as we wish it was
Those wounded by the Troubles still walk among us. Their pain is as relevant today as ever

Those wounded by the Troubles still walk among us. Their pain is as relevant today as ever
Top 5 books about women and water, chosen by The Tidal Year author Freya Bromley

Top 5 books about women and water, chosen by The Tidal Year author Freya Bromley
She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany: ‘Fear is not necessarily the worst thing to feel’

She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany: ‘Fear is not necessarily the worst thing to feel’
Love Lies Bleeding director Rose Glass on why women’s muscles are still ‘shocking and subversive’

Love Lies Bleeding director Rose Glass on why women’s muscles are still ‘shocking and subversive’
Marge starts a union and fights for workers’ rights in powerful new episode of The Simpsons

Marge starts a union and fights for workers’ rights in powerful new episode of The Simpsons
Night Train to Odesa by Jen Stout review – finding defiant beauty amid devastation of war

Night Train to Odesa by Jen Stout review – finding defiant beauty amid devastation of war
Is Taylor Swift making song lyrics more important than ever?

Is Taylor Swift making song lyrics more important than ever?
‘Star Trek teaches us we can be better than we are’: Finding comfort and optimism in Star Trek

‘Star Trek teaches us we can be better than we are’: Finding comfort and optimism in Star Trek
Artist Rhiannon Faith: ‘I refuse to live in a society where someone feels so alone they lose hope’

Artist Rhiannon Faith: ‘I refuse to live in a society where someone feels so alone they lose hope’
Uncanny USA podcast host Danny Robins on Bigfoot, UFOs and why Americans scare differently to Brits

Uncanny USA podcast host Danny Robins on Bigfoot, UFOs and why Americans scare differently to Brits
Dopesick star Kaitlyn Dever: ‘I realised I can create change with the roles I choose’

Dopesick star Kaitlyn Dever: ‘I realised I can create change with the roles I choose’
Why AI quiz makers like ChatGPT are no match for human ingenuity 

Why AI quiz makers like ChatGPT are no match for human ingenuity
Top 5 children’s books set on islands, selected by children’s author Lucy Strange 

Top 5 children’s books set on islands, selected by children’s author Lucy Strange
Artist Aasen Stephenson turns leaves into astounding works of art: ‘Nothing beats what nature makes’

Artist Aasen Stephenson turns leaves into astounding works of art: ‘Nothing beats what nature makes’
‘I’ve done awful things – but I try to be better’: Nadine Shah on addiction, getting it wrong and forgiveness
