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Red Rooms director Pascal Plante on empathy, digital horror and why we’re all way too online

Red Rooms director Pascal Plante on empathy, digital horror and why we’re all way too online
Top 5 books by freedom fighters chosen by French-Algerian author Xavier Le Clerc

Top 5 books by freedom fighters chosen by French-Algerian author Xavier Le Clerc
How letters from a 15th-century housewife unlock secrets of a forgotten England

How letters from a 15th-century housewife unlock secrets of a forgotten England
Oedipus Rex and the emerging trend of operas using a mix of amateur and pro voices

Oedipus Rex and the emerging trend of operas using a mix of amateur and pro voices
Prisoner turned actor Clarence Maclin on life inside Sing Sing – and starring in a film based on it

Prisoner turned actor Clarence Maclin on life inside Sing Sing – and starring in a film based on it
Arnie said he’d be back… How The Terminator and other classics are taking over cinemas – again

Arnie said he’d be back… How The Terminator and other classics are taking over cinemas – again
The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – exquisite and frustrating

The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – exquisite and frustrating
Bluff by Danez Smith review – defiant poetry of protest

Bluff by Danez Smith review – defiant poetry of protest
Whistleblowing: Why doing the right thing can come with a devastating cost

Whistleblowing: Why doing the right thing can come with a devastating cost
Top 5 great books given really great film adaptations – chosen by screenplay writer Moira Buffini

Top 5 great books given really great film adaptations – chosen by screenplay writer Moira Buffini
Hip-hop pioneers Kneecap on peace, Super Noodles and bringing Irish into the modern day

Hip-hop pioneers Kneecap on peace, Super Noodles and bringing Irish into the modern day
Nick Cave on wild swimming, sons’ deaths and why a broken world can be beautiful at the same time

Nick Cave on wild swimming, sons’ deaths and why a broken world can be beautiful at the same time
The Salt Flats by Rachelle Atalla review – risk-taking and unsettling speculative fiction

The Salt Flats by Rachelle Atalla review – risk-taking and unsettling speculative fiction
The Black Orb by Ewhan Kim review – pitch-black humour on the brink of chaos

The Black Orb by Ewhan Kim review – pitch-black humour on the brink of chaos
Nick Cave: ‘The worst happened. It maybe made me a little braver’

Nick Cave: ‘The worst happened. It maybe made me a little braver’
Fontaines DC, TikTok crazes and trouser chains: The unsettling return of nu metal, explained

Fontaines DC, TikTok crazes and trouser chains: The unsettling return of nu metal, explained
Top 5 books about obsession, selected by author and academic Marieke Bigg

Top 5 books about obsession, selected by author and academic Marieke Bigg
Why I love sea turtles – and why we have to save them

Why I love sea turtles – and why we have to save them
Only The River Flows review – a Chinese crime thriller awash with mystery 

Only The River Flows review – a Chinese crime thriller awash with mystery
Vicky McClure: ‘Everybody’s lives are important. No matter where you come from’
