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Weighted Down: The Complicated Life of Skip Spence review – sensitive portrait of a free spirit

Weighted Down: The Complicated Life of Skip Spence review – sensitive portrait of a free spirit
‘When I was mentally ill, I could only listen to hard techno’: Why is music so important to us?

‘When I was mentally ill, I could only listen to hard techno’: Why is music so important to us?
Top 5 books about the Troubles, chosen by bestselling author Henry Hemming 

Top 5 books about the Troubles, chosen by bestselling author Henry Hemming
Cocktails with George and Martha by Philip Gefter review – art imitating life in a war of egos 

Cocktails with George and Martha by Philip Gefter review – art imitating life in a war of egos
Mena Massoud on life after Aladdin, confidence and the problem with roles for actors of colour

Mena Massoud on life after Aladdin, confidence and the problem with roles for actors of colour
Remembering Tim Hetherington, a fearless photojournalist and friend who died in Libya

Remembering Tim Hetherington, a fearless photojournalist and friend who died in Libya
New play Capital! explores Edinburgh’s financial history through eyes of Big Issue vendor

New play Capital! explores Edinburgh’s financial history through eyes of Big Issue vendor
Jingoism of Rule, Britannia! has long felt shameful. Is it finally time for BBC Proms to axe it?

Jingoism of Rule, Britannia! has long felt shameful. Is it finally time for BBC Proms to axe it?
Blue Lights co-creator Declan Lawn on ‘massive responsibility of telling Belfast’s stories’

Blue Lights co-creator Declan Lawn on ‘massive responsibility of telling Belfast’s stories’
Top 5 books on future tech and video game fiction, chosen by star YA author Triona Campbell

Top 5 books on future tech and video game fiction, chosen by star YA author Triona Campbell
Zayn Malik: ‘I wanted to forge my own path, write my own story and see the world’

Zayn Malik: ‘I wanted to forge my own path, write my own story and see the world’
We owe children an apology for the state of the nation, says Caledonian Road author Andrew O’Hagan

We owe children an apology for the state of the nation, says Caledonian Road author Andrew O’Hagan
Zayn Malik speaks on new music, home city Bradford and identity: ‘I’m a very Northern man’

Zayn Malik speaks on new music, home city Bradford and identity: ‘I’m a very Northern man’
Nish Kumar: ‘My experience of being a brown man in Britain shifted after 9/11’

Nish Kumar: ‘My experience of being a brown man in Britain shifted after 9/11’
This Town cast and crew on how unrest and disruption forges creative genius: ‘Music is the heart’

This Town cast and crew on how unrest and disruption forges creative genius: ‘Music is the heart’
Top 5 inventive, speculative fiction books – chosen by poet and playwright Joelle Taylor

Top 5 inventive, speculative fiction books – chosen by poet and playwright Joelle Taylor
From The Iron Claw to Opponent: How wrestling films began grappling with real issues

From The Iron Claw to Opponent: How wrestling films began grappling with real issues
Gillian Anderson, Billie Piper and Rufus Sewell on recreating Prince Andrew’s car-crash interview in Scoop

Gillian Anderson, Billie Piper and Rufus Sewell on recreating Prince Andrew’s car-crash interview in Scoop
Artist with autism uses drawing to make sense of the trauma of losing his home

Artist with autism uses drawing to make sense of the trauma of losing his home
Io Capitano director Matteo Garrone on why a refugee’s journey is so much more than small boats
