Culture

Origin review – a genuine, often unsettling cinema outlier
Film

Origin review – a genuine, often unsettling cinema outlier

Ava DuVernay on Origin: ‘I want it to be the kind of film you think about after you’ve left the theatre’
Interview

Ava DuVernay on Origin: ‘I want it to be the kind of film you think about after you’ve left the theatre’

‘We felt like absolute stars’: Behind the 1971 women’s football World Cup the world forgot
Sport

‘We felt like absolute stars’: Behind the 1971 women’s football World Cup the world forgot

Hamilton tour review – an urgent production as America needs heroes to rise up
Theatre

Hamilton tour review – an urgent production as America needs heroes to rise up

Advantages of Age and the taboo-busting power of intentional living
Social Enterprise

Advantages of Age and the taboo-busting power of intentional living

Spandau Ballet star Tony Hadley on communism, punk and how music saved him from a stint in borstal
Letter to my Younger Self

Spandau Ballet star Tony Hadley on communism, punk and how music saved him from a stint in borstal

Take it from me, going to gigs by yourself is liberating and life-affirming
Malcolm Jack

Take it from me, going to gigs by yourself is liberating and life-affirming

‘Against the odds’: How the Lubber Fiend made Newcastle’s music scene exciting again
Venue Watch

‘Against the odds’: How the Lubber Fiend made Newcastle’s music scene exciting again

The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler review – the mammoth risks of playing God with nature
Books

The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler review – the mammoth risks of playing God with nature

Your Utopia by Bora Chung review – finding poignancy in speculative fiction
Books

Your Utopia by Bora Chung review – finding poignancy in speculative fiction

Behind Oscar-tipped doc Four Daughters: A story of radicalisation, family and loss
Film

Behind Oscar-tipped doc Four Daughters: A story of radicalisation, family and loss

Composer Cassie Kinoshi: ‘Understanding one’s own mental health is of utmost importance to me’
Music

Composer Cassie Kinoshi: ‘Understanding one’s own mental health is of utmost importance to me’

John Malkovich on fashion, hope and why beauty is mandatory for the survival of the species
TV

John Malkovich on fashion, hope and why beauty is mandatory for the survival of the species

Filmmaker Adam Curtis on epic new BBC drama The Way – and how the power of TV is shaking up Britain
TV

Filmmaker Adam Curtis on epic new BBC drama The Way – and how the power of TV is shaking up Britain

Family Politics by John O’Farrell review – a plea to engage with those whose views we abhor
Books

Family Politics by John O’Farrell review – a plea to engage with those whose views we abhor

Ex-England star Jermaine Jenas: ‘I’ve found it hard to make peace with my football career’
Letter to my younger self

Ex-England star Jermaine Jenas: ‘I’ve found it hard to make peace with my football career’

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Mrs Gulliver by Valerie Martin review – finding agency in a patriarchy
Books

Mrs Gulliver by Valerie Martin review – finding agency in a patriarchy

Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley: ‘Why the hell are we still judging someone on how they look?’
Film

Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley: ‘Why the hell are we still judging someone on how they look?’

‘This is not the end’: Experimental arts venue Iklectik fights to survive after shock eviction
Venue Watch

‘This is not the end’: Experimental arts venue Iklectik fights to survive after shock eviction

Freaks Out! by Luke Haines review – a righteous celebration of gloriously weird rock ‘n’ rollers
Books

Freaks Out! by Luke Haines review – a righteous celebration of gloriously weird rock ‘n’ rollers