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Duran Duran pick the scariest movies to watch at Halloween – from Dracula to Silence of the Lambs
Halloween

Duran Duran pick the scariest movies to watch at Halloween – from Dracula to Silence of the Lambs

Children’s author Oliver Jeffers: ‘Storytelling is the most powerful force humans have’
Christmas Kids Cover Competition

Children’s author Oliver Jeffers: ‘Storytelling is the most powerful force humans have’

Al Murray on boarding school, Pub Landlord and his mysterious grandfather’s wartime movements
Letter to my younger self

Al Murray on boarding school, Pub Landlord and his mysterious grandfather’s wartime movements

Rom-com royalty Meg Ryan is coming home to woo us one more time
Film

Rom-com royalty Meg Ryan is coming home to woo us one more time

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson
Books

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson

Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke review – a perfectly timed comeback
Books

Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke review – a perfectly timed comeback

Inside the grassroots music venue where Oasis, Pulp and Ed Sheeran cut their teeth
Venue Watch

Inside the grassroots music venue where Oasis, Pulp and Ed Sheeran cut their teeth

Typist Artist Pirate King review – a warm-hearted, clear-eyed tribute to a neglected artist
Film

Typist Artist Pirate King review – a warm-hearted, clear-eyed tribute to a neglected artist

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon review – pure, undiluted Partridge
Books

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon review – pure, undiluted Partridge

Rambling Man by Billy Connolly review – a funny, life-affirming rhapsody
Books

Rambling Man by Billy Connolly review – a funny, life-affirming rhapsody

Al Murray: ‘Going to boarding school set me up to create the Pub Landlord’
Comedy

Al Murray: ‘Going to boarding school set me up to create the Pub Landlord’

Cowbois: This ‘big queer Western’ is subverting macho tropes and celebrating gender outlaws
Theatre

Cowbois: This ‘big queer Western’ is subverting macho tropes and celebrating gender outlaws

Top 5 children’s books about animals, selected by Oscar’s Lion author Adam Baron 
Children's books

Top 5 children’s books about animals, selected by Oscar’s Lion author Adam Baron 

Machines made the modern world – if we’re not careful they could break it
machines

Machines made the modern world – if we’re not careful they could break it

Madonna’s Celebration tour proves this is the Material Girl’s world – we’re all just living in it
Music

Madonna’s Celebration tour proves this is the Material Girl’s world – we’re all just living in it

Time star Jodie Whittaker slams prison service for failing women: ‘Surely there’s a better system’
Interview

Time star Jodie Whittaker slams prison service for failing women: ‘Surely there’s a better system’

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Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B: ‘As a kid, I was always in Finsbury Park. Now I’ve got a statue there’
Letter to my younger self

Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B: ‘As a kid, I was always in Finsbury Park. Now I’ve got a statue there’

Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy’s Deborah Alma
poetry

Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy’s Deborah Alma

Why renowned conductor John Eliot Gardiner has drawn comparisons with Lydia Tár
Classical music

Why renowned conductor John Eliot Gardiner has drawn comparisons with Lydia Tár

What Scorsese epic Killers of the Flower Moon means to an Indigenous street paper vendor
Vendors

What Scorsese epic Killers of the Flower Moon means to an Indigenous street paper vendor