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‘I exist as two people’: Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity
First person

‘I exist as two people’: Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity

The story of the world’s first drag ABBA tribute band
Review

The story of the world’s first drag ABBA tribute band

No more good cop, bad cop: Revisiting Serpico and Training Day in the wake of global calls to abolish the police
Review

No more good cop, bad cop: Revisiting Serpico and Training Day in the wake of global calls to abolish the police

Professor Alice Roberts: ‘I got sidetracked into academia in a delightful way’
Letter to my Younger Self

Professor Alice Roberts: ‘I got sidetracked into academia in a delightful way’

‘Everybody deserves shelter’: Chat Pile mount heavy challenge to homelessness crisis
Interview

‘Everybody deserves shelter’: Chat Pile mount heavy challenge to homelessness crisis

‘Artist, iconoclast, anarchist, punk, hippie, rebel and romantic’: A personal tribute to Jamie Reid
In memoriam

‘Artist, iconoclast, anarchist, punk, hippie, rebel and romantic’: A personal tribute to Jamie Reid

Top 5 seaside stories for kids, chosen by Anthony Browne
Illustrated children's books

Top 5 seaside stories for kids, chosen by Anthony Browne

‘It’s not fun to be right’: How new wave pioneers Devo predicted Trump and our ‘bankrupt materialism’
Interview

‘It’s not fun to be right’: How new wave pioneers Devo predicted Trump and our ‘bankrupt materialism’

Joan Jett: ‘How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?’
Letter to my Younger Self

Joan Jett: ‘How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?’

Paapa Essiedu: ‘It’s hard for me not to be political in the work that I do’
Paapa Essiedu

Paapa Essiedu: ‘It’s hard for me not to be political in the work that I do’

William Friedkin on ‘rip-off’ Exorcist sequels, Scorsese selling out and dressing as Ali G
Film

William Friedkin on ‘rip-off’ Exorcist sequels, Scorsese selling out and dressing as Ali G

Dodging death, downpours and Oxbridge dilettantes: Paul Merton’s Edinburgh Fringe
Interview

Dodging death, downpours and Oxbridge dilettantes: Paul Merton’s Edinburgh Fringe

Fara Williams: ‘I was living in hostels for seven years – football saved me’
Letter to my Younger Self

Fara Williams: ‘I was living in hostels for seven years – football saved me’

Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution
fighting misogyny

Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution

Top 5 gothic tales for kids, selected by Jon Klassen
Fiction

Top 5 gothic tales for kids, selected by Jon Klassen

Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club
Venue Watch

Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club

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Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo review: Family dynamics beg closer inspection
review

Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo review: Family dynamics beg closer inspection

Sea Change by Gina Chung review: Busy plotting undoes wry wit
review

Sea Change by Gina Chung review: Busy plotting undoes wry wit

Joy Ride: A modern kind of gross-out comedy
Review

Joy Ride: A modern kind of gross-out comedy

Tragic Ruby McCollister takes on Edinburgh, ‘the live-performing Olympics of the world’
macabre cabaret

Tragic Ruby McCollister takes on Edinburgh, ‘the live-performing Olympics of the world’