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Top 5 books about love, selected by ‘QI elf’ Edward Brooke-Hitching
Love

Top 5 books about love, selected by ‘QI elf’ Edward Brooke-Hitching

‘It was time to change the narrative’: How I created the Black British Book Festival
Books

‘It was time to change the narrative’: How I created the Black British Book Festival

Time season 2 star Jodie Whittaker: ‘People are leaving prison and they’re being given a tent’
Interview

Time season 2 star Jodie Whittaker: ‘People are leaving prison and they’re being given a tent’

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

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

Retribution review – another Liam Neeson action vehicle fresh from the production line
Film

Retribution review – another Liam Neeson action vehicle fresh from the production line

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 

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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’

Shaun Keaveny: ‘I was burnt out by the callousness and cruelty of this government’
Interview

Shaun Keaveny: ‘I was burnt out by the callousness and cruelty of this government’

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’