Culture

Homelands by Chitra Ramaswamy review: A gripping novel about heritage, exile, friendship and family
Book review

Homelands by Chitra Ramaswamy review: A gripping novel about heritage, exile, friendship and family

Ensemble 360: A dawn chorus worth getting out of bed for
Music

Ensemble 360: A dawn chorus worth getting out of bed for

How Get Carter created the blueprint for the British gangster movie
Film

How Get Carter created the blueprint for the British gangster movie

David Harbour: ‘Stranger Things was different from anything I’ve ever experienced in my career’
Streaming

David Harbour: ‘Stranger Things was different from anything I’ve ever experienced in my career’

Stranger Things star David Harbour says Gandalf and Han Solo inspired Hopper’s ‘resurrection’
Streaming

Stranger Things star David Harbour says Gandalf and Han Solo inspired Hopper’s ‘resurrection’

Grand Designs people are not like the rest of us
TV

Grand Designs people are not like the rest of us

From sofa surfing to the stage: This artistic director wants to give people experiencing homelessness a new lease of life
Homelessness

From sofa surfing to the stage: This artistic director wants to give people experiencing homelessness a new lease of life

The Derry Girls finale: sublime television – poignant, political and properly funny
TV

The Derry Girls finale: sublime television – poignant, political and properly funny

‘You’re rewarded for being funny, not being right’: How Oxford Tory ‘chums’ came to run the country
Politics

‘You’re rewarded for being funny, not being right’: How Oxford Tory ‘chums’ came to run the country

Doctor Who: Going back to the future with David Tennant and Catherine Tate heralds an exciting new era
Doctor Who

Doctor Who: Going back to the future with David Tennant and Catherine Tate heralds an exciting new era

Stuart Murdoch on Belle and Sebastian’s poppy antidote to the pervasive gloom
Culture

Stuart Murdoch on Belle and Sebastian’s poppy antidote to the pervasive gloom

Joe Wicks: ‘My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be’
Culture

Joe Wicks: ‘My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be’

The Big Issue 2022 festival guide
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The Big Issue 2022 festival guide

Six months on, as music festivals begin again, it’s like the Astroworld disaster never happened
gig safety

Six months on, as music festivals begin again, it’s like the Astroworld disaster never happened

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on the moment he realised he was homeless
Ncuti Gatwa

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on the moment he realised he was homeless

This week’s Big TV: Conversations with Friends, Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood, Floodlights
What to watch

This week’s Big TV: Conversations with Friends, Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood, Floodlights

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Kathy Sledge: ‘Seeing everyone come together for Black Lives Matter meant so much to me’
Music

Kathy Sledge: ‘Seeing everyone come together for Black Lives Matter meant so much to me’

Play it again: The remarkable revival of cassettes
Music

Play it again: The remarkable revival of cassettes

Outlander and A Discovery of Witches star Steven Cree: ‘These shows have the power to unite people’
TV

Outlander and A Discovery of Witches star Steven Cree: ‘These shows have the power to unite people’

River Clyde by Simone Buchholz review: A daring, original crime story
Book review

River Clyde by Simone Buchholz review: A daring, original crime story