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Lucid prose, raw accounts of grief and witty memoirs: The Big Issue critics’ books of the year
Critics' choice

Lucid prose, raw accounts of grief and witty memoirs: The Big Issue critics’ books of the year

Best books of 2022: The indie releases you may have missed
Indie picks

Best books of 2022: The indie releases you may have missed

Hints of Scrooge at the Arts Council of England
Music

Hints of Scrooge at the Arts Council of England

The best children’s books of 2022… from Oliver Jeffers to Dara McAnulty and more
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The best children’s books of 2022… from Oliver Jeffers to Dara McAnulty and more

Greg James on delivering the Radio 1 response to the Queen’s death: ‘You gotta earn your money on days like that’
interview

Greg James on delivering the Radio 1 response to the Queen’s death: ‘You gotta earn your money on days like that’

Christmas albums 2022: Who’s a shooting star and who delivered a turkey?
Festive tunes

Christmas albums 2022: Who’s a shooting star and who delivered a turkey?

Top 5 books about trauma recovery, chosen by Lech Blaine
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Top 5 books about trauma recovery, chosen by Lech Blaine

Karla-Simone Spence: The Confessions of Frannie Langton ‘is as dark as it can get’
tv interview

Karla-Simone Spence: The Confessions of Frannie Langton ‘is as dark as it can get’

Shifty’s Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir
black humour

Shifty’s Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir

The Moose Paradox: Toys, trouble and top storytelling
review

The Moose Paradox: Toys, trouble and top storytelling

Yuval Noah Harari: ‘We are living inside the dreams of dead people’
Books

Yuval Noah Harari: ‘We are living inside the dreams of dead people’

David Aguilar: Forget pity, I needed to change perceptions of disability
from the author

David Aguilar: Forget pity, I needed to change perceptions of disability

The Snowman and The Snowdog composers return to their iconic soundtrack a decade on
Christmas

The Snowman and The Snowdog composers return to their iconic soundtrack a decade on

Lewis Capaldi: ‘It’s nice to celebrate being in love’
Music

Lewis Capaldi: ‘It’s nice to celebrate being in love’

David Jason: ‘I find it difficult to believe that Del Boy is so beloved’
TV

David Jason: ‘I find it difficult to believe that Del Boy is so beloved’

Bill Bailey: ‘I’d allow dogs into the House of Commons. It would make politicians nicer’
Pets

Bill Bailey: ‘I’d allow dogs into the House of Commons. It would make politicians nicer’

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‘Disney didn’t think it was funny enough’: Brian Henson on making The Muppet Christmas Carol
Christmas

‘Disney didn’t think it was funny enough’: Brian Henson on making The Muppet Christmas Carol

Lewis Capaldi is hoping his new single Pointless will be played at weddings
Music

Lewis Capaldi is hoping his new single Pointless will be played at weddings

Twitter thinks Keith Richards is the first man ever created after a viral joke
Viral

Twitter thinks Keith Richards is the first man ever created after a viral joke

A London arts charity that rallied to help Grenfell victims is being evicted after 24 years
Art

A London arts charity that rallied to help Grenfell victims is being evicted after 24 years