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Top 5 Scottish books for bairns, chosen by author and translator Ashley Douglas 
Books

Top 5 Scottish books for bairns, chosen by author and translator Ashley Douglas 

Daniel Mays: ‘Filming The Thursday Murder Club gave me a fair bit of imposter syndrome’
Film

Daniel Mays: ‘Filming The Thursday Murder Club gave me a fair bit of imposter syndrome’

From The Assassin to new Netflix thriller Hostage: Is TV getting more preposterous?
TV

From The Assassin to new Netflix thriller Hostage: Is TV getting more preposterous?

Small Rain by Garth Greenwell review – mortal reflections from a hospital bed
Books

Small Rain by Garth Greenwell review – mortal reflections from a hospital bed

Leona Lewis: ‘I would tell young Leona, I see your pain and I feel you – but you’ll be OK’
Letter To My Younger Self

Leona Lewis: ‘I would tell young Leona, I see your pain and I feel you – but you’ll be OK’

Top 5 historical novels, chosen by best-selling author Lana Kortchik
Books

Top 5 historical novels, chosen by best-selling author Lana Kortchik

Opera performers are using Palestinian flags to make a stand. And why shouldn’t they?
Classical music

Opera performers are using Palestinian flags to make a stand. And why shouldn’t they?

Breaking my legs in a horror car crash left me toxically optimistic – here’s what that means
Comedy

Breaking my legs in a horror car crash left me toxically optimistic – here’s what that means

‘We shared a bleak and sarcastic cynicism’: Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood on working with Thom Yorke
Art

‘We shared a bleak and sarcastic cynicism’: Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood on working with Thom Yorke

Tarot, Thames and the Red Arrows: This is London as seen through the eyes of homeless photographers
Homelessness

Tarot, Thames and the Red Arrows: This is London as seen through the eyes of homeless photographers

Forget Xenomorphs: The real threat in Alien was wage inequality and corporate greed
FIlm

Forget Xenomorphs: The real threat in Alien was wage inequality and corporate greed

Breaking by Mic Wright review – insider insights into the grubby world of right-wing media
Books

Breaking by Mic Wright review – insider insights into the grubby world of right-wing media

Robert Shaw, An Actor’s Life on the Set of Jaws… by Christopher Shaw Myers review – a vivid family saga
Books

Robert Shaw, An Actor’s Life on the Set of Jaws… by Christopher Shaw Myers review – a vivid family saga

Alien: Earth star Alex Lawther: ‘People like Greta Thunberg are why humans deserve to survive’
TV

Alien: Earth star Alex Lawther: ‘People like Greta Thunberg are why humans deserve to survive’

Russell T Davies: ‘As we face a Reform government, the gay community should be revolting in terror…’
TV

Russell T Davies: ‘As we face a Reform government, the gay community should be revolting in terror…’

Comedian Rob Auton on staying motivated at the Edinburgh Fringe: ‘The effort is the best part’
Edinburgh Fringe

Comedian Rob Auton on staying motivated at the Edinburgh Fringe: ‘The effort is the best part’

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Top 5 books on Scandinavia, chosen by polar geopolitics expert Elizabeth Buchanan
Books

Top 5 books on Scandinavia, chosen by polar geopolitics expert Elizabeth Buchanan

This prison theatre project prepares young offenders for life on the outside: ‘Art can be a game changer’
Prisons

This prison theatre project prepares young offenders for life on the outside: ‘Art can be a game changer’

Use the Words You Have by Kimberly Campanello review – captivating poetic sensibilities
Books

Use the Words You Have by Kimberly Campanello review – captivating poetic sensibilities

The Ha-Ha by Jennifer Dawson review – a spry and contemporary overlooked classic
Books

The Ha-Ha by Jennifer Dawson review – a spry and contemporary overlooked classic