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The Wicker Man at 50: Woozy, semi-surreal and hugely influential
folk horror

The Wicker Man at 50: Woozy, semi-surreal and hugely influential

Top 5 books by Jamaican writers, chosen by Kereen Getten
books

Top 5 books by Jamaican writers, chosen by Kereen Getten

Faith healing: How churches offer reassurance in tough times
Churches

Faith healing: How churches offer reassurance in tough times

This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor review: Tragic happenings become urban legend
short stories

This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor review: Tragic happenings become urban legend

Patterflash by Adam Lowe review: Acrobatic and winking poems of queer life
poetry

Patterflash by Adam Lowe review: Acrobatic and winking poems of queer life

The UK’s best independent bookshops
shop local

The UK’s best independent bookshops

Robert Carlyle interview: ‘The Full Monty is highly political’
Miniseries

Robert Carlyle interview: ‘The Full Monty is highly political’

Gina Yashere: ‘I was terrified some unscrupulous people would try to out me’
Letter to my Younger Self

Gina Yashere: ‘I was terrified some unscrupulous people would try to out me’

The essential guide to the UK’s best book festivals 2023
Book festivals 2023

The essential guide to the UK’s best book festivals 2023

How book festivals can fix their diversity problem
Books

How book festivals can fix their diversity problem

Austerity was something we simply could not afford
John Bird

Austerity was something we simply could not afford

We must trust our universal basic instinct
Paul McNamee

We must trust our universal basic instinct

Rocky Horror at 50: ‘A place for the marginalised’
another dimension

Rocky Horror at 50: ‘A place for the marginalised’

Summer books: The hottest fiction to read in 2023
best reads

Summer books: The hottest fiction to read in 2023

Jayde Adams on how Take That movie Greatest Days captures the ‘intensity of fandom’
Greatest Days

Jayde Adams on how Take That movie Greatest Days captures the ‘intensity of fandom’

Alma Singer: ‘Art can challenge what’s going on in the world’
Support the big issue

Alma Singer: ‘Art can challenge what’s going on in the world’

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Chevalier: Kelvin Harrison Jr on being a ‘soldier’ for overlooked Black history
Black history

Chevalier: Kelvin Harrison Jr on being a ‘soldier’ for overlooked Black history

Postwar Britain was a place of renewal, opportunity and optimism for working-class people. What happened?
John Bird

Postwar Britain was a place of renewal, opportunity and optimism for working-class people. What happened?

Carers Week: Eldercare is the new childcare, and carers need new rights
Carers Week

Carers Week: Eldercare is the new childcare, and carers need new rights

Robert Carlyle says the UK has had enough of the Tories as The Full Monty arrives on Disney+
Politics

Robert Carlyle says the UK has had enough of the Tories as The Full Monty arrives on Disney+