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Travis Alabanza: ‘If I can make an audience laugh then I can make them think’
Interview

Travis Alabanza: ‘If I can make an audience laugh then I can make them think’

Mark Rylance: We must remember Brian Haw, ‘the most adhesive of protesters’
Protest

Mark Rylance: We must remember Brian Haw, ‘the most adhesive of protesters’

Colonialism’s ghosts of the Caribbean
first person

Colonialism’s ghosts of the Caribbean

Robin Ince: the library is a centre of empathy we cannot afford to lose
Libraries

Robin Ince: the library is a centre of empathy we cannot afford to lose

Top 5 books about birds, chosen by Jasmine Donahaye
Books

Top 5 books about birds, chosen by Jasmine Donahaye

The Mountain in the Sea review: Ray Nayler’s ‘refreshing approach’ to alien first contact
debut novel

The Mountain in the Sea review: Ray Nayler’s ‘refreshing approach’ to alien first contact

A lot has changed since the war years, but poverty remains
Opinion

A lot has changed since the war years, but poverty remains

Behind the wild man of Vienna: Who was the real Beethoven?
Classical music

Behind the wild man of Vienna: Who was the real Beethoven?

The Terraformers review: ‘A remarkable piece of world building’
Sci-fi

The Terraformers review: ‘A remarkable piece of world building’

Pitchfork’s viral Måneskin review reminds us music criticism can be savagely entertaining
Rock

Pitchfork’s viral Måneskin review reminds us music criticism can be savagely entertaining

Jack Lowden on BBC thriller The Gold: ‘It was sort of ridiculous, but also dangerous’
heist

Jack Lowden on BBC thriller The Gold: ‘It was sort of ridiculous, but also dangerous’

Another day, another housing minister
Paul McNamee

Another day, another housing minister

Developments in space travel and technology need to benefit everyone
Opinion

Developments in space travel and technology need to benefit everyone

When Sam Delaney needed to sort his mental health, the solution was unexpected – sincerity
mental health

When Sam Delaney needed to sort his mental health, the solution was unexpected – sincerity

Sophie L Morgan: ‘It’s radical being visible’
Letter to my Younger Self

Sophie L Morgan: ‘It’s radical being visible’

Owlish review: ‘No ordinary tale of male angst and frustrated desire’
Novel

Owlish review: ‘No ordinary tale of male angst and frustrated desire’

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Finding an entry point to the fabulously weird world of Frank Zappa
avant-garde

Finding an entry point to the fabulously weird world of Frank Zappa

Ten Planets review: A short story collection that slinks between genres
fiction

Ten Planets review: A short story collection that slinks between genres

History haunts modern life, but will we ever learn from it?
History

History haunts modern life, but will we ever learn from it?

Pledges to end homelessness collide with inconvenient truths
Opinion

Pledges to end homelessness collide with inconvenient truths