Review

Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes
Music

Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes

The Room Next Door review – Pedro Almodóvar puts friendship and assisted dying in laser-focus
Film

The Room Next Door review – Pedro Almodóvar puts friendship and assisted dying in laser-focus

That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – a moving testament to the power of music
Books

That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – a moving testament to the power of music

Playground by Richard Powers review – a crafty and deep examination of the state we’re in
Books

Playground by Richard Powers review – a crafty and deep examination of the state we’re in

Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine
Music

Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine

Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd review – edge-of-your-seat Cold War escapism
Books

Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd review – edge-of-your-seat Cold War escapism

Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all
Film

Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets
Books

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets

Joker: Folie à Deux says nothing meaningful about living with mental illness
Film

Joker: Folie à Deux says nothing meaningful about living with mental illness

Romeo & Seahorse by Nikolaj Tange Lange review – gayness throbs through vein and artery
Books

Romeo & Seahorse by Nikolaj Tange Lange review – gayness throbs through vein and artery

Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda review – Mexico’s gritty underbelly, as told by women
Books

Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda review – Mexico’s gritty underbelly, as told by women

Couples Therapy is watch-through-your-fingers TV at its best – it’s impossible to look away
Lucy Sweet

Couples Therapy is watch-through-your-fingers TV at its best – it’s impossible to look away

Will Ferrell takes a crash course in trans advocacy in new Netflix doc Will & Harper
Film

Will Ferrell takes a crash course in trans advocacy in new Netflix doc Will & Harper

My Old Ass review – a sweet and cathartic coming-of-ages movie with a twist
Film

My Old Ass review – a sweet and cathartic coming-of-ages movie with a twist

Hooray Henry! BBC Proms embraces Mancini magic
Music

Hooray Henry! BBC Proms embraces Mancini magic

The Happiness of Dogs by Mark Rowlands review – learning from our pets
Books

The Happiness of Dogs by Mark Rowlands review – learning from our pets

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Street-Level Superstar by Will Hodgkinson review – a touching monument to a cult pop enigma
Books

Street-Level Superstar by Will Hodgkinson review – a touching monument to a cult pop enigma

Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain by William and Jim Reid review – brotherly love
Books

Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain by William and Jim Reid review – brotherly love

In Camera review – a potent comment on race and identity in the film industry
Film

In Camera review – a potent comment on race and identity in the film industry

Focus on Vogue-model-cum-war-correspondent in Kate Winslet passion project years in the making
Film

Focus on Vogue-model-cum-war-correspondent in Kate Winslet passion project years in the making