Review

More polite than passionate: has Bridgerton lost its sparkle?
TV

More polite than passionate: has Bridgerton lost its sparkle?

Chilean Poet by Alejandro Zambra review: A dazzling jewel from a true original
Books

Chilean Poet by Alejandro Zambra review: A dazzling jewel from a true original

The Worst Person in the World: A coming-of-age tale with a misleading title
Graeme Virtue

The Worst Person in the World: A coming-of-age tale with a misleading title

Cymande – the most influential band you’ve never heard of
Music

Cymande – the most influential band you’ve never heard of

The directors of Lead Me Home want to bring the film’s homeless stars to the Oscars
Homelessness

The directors of Lead Me Home want to bring the film’s homeless stars to the Oscars

Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart review: a contemporary literary hoot
Books

Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart review: a contemporary literary hoot

Skint: the BBC’s new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty
TV

Skint: the BBC’s new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty

Stephan Moccio: piano solos with a pop persuasion
Music

Stephan Moccio: piano solos with a pop persuasion

Ali & Ava: Interracial romance is a balm of northern soul
Film

Ali & Ava: Interracial romance is a balm of northern soul

The Kids by Hannah Lowe review: Poetry that sings from the page
Book reviews

The Kids by Hannah Lowe review: Poetry that sings from the page

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara review: An evocative novel about echoes, cycles, and regrets
Book reviews

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara review: An evocative novel about echoes, cycles, and regrets

Love Marriage by Monica Ali review: A novel of immense brightness
Book review

Love Marriage by Monica Ali review: A novel of immense brightness

Eight ways Wordle can be improved (and making it more difficult is not one)
Wordle

Eight ways Wordle can be improved (and making it more difficult is not one)

Flee proves that we truly are in a golden age of animation
Film

Flee proves that we truly are in a golden age of animation

Can Uncharted break the curse of an entire genre?
Film

Can Uncharted break the curse of an entire genre?

Evangeline Lilly: ‘If you lined up all the characters I’ve played, it would be hard to identify me’
Film

Evangeline Lilly: ‘If you lined up all the characters I’ve played, it would be hard to identify me’

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The French horn maestro who plays using his feet
Music

The French horn maestro who plays using his feet

Mass review: Compelling drama faces every parent’s worst nightmare head-on
Film review

Mass review: Compelling drama faces every parent’s worst nightmare head-on

‘We are turning into a corrupt country’: Jeremy Irons and Robert Harris on their new Netflix film
Film

‘We are turning into a corrupt country’: Jeremy Irons and Robert Harris on their new Netflix film

Actor Danielle Deadwyler: ‘The caring Black women do for community is motherhood beyond biology’
Film

Actor Danielle Deadwyler: ‘The caring Black women do for community is motherhood beyond biology’