Review

Myrrhder on the dancefloor: Who will triumph in the race for Christmas number one in 2024?
Christmas number one

Myrrhder on the dancefloor: Who will triumph in the race for Christmas number one in 2024?

Grand Theft Hamlet: Why these unemployed actors staged a Shakespeare play inside a video game
Film

Grand Theft Hamlet: Why these unemployed actors staged a Shakespeare play inside a video game

Rumours review – an absurdist satire of the G7 summit that should make us all a bit afraid
Film

Rumours review – an absurdist satire of the G7 summit that should make us all a bit afraid

Ripcord by Nate Lippens review – acid-tongued meditations on middle-aged homosexuality
Books

Ripcord by Nate Lippens review – acid-tongued meditations on middle-aged homosexuality

Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse review – language pared back almost to the bone
Books

Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse review – language pared back almost to the bone

The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos
TV

The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos

BBC 6 Music’s Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024
Music

BBC 6 Music’s Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024

Juice by Tim Winton review – asking big questions after the apocalypse
Books

Juice by Tim Winton review – asking big questions after the apocalypse

Seven Samurai is the daddy of all action films. So why have I never watched it until now?
Film

Seven Samurai is the daddy of all action films. So why have I never watched it until now?

I committed a cardinal sin at the Wexford Festival Opera
Claire Jackson

I committed a cardinal sin at the Wexford Festival Opera

Gliff by Ali Smith review – ingenious and warm anti-establishment storytelling
Books

Gliff by Ali Smith review – ingenious and warm anti-establishment storytelling

Ground by Jadelin Gangbo review – hope for healing amid the wreckage
Books

Ground by Jadelin Gangbo review – hope for healing amid the wreckage

Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley review – creepy tales from the valley
Books

Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley review – creepy tales from the valley

Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele review – horror writing of the first order
Review

Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele review – horror writing of the first order

What makes Disney’s Rivals such a triumph? It has more pumping buttocks than the Grand National
Lucy Sweet

What makes Disney’s Rivals such a triumph? It has more pumping buttocks than the Grand National

If Only by Vigdis Hjorth review – a purging of a volatile affair
Review

If Only by Vigdis Hjorth review – a purging of a volatile affair

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This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy
Music

This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy

Anora review – even Russian mercenaries have a sensitive side 
Film

Anora review – even Russian mercenaries have a sensitive side 

The Most by Jessica Anthony review – cracks just beneath the surface of an all-American family
Books

The Most by Jessica Anthony review – cracks just beneath the surface of an all-American family

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