Review

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

A Spring of Love by Celia Dale review – disturbances in suburbia
Books

A Spring of Love by Celia Dale review – disturbances in suburbia

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

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

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

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

Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation
Review

Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation

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