Review

Night Train to Odesa by Jen Stout review – finding defiant beauty amid devastation of war
Books

Night Train to Odesa by Jen Stout review – finding defiant beauty amid devastation of war

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel review – a depth of feeling like a punch to the guts
Books

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel review – a depth of feeling like a punch to the guts

Clear by Carys Davies review – a wonderful, poetic reminder that no man is an island
Books

Clear by Carys Davies review – a wonderful, poetic reminder that no man is an island

Come and Get It by Kiley Reid review – the alienation of campus life
Fiction

Come and Get It by Kiley Reid review – the alienation of campus life

My Heavenly Favourite by Lucas Rijneveld review – a nightmarish vision of abuse
Books

My Heavenly Favourite by Lucas Rijneveld review – a nightmarish vision of abuse

Origin review – a genuine, often unsettling cinema outlier
Film

Origin review – a genuine, often unsettling cinema outlier

Hamilton tour review – an urgent production as America needs heroes to rise up
Theatre

Hamilton tour review – an urgent production as America needs heroes to rise up

Behind Oscar-tipped doc Four Daughters: A story of radicalisation, family and loss
Film

Behind Oscar-tipped doc Four Daughters: A story of radicalisation, family and loss

Your Utopia by Bora Chung review – finding poignancy in speculative fiction
Books

Your Utopia by Bora Chung review – finding poignancy in speculative fiction

Family Politics by John O’Farrell review – a plea to engage with those whose views we abhor
Books

Family Politics by John O’Farrell review – a plea to engage with those whose views we abhor

Mrs Gulliver by Valerie Martin review – finding agency in a patriarchy
Books

Mrs Gulliver by Valerie Martin review – finding agency in a patriarchy

Freaks Out! by Luke Haines review – a righteous celebration of gloriously weird rock ‘n’ rollers
Books

Freaks Out! by Luke Haines review – a righteous celebration of gloriously weird rock ‘n’ rollers

Dune: Part Two review – deluxe space opera with a discreet safety net
Film

Dune: Part Two review – deluxe space opera with a discreet safety net

Breathtaking and The Way: These are the next Mr Bates-style TV dramas poised to shake-up Britain
TV

Breathtaking and The Way: These are the next Mr Bates-style TV dramas poised to shake-up Britain

The Smile just made the best Radiohead album Radiohead never made
Music

The Smile just made the best Radiohead album Radiohead never made

American Fiction review – a satirical take on novel writing with Jeffrey Wright
Film

American Fiction review – a satirical take on novel writing with Jeffrey Wright

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Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature review – natural highs from our natural world
Books

Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature review – natural highs from our natural world

Namesake by NS Nuseibeh review – personal insight informed by Islamic myth and culture
Books

Namesake by NS Nuseibeh review – personal insight informed by Islamic myth and culture

Ava Anna Ada by Ali Millar review – the apocalyptic age of anxiety
Books

Ava Anna Ada by Ali Millar review – the apocalyptic age of anxiety

Normal Women by Ainslie Hogarth – a dark take on suburban motherhood
Books

Normal Women by Ainslie Hogarth – a dark take on suburban motherhood