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Alma Singer: ‘Art can challenge what’s going on in the world’
Alma Singer: ‘Art can challenge what’s going on in the world’
When Carla Nizzola was reborn as artist alter ego Alma Singer, she discovered the confidence to use humour in challenging what’s going on politically, socially and environmentally.
The evolution of Mean Girls on screen… from Heathers to Sex Education
The evolution of Mean Girls on screen… from Heathers to Sex Education
In her new book, Unlikeable Female Characters, Anna Bogutskaya examines the female archetypes pop culture wants you to hate. She argues that bitches, trainwrecks, shrews, and crazy women have taken over pop culture and liberated women from having to be nice. Here she delves into the transformation of the Mean Girl from villain to something more human.
Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders on their Sheffield shows: ‘It feels like a victory lap’
Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders on their Sheffield shows: ‘It feels like a victory lap’
Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders on the band’s huge Hillsborough Park homecoming shows and what fans can expect
Chevalier: Kelvin Harrison Jr on being a ‘soldier’ for overlooked Black history
Chevalier: Kelvin Harrison Jr on being a ‘soldier’ for overlooked Black history
‘I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up’
‘I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up’
From benefits cruelty to child hunger, The Full Monty shows a welfare system stripped bare
From benefits cruelty to child hunger, The Full Monty shows a welfare system stripped bare
First western band to play war-torn Ukraine The Tiger Lillies say it’s their ‘duty’
First western band to play war-torn Ukraine The Tiger Lillies say it’s their ‘duty’
Aleister Crowley and the secret history of UK witches in World War II
Aleister Crowley and the secret history of UK witches in World War II
Gina Yashere: For UK Black comics it’s a nightclub policy – ‘one in, one out’
Gina Yashere: For UK Black comics it’s a nightclub policy – ‘one in, one out’
Robert Carlyle says the UK has had enough of the Tories as The Full Monty arrives on Disney+
Robert Carlyle says the UK has had enough of the Tories as The Full Monty arrives on Disney+
The governments who called on sci-fi writers to predict the future
The governments who called on sci-fi writers to predict the future
Goodbye Eastern Europe: Finding the remains of a lost world
Goodbye Eastern Europe: Finding the remains of a lost world
Top 5 books about queer teenage romance, chosen by Helen Palmer
Top 5 books about queer teenage romance, chosen by Helen Palmer
How classical music is finally taking Pride in its LGBT+ composers
How classical music is finally taking Pride in its LGBT+ composers
Quiet Fires by andriniki mattis review: Realities of living as a transgender Black person in America
Quiet Fires by andriniki mattis review: Realities of living as a transgender Black person in America
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes
The Little Mermaid modernises the story by going back to the 1837 original, says director Rob Marshall
The Little Mermaid modernises the story by going back to the 1837 original, says director Rob Marshall
Can Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse save us from multiverse fatigue?
Can Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse save us from multiverse fatigue?
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Kitchen disco heroine challenges what it means to be a working mum
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Kitchen disco heroine challenges what it means to be a working mum
The Gallows Pole ‘reflects what the country is going through now’ says Shane Meadows
The Gallows Pole ‘reflects what the country is going through now’ says Shane Meadows
Sydney Sweeney on the Reality of life as a whistleblower
Sydney Sweeney on the Reality of life as a whistleblower
Shirley Collins tells how ‘heartbreaking’ divorce stole her singing voice
Shirley Collins tells how ‘heartbreaking’ divorce stole her singing voice
Top 5 books set in Berlin, chosen by Emma Venables
Top 5 books set in Berlin, chosen by Emma Venables
Big Swiss review: For once, a genuinely hilarious comic novel
Big Swiss review: For once, a genuinely hilarious comic novel
Monsters review: Do we separate the art from the artist, or boycott the work entirely?
