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

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

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)

Eight ways Wordle can be improved (and making it more difficult is not one)
‘Evil’ or ‘planet struck’: How the curious ways we described deaths in the past shaped how we live now

‘Evil’ or ‘planet struck’: How the curious ways we described deaths in the past shaped how we live now
Tyne Daly: ‘I saw an opportunity in Cagney & Lacey to play interesting parts for women’

Tyne Daly: ‘I saw an opportunity in Cagney & Lacey to play interesting parts for women’
Spotify row: why artists should take lessons from Garth Brooks

Spotify row: why artists should take lessons from Garth Brooks
‘She was just so cool’: Peaky Blinders stars pay tribute to Helen McCrory ahead of final season

‘She was just so cool’: Peaky Blinders stars pay tribute to Helen McCrory ahead of final season

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

Flee proves that we truly are in a golden age of animation
Monica Ali: ‘You have to have a core of self-belief to be a writer’

Monica Ali: ‘You have to have a core of self-belief to be a writer’
Mo Gilligan: ‘The fact I get to host the Brits still hasn’t sunk in’

Mo Gilligan: ‘The fact I get to host the Brits still hasn’t sunk in’
Mel Giedroyc: ‘I thought, oh my god, what if my mum could hear me doing all this rudery?’

Mel Giedroyc: ‘I thought, oh my god, what if my mum could hear me doing all this rudery?’
Sam Fender: ‘A lot of people don’t like the idea they might be privileged’

Sam Fender: ‘A lot of people don’t like the idea they might be privileged’
Plunderphonia: reinventing legends for modern ears

Plunderphonia: reinventing legends for modern ears
‘A lot of Disney soundtrack vibe’: Neil Hannon reveals the music that made The Divine Comedy

‘A lot of Disney soundtrack vibe’: Neil Hannon reveals the music that made The Divine Comedy
How The Big Issue is helping to keep London’s music scene alive

How The Big Issue is helping to keep London’s music scene alive
How the return of Fraggle Rock keeps true to the spirit of Jim Henson

How the return of Fraggle Rock keeps true to the spirit of Jim Henson
Robin Ince’s 100 bookshop tour: Tattoos and Deliveroos

Robin Ince’s 100 bookshop tour: Tattoos and Deliveroos
Sally Dynevor: ‘It’s about time people got to know who I am’

Sally Dynevor: ‘It’s about time people got to know who I am’
The Responder writer Tony Schumacher: ‘Suddenly all I had was my car and my dog’

The Responder writer Tony Schumacher: ‘Suddenly all I had was my car and my dog’
Martin Freeman: ‘I’ve never been a copper, but The Responder felt authentic to me’

Martin Freeman: ‘I’ve never been a copper, but The Responder felt authentic to me’
Evangeline Lilly: ‘If you lined up all the characters I’ve played, it would be hard to identify me’

Evangeline Lilly: ‘If you lined up all the characters I’ve played, it would be hard to identify me’
Scream: The genre-defining meta movie refuses to be killed off

Scream: The genre-defining meta movie refuses to be killed off
Screw creator Rob Williams: ‘We don’t always look at prisoners as individuals’

Screw creator Rob Williams: ‘We don’t always look at prisoners as individuals’
Sir Kenneth Branagh: ‘I relived many painful and beautiful days making Belfast’

Sir Kenneth Branagh: ‘I relived many painful and beautiful days making Belfast’
Mass review: Compelling drama faces every parent’s worst nightmare head-on
