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Think you could lead a country? Here’s a guide to creating your own micronation

Think you could lead a country? Here’s a guide to creating your own micronation
Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams

Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams
Sinead Gleeson interview: ‘Music has often been regarded as men’s work’

Sinead Gleeson interview: ‘Music has often been regarded as men’s work’
Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher
Don’t Worry Darling: A dystopian take on the American Dream

Don’t Worry Darling: A dystopian take on the American Dream
Top 5 books if you’re into Gothic tales, chosen by Lauren Owen

Top 5 books if you’re into Gothic tales, chosen by Lauren Owen
Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place

Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place
Crimes of the future: Surgery is the new sex in Cronenberg’s latest ick-flick

Crimes of the future: Surgery is the new sex in Cronenberg’s latest ick-flick
Sir Ken Robinson gave us a masterclass in how to live

Sir Ken Robinson gave us a masterclass in how to live
Striking photos taken by homeless photographers offer a rarely-seen view of London

Striking photos taken by homeless photographers offer a rarely-seen view of London
Re-Sisters by Cosey Fanni Tutti review: The women undermined and ostracised in their time

Re-Sisters by Cosey Fanni Tutti review: The women undermined and ostracised in their time
Michael Flatley on writing, directing and starring in his spy thriller Blackbird

Michael Flatley on writing, directing and starring in his spy thriller Blackbird
Sayaka Murata’s Life Ceremony: A fairly mixed bag of strange and grotesque tales

Sayaka Murata’s Life Ceremony: A fairly mixed bag of strange and grotesque tales
The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe: A clarion call for disenfranchised people

The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe: A clarion call for disenfranchised people
Top 5 books about wizards and witchcraft, chosen by Malcolm Gaskill

Top 5 books about wizards and witchcraft, chosen by Malcolm Gaskill
Top 5 books on Scotland’s witches and myths, chosen by Helen Fields

Top 5 books on Scotland’s witches and myths, chosen by Helen Fields
Lessons by Ian McEwan review: Few can turn a phrase so exquisitely

Lessons by Ian McEwan review: Few can turn a phrase so exquisitely
Sojourn by Amit Chaudhuri review: Brief encounters with the eclectic life of a city
