Review

Quiet Fires by andriniki mattis review: Realities of living as a transgender Black person in America
Poetry

Quiet Fires by andriniki mattis review: Realities of living as a transgender Black person in America

Quiet Fires is the debut poetry collection from andriniki mattis, giving voice to the Black American experience

A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes
nature

A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes

Noreen Masud’s A Flat Place is a beautifully written memoir that looks at how landscapes can help us understand ourselves

Can Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse save us from multiverse fatigue?
Analysis

Can Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse save us from multiverse fatigue?

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is that rare comic book film that feels like a comic book. And an unusual example of filmmakers realising the true potential of the multiverse

Big Swiss review: For once, a genuinely hilarious comic novel
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?
Problematic art

Monsters review: Do we separate the art from the artist, or boycott the work entirely?

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Even AI can’t compute the daft drama of The Night Agent
Lucy Sweet

Even AI can’t compute the daft drama of The Night Agent

Erland Cooper’s slowly thawing call to arms
Climate protest

Erland Cooper’s slowly thawing call to arms

Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson review: A dance between the cracks 
Fiction

Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson review: A dance between the cracks 

19 Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica review: Bewitching short stories
fiction

19 Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica review: Bewitching short stories

Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour takes the stadium pop arms race to a new level
concerts

Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour takes the stadium pop arms race to a new level

Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway review: A visionary piece of speculative fiction
Fiction

Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway review: A visionary piece of speculative fiction

The Funeral Cryer review: Subtle examination of social expectations in rural China
Fiction

The Funeral Cryer review: Subtle examination of social expectations in rural China

The Mother sees Jennifer Lopez take the well-worn path from A-list to badass babe
Review

The Mother sees Jennifer Lopez take the well-worn path from A-list to badass babe

Patricia Wants to Cuddle review: Spine-tingling moments of mystery
Fiction

Patricia Wants to Cuddle review: Spine-tingling moments of mystery

What Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 owes to Doctor Who
Review

What Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 owes to Doctor Who

The Imposters by Tom Rachman review: Dark humour and a flair for invention
Books

The Imposters by Tom Rachman review: Dark humour and a flair for invention

Sleepwalk by Dan Chaon review: Both insane and insanely brilliant
dystopia

Sleepwalk by Dan Chaon review: Both insane and insanely brilliant

Dixon and Daughters: Vital National Theatre production shows how trauma can echo through generations of women
review

Dixon and Daughters: Vital National Theatre production shows how trauma can echo through generations of women

The best TV of the year 2023
TV

The best TV of the year 2023

Never Was by H Gareth Gavin review: ‘A dreamy and promising debut’
Fiction

Never Was by H Gareth Gavin review: ‘A dreamy and promising debut’

A blast of Benidorm will make everything seem sunny
opinion

A blast of Benidorm will make everything seem sunny

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Missing: A nifty tech thriller that raises the bar
Review

Missing: A nifty tech thriller that raises the bar

The Mandalorian season 3 finale: Is this too much Star Wars?
Review

The Mandalorian season 3 finale: Is this too much Star Wars?

Shy review: Max Porter’s spectacular novel unpacks teen attitudes to masculinity
Fiction

Shy review: Max Porter’s spectacular novel unpacks teen attitudes to masculinity

Eddie Piller’s electrifying trip back to Mod’s second wave
Memoir

Eddie Piller’s electrifying trip back to Mod’s second wave