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2021 films: new releases and what’s coming up

2021 films: new releases and what’s coming up
This year’s movies include Godzilla vs. Kong, Minari, and Ammonite
9 Apr 2021
Book of the week: Philip Roth by Blake Bailey 

Book of the week: Philip Roth by Blake Bailey
A ‘riveting, serious and deeply intelligent’ biography of the complicated author
9 Apr 2021
Podcasts: Private Eye, cinema, and being human 

Podcasts: Private Eye, cinema, and being human
Featuring I Was There Too, Page 94, The Rewatchables, and Boot Camp for the Brain
9 Apr 2021
Briefing: The Paris Commune 

Briefing: The Paris Commune
150 years ago, a socialist-inspired uprising briefly transformed the French capital, before it was ruthlessly crushed
9 Apr 2021
Albums of the week

Albums of the week
New releases from Ballaké Sissoko, Mahler, and For Those I Love
9 Apr 2021
How Sir Robert Walpole became the first British prime minister

How Sir Robert Walpole became the first British prime minister
It is 300 years since Walpole took office and began a long and unbroken tradition
1 Apr 2021
25 books for your must-read bucket list

25 books for your must-read bucket list
Ignore the outside world and immerse yourself in these classic novels
31 Mar 2021

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UK festivals: from Reading and Leeds to the Isle of Wight

UK festivals: from Reading and Leeds to the Isle of Wight
Even though Glasto is off, there should be plenty of fields to get muddy in this year
31 Mar 2021
TV crime dramas to watch in 2021 

TV crime dramas to watch in 2021
Your Honor, Line of Duty and Lupin are on this year’s must-binge list
30 Mar 2021
Book of the week: Albert & the Whale 

Book of the week: Albert & the Whale
Philip Hoare’s book on Dürer is a ‘captivating journey’ blending biography, art history, nature writing and memoir
26 Mar 2021
Podcasts: painful mistakes and extraordinary people 

Podcasts: painful mistakes and extraordinary people
Featuring Cautionary Tales, Philosophy Bites, and Call Me Mother
26 Mar 2021
Albums of the week

Albums of the week
New releases from Valerie June, Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne, and Lana Del Rey
26 Mar 2021
Art of Akris: Albert Kriemler meets Imi Knoebel 

Art of Akris: Albert Kriemler meets Imi Knoebel
The duo dreamt up an Akris collection that is futuristic in fabrication and ease of wear
25 Mar 2021
Book of the week: Henry ‘Chips’ Channon - The Diaries, 1918-1938

Book of the week: Henry ‘Chips’ Channon - The Diaries, 1918-1938
The diaries of the Tory MP provide an ‘unrivalled guide’ to society and politics in the interwar years
19 Mar 2021
Podcasts: armchair travel, science and royal scandal 

Podcasts: armchair travel, science and royal scandal
Featuring The Rest Is History, Kerning Cultures, and The Big Fib
19 Mar 2021
Albums of the week

Albums of the week
New releases from The Anchoress, Clare Hammond, and Arab Strap
19 Mar 2021
The best books for teenagers

The best books for teenagers
Teachers, librarians and writers about the books they think all teens should read by the time they’re 16
18 Mar 2021
The best books for children and young teens

The best books for children and young teens
Heads, teachers and librarians tell us about the books they think every child should read by the time they are 13
16 Mar 2021
Book of the week: Beyond Order by Jordan B. Peterson

Book of the week: Beyond Order by Jordan B. Peterson
Though blinkered on certain issues, Peterson provides more sounds advice in his new book
12 Mar 2021
Podcasts: jailed fishermen, and royal sagas

Podcasts: jailed fishermen, and royal sagas
Featuring Freshwater, Radio Garden, and Pod Save the Queen
12 Mar 2021
Albums of the week

Albums of the week
New releases from Jane Weaver, Julien Baker, and Elgar
12 Mar 2021
Tyson Reeder talks Celine 

Tyson Reeder talks Celine
The American artist collaborates with Hedi Slimane on The Dancing Kid
8 Mar 2021
Book of the week: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Book of the week: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
In his first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, Ishiguro tells a story with ‘devastating significance’
5 Mar 2021
Podcasts: Obama, the Boss, Bellingcat and fashion

Podcasts: Obama, the Boss, Bellingcat and fashion
Featuring Renegades: Born in the USA, The Bellingcat Podcast, and Wardrobe Crisis
5 Mar 2021
Albums of the week

Albums of the week
New releases from Ghetts, Sinfonia of London, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
5 Mar 2021
Art of the matter: Louis Vuitton and Urs Fischer unite

Art of the matter: Louis Vuitton and Urs Fischer unite
In an exclusive interview, Fischer ponders Louis Vuitton monograms and the work of an artist
4 Mar 2021
Get in on the new craze for digital art

Get in on the new craze for digital art
Auction houses are hoping to lure the Reddit mob with the new medium
2 Mar 2021
Carbon apps, super shoes and VR art

Carbon apps, super shoes and VR art
Can phones measure our carbon footprint? Is tech more important than sporting talent? And could we turn our homes into virtual art galleries?
26 Feb 2021
Book of the week: We Are Bellingcat by Eliot Higgins

Book of the week: We Are Bellingcat by Eliot Higgins
In a ‘deeply impressive book’, Higgins explains the power of his ‘intelligence agency for the people’
26 Feb 2021
Podcasts: from healthy eating to oiled beefcakes

Podcasts: from healthy eating to oiled beefcakes
Featuring Welcome to Your Fantasy, The Food Medic, and The Bias Diagnosis
26 Feb 2021
Albums of the week

Albums of the week
New releases from Django Django, Stephen Hough and David Gray
26 Feb 2021
Book of the week: Fall by John Preston

Book of the week: Fall by John Preston
In a ‘wonderfully astute’ biography, Robert Maxwell is painted as ‘the perfect villain’
19 Feb 2021
Podcasts: ‘invisible flatmates’ in isolated times

Podcasts: ‘invisible flatmates’ in isolated times
Featuring Jools and Jim’s Joyride, Literary Friction, and Sideways
19 Feb 2021
Albums of the week

Albums of the week
New releases from Goat Girl, The Weather Station, and Les Talens Lyriques
19 Feb 2021