Culture

The President’s Cake review: a surprisingly sweet depiction of life under an uncaring regime
Film

The President’s Cake review: a surprisingly sweet depiction of life under an uncaring regime

The first Iraqi film to make the Oscars shortlist follows a small girl on a perilous mission for cake
Artist Exhibit69 on new exhibition for Jealous Gallery and Big Issue: ‘It's a full-circle moment’
Art

Artist Exhibit69 on new exhibition for Jealous Gallery and Big Issue: ‘It's a full-circle moment’

Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler: 'It's a great act of love to look at a book with your child'
Interview

Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler: 'It's a great act of love to look at a book with your child'

BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: 'There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through'
Film

BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: 'There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through'

Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children's TV
Books

Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children's TV

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography
Review

John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography

Oh, Mary! star Dino Fetscher on queer joy, disability and a 'world on fire'
Big Questions

Oh, Mary! star Dino Fetscher on queer joy, disability and a 'world on fire'

Whistle star Dafne Keen: 'I love death scenes. I love killing on camera, that's all very fun to me'
TV

Whistle star Dafne Keen: 'I love death scenes. I love killing on camera, that's all very fun to me'

Nouvelle Vague director Richard Linklater: 'I've spent my adult life doing exactly what I wanted'
Letter To My Younger Self

Nouvelle Vague director Richard Linklater: 'I've spent my adult life doing exactly what I wanted'

Children's author Jacqueline Wilson: 'Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting'
Books

Children's author Jacqueline Wilson: 'Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting'

Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce
Books

Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce

Why has Hitler taken so long to die? 
History

Why has Hitler taken so long to die? 

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne: 'Lord of the Flies looks populism in the eye'
TV

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne: 'Lord of the Flies looks populism in the eye'

The Pitt star Zack Morris: 'This show is not polite. It's fast-paced. It's in your face'
TV

The Pitt star Zack Morris: 'This show is not polite. It's fast-paced. It's in your face'

Does the rising cost of streaming justify buying 'dodgy' Fire Sticks?
TV

Does the rising cost of streaming justify buying 'dodgy' Fire Sticks?

How long do we have left before Freeview is switched off forever?
TV

How long do we have left before Freeview is switched off forever?

Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: 'Reading really is a superpower'
Stormzy
Reading

Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: 'Reading really is a superpower'

Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace
Books

Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace

'Television is dead': Inside the rise and rise of vertical dramas
TV

'Television is dead': Inside the rise and rise of vertical dramas

Death in Paradise star Don Gilet: 'When EastEnders came along, I was broke'
Letter To My Younger Self

Death in Paradise star Don Gilet: 'When EastEnders came along, I was broke'

Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar
Books

Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Nouvelle Vague review – Richard Linklater's witty, whimsical love letter to Jean-Luc Godard
Film

Nouvelle Vague review – Richard Linklater's witty, whimsical love letter to Jean-Luc Godard

Bridgerton star Yerin Ha: 'Fame scares me. I don’t want to get swept up by it'
Yerin Ha
TV

Bridgerton star Yerin Ha: 'Fame scares me. I don’t want to get swept up by it'

Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy review – the state we're in
Books

Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy review – the state we're in

Bad Language by So Mayer review – explorations of the ways words are used to control us 
Review

Bad Language by So Mayer review – explorations of the ways words are used to control us 

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