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TV tonight: Blue Lights returns – and it’s as topical and thrilling as ever
We’re back on the blues and twos as the latest series of the intense Belfast police drama begins. Plus: biscuit week in the Bake Off tent. Here’s what…
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No island of strangers: why I’m using art to unite a fractured nation
Fear of outsiders is the defining issue of our times. But is it actually our own…
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‘You’ve got to be pretty tough to be a drag queen out there’: Damien Frost’s immaculate queer portraits
The photographer’s photos are so meticulously staged that viewers often assume they were taken in a…
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Michael Palin in the Philippines review – who else could cause such a weird moment with the president?
From ‘recycled chicken’ being sold on a stall to Bongbong fanboying over the Fish-Slapping Dance, Palin’s…
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Mighty Sparrow obituary
Trinidadian singer and songwriter hailed as a living legend and the greatest calypsonian of all timeThe…
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Paraorchestra; Sinfonietta/Jonny Greenwood review – Reich’s kaleidoscopic music bursts into life
Southbank Centre, LondonParaorchestra’s immersive performance of Music for 18 Musicians was immaculate and exhilarating; London Sinfonietta…
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‘We wanted it to be a battlecry’: how Republica made 90s anthem Ready to Go
‘The day Saff came into the studio with red hair, I said, “We’re gonna be massive!”…
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The First Year (of the Gaza Genocide in the Media) review – bold but uneven focus on Palestinian voices
New Diorama theatre, LondonPassionate production based on testimonies from Gaza poses many questions regarding Israel’s actions…
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Stevie Wonder releases four unheard songs from Songs in the Key of Life sessions
Previously unreleased material comes as Wonder marks 50th anniversary of album with arena tourStevie Wonder has…
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Happy Days review – Beckett’s bewitching heroine buries her existential fears
Pitlochry Festival theatreIn what feels now like a premonition of the climate crisis, Siobhán Redmond is…