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    Music
    ‘I never had those deep chats in the smoking area’: Arlo Parks on embracing late night life with her hedonistic new album

  • Actor Christina Applegate in long dress, standing outside the door of an old house, lamps on either side of her

    Books
    Christina Applegate on life with multiple sclerosis: ‘I won’t lie and say any of this is a blessing’

  • Loose energy … Suite Release by Marcus Jarrell Willis and Yusha-Marie Sorzano.

    Stage
    Phoenix Dance Theatre: Interplay review – hip-hop, classical greats and 00s nostalgia

  • Chef Đức wearing a tie-dye blazer and brown fedora points own ittems in a Vietnamese market to Bill Bailey dressed in shorts and floral blue shirt.

    TV review
    Bill Bailey’s Vietnam – a tour of temples, tourist traps … and the odd awkward silence

  • A man in a brown baggie beanie and black short-sleeved shirt laughing.

    Music
    ‘By 18 I was having sex to the music of Brian Eno’: Tim Booth’s honest playlist

  • Jessica Alade holding bunches of flowers as Ophelia in Hamlet at the National Theatre.

    Stage
    The best theatre to stream this month: a decade of Dom Coyote’s spellbinding stage music

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  • a still from a television show a police officer standing near a man in a car

    TV
    Bobby J Brown, US actor known for The Wire, dies in barn fire

  • Neil Sedaka, pictured in 2012

    Music
    Neil Sedaka, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do singer and pop song hitmaker, dies aged 86

  • The tribute to Brigitte Bardot during the César awards ceremony.

    Film
    Brigitte Bardot tribute at the César awards greeted with boos

  • Shaun Ryder and Bez in the early days of Happy Mondays in 1987.

    Books
    Watching Watership Down on acid with Bez: Shaun Ryder releases new memoir 24 Hour Party Person

  • Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915 - 2015 at the Whitechapel. PR Dóra Maurer Seven Rotations 1-6 1979 Six gelatin silver prints 20 * 20 cm each Collection of Zsolt Somlói and Katalin Spengler © Dóra Maurer

    Art and design
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  • Indhu Rubasingham

    Stage
    Conservative theatre-making will kill the UK industry, says National’s director

In pictures

  • Underwater Photographer of the Year portrait winner Matty Smith's image of baby elephant seals taken in the The Falklands

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Seals, shipwrecks and a screaming swallower: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026 – in pictures

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  • Togo Family Ties by Delali Ayivi.

    Photography
    From sacred sisters to hyper-sexualised models: PhotoVogue festival – in pictures

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  • Chef Đức wearing a tie-dye blazer and brown fedora points own ittems in a Vietnamese market to Bill Bailey dressed in shorts and floral blue shirt.

    Review
    Bill Bailey’s Vietnam review – a tour of temples, tourist traps … and the odd awkward silence

  • Sam Claflin in navy Barbour-type jacket and Kaley Cuoco in red and white track suit top looking sweaty and frightened at something off camera - clutching at each other's arms

    Review
    Vanished – even Kaley Cuoco can’t save this desperately daft mystery caper

  • Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall in Vladimir.

    The seven best shows to stream this week
    Vladimir toYoung Sherlock

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Manchester: Music City

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    Manchester’s top 20 up-and-coming bands and musicians – from the Maddocks to Yasmin Coe

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    Why live gigs matter more than ever – from the owner of Manchester’s iconic Night & Day cafe

  • Brighter Sound, a Manchester-based music development charity championing grassroots creativity and under-represented voices.

    ‘There’s a music world beyond London’: the northern changemakers helping young artists find a brighter future

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    ‘After 30 years, you learn what sells’: the owner of Manchester’s Vinyl Revival on supporting new artists

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    TV tonight
    TV tonight: Mia McKenna-Bruce hits breaking point in a true-crime drama

  • Marisa Abela in Industry

    Television
    Growing pains: Industry has shown that bigger isn’t always better

  • Les Morton and John Crozier sitting on a sofa watching the television

    TV review
    The Dunblane Tapes review – deeply moving film lays bare parents’ grief 30 years after tragedy

  • David Thewlis as Ash and Jason Watkins as Peter in Dirty Business.

    Review
    Dirty Business – if this doesn’t incite righteous anger over our filthy water then nothing will

  • Illustration by Thomas Pullin

    double quotation markThe National Year of Reading celebrates the ‘joy’ of books. But let’s not forget they can also be deeply troubling, too

    Charlotte Higgins
  • Author Asako Yuzuki at Gotokuji Temple in Tokyo, Japan.

    Books
    Butter author Asako Yuzuki: ‘I’m very far from the ideal Japanese woman’

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  • Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra in the 1963 film, directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz.

    Books
    Scholar, seductress, alchemist: who was the real Cleopatra?

  • Ben Markovits.

    The books of my life
    Ben Markovits: ‘I used to think any book concerned with people falling in love can’t be very good’

  • Covers of All the Hollow of the Sky, All Fours and Untouchable.

    What we're reading
    Writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in February

  • The Wonder by Tom Percival.

    Children's book roundup
    The best new picture books and novels

  • No sign of Spidey … Alessandro Nivola and Russell Crowe in Kraven the Hunter.

    double quotation mark A Spider-Man Universe without Spider-Man is completely pointless. Why won’t Sony sling him in?

    Ben Child
  • The actor George Takei holding his hand up in a Vulcan greeting from Star Trek

    Reader interview
    George Takei: ‘I’ve spent two minutes longer in zero gravity than Shatner’

  • Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban Unit © Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.

    Feature
    Netflix or Paramount: who would be the best new owner of Warner Bros?

  • Philip Oltermann, European culture editor

    Film
    double quotation markIf the Berlin film festival ousts its director, there may be no way back

    Philip Oltermann, European culture editor
  • Scream 7This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Neve Campbell in a scene from "Scream 7." (Paramount Pictures via AP)

    Review
    Scream 7 – nostalgic slasher sequel settles for solid over seminal

  • Kanji Furutachi as Satoshi Kirishima in Escape.

    Interview
    ‘I considered starting over as a farmer’: Masao Adachi on political cinema, revolution and Japan today

  • EE BAFTA Film Awards 2026 - ShowLONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: Wunmi Mosaku accepts the Supporting Actress Award for 'Sinners' on stage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2026 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 22, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)

    Baftas 2026
    Aesop’s fable, Kylie’s Jammie Dodger and ‘the prettiest girl in the room’: the best lines

  • Lovely storytelling … Jessica Regan.

    Review
    16 Postcodes – one-woman patchwork psychogeography of London

  • Two people sitting on chairs while another person affixes a microphone to them

    Review
    A Thing of Beauty – Imogen Stubbs electrifies as grilled Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl

  • 2 Top Gs Like Me - Danny Hatchard - photo by Manuel Harlan-024

    Review
    Top Gs Like Me – dark comedy sees Andrew Tate-style influencer tackling wrestlers, health gurus and sexual assault

  • Amanda Seyfried in The Testament of Ann Lee.

    Interview
    ‘It felt feral!’ The dance dynamo behind The Testament of Ann Lee’s sweat-soaked rituals

  • Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser in the stalls at the Morosco theatre in Marty Supreme.

    Opinion
    Marty Supreme’s ping-pong thrills grip but the theatre plot really smashes it

    Chris Wiegand
  • Mike Wozniak

    Comedy Q&A
    Mike Wozniak: ‘An RAF officer didn’t like my sketch about the Queen Mum so he set off the fire alarm’

  • Neil Sedaka in 1984.

    Music
    From Amarillo to Stockport: 15 of Neil Sedaka’s greatest songs, and their extraordinary stories

  • Geddy Lee (front) and Alex Lifeson of Rush

    Music
    ‘Everybody wants a bestie like this guy!’ Rush on rock’s most anticipated reunion – and its greatest bromance

  • Lily Allen.

    Ranked
    Dead-end boys and West End girls: Lily Allen’s greatest songs

  • Idrîsî Ensemble.

    Add to playlist
    The cliche-correcting medieval music of Idrîsî Ensemble and the week’s best new tracks

  • Tomeka Reid wearing a blue striped top with her black cello

    Jazz
    Tomeka Reid: Dance! Skip! Hop! – an early contender for jazz album of the year

  • Get me out of here … Lala Lala.

    Review
    Lala Lala: Heaven 2 – brooding alt-popper fights the urge to run

  • Partygoers at Temple Meltdown in Tainan, Taiwan.

    Feature
    Temple of boom! Why Taiwan’s religious sites are becoming unlikely rave venues

  • A group of people on stage with musical instruments

    Concert review
    RPO/Edusei/Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha – the makings of a classic Strauss

  • Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood plays the tanpura with the Hallé orchestra at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.

    Concert review
    The Hallé Presents … Jonny Greenwood – everything in its right place, almost

  • Sam Amidon and Pekka Kuusisto.

    Classical album of the week
    Pekka Kuusisto: Willows album review – luminous, inventive and penetrating

  • György Kurtág is awarded the diploma of Doctor Honoris Causa from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, earlier this month, in recognition of his life’s work.

    Feature
    ‘Play like a dog biting God’s feet’: Steven Isserlis on the formidable György Kurtág at 100

  • A screenshot of a woman

    double quotation markSpeed Dates is no feeble full-motion video game – it’s a bold art film, subtitles and all

    Dominik Diamond
    With original dialogue in Turkish, this shuffling of potential partners in a sequence of meaningless encounters ranks with the finest auteur movies
  • As Pokémon turns 30, we would like to hear what the franchise means to you.

    Community
    Tell us what Pokémon means to you

  • Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil Requiem.

    Games
    Resident Evil Requiem review - there’s plenty of life in the undead yet

  • Rose Wylie, artist, photographed at her home/studio in Kent.

    Interview
    ‘I like my footballers wispy – or monumental!’ Rebel artist Rose Wylie on still painting till 3am at 91

  • Beatriz González Señor presidente, qué honor estar con usted e n este momento histórico (Mr President, What an Honor To Be with You at This Historic Moment), 1987. Casas Riegner, Bogotá © Beatriz González. Courtesy the artist

    Review
    Beatriz González – the corpses pile up in a gripping retrospective that can be difficult to bear

  • Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy by Artemisia Gentileschi.

    The great women's art bulletin
    Neither saint nor sinner, Artemisia Gentileschi’s Mary Magdalene is electrifyingly alive

  • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor leaving Aylsham police station.

    UK news
    ‘Andrew’s aghast eyes echo The Scream’: is this photo the ultimate royal portrait?

  • Artist Trackie McLeod - UTOPIA at Aviva Studios, home of Factory International credit KIERAN IRIVNE-9

    Feature
    Drinks, darts, DJs and drag queens: the artwork that’s a fully-functioning pub – with the artist pulling pints

  • A man in a white robe and white head wrap is surrounded by satellites on his motorbike as he rides through the desert.

    My best shot
    A bike with 21 satellite dishes struggles through a desert: Hiba Baddou’s best photograph

  • Meic Parry hosts Anglesey Vampire Killer.

    Best podcasts of the week
    The occult-tinged murder that rocked a quiet Welsh village: best podcasts of the week

    BBC’s Crime Next Door examines how a 17-year-old vampire-obsessed student took the life of 90-year-old, Mabel Leyshon. Plus, people who have found a better way to approach life
  • Alison Spittle and Fern Brady host Ignore That Feeling.

    Best podcasts of the week
    Two women, no boundaries and no rules

  • Dan Archer20th June 1953: Harry Oakes, who plays Dan Archer (left), and Bob Arnold, who plays Tom Forrest, in the radio programme 'The Archers', in the Midlands countryside. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6549 - Picture Post Meets The Archers - pub. 1953 (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

    Feature
    Brawls, blackmail and Judi Dench: 75 staggering moments from 75 years of The Archers

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