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Books
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The Sunday Poem: Heartbreak Hotel (Eton College, 1956)
A new, nostalgic piece from the prize-winning poet
Graphic novel of the month: The Wreck by Lizzy Stewart
Two middle-aged couples agree to live with each other other in a rambling rural pile in this nuanced social satire
Benjamin Wood: ‘I wore waterproof trousers to write in the rain’
The Seascraper author on his outdoor office, a chance encounter with Thom Yorke, and why the cinema continues to inspire him
Film
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The Drama is a caustic dissection of a relationship on the rocks
Robert Pattinson and Zendaya excel as a perfect couple torn apart by a game of truth in Kristoffer Borgli’s taboo-shattering film
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Splitsville, DJ Ahmet, Below the Clouds and more
Michael Angelo Covino’s curiously dated rom-non-monogamy-com lacks the crucial ingredient: chemistry
Two Prosecutors is a chilling study of Stalin’s red tape terror
An idealistic young official is ensnared in tyrannical Soviet-era bureaucracy in Ukrainian director Sergei Loznita’s superb, slow-burning drama
Theatre and dance
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John Proctor is the Villain: a modern classic?
Kimberly Belflower’s bewitching depiction of defiant girlhood transports Arthur Miller’s The Crucible from 1692 to the MeToo age
James Graham: ‘I just thought, my god, this story has to get made’
The playwright on the ‘extraordinary forgiveness’ behind his play Punch
Linda Tolhurst’s tales from the National Theatre stage door
Olivier award winner Linda Tolhurst’s tales from the National Theatre stage door
