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Seun Matiluko
Getting Uppity: why Nelson Abbey’s debate forum has real clout

Wed 10 Jun 2026

Getting Uppity: why Nelson Abbey’s debate forum has real clout
Seun Matiluko
Reclaiming the story of Africa

Wed 10 Jun 2026

Reclaiming the story of Africa
Hayley Myers
‘It’s essential to be surrounded by silence sometimes’: Erdem Moralıoğlu

Tue 9 Jun 2026

‘It’s essential to be surrounded by silence sometimes’: Erdem Moralıoğlu
William Boyd
Anthony Blunt, the spy who outwitted them all

Tue 9 Jun 2026

Anthony Blunt, the spy who outwitted them all
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Ocean Vuong: ‘Service industry work is like a sonnet to me’

Tue 9 Jun 2026

Ocean Vuong: ‘Service industry work is like a sonnet to me’
Donna Ferguson
EM Forster’s stolen nameplate comes home to King’s after 55 years

Sun 7 Jun 2026

EM Forster’s stolen nameplate comes home to King’s after 55 years
Claudine Toutoungi
The Sunday Poem: Mid-Flight Checks

Sun 7 Jun 2026

The Sunday Poem: Mid-Flight Checks
Kate Lister
What to read to understand female sexuality

Sun 7 Jun 2026

What to read to understand female sexuality
Sarah Crompton
Coppélia springs to life

Sun 7 Jun 2026

Coppélia springs to life
Kate Maltby
It’s not the British Museum’s job to police the culture wars

Sun 7 Jun 2026

It’s not the British Museum’s job to police the culture wars
Stephen Pritchard
Garsington’s La traviata – Parisians party like it’s 1939 in a first-class Verdi

Sat 6 Jun 2026

Garsington’s La traviata – Parisians party like it’s 1939 in a first-class Verdi
Susannah Clapp
Black Comedy at the Orange Tree – a sharp farce from the little theatre that thinks big

Sat 6 Jun 2026

Black Comedy at the Orange Tree – a sharp farce from the little theatre that thinks big
Killian Fox
Graphic novel of the month: Dogs on Dates by Luke Healy

Sat 6 Jun 2026

Graphic novel of the month: Dogs on Dates by Luke Healy
Olivia Ovenden
Olivia Laing: ‘The shame of loneliness is agonising’

Sat 6 Jun 2026

Olivia Laing: ‘The shame of loneliness is agonising’
Barbara Ellen
Russell T Davies’s Tip Toe is a stark state-of-the-nation drama

Fri 5 Jun 2026

Russell T Davies’s Tip Toe is a stark state-of-the-nation drama
Laura Cumming
Marilyn Monroe at the National Portrait Gallery - the woman who became a masterpiece

Fri 5 Jun 2026

Marilyn Monroe at the National Portrait Gallery - the woman who became a masterpiece
Evan Moffitt
What to do this weekend, from the Serpentine Pavilion to Blackpool Pride

Fri 5 Jun 2026

What to do this weekend, from the Serpentine Pavilion to Blackpool Pride
Rowan Williams
William Tyndale, the radical who rewrote the Bible

Fri 5 Jun 2026

William Tyndale, the radical who rewrote the Bible
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Dooneen by Keith Ridgway

Fri 5 Jun 2026

Paperback of the week: Dooneen by Keith Ridgway
Jessy Parker Humphreys
Football’s multibillion-pound gambling habit

Thu 4 Jun 2026

Football’s multibillion-pound gambling habit
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Sufiyaan Salam’s raucous night out

Thu 4 Jun 2026

Sufiyaan Salam’s raucous night out
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
What to read this week, from betting on football to tackling the climate crisis

Thu 4 Jun 2026

What to read this week, from betting on football to tackling the climate crisis
Lily Isaacs
Playlist of the week: pop stars on film

Thu 4 Jun 2026

Playlist of the week: pop stars on film
Séamas O’Reilly
The case for… Mascots

Wed 3 Jun 2026

The case for… Mascots
Jeevan Vasagar
Can Britain adapt to the age of extreme weather?

Wed 3 Jun 2026

Can Britain adapt to the age of extreme weather?
Kitty Empire
Aldous Harding’s world of mystery

Wed 3 Jun 2026

Aldous Harding’s world of mystery
Erica Wagner
Ann Patchett’s book of transgressions

Wed 3 Jun 2026

Ann Patchett’s book of transgressions
Rich Pelley
‘I’m on day 304 of a French streak’: Chiwetel Ejiofor on Michael Jackson, jazz and Duolingo

Tue 2 Jun 2026

‘I’m on day 304 of a French streak’: Chiwetel Ejiofor on Michael Jackson, jazz and Duolingo
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Ten books to pack for your holidays

Mon 1 Jun 2026

Ten books to pack for your holidays
Marine Saint
Playlists just got a whole lot more sexy with rise of ‘Spotify for porn’

Mon 1 Jun 2026

Playlists just got a whole lot more sexy with rise of ‘Spotify for porn’
Lily Isaacs
Patagonia takes on Pattie Gonia in battle over brand name

Sun 31 May 2026

Patagonia takes on Pattie Gonia in battle over brand name
Jade Cuttle
Poetry books of the month: the republic of parenthood

Fri 29 May 2026

Poetry books of the month: the republic of parenthood
Kitty Empire
Playlist of the week: the most enduring power ballads

Thu 28 May 2026

Playlist of the week: the most enduring power ballads
Wendy Ide
Tuner hits all the right notes

Thu 28 May 2026

Tuner hits all the right notes
Colin Grant
Jarred McGinnis’s memoir of love and fate

Thu 28 May 2026

Jarred McGinnis’s memoir of love and fate
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
What to read this week, from Richard Dawkins to Tahmima Anam

Thu 28 May 2026

What to read this week, from Richard Dawkins to Tahmima Anam
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Tahmima Anam: ‘I wrote, vomited and thought: Am I a psychopath?’

Thu 28 May 2026

Tahmima Anam: ‘I wrote, vomited and thought: Am I a psychopath?’
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins on AI, evolution and alien life

Wed 27 May 2026

Richard Dawkins on AI, evolution and alien life
Stephanie Merritt
Erica Wagner’s Wash is historical fiction at its most alive

Wed 27 May 2026

Erica Wagner’s Wash is historical fiction at its most alive

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