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Stefania by Kalush Orchestra rides wave of public sympathy to claim Ukraine’s third Eurovision victoryUkraine has won the 66th Eurovision song contest, which was held on Saturday evening in Turin in Italy. Riding a tidal wave of support from the tele...
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(River Lea)Singing in English this time, and backed by Crash Ensemble, the Mac Gloinn brothers maintain their distinctive sound As elsewhere across these isles, Irish folk is gathering momentum. Ye Vagabonds – brothers Diarmuid and Brían Mac Gloinn –...
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The Syrian architect and writer on the idea of home in Branagh’s Belfast, smart Arab horses in Homs and the joy of lentils in DamascusMarwa al-Sabouni is a Syrian architect and writer. Born in Homs in 1981, she was living in the city when the civil w...
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A young girl sent to live with relatives for the summer blossoms in Colm Bairéad’s beguiling first featureIt seems a modest little story at first, a cinematic wallflower content to cling to the corners of its tight, boxed-in aspect ratio, rather than...
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Her rocky upbringing in a Southern Baptist community has paved the way for Hayden Anhedönia’s powerful debut album mixing alt-rock, gospel and popHayden Anhedönia’s Ethel Cain alter ego came about as an escape from a particularly tortured teenhood. R...
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Author’s original sketches for her first Hogwarts novel to appear in print – alongside the return of a mysterious wizardWhen JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone she didn’t just bring the characters to life with words, she also d...
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As the TV series lands, come down the rabbit hole for a swift visit to Claire Danes, Cannes and Conversations With FriendsBack in 2016, Sarah Perry’s second novel, The Essex Serpent, went from well-received to word-of-mouth bestseller to award winner...
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A companion to 1998’s The Fire People, Kayo Chingonyi’s anthology creates a space for a new generation of voices to express the wide range of their workPutting together an anthology is, as the American poet Katrina Vandenberg once said, like making a...
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Gate, DublinThis intricate production of Nick Payne’s high-concept romance poses existential questions with elegance and levityThere were two lovers, Roland and Marianne, who lived in London, New York or maybe Dublin, now and never, once and always....
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The character actor was part of the ensemble casts of Robert Altman’s films Short Cuts and The Player, and had a career in film and television that spanned five decadesThe veteran character actor Fred Ward, best known for appearances in The Right Stu...
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Hampstead theatre, LondonQuestions of consent, violation and trauma go unanswered in this stolid staging of Naomi Wallace’s oblique drama The Breach is packed full of shocks. A story of double rape as well as suicide and a workplace death that leaves...
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(pgLang/TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)After a five-year hiatus, the Pulitzer winner returns with an exhilarating epic that ties personal pain to collective trauma – and lets no one off the hookAs Kendrick Lamar notes on Mr Morale & the Big Steppers’ o...
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The Vaults, LondonMarking the French playwright’s 400th anniversary, this chaotic bilingual comedy lacks clarityTonight we’re listening to Dom Juan’s seductive escapades in English. Tomorrow night this bilingual production, from co-creators Theatre L...
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Linbury theatre, LondonThe Royal Opera’s unusual pairing of two modernist works boasts an outstanding lead in Alexandra Lowe as Pierrot Lunaire, and plenty of imaginative touches elsewhereThe Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists have opted for mo...
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Appliance by JO Morgan; Book of Night by Holly Black; The Pharmacist by Rachelle Atalla; Beautiful Star by Yukio Mishima; Eversion by Alastair ReynoldsAppliance by JO Morgan (Vintage, £16.99)The first work of prose fiction by the award-winning poet w...