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The Influencer Project review – ick-inducing thriller exploits overexposed tropes
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/12/the-influencer-project-review-ick-thriller-chiara-king
Published: October 12, 2026 12:00
When influencer/singer/content creator Chiara King visits Copenhagen all the trips to trendy shops and fancy restaurants soon take a turn for the worseBritish influencer/singer/content creator Chiara King stars as influencer/singer/content creator Chiara…
Mort la révolution! Why UK film loves a failed rebellion
Published: October 12, 2026 11:14
Paul Greengrass’s Peasants’ Revolt epic, The Uprising, is just the latest in a long line of movies depicting an unsuccessful attempt at remaking the nationThe British are perverse. We fetishise our failures, even if they are essentially tangential to a…
Gabrielle Goliath: Elegy review – devastating lament is a furious, single-note call to action
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/oct/12/gabrielle-goliath-elegy-review-ibraaz-london
Published: October 12, 2026 11:13
Ibraaz, LondonToo controversial for the Venice Biennale, this haunting video and audio work commemorates murders and genocides with an angry act of mourningThe sound of mourning spills out into the streets. A single, endless wailing note echoes out of the…
The missed opportunity of Jay-Z’s documentary series
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/12/jay-z-in-8-hbo-documentary-series
Published: October 12, 2026 11:00
Jay-Z in 8, the rap mogul’s HBO docuseries, covers his life and career in effort to mend his image – with no pushback. Why is he so fixated on the court of public opinion?During the finale of Jay-Z’s Jay-Z in 8, the recent eight-part HBO documentary series…
Hallowarrior review – apocalyptic Home Alone-style survival horror delivers inventive shocks
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/12/hallowarrior-review-horror-milly-shapiro-shudder-amc
Published: October 12, 2026 10:00
Debut feature from Ben Sottak provides outlandish Halloween-based scares, with Milly Shapiro superb as the naive yet resilient home-defender, Pumpkin Home Alone meets Mad Max in this atmospheric seasonal chiller, named for Halloween and not a cheery…
Sindhu Vee: Swanky review – from the perils of parenting to the glories of self-pleasure
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/oct/12/sindhu-vee-swanky-review-uk-tour
Published: October 12, 2026 09:56
Reading Town HallThe standup’s new tour covers cross-cultural identity, Hollywood mix-ups and exactly how honest to be about your children’s arts and crafts outputHow British is Sindhu Vee? And how Indian? That’s what her new standup show Swanky addresses…
‘A rare indulgence’: why Black Swan is my feelgood movie
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/12/black-swan-feelgood-movie
Published: October 12, 2026 09:00
The latest in our series of writers explaining their go-to comfort films is a tribute to Darren Aronofsky’s dark and unusually satisfying ballet nightmareIn early 2011, sometime after the film was released on home video, I sat down with mum to watch what…
The Weight of Angels by John Boyne review – what if Oscar Wilde had lived?
Published: October 12, 2026 08:00
The great Irish writer died, a broken man, at only 46. Imagining a second act for him is a great idea – but the results are sentimental and unconvincingIn 1895, four days after the opening of The Importance of Being Earnest, the Marquess of Queensberry…
A Fidai Film review – Palestinian collage film transforms suppressed footage into works of art
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/12/a-fidai-film-review-palestinian-collage-true-story
Published: October 12, 2026 08:00
Using archive material of destroyed houses, terrorised children and dead bodies, Kamal Aljafari adds humanity to the reels by overlaying poems by Palestinian authorsIn Arabic, “fidai” means someone willing to sacrifice themselves for the greater good.…
‘Corruption has only got worse’: can a new version of Our Friends in the North still shock audiences 30 years on?
Published: October 12, 2026 07:00
Peter Flannery’s 90s TV drama classic is getting a theatre reworking in Newcastle. The director and cast talk about doing justice to its themes of scandal and decay – and emulating its star-making actorsIn a small room at the top of Newcastle upon Tyne’s…
Fontaines DC: Dopamine Chamber review – gloomy, gorgeous and a gargantuan triumph
Published: October 12, 2026 06:00
(XL)This is a beguiling, endlessly inventive and frequently astonishing fifth LP from a group at increasing ease with being the best band of their generationFifteen centuries ago, the Byzantine archbishop Theophilus of Adana did first-hand business with…
Deadline review – shocking threat sends tremors through authoritarian school
Published: October 12, 2026 06:00
Set in a dystopian private academy rife with surveillance and cut-throat competition, Kiwi Chow’s gripping drama cements his status as an important film-makerFilmed in Taiwan and set entirely inside a prestigious high school, Kiwi Chow’s gripping drama…
Peasants by Maryam Aslany review – why an ancient way of life may hold the key to our future
Published: October 12, 2026 06:00
Modernity means cities – or so we’re told. This bold new study of those who make their living from the land argues otherwiseThe word “peasant” has a negative edge: it has come to mean someone ignorant, unsophisticated, lowborn. Such an attitude, writes…
‘We’re in a brotherhood now’: the Bill Pickett rodeo – photo essay
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/oct/12/the-bill-pickett-rodeo-photo-essay
Published: October 12, 2026 06:00
For several years, Chloe Kerleroux has been photographing African American cowboy communities in the southern US. Her work has mainly focused on trail rides: large gatherings where horses, music, dancing, family and community life come together. This year,…
Kerry Washington takes A-listers back to the streets they grew up on: best podcasts of the week
Published: October 12, 2026 06:00
The Scandal star talks to Ben Affleck about his childhood in Massachusetts. Plus, the Eras strand returns with the story of 90s pop phenomenon the Spice Girls Continue reading...
TV tonight: how did 9/11 affect the experience of being Muslim in Britain?
Published: October 12, 2026 05:20
Mobeen Azhar and Masood Khan look at life after the terror attacks. Plus: investigating Roman Abramovich. Here’s what to watch tonight9pm, BBC Two “There was a time, 25 years ago, when being a British Muslim was OK,” says journalist Mobeen Azhar. “We were…
Pine cones, glitter and a hip-hop head for sale: red-hot artists reveal their Frieze stunners
Published: October 12, 2026 04:00
As the sprawling art jamboree hits London, eight of the most exciting exhibitors share what their work means to them – and who they hope will buy itFirst held in 2003, the Frieze art fair is a giant art supermarket that descends on Regent’s Park, London,…
Wildwood review – Laika’s pleasingly old fashioned stop-motion magic-forest odyssey
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/11/wildwood-review-carey-mulligan-laika
Published: October 11, 2026 13:21
The makers of Coraline return with their distinctive animation style in a magical tale of a secret world of strange beasts, talking animals and evil governessesHere is an engaging family movie from the Portland-based Laika studio that created Coraline. It…
Richard E Grant admits Traitors mistakes: ‘I never thought they would take me seriously’
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/11/richard-e-grant-celebrity-traitors-mistakes
Published: October 11, 2026 12:15
Actor says he should have made a joke of his admission, he felt institutionalised there and he is not watching the seriesRichard E Grant has said his early exit from The Celebrity Traitors was due to his failure to realise his fellow contestants would take…
There’s more to our music than Oasis, says Manchester mayor
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/11/bev-craig-manchester-music-oasis
Published: October 11, 2026 12:00
Bev Craig pledges £2m in funding to nurture local artists by improving access to rehearsal and production spaceThe Manchester mayor, Bev Craig, has said the city’s music scene is about more than just Oasis, as she announced funding to nurture a diverse…
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie review – Muriel Spark’s extraordinary heroine made more extraordinary still
Published: October 11, 2026 11:45
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghGayle Rankin is funny, sharp-tongued and sexually forthright as Vicky Featherstone’s production ditches 1930s starchiness for the bohemian avant gardeJean Brodie has entered the classroom of Mr Lowther (Brian Ferguson). She tells the…
‘I didn’t expect to be portrayed as a cannibal’: Rachael Stirling on eating her mother Diana Rigg’s ashes
Published: October 11, 2026 11:00
When the actor confessed to ingesting a few flakes of her mother’s ashes on opening nights, reactions ranged from recognition to disgust. But, she says, grief makes animals of us allThere have been headlines of late that make me out to be an ash-guzzling…
‘The crime fiction I’m interested in is political’: Ian Rankin on his new novel about the super-rich
Published: October 11, 2026 11:00
The bestselling writer talks about leaving Edinburgh for London in his latest mystery, and what the future holds for RebusSir Ian Rankin rarely watches television. Certainly, there’s no gleaming flatscreen in the corner of the apartment in Edinburgh where…
The Haunting of Hill House review – a slick and spooky fright night
Published: October 11, 2026 10:10
Richmond theatre, LondonJump scares, flying furniture and psychological unravelling hurtle towards a climax as a trio of guests investigate supernatural goings on at an abandoned mansionThere aren’t many productions that have the audience screaming within…
‘What could be discovered? What is new there?’: blockbuster exhibition celebrates Roy Lichtenstein
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/oct/11/roy-lichtenstein-exhibition-whitney-museum
Published: October 11, 2026 09:00
The often-criticised pop artist is the focus of a monumental new survey including rarely seen pieces and ambitious new restagings at New York’s Whitney Museum When the American artist Roy Lichtenstein created his monumental Greene Street Mural in 1983, he…
‘We look like soft, made-up blokes, but we’re really tough’: Duran Duran on 80s excess, tabloid scrutiny and their Halloween glow-up
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/11/duran-duran-interview-pop-music-halloween-free-to-love
Published: October 11, 2026 09:00
They spent their heyday on yachts, then rolled up their sleeves in the wilderness years. Ahead of a Halloween show at the O2, pop’s great survivors explain their staying powerIn 2022, Duran Duran were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It felt…
‘I’d wander through the park all angsty listening to Arctic Monkeys’: Arlo Parks’ honest playlist
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/11/arlo-parks-honest-playlist-prince-janet-jackson
Published: October 11, 2026 08:00
The singer shamelessly blasts Lady Gaga in the car and is brought to tears by Portishead – but which song does she have to be careful listening to?The first song I fell in love with I remember listening to Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics…
Animals and their people: country shows across the UK – in pictures
Published: October 11, 2026 06:00
Photographer Irina Werning, who grew up in rural Argentina surrounded by animals, has spent the summer photographing animals and their people at county and agricultural shows across the UK, from Essex and Kent to Surrey, Gloucestershire and…
TV tonight: David Tennant stars in a brutally brilliant prison drama
Published: October 11, 2026 05:15
Jimmy McGovern’s incredible series Time returns. Plus: The Party is a moreish new thriller based on Elizabeth Day’s hit novel. Here’s what to watch this eveningSunday, 9pm, BBC One Continue reading...
Edge Control: the art exhibition using hidden camera images to explore race and beauty
Published: October 10, 2026 12:00
Artist Deana Lawson uses beauty supply store surveillance images to analyze power and personhood in her exhibition at the Gagosian in New York CityIn her essay The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators, writer and philosopher bell hooks explains that…
‘Jelliness is my life motto’: jackpot theatre prize winner Jaha Koo on kimchi, K-pop and his robotic eel
Published: October 10, 2026 12:00
Feted for cooking up shows that can be mouthwatering as well as thought-provoking, the artist discusses his fusion of South Korean and European cultureWhen I meet Jaha Koo in Oslo, where he has just been honoured with the prestigious International Ibsen…
Amélie allowed me to embrace my neurodivergence
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/10/my-cultural-awakening-amelie-autism-neurodivergence
Published: October 10, 2026 11:00
Watching a DVD of the French film alone in my room, I saw for the first time a character who moved through the world like I doAmélie likes the sound of cracking creme brulee with a teaspoon, plunging her hand into a sack of grain, and turning around in the…
‘I just wasn’t going to give up’: the fight to free the longest-serving political prisoner in the US
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/10/free-leonard-peltier-netflix-documentary
Published: October 10, 2026 09:00
Leonard Peltier was imprisoned for 49 years before his sentence was commuted. A new Netflix documentary exposes the ‘corrupt’ system that allowed it to happenOn 20 January 2025, with 14 minutes remaining in his term as president, Joe Biden commuted the…
‘People forgot I existed’: Audrey Niffenegger on taking 14 years to write a sequel to The Time Traveler’s Wife
Published: October 10, 2026 08:00
Her debut made her a global star. Now she has finally written a follow-up – and this time, it’s political. She talks about impostor syndrome, screen adaptations and becoming radicalisedThe artist and novelist Audrey Niffenegger began writing the…
Time: David Tennant and Siobhan Finneran are stellar in this horrifying and exceptional TV drama
Published: October 10, 2026 06:00
Jimmy McGovern’s grab-you-by-the-throat prison show is back and it could hardly be more urgent, prescient or excellent. Brace yourself though … Bake Off it is notIt takes a lot to drag me away from comfort TV in the autumn. Blame the shrinking hours of…
TV tonight: Richard Ayoade and Hannah Waddingham’s cartoon comedy
Published: October 10, 2026 05:15
Rick and Morty fans will love ancient Greece animation Krapopolis. Plus, Danny Dyer takes the SNL UK hosting reins. Here’s what to watch this evening11.40pm, BBC Three Continue reading...
Mao’s Last Dancer Li Cunxin on his long-awaited follow-up: ‘I don’t think my publisher expected it to take 14 years!’
Published: October 9, 2026 14:00
As The Lucky Son picks up where Cunxin’s 2003 memoir left off, the renowned Chinese Australian ballet dancer reflects on sacrifices made by his wife, his years at a stockbroker, and his success leading the Queensland Ballet Get our weekend culture and…
End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland review – Murakami’s marvel brilliantly brought to life
Published: October 9, 2026 13:53
Barbican theatre, LondonWith a dual narrative set in Tokyo and a world of dreams, Philippe Decouflé’s epic production is as bewitching as its balletic unicornsHow to stage Haruki Murakami’s epic, dual-narrative novel without leaving the audience in a…
Lightsaber Darth Vader used in ‘I am your father’ Star Wars duel up for auction
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/09/lightsaber-darth-vader-star-wars-auction
Published: October 9, 2026 13:36
Saber is expected to fetch at least $1m and is one of more than two dozen props that will be up for saleA lightsaber used by Darth Vader in the duel where he tells Luke Skywalker “I am your father” is going up for sale at Heritage Auctions next month.The…
Post your questions for Richard Thompson
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/09/post-your-questions-for-richard-thompson
Published: October 9, 2026 12:48
Ahead of new album Hippies, Thugs and Heroes, the British folk music legend will join us to answer your questionsFrom Fairport Convention to his musical partnership with then-wife Linda and on to solo albums that still trouble the UK charts, Richard…
‘I’m lovingly making fun of everyone I’ve ever met’: on the set of Leo Reich’s gen Z sitcom
Published: October 9, 2026 12:00
The comedy wunderkind shot to fame with his show Literally, Who Cares?! and a role in Lena Dunham’s Too Much. Now he’s bringing his take on self-involved zoomers to the TV screen. Just don’t call him the voice of a generationLeo Reich’s new Channel 4…
‘I’ve hit my midlife sexpot era!’ Romola Garai on marital misery, cheating … and sex scenes in cars
Published: October 9, 2026 12:00
Layby hookups are all in a day’s work for Romola Garai in her steamy new drama Adultery. She talks faking orgasms, keeping secrets – and making audiences pass outIn a raging storm in the Peak District last winter, a blue Toyota Yaris was parked in a remote…
Winning the Nobel prize in literature only underlines Anne Carson’s infinite genius | Yiyun Li
Published: October 9, 2026 11:12
When her sons died, the Book of Goose author turned to Grief Lessons, Carson’s translation of four plays by Euripides. She reflects on the ‘life sustaining’ work of an extraordinary writer • Where to start with: Anne Carson• ‘Delights await!’: Margaret…
The new Darth Vader: how tech execs became the film villains of our age
Published: October 9, 2026 11:05
Jeremy Strong’s portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Reckoning shows how public opinion has changed around billionaire CEOs since The Social Network’s releaseWhen The Social Network came out, Mark Zuckerberg organised a staff viewing of a film he…
Tate sounds eerie, Frieze returns and Cindy Sherman takes surreal selfies – the week in art
Published: October 9, 2026 11:00
The Turbine Hall gets haunted by sound art and the colossal air fair opens its doors, while Sherman champions the fantastic and the grotesque – all in your weekly dispatchTarek AtouiSound art inspired by everyday objects and the eerie harmonies of history…
Gromit finally gets a voice … and it’s Martin Freeman
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/09/gromit-autobiography-martin-freeman-voice
Published: October 9, 2026 11:00
After 37 years, the staunchly silent dog will speak for the first time in the audiobook of his autobiography – and it turns out he sounds like a hobbitHe has been on screen for 37 years, but he has never uttered a word. Now, Gromit will speak for the first…
End Of Abyss review – a creepy dollhouse take on Resident Evil and The Thing
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/oct/09/end-of-abyss-review-playstation-5-xbox-pc
Published: October 9, 2026 09:00
PlayStation 5 (version played), Xbox, PC; Epic Games PublishingThis fetchingly presented horror game brings style and scares, but overextends itself with repetitionA small band of soldiers enters an abandoned facility, where puckered flesh sprouts from…
AK Blakemore: ‘The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt was extremely silly and bad’
Published: October 9, 2026 09:00
The poet and author on F Scott Fitzgerald’s perfect novel, losing faith in Ernest Hemingway – and the recent debut that blew her awayMy earliest reading memory Lynley Dodd’s Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy – where an assortment of differently shaped…
Branford Marsalis Quartet and Dianne Reeves: Dedicated to You review – eloquent Coltrane tribute
Published: October 9, 2026 08:30
(Blue Note)This elegant contemporary reinvention of 1963 album John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman pairs Marsalis’s post-bop sax with Reeves’ agile vocals, to time-stopping effectIn the early 1960s, the Impulse! label tried to steer its star saxophonist John…
‘Is death necessary?’: why Peter Greenaway’s assisted dying drama is stuck in post-production hell
Published: October 9, 2026 08:00
Exclusive: Three years after filming began on the contentious Lucca Mortis, starring Dustin Hoffman, the British director is still in dispute with producers over which version to release, and a battle over rights rumbles on Peter Greenaway’s new movie was…
Jess Williamson: A Mile South of Heaven review – alt-country singer’s love-hate affair with LA
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/09/jess-williamson-a-mile-south-of-heaven-review
Published: October 9, 2026 07:30
(New West)Following 2023 breakout Time Ain’t Accidental, the best songs here are when Williamson strips back country music, rebuilding it as something familiar yet differentIn her essay Goodbye to All That, Joan Didion writes that she left New York City…
‘It gave me a superpower – question everything’: as punk turns 50, bands from China to Greenland explain how it fires up their lives
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/09/global-bands-on-how-punk-fires-up-their-lives
Published: October 9, 2026 07:00
Whether on the frontline in Ukraine or skate parks in Soweto, the genre is still a vital outlet for disaffected people everywhere. Here, musicians explain how they rage against the machineAndriy Zholob, vocalist/guitarist, Beton: When MTV arrived in…
Please, sir, can I have a walk? Dickens biographer finds likely inspiration for Oliver Twist
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/09/dickens-book-oliver-twist-inspiration
Published: October 9, 2026 07:00
Exclusive: Theresa Musgrove unearths newspaper archives showing one Alice Shepherd was severely punished in 1836 for similarly innocent requestCould a consumptive young woman called Alice Shepherd have been the inspiration for Oliver Twist? That is a…
The Queerest of Folk by Russell T Davies review – the groundbreaking screenwriter tells it like it is
Published: October 9, 2026 06:00
From Coronation Street to It’s a Sin, Davies’ memoir of a career in TV is also a rallying cry for creativityTelevision is an intimate art form, once beamed into living rooms, now on devices right in front of our faces. The screenwriter Russell T Davies…
TV tonight: things get nasty in War’s blockbuster divorce
Published: October 9, 2026 05:20
One of the lawyers is a mole in Sienna Miller and Dominic West’s soapy drama. Plus: the Lionesses shoot for the World Cup. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, Sky AtlanticThe naughty divorce drama – made even juicier by its casting of two huge stars,…
‘Me and the lads would not survive a day in here’: inside TV’s utterly stunning, Bafta-winning prison drama
Published: October 9, 2026 04:00
The third series of Jimmy McGovern’s breathtaking series Time stars David Tennant – and just be its best ever. We go behind the scenes“I don’t think you would find a young offender institution (YOI) in which stories like these haven’t happened. Seventeen…
‘Old-timey fascism was kept secret. Now you don’t have to hide it’: Martin McDonagh, John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell on Wild Horse Nine
Published: October 9, 2026 04:00
McDonagh’s latest film has Malkovich and Rockwell shooting the breeze as CIA agents in 1973 on Easter Island. They discuss grandchildren, swimming with turtles and who shot JFK‘Earmuffs!” says Sam Rockwell, pausing his gushing tribute mid-flow and turning…
Animals review – Ben Affleck’s dull Netflix thriller is lacking in bark and bite
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/08/animals-movie-review-ben-affleck
Published: October 8, 2026 23:00
Actor-director’s listless LA-set crime thriller makes for a surprisingly anonymous effort and one that feels very similar to many other, better filmsBen Affleck has pushed through multiple Hollywood comebacks, at least one predicated on his facility behind…
Franz & Marie review – Woyzeck folk musical finds heart amid the horror
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/oct/08/franz-marie-review-woyzeck
Published: October 8, 2026 14:57
Charing Cross theatre, LondonBüchner’s jagged masterpiece about a soldier’s descent is told with enchanting and stirring songs that occasionally defuse its stark terrorWhen Georg Büchner died aged 23 in 1837, he left behind Woyzeck as a bundle of papers…
Willem de Kooning review – the artist’s lifelong rebellion against himself is thrilling to watch
Published: October 8, 2026 14:35
Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMarking a century since the Dutch artist stowed away to New York, this vast retrospective gloriously showcases the abstract expressionist’s fierce boundary-pushingWillem de Kooning was the last great artist who really knew how to…
The woman with the mattress: the radical, rage-fuelled history of anti-rape art
Published: October 8, 2026 14:19
A performance piece from 2014 has gone viral in response to an allegation of rape at Cornell University. But with such defiant pieces stretching back hundreds of years, will things ever change?In September 2014, Emma Sulkowicz began to carry a blue…
Anne Carson wins Nobel prize in literature 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/08/wins-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-2026
Published: October 8, 2026 14:03
Most prestigious literature prize goes to Canadian known for genre-crossing works such as Autobiography of RedThe Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson, the Swedish Academy has announced.The academy cited…
Fierce, frantic and loaded with menace: Fontaines DC’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
Published: October 8, 2026 14:01
Ahead of the Irish alt-rockers’ highly anticipated fifth album, Dopamine Chamber, we count down their potent, occasionally political, catalogueA single inspired by the birth of bassist Conor Deegan’s daughter, It’s Amazing to Be Young is a lovely example…
Six buds in a freaky coat: Split Enz share stories behind their colourful costumes – in pictures
https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2026/oct/09/split-enz-costumes-makeup-book-in-pictures
Published: October 8, 2026 14:00
Emerging in early-1970s New Zealand, the band turned pop into surreal theatre. Percussionist Noel Crombie was the band’s visual architect, shaping their looks via outlandish costumes, makeup, hair design, album covers and music videos.In a new book written…
The Starving Bride by Catherine Chidgey review – a girl wastes away in a gothic near-future
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/09/the-starving-bride-catherine-chidgey-book-review
Published: October 8, 2026 14:00
The New Zealand author’s ninth novel is gorgeously written, but feels tame and almost quaint against the real world of GLP-1 drugs and looksmaxxingCatherine Chidgey’s new novel was inspired by a magnificent piece of archival flotsam: a 1930s newspaper…
Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood audiobook review – a dryly funny memoir
Published: October 8, 2026 14:00
The Handmaid’s Tale author reflects on her loves, losses and literary achievements in a memoir that showcases her wisdom and witMargaret Atwood had to be persuaded to write a memoir. The thought of writing about herself initially seemed “dead boring. Who…
Women and the Piano album review – Tomes brings her poetic instincts to a rewarding compilation
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/08/susan-tomes-women-and-the-piano-album-review
Published: October 8, 2026 14:00
Susan Tomes(Hyperion)From Marianne Martines – taught by the family lodger, Haydn, to Teresa Carreño who played for Lincoln, there’s names new and old in this fascinating and appealing collection This attractive compilation came out of Susan Tomes’ research…
Sofia Coppola: ‘I’m glad we weren’t kicked out of Tokyo making Lost in Translation’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/08/sofia-coppola-director-lost-in-translation-interview
Published: October 8, 2026 13:16
The director talks about what she learnt from her mother, working with a rookie Tim Burton, and 20 years of her cult classic Marie AntoinetteHello, I’m Cherry, I’m 14 and an aspiring film-maker. I love how your films capture what it feels like to be a…
Dafydd Owain’s second album wins the 2026 Welsh music prize
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/08/dafydd-owain-second-album-wins-welsh-music-prize-2026
Published: October 8, 2026 12:00
Ymarfer Byw, which was praised for its ‘musical excellence’, beat 14 other albums to the prize of £10,000Singer-songwriter Dafydd Owain has won the 2026 Welsh music prize with his second album Ymarfer Byw.The emotionally charged record, which also won…
‘It’s not about sex but empowerment’: why I picked a ‘naked’ frock as dress of the year
Published: October 8, 2026 11:34
Sarah Burton’s sporty, daffodil mesh dress made me smile. But the reason I chose it for Fashion Museum Bath is because it tells the story of our times, when bodies are more political than everOne morning in February this year, I opened my laptop to find an…
Good night, and good lick: what can we expect from George Clooney’s restaurant?
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/08/george-clooney-italian-restaurant-provence-france
Published: October 8, 2026 11:25
The newly-official French citizen is planning to open an Italian restaurant in Provence. Will it float like his tequila brand or sink as swiftly as the Steven Spielberg submarine eatery that made one reviewer ‘embarrassed to be human’?The Provençal village…
Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel prize in literature 2026 – live
Published: October 8, 2026 11:24
Decision announced by permanent secretary of the Swedish AcademyIs Can Xue becoming the new Haruki Murakami? The Japanese literary superstar has for so long been a favourite to win a Nobel without actually winning one that people in the literature industry…
‘Spend time going down rabbit holes’: how the Avalanches created their wildest album yet
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/08/the-avalanches-no-bad-memories-interview
Published: October 8, 2026 08:00
The Aussie trio explain creating their new record sampling kids’ science shows and Tunisian music – and their surreal film with Haley Joel OsmentLast December, Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi, the core members of the Aussie disco-pop collagists the…
Below review – a killer snot-berg causes chaos for Josh Hartnett
Published: October 8, 2026 07:01
Don your best plaid shirts for this supernatural thriller about a gang of beefy fishermen who tackle sea monsters. It is totally ridiculous – but you will have loads of daft funAbandon all hope, ye who enter Below. And jettison disbelief while ye be at it.…
Severed hands, crushed bones and a ‘monstrous mermaid with sharp teeth’: Reece Shearsmith on his dark obsessions
Published: October 8, 2026 07:00
The League of Gentlemen and Inside No 9 co-creator has always displayed a sense of gothic unease, and his new book combines myth, memoir – and his own disquieting drawingsWhen Reece Shearsmith was a boy, he overheard relatives chatting at a New Year…
‘The weirdos were taking over!’ Tate Britain relives the 1990s – in pictures
Published: October 8, 2026 06:00
A new exhibition curated by Edward Enniful looks back on the thrilling decade before smartphones, when art, music and fashion came together with a bang Continue reading...
TV tonight: has Richard E Grant blown it in The Celebrity Traitors?
Published: October 8, 2026 05:20
The game is in full swing, as we find out the first famous face to be banished. Plus: The Paper finale gets emosh. Here’s what to watch this evening8pm, BBC OneWe’ve had our first round table – and incredibly frustrating cliffhanger ending – so now it’s…
‘He punched a polar bear on the nose!’ Ninety glorious years of Brian Blessed – by Emma Thompson, Adrian Lester and more
Published: October 8, 2026 04:00
Peeing in the sink he shared with Derek Jacobi, making a badger video with Brian May, climbing Everest with Alan Hinkes … as the great actor blasts into his 90s, stars celebrate his ‘loudness and madness’Emma Thompson Continue reading...
Contact review – Jonny Donahoe delivers a heated reunion at a bonfire of family photos
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/oct/07/contact-review-family-trauma-wit-oran-mor-glasgow
Published: October 7, 2026 19:00
Òran Mór, GlasgowBlythe Duff and Mark Barrett are excellent as two people helplessly bound to each other in this bitter two-handerThe arrival of a first baby changes everything. It is not just the upheaval of fitting the child into your life: the shift is…
Choral evensong has been on our airwaves for 100 years today. Long may this vibrant, thriving art form continue | Jonathan Davies
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/07/evensong-bbc-centenary-choral-music-jonathan-davies-mp
Published: October 7, 2026 15:57
One hundred years since the BBC first broadcast choral evensong, MP and former chorister Jonathan Davies hymns a beautiful and empowering collective experience that we should praise – and protectSome sounds seem to belong to Britain. The peal of church…
Only connect: two composers who put humans at the heart of their music, and the conductor who didn’t
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/07/does-pure-music-exist-classical-music-tom-service
Published: October 7, 2026 13:18
This week, from Reich to Kendall and Celibidache, three musicians who prove there is no such thing as “pure music”, whether we’re talking about a technique, a mode of musical expression or a musician’s legacy.Steve Reich turned 90 on Saturday, and I’ve…
‘In the wake of death, Courtney Love was giving it her all’: Hole’s Melissa auf der Maur on her best photograph
Published: October 7, 2026 13:02
‘This is Courtney doing her makeup on the ’95 Lollapalooza tour. I was documenting my generation being hijacked by corporate greed – and destroyed following the sacrificial death of Kurt Cobain’When I was going through the archives for my rock photo book,…
The Social Reckoning review – Aaron Sorkin’s jittery sequel with all-new evil puppet Zuckerberg
Published: October 7, 2026 13:00
Jeremy Strong’s slow-talking Facebook founder turns into a cameo, background to a thriller about a whistleblower that somehow never mentions TrumpHere is a film for all those people who solemnly deplore social media in conversation but haven’t quite got…
Freddie Jackson, romantic US singer with 10 R&B chart-toppers, dies aged 70
Published: October 7, 2026 11:14
Celebrated for his earnest, dextrous voice, Jackson crossed into the pop charts with the hits Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) and You Are My LadyFreddie Jackson, the US singer whose smooth and romantic take on R&B found a huge audience in the 1980s,…
The Hungry Ghost review – this sexy, juicily spooky romcom is a scream
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/oct/07/the-hungry-ghost-review-bush-theatre-london
Published: October 7, 2026 11:07
Bush theatre, LondonMei Leng Yew’s play veers between humour and horror as a young woman ignores her mum’s warning about big life changes during a ghost festivalWith shapeshifting performances and smart, heartfelt writing, Mei Leng Yew’s juicily spooky…
‘He was devastatingly sexy’: Frasier’s Jane Leeves and David Hyde Pierce on the love between Daphne and Niles
Published: October 7, 2026 10:53
From a breathless tango to a kiss that sent fans wild, the pair crafted a sensational seven-year TV crush. The real-life best friends talk first impressions, Casablanca moments – and having hot husbandsLesley Manville and Peter Mullan on their…
‘Men are a scam!’ The trials of Danielle Ponder, the lawyer turned singer rooting for a better world
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/07/danielle-ponder-lawyer-turned-singer-interview
Published: October 7, 2026 10:39
After representing society’s dispossessed, Ponder started a music career in her 40s – then faced miscarriage, anxiety and more. She explains her survival instinct“You can get everything you dreamed of career-wise, and your life can still crumble, and that…
‘Curious and circumspect creatures’: the artist making sculptures for the rats of New York City
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/oct/07/nyc-rat-art-sculptures
Published: October 7, 2026 10:00
For his latest project, Asad Raza made ‘public art’ for rats with pieces designed to appeal to the city’s maligned rodents“We call this the Hell Door,” artist Asad Raza explained animatedly. It’s 10pm on a warm August evening, and we are standing outside a…
Post your questions for Celia Imrie
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/07/post-your-questions-for-celia-imrie
Published: October 7, 2026 09:46
From Miss Babs in Acorn Antiques to Calendar Girls, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and her infamous appearance on The Celebrity Traitors, it’s hard to know where to beginCelia Imrie has had such a varied career, it’s hard to know where you might know her…
Goodbye Warner, hello Skydance: how will the major merger really impact Holllywood?
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/07/paramount-warner-bros-skydance-merger-explainer
Published: October 7, 2026 09:00
After a windier road than expected, Paramount and Warner are now one, under the banner of Skydance, and the film industry is set for a shake-upHollywood’s big five have officially become the big four. Following a twist-filled saga that saw century-old…
‘My first photographs coincided with me falling in love’: why children have always adored taking pictures
Published: October 7, 2026 09:00
What makes someone pick up a camera at a young age, and what can their images tell us? A new book and show explore why a child’s first photo could be as formative as their first recordWhat was the first photograph you took? Though most of us use…
Other Worlds Than These by Stephen King and Peter Straub review – a self-indulgent finale to the Talisman trilogy
Published: October 7, 2026 08:00
There are moments of shivering joy as the protagonist of two enduring classics, Jack Sawyer, returns – but this time his journey feels endlessly repetitiveBear with me, because there is some backstory to get through before we can talk about the book I am…
‘I was drawn to the femminielli’: blurring gender in Naples – in pictures
Published: October 7, 2026 08:00
Roman Manfredi took to the Neopolitan streets to photograph intimate portraits of locals who live outside binary gender expectations Continue reading...
Scottish film could steal The Jazz Singer’s crown as ‘world’s first talkie’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/07/scottish-film-till-the-bells-ring-jazz-singer
Published: October 7, 2026 07:17
Scots-written Till the Bells Ring premiered a year before the Hollywood film, which featured spoken words by Al JolsonFor almost a century, The Jazz Singer has been celebrated as the world’s first feature-length film to include synchronised dialogue…
Carrie review – the teenage hellraiser’s glorious return couldn’t come at a better time
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/07/carrie-review-summer-h-howel-prime-video-horror
Published: October 7, 2026 07:01
This witty, smart remake takes teenage bullying and telekinetic violence to new extremes. Even the shower scene is more excruciating than the originalThe automatic response to the news that a stone-cold classic of any genre is to be remade is “Why?” In an…
24 Hour Party People review – daring metatextual paean to the Manchester music scene
Published: October 7, 2026 06:00
Rereleased for its 24th anniversary, Michael Winterbottom’s freewheeling film about a journalist who championed post-punk bands couldn’t have starred anyone but Steve CooganMichael Winterbottom’s intriguing, daring, freewheeling movie is being rereleased…
Blockers by Michael Lewis review – the quiet heroes who tried to stop Doge
Published: October 7, 2026 06:00
The author of Moneyball brings his exceptional narrative skills to bear on Musk’s anti-government crusadeDonald Trump’s catastrophic errors get so much attention that his systemic ones can easily be missed. While the world looks on in dismay at his…
TV tonight: Vanessa Williams sits for this wonderful portrait competition
Published: October 7, 2026 05:20
She joins Lennie James and Sheridan Smith on Sky’s Portrait Artist of the Year. Plus: reaching the bottom of Britain’s deepest cave. Here’s what to watch this evening8pm, Sky ArtsStressful or soothing? It’s always a fine line between the two with this…
O2 signs record £200m deal to keep London venue’s naming rights
Published: October 7, 2026 05:00
Exclusive: 10-year sponsorship extension at a 50% premium on last agreement crowns bonanza year for live venueO2 has struck a record £200m deal to retain the naming rights to the London venue the O2 in what is thought to be the largest renewal of its kind…
‘Like swapping a Bentley for a Ferrari’: can the Harry Potter stage show survive being chopped in half?
Published: October 7, 2026 04:00
After a phenomenal decade-long run, the Cursed Child two-parter is being pruned. Will it still work? Our writer swishes her cloak, levitates her luggage – and hops aboard the streamlined Hogwarts Express‘Silencio!” Two dozen tank-topped and T-shirted…
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