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1 in 2 review – compassionate film about dealing with bowel cancer is a personal plea on behalf of the young

David Wilkinson made this warm, generous documentary of his own treatment, and asks why so many much younger people are getting the same diagnosis‘I am lucky, as I have become old.” That is the pithy, personal summary of…

Ioan Gruffudd in AI warning after fan claimed they had been in year-long affair

The Aberdare actor urged fans not to send money, saying "explicit and disturbing" images are "not me".

‘Wanted’ Review: A Messy Vigilante Story Squanders Its Musical Riches

The musical, rooted in the writer Angelica Chéri’s family lore, follows Black twin sisters who pass for white and become vigilantes in 1890s Texas.

Find out who's in the running for this year's Booker Prize

The winner of this year's literary award will be announced in London on Monday.

EBBA Architects transforms former agricultural barn in Cornwall into a "calm sanctuary"

London studio EBBA Architects has updated and extended a house within a converted barn in Cornwall, stripping away previous alterations to create open, pared-back interiors.

'I've got a band now' - Club anthem star Shygirl on why she's switching up her sound

Fans know her for big electronic bangers, but the singer and DJ has come back with an indie-tinged sound.

The People Against the Arch

Protesters in DC roast the Arc de Trump, plus the Whitney Museum announces the next curators of its blockbuster biennial.

Oshinówò Studio tops Lutyens-designed war memorial with glass prism to honour Sierra Leone's Carrier Corps

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has unveiled a memorial to the Sierra Leone Carrier Corps in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Sony revives classic Walkman headphones as MDR-3R

Japanese electronics company Sony has leaned into 1980s nostalgia with its remake of the original Walkman headphones, complete with colourful, interchangeable foam pads.

Ghidorah Brings Gravity to ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’

The filmmakers behind this sequel reveal how they reimagined King Ghidorah for a brutal, high-stakes battle royale.

How Chance the Rapper Reimagined a Hit Mixtape for the Concert Stage

On the 10-year anniversary of his Grammy-winning “Coloring Book,” the Chicago rapper played the hits, and then some.

‘Sadistic, forbidden pleasure’: why Gone Girl is my feelgood movie

The latest in our ongoing series of writers highlighting their go-to comfort films is a reminder of the dark joys that can be found in David Fincher’s devilish thriller“When I think of my wife, I always think of the back…

U2: Carnaval de Luz review – rousing, restorative rock from a band ready to take on the world again

(Island)On their first album of new songs in nearly a decade, even earnest Bono-isms carry weight amid music that is impassioned and rejuvenatedEven artists who enjoy a seemingly unstoppable imperial period eventually se…

Two Women by Jacqueline Rose review – a memorial to Gillian Rose

The connections between the author’s sister and the German Jewish philosopher Edith Stein are vividly imagined in alternating chapters of a fictional biographyIn a long and distinguished career as a feminist cultural cri…

‘My father loved Duncan more than he loved us’: the 30-year passion at the heart of the Bloomsbury set – and the family raised in its image

As the work of Bloomsbury artist Duncan Grant features in a major exhibition, Cordelia Roche reflects on her father’s decades-long relationship with the painter – as friend, muse, but never loverAfter Duncan Grant died i…

Look at Me by Dustin Hoffman review – an era-defining actor says his piece

At 89, the star of the Graduate and Rain Man demonstrates both brilliance and a startling lack of self-awarenessThe choice of title for an actor’s autobiography can be revealing. Sylvester Stallone went with The Steps, c…

‘Thicky thicky dumb dumb’ satirist Cody Dahler on his viral videos: ‘my material is presented to me on a silver platter!’

The writer and podcaster on why politics is made to seem more complicated than it is and his mission to unpack world events for everyoneWhy did you get into comedy? My mum was a professional dancer and always encouraged…

Wanted review – generic crime musical lacks outlaw grit

James Earl Jones theatre, New York CityA ‘mostly true’ tale of 19th-century sisters running from the law is underserved in a production stuffed with superfluous showboatingThe new retooled musical Wanted, from writer Ang…

Tom Gauld on prompts for a cartoon about artificial intelligence and writing – cartoon

Marilyn Monroe is a magnetic misfit in Speculations, a spicy conspiracy drama full of bombshells

Marylebone theatre, London Trevor Nunn directs Torben Betts’s intriguing but flawed play following US journalist Dorothy Kilgallen’s theories about the KennedysA smartly dressed woman hammers away at an old-style typewri…