Culture
The scariest movie at Sundance was a documentary about Hulk Hogan
The documentary, 'Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press', about Terry 'Hulk Hogan' Bollea's sex tape trial, takes a timely look at the freedom of press
Scandal is back, but is it still relevant?
The hit American political drama series 'Scandal', which returns on Sky Living and follows character Olivia Pope, a crisis management expert in Washington, could feel a little watered-down after real-life events with Trump
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- TV + radio reviews
Homeland season 6 episode 1 review: More relevant than ever'
*This review contains spoilers for the Homeland season six premiere*
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Sherlock takes a turn for the morbid in 'The Lying Detective'
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TV preview: Sherlock, No Offence, Unforgotten: Silent Witness
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The 5 best things that happened on the Bake Off Christmas special
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Review: Rogue One has studio notes all over it
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The Walking Dead season 7 episode 8 review: A chaotic bloodbath
- TV + radio news
The Walking Dead season 7 episode 9: Everything to know
Communities will collide when the series returns next weekend
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Death in Paradise actor Kris Marshall quits, will be replaced by Fathe
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Donald Trump's administration boycotts CNN for a whole eight hours
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Beyoncé pregnancy announcement sets new Guinness World Record
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Comedian Samantha Bee rips apart Donald Trump's 'Not-A-Muslim ban'
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Doctor Who actor Peter Capaldi reveals who he wants to replace him
Could A Cure for Wellness be the first great horror film of 2017?
Gore Verbinski returns to the horror genre with a wholly original film starring Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, and Mia Goth
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- Book reviews
4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster review: At 1.23 kilos you can barely pick it up
Paul Auster’s hefty book of 866 pages, about a New Jersey man who leads four parallel lives, requires a great deal of concentration and commitment from the reader, but is well worth getting stuck into
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Innocents and Others review: Spiotta is a supremely intelligent writer
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Take Courage book review: An interesting re-evaluation of Anne Bronte
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Walking In Berlin by Franz Hessel, book review: An epic book
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Veronica by Mary Gaitskill review: She always sees the whole picture
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Jack White book review: digging deep via travels to White's hometown
- Book news + features
India’s secret master of Second World War espionage
Under the codename of Silver, Bhagat Ram Talwar spied for Britain, Germany, Russia, Japan and Italy in the space of five years during the Second World War, but author Mihir Bose uncovers how his true loyalties lay with Indian independence
- Art news + features
David Hockney redesigned tabloid The Sun’s logo, but was he trolling?
It wasn't the most painstaking of redesigns
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- Music reviews
Drake affirms his own mythology in his first O2 Arena gig - review
Drake threw hit after hit at a show where there were no missteps
- Music news + features
Orbital and Clean Bandit to headline Standon Calling 2017
Plus performances from artists including Nadia Rose, Laura Mvula and Fickle Friends - and a Laundry Meadows stage partnership with The Independent
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- Theatre + dance reviews
White Devil review: It ain't Shakespeare – maybe it's more Tarantino
Director Annie Ryan's candlelit production of John webster's 'The White Devil' at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, is the perfect setting for the play about deceit, treachery and revenge
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Fantastic Mr Fox review: Full of gusto and glee
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Siobhan Davies Dance review: Steps beyond the cliché of body language
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Death Takes A Holiday review: Sometimes hard to keep a straight face
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Woolf Works review: Alessandra Ferri is luminous as Virginia Woolf
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Promises, Promises review: It doesn't brim with musical possibilities
- Theatre + dance news + features
Alexander Zeldin on homelessness, mental health and austerity
The critically acclaimed playwright reveals what inspired him to write �Love’