Culture
John Legend on his new tour, awards season, and Donald Trump
Musician and actor talks his recent album Darkness and Light, shaking up the academy voting system and a growing sense of victimhood among the most privileged people in the world
A scene-by-scene dissection of possibly the worst ad of all time
Now this is a style of resistance Trump could get behind
- Review
- TV + radio reviews
Broadchurch series 3 episode 7 review
With only one more episode to go, there was too much crammed into the penultimate instalment – and we still don't know whodunnit
- TV + radio news
Ruby Tandoh brands Piers Morgan a 'sentient ham'
The straight-talking Bake Off runner-up made her views on Susanna Reid's co-presenter known
Rogue One cast and crew discuss Star Wars secrets behind-the-scenes at
A rare glimpse at the inner machinations of the magic which brings the Star Wars universe to life
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- Book reviews
White Tears review: Haunting new novel
Kunzru's murder mystery is a meditation on American race relations and old-times blues
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Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman, reviewed by Caroline Lucas
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A Separation by Katie Kitamura: She writes with a piercing clarity
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Yesterday’s Papers by Ben Walsh review: Very funny tale
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The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy review:
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Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders review: Completely beguiling
- Book news + features
Unpublished Sylvia Plath letters claim domestic abuse by Ted Hughes
More light has been shed on poets' famously turbulent marriage thanks to unseen correspondence between Plath and her therapist
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Marvel remove X-Men artwork after hidden anti-Semitic references found
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Stephen King mocks James Patterson for writing his own praise
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Book review: Mezzogiorno: Recipes from Southern Italy
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It’s not just millennials who need lessons on how to be a grown-up
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Marvel exec recalls comments diversity is to blame for comics slump
- Art news + features
Heirs of Jewish art dealer win court case to reclaim Nazi-looted work
Jed Leiber, Gerald Stiebel and Alan Philipp say their relatives were forced to sell Guelph Treasure in a coerced transaction for a fraction of its market value in 1935
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Sales of art supplies are up because of Donald Trump
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The Fearless Girl statue will stay on Wall Street until 2018
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Shia LaBeouf forced to move anti-Trump art project to Liverpool
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Howard Hodgkin: Absent Friends review: He made so many portraits
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Black artists ask the Whitney to take down painting of Emmett Till
- Music reviews
Effigy Weekender featuring Bossk, Employed to Serve, Conjurer and Pijn
The second day of the inaugural Effigy Weekender showcases the avant-garde side of heavy music
- Music news + features
Music Box session #7 - Little Cub
London-based electronic group played their first stripped down set for a session with The Independent
- Review
- Theatre + dance reviews
The Winter's Tale review: Orlando James is excellent as Leontes
The Cheek by Jowl production is directed by Declan Donnellan who was recently awarded the Golden Lion of Venice for his ability to bring classic works to life for a contemporary audience
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The Life review: A crime if this show doesn't transfer to the West End
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Don Juan in Soho review: David Tennant is magnificent
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Le Sacre du printemps review: This is the best staging of Le Sacre
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Just Call Me God review: A showcase for John Malkovich's method acting
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Thomas Adès Day review: An ideal route into his sound world
- Theatre + dance news + features
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child wins record nine Olivier Awards
Billie Piper also among the winners at glamorous ceremony in London