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Arts

  • Sheep in the Box.

    Film
    Little glitz and underperforming auteurs: how Cannes 2026 went – and who will win

  • A group of young soldiers huddle together, looking down at a central figure who laughs with his mouth wide open

    Film
    Coward – soldiers find escapism and romance in wartime theatrical troupe

  • Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in Michael.

    Film
    ‘We’ve got 25 to 30% already shot’: sequel to Michael Jackson biopic on way, says studio

  • LADIES FIRSTLadies First. (L-R) Sacha Baron Cohen as Damien Sachs and Rosamund Pike as Alex Fox in Ladies First. Cr. Rob Youngson/Netflix © 2026.

    Film
    Ladies First – Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike come last in one-joke Netflix comedy

Talking points

  • Five men clenching their fists and jaws

    Music
    Add to playlist: the virtuoso prog-metal-folk of Brazil’s Papangu and the week’s best new tracks

  • Behind the scenes shot from the film Blondi. In 2025, director Jack Salvadori completed the world’s first film shot by a dog cinematographer Lexie the Alsatian

    Film
    ‘We needed a Hitler who really vibed with the dog’: meet Lexie, the world’s first cinemadographer

  • L-r: Tove Lo, Slayyyter and Cobrah.

    Music
    Trash hits! Why a wave of hedonistic, feral female pop stars are rejecting respectability

  • A woman with short hair wearing sunglasses and a black jacket

    Music
    Big science and uncanny prescience: Laurie Anderson’s greatest songs – ranked!

People

  • Roddy Doyle, photographed in Dublin, Ireland 2024

    Books
    Roddy Doyle: ‘When you’re a Dublin writer, you’re inevitably asked about Joyce, and it’s tedious’

  • Kathy Sledge in a leather jacket and white vest top, stood against a white wall

    Music
    Post your questions for Sister Sledge’s Kathy Sledge

  • close-up shot of Derek Jacobi

    Film
    ‘I want to hit 100’: Derek Jacobi on Aids, ageing and failing to boil an egg

  • Lupita Nyong'o smiling

    Film
    Lupita Nyong’o responds to rightwing criticism of The Odyssey: ‘Our cast is representative of the world’

The big picture

  • A person swims in a dark pool in Pyongyang with glowing blue light patterns projected on the surface

    ‘Anger, curiosity and hope’: a planet of protest – in pictures

    From Hong Kong to Cairo, New York to Kyiv, the world is caught up in confrontations with authoritarian power. Matthew Connors’ new photo book tells the story
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Reviews

  • Thick dust coats an abandoned dwelling in Hunger and Thirst

    Books
    Hunger and Thirst by Claire Fuller – a blend of social realism and gothic horror

  • The Black Ball.

    Film
    The Black Ball – the complicated secrets of gay sexuality in Spain are brilliantly told

  • a man inspects a scratch on a red van

    Film
    Passenger – generic jumpscare horror offers bumpy journey to nowhere

  • A man in a green shirt wearing sunglasses with a cabin in the background

    Television
    The Boroughs – this witty, star-packed monster show could have been made by Spielberg

Pictures & video

  • Two boys cool off in water spraying from an open fire hydrant on a city street

    You can spray that again! New York drenched in colour – in pictures

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  • A large spherical metallic sculpture with concentric circular rings sits on a white plinth in a gallery space.

    Naked jetskiers, human bells and a celebrity seagull! Venice Biennale’s wildest moments – in pictures

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  • The Milky Way as photographed from Argentine Puna, a remote region accessible only by 4×4 vehicles along rough dirt tracks, far from any source of light pollution

    Look up: Milky Way photographer of the year 2026 – in pictures

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  • BETTINA PITTALUGA NOBODYISJUSTONETHING 03

    Art
    Close encounters: the new wave of women photographers – in pictures

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