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irrational
Books / 3 July 2026
3 July 2026

ANDY HEDGECOCK welcomes an entertaining, useful guide to the threats and promises of mathematical rationality

mea allen
Books / 3 July 2026
3 July 2026

GAVIN O’TOOLE is enthralled by the colourful portrait of a woman who pioneered a path into the tough, magical world of journalism

dohrn
Books / 3 July 2026
3 July 2026

STEVE ANDREW appreciates the unusual story of a family childhood spent on the run from the state and its police

rovelli
Books / 3 July 2026
3 July 2026

JENNIE WALSH reviews an urgent political intervention by physicist Carlo Rovelli at a time of escalating militarisation and war

MADDY
Interview / 3 July 2026
3 July 2026

STEVE JOHNSON speaks to London singer/songwriter MADDY CARTY

attila
Attila the Stockbroker / 3 July 2026
3 July 2026

In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party

newport
Book Review / 3 July 2026
3 July 2026

CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class

round up
Cinema / 2 July 2026
2 July 2026

MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness! 

birds
Film of the Week / 2 July 2026
2 July 2026

ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists

mockingbird
Theatre Review / 1 July 2026
1 July 2026

PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production

21st Century Poetry / 1 July 2026
1 July 2026

by Alastair McLeish

Summer hols
Theatre Review / 1 July 2026
1 July 2026

GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film