MARIA DUARTE picks the best and worst of a crowded year of films
Video games to keep your eyes on in 2019
BEN COWLES'S thumbs are twitching at the prospect of what's in store for gamers this year
The dark side: Damnview
[Brainwash Gang]
STEVE JOHNSON picks his favourites from the many memorable albums of the year, and one stunning new festival
SIMON DUFF picks his favourites, from radical African-inspired electronic rhythms to improvisations on the organ
For GORDON PARSONS, a dramatic exploration of the abuse of young men at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre trumps Beckett, a couple of Hamlets and a bracing Candide
From feminist manifestos to exiled lovers to mythic islands, LEO BOIX selects the best fiction, poetry and non-fiction
FIONA O’CONNOR picks books and films that show defiance in the face of violence and injustice
MOST people’s new year’s resolutions are usually dull and predictable, like quitting chocolate, joining a gym or learning some sort of musical instrument. Screw that.
My resolutions this year involve rigging elections on a small island, sneaking up on demon samurai, taking stunning photographs of Giza’s pyramids and entering underground bare-knuckle fights.
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