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Beyoncé's stunning Cowboy Carter tour reclaims country and proves history can't be erased
Music

Beyoncé's stunning Cowboy Carter tour reclaims country and proves history can't be erased

Make no mistake: Beyoncé isn’t asking to be let into the country music canon – she wants to remake it
Dangerous Animals review – you're gonna need a bigger bait
Film

Dangerous Animals review – you're gonna need a bigger bait

Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh review – big ideas, lightly handled
Books

Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh review – big ideas, lightly handled

No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – making the case for never giving up hope
Books

No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – making the case for never giving up hope

Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn review – big ideas and terrific prose
Books

Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn review – big ideas and terrific prose

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The miracle of Mission: Impossible
Film

The miracle of Mission: Impossible

Bowie Odyssey 75 by Simon Goddard review – utterly riveting and beautifully written
Books

Bowie Odyssey 75 by Simon Goddard review – utterly riveting and beautifully written

Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince review – wise, witty and compassionate
Books

Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince review – wise, witty and compassionate

Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse
Books

Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse

The Surfer review – Nicolas Cage rides a wave of desperation
Film

The Surfer review – Nicolas Cage rides a wave of desperation

Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery
Books

Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery

Universality by Natasha Brown review – satirising a very British class oppression
Books

Universality by Natasha Brown review – satirising a very British class oppression

My Master Builder review – it's the women who shine in Ewan McGregor's West End return
Kate Fleetwood and Ewan McGregor in My Master Builder.
Theatre

My Master Builder review – it's the women who shine in Ewan McGregor's West End return

Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd
Books

Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd

Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli review – a welcome return to the queer canon
Books

Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli review – a welcome return to the queer canon

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera review – heist sequel has blood, sweat and De Beers
Film

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera review – heist sequel has blood, sweat and De Beers

Soft Core by Brittany Newell review – sex, smoke and mirrors
Books

Soft Core by Brittany Newell review – sex, smoke and mirrors

Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva review – a bizarre but utterly compelling look at Argentina in 2272
Books

Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva review – a bizarre but utterly compelling look at Argentina in 2272

Why I love The Apprentice and its enduring incompetence
Lucy Sweet

Why I love The Apprentice and its enduring incompetence

The Return – Ralph Fiennes embarks upon on a nail-biting odyssey
Film

The Return – Ralph Fiennes embarks upon on a nail-biting odyssey

Flesh by David Szalay review – life comes at you fast
Books

Flesh by David Szalay review – life comes at you fast

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I walked in David Bowie's footsteps to get a sniff of the real. But I found something I didn't expect
David Bowie

I walked in David Bowie's footsteps to get a sniff of the real. But I found something I didn't expect

Yoko by David Sheff review – a tribute to a revolutionary
Books

Yoko by David Sheff review – a tribute to a revolutionary

SMiLE: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Brian Wilson by David Leaf review – uneven account of rock saga
Books

SMiLE: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Brian Wilson by David Leaf review – uneven account of rock saga

The Summer We Ate Off the China by Devin Jacobsen review – digging for deepest meaning
Books

The Summer We Ate Off the China by Devin Jacobsen review – digging for deepest meaning

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