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Film still of soldiers in combat.
Warfare is the most realistic war film I’ve seen — by Anthony Loyd

For the soldier turned war correspondent, Hollywood’s most honest, accurate depiction of combat is neither anti nor pro-war: its strength is in its shocking purity

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Even a solid gold toilet heist can’t compete with Guy Ritchie’s diamond geezers

A £200 million diamond heist? Guy Ritchie’s new documentary reveals the audacious 1990s Millennium Dome robbery, a tale of gangsters, speedboats, and a surprisingly short crime spree

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NATURE
A deep dive into the strange kingdom of the ocean
Books
Marina Abramovic and Igor Levit at a piano performance.
The pianist preparing to play one piece 840 times in a row

As Igor Levit prepares for a 22-hour concert epic, we look at other artistic endurance tests, from David Blaine’s Perspex box to Ruth Wilson’s Red Bull-fuelled theatrics

Classical & Opera
Elton John and Brandi Carlile performing together on stage.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Doctor Who
TV & Radio
Diptych of a woman reading a vintage magazine and a baby elephant flying in a circus.
The best films to watch at home this week — The Firm and Widows
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Jyn Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
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The best Star Wars films and TV shows ranked — and the worst
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Kukeri dancers in furry costumes and masks at a Bulgarian festival.
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LITERATURE
Welcome to monsterland — a global tour of dragons, ogres and zombies
Books
Portrait of playwright Conor McPherson at Battersea Arts Centre.
INTERVIEW
Conor McPherson: ‘Writing is a humiliating endeavour’
Theatre & Dance
Elton John and Brandi Carlile performing together on stage.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Doctor Who
TV & Radio
Elton John and Brandi Carlile performing together on stage.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Doctor Who
TV & Radio
Diptych of a woman reading a vintage magazine and a baby elephant flying in a circus.
The best films to watch at home this week — The Firm and Widows
TV & Radio
Diptych of a woman reading a vintage magazine and a baby elephant flying in a circus.
The best films to watch at home this week — The Firm and Widows
TV & Radio
Jyn Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
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The best Star Wars films and TV shows ranked — and the worst
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Jyn Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
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The best Star Wars films and TV shows ranked — and the worst
TV & Radio
Kukeri dancers in furry costumes and masks at a Bulgarian festival.
REVIEW
LITERATURE
Welcome to monsterland — a global tour of dragons, ogres and zombies
Books
Kukeri dancers in furry costumes and masks at a Bulgarian festival.
REVIEW
LITERATURE
Welcome to monsterland — a global tour of dragons, ogres and zombies
Books
Portrait of playwright Conor McPherson at Battersea Arts Centre.
INTERVIEW
Conor McPherson: ‘Writing is a humiliating endeavour’
Theatre & Dance
Portrait of playwright Conor McPherson at Battersea Arts Centre.
INTERVIEW
Conor McPherson: ‘Writing is a humiliating endeavour’
Theatre & Dance
Elton John and Brandi Carlile performing together on stage.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Doctor Who
TV & Radio
Diptych of a woman reading a vintage magazine and a baby elephant flying in a circus.
The best films to watch at home this week — The Firm and Widows
TV & Radio
Jyn Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
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The best Star Wars films and TV shows ranked — and the worst
TV & Radio
Elton John and Brandi Carlile performing together on stage.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Doctor Who
TV & Radio
Elton John and Brandi Carlile performing together on stage.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Doctor Who
TV & Radio
Diptych of a woman reading a vintage magazine and a baby elephant flying in a circus.
The best films to watch at home this week — The Firm and Widows
TV & Radio
Diptych of a woman reading a vintage magazine and a baby elephant flying in a circus.
The best films to watch at home this week — The Firm and Widows
TV & Radio
Jyn Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
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The best Star Wars films and TV shows ranked — and the worst
TV & Radio
Jyn Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
UPDATED
The best Star Wars films and TV shows ranked — and the worst
TV & Radio
Kukeri dancers in furry costumes and masks at a Bulgarian festival.
REVIEW
LITERATURE
Welcome to monsterland — a global tour of dragons, ogres and zombies
Books
Portrait of playwright Conor McPherson at Battersea Arts Centre.
INTERVIEW
Conor McPherson: ‘Writing is a humiliating endeavour’
Theatre & Dance
Elton John and Brandi Carlile performing together on stage.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Doctor Who
TV & Radio
Diptych of a woman reading a vintage magazine and a baby elephant flying in a circus.
The best films to watch at home this week — The Firm and Widows
TV & Radio
Jyn Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
UPDATED
The best Star Wars films and TV shows ranked — and the worst
TV & Radio
Kukeri dancers in furry costumes and masks at a Bulgarian festival.
REVIEW
LITERATURE
Welcome to monsterland — a global tour of dragons, ogres and zombies
Books
Portrait of playwright Conor McPherson at Battersea Arts Centre.
INTERVIEW
Conor McPherson: ‘Writing is a humiliating endeavour’
Theatre & Dance
Elton John and Brandi Carlile performing together on stage.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Doctor Who
TV & Radio
Elton John and Brandi Carlile performing together on stage.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Doctor Who
TV & Radio
Diptych of a woman reading a vintage magazine and a baby elephant flying in a circus.
The best films to watch at home this week — The Firm and Widows
TV & Radio
Diptych of a woman reading a vintage magazine and a baby elephant flying in a circus.
The best films to watch at home this week — The Firm and Widows
TV & Radio
Jyn Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
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The best Star Wars films and TV shows ranked — and the worst
TV & Radio
Jyn Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
UPDATED
The best Star Wars films and TV shows ranked — and the worst
TV & Radio
Kukeri dancers in furry costumes and masks at a Bulgarian festival.
REVIEW
LITERATURE
Welcome to monsterland — a global tour of dragons, ogres and zombies
Books
Kukeri dancers in furry costumes and masks at a Bulgarian festival.
REVIEW
LITERATURE
Welcome to monsterland — a global tour of dragons, ogres and zombies
Books
Portrait of playwright Conor McPherson at Battersea Arts Centre.
INTERVIEW
Conor McPherson: ‘Writing is a humiliating endeavour’
Theatre & Dance
Portrait of playwright Conor McPherson at Battersea Arts Centre.
INTERVIEW
Conor McPherson: ‘Writing is a humiliating endeavour’
Theatre & Dance
Elton John and Brandi Carlile performing together on stage.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Doctor Who
TV & Radio
Diptych of a woman reading a vintage magazine and a baby elephant flying in a circus.
The best films to watch at home this week — The Firm and Widows
TV & Radio
Jyn Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
UPDATED
The best Star Wars films and TV shows ranked — and the worst
TV & Radio
Elton John and Brandi Carlile performing together on stage.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Doctor Who
TV & Radio
Elton John and Brandi Carlile performing together on stage.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Doctor Who
TV & Radio
Diptych of a woman reading a vintage magazine and a baby elephant flying in a circus.
The best films to watch at home this week — The Firm and Widows
TV & Radio
Diptych of a woman reading a vintage magazine and a baby elephant flying in a circus.
The best films to watch at home this week — The Firm and Widows
TV & Radio
Jyn Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
UPDATED
The best Star Wars films and TV shows ranked — and the worst
TV & Radio
Jyn Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
UPDATED
The best Star Wars films and TV shows ranked — and the worst
TV & Radio
Kukeri dancers in furry costumes and masks at a Bulgarian festival.
REVIEW
LITERATURE
Welcome to monsterland — a global tour of dragons, ogres and zombies
Books
Portrait of playwright Conor McPherson at Battersea Arts Centre.
INTERVIEW
Conor McPherson: ‘Writing is a humiliating endeavour’
Theatre & Dance
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Sandra Oh and Fiona Shaw in a scene from season two of Killing Eve.
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TRUE CRIME
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Two dancers in Snow White balletLORENT perform with a red cloth.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Snow White — an absorbing show for all ages
Patricia Allison, Victoria Smurfit, and Callum Scott Howells in a production of Ghosts.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Ghosts — a frustrating, awkward update
Three actors in biblical costumes sitting on rocks.
Jesus played by black man for first time in Easter play
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Art

Portrait of Sir Nicholas Serota, Head of the Arts Council.
Boost arts with tax breaks for backers, ministers urged
Going out or staying in? Our critics pick the best things to do this week
Banksy-backed art exhibition shuts after anti-King graffiti

Comedy

Portrait of comedian Al Porter.
INTERVIEW
‘Cocaine, money, naivety . . . and an inability to say no’: Al Porter comes clean
INTERVIEW
Ellie Taylor: ‘I get all my life lessons from Peloton instructors’
INTERVIEW
Josh Widdicombe: The Lord of the Rings is a pointless waste of time

Photography

Man carrying a crocodile near a river.
SPECTRUM
Sony World Photography Awards 2025: the best pictures from the shortlist
PHOTOGRAPHY
From a shy mountain hare to a bold urban swan — wildlife at its best
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Photographs from South Sudan: a population fighting floodwaters

Gaming

Collage of a Nintendo Switch being placed in a dock, and Mario Kart gameplay.
PREVIEW
I’ve played the Nintendo Switch 2 and it’s wonderful
ANALYSIS
Bafta Games Awards 2025 winners: the full list
REVIEW
South of Midnight — grief and trauma in America’s Deep South

Art

Portrait of Sir Nicholas Serota, Head of the Arts Council.
Boost arts with tax breaks for backers, ministers urged
Going out or staying in? Our critics pick the best things to do this week
Banksy-backed art exhibition shuts after anti-King graffiti

Comedy

Portrait of comedian Al Porter.
INTERVIEW
‘Cocaine, money, naivety . . . and an inability to say no’: Al Porter comes clean
INTERVIEW
Ellie Taylor: ‘I get all my life lessons from Peloton instructors’
INTERVIEW
Josh Widdicombe: The Lord of the Rings is a pointless waste of time

Photography

Man carrying a crocodile near a river.
SPECTRUM
Sony World Photography Awards 2025: the best pictures from the shortlist
PHOTOGRAPHY
From a shy mountain hare to a bold urban swan — wildlife at its best
SPECTRUM
Photographs from South Sudan: a population fighting floodwaters

Gaming

Collage of a Nintendo Switch being placed in a dock, and Mario Kart gameplay.
PREVIEW
I’ve played the Nintendo Switch 2 and it’s wonderful
ANALYSIS
Bafta Games Awards 2025 winners: the full list
REVIEW
South of Midnight — grief and trauma in America’s Deep South
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