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Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine tour review: pop illusion at its most effective – for good and bad
There’s a thrum of excitement in the air as an eight-minute countdown starts and Ariana Grande’s unmistakable silhouette appears on a giant backlit curtain on the stage of the...
Good With Faces review – mesmerising power struggle will have you sitting uncomfortably
If you book a seat for Good With Faces you might only use the edge of it. This is a hugely assured psychological thriller, performed with just the right...
Is Beauty Good by Rosalind Belben review – the literary equivalent of free jazz
‘But after all, writing is nothing more than a guided dream,” wrote Jorge Luis Borges. Dreams and dreaming are fertile concerns for Rosalind Belben, too. Her fourth book, originally...
President Xi never wastes a good crisis. As Iran, Ukraine and Palestine distract the world, he tightens his grip | Simon Tisdall
Imagine what would happen if a British prime minister in London told the Scots they could not have their own parliament, national football team or fly the saltire. Or...
10 of Britain’s best piers for dining, nightlife and good old seaside fun
Perched in our glass-fronted eyrie, 300 metres out to sea, we watch a murmuration of starlings rise and fall and swoop around us. When the show is over, we...
Finally, we have a PM for the digital age. But real change requires more than just being good on camera | Nesrine Malik
Andy Burnham is having a good time. I can’t remember the last time a prime minister (or indeed any high-profile British politician) actually looked as though they were enjoying...
What makes a good comic novel? Andrew Sean Greer on the joy of funny writing
Illustration: Javi AznarezIn March 2020, when the mayor of San Francisco instructed all citizens to remain in their houses due to a pandemic, the first thing I did was...
‘People are looking at Scotland for good fun’: Glasgow prepares for Commonwealth Games
“A lot of people aren’t fully aware it’s happening,” says one man working on a stall selling Commonwealth Games merchandise in Glasgow city centre on Wednesday, a day before...
