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  • Eve in 2000 wearing a red sleeveless top, red trousers and belt, and red heels, reclining on some white stairs with her thumbs in her pockets

    Music
    Rapper and actor Eve looks back: ‘I was the only girl in the boardroom in major label meetings – that Philly girl had to come out’

  • Kimberley Wyatt cross legged in a grey suit

    Music
    ‘Eminem’s Lose Yourself is my anthem for getting the kids out of the house’: Kimberly Wyatt’s honest playlist

  • Tomi Adeyemi.

    Books
    Tomi Adeyemi on the film of her hit novel Children of Blood and Bone: ‘I don’t plan to watch it’

  • Es Devlin in a yellow T-shirt and blue trousers standing in her studio.

    Stage
    ‘I’m an everythingist’: How Es Devlin became the go-to for Beyoncé gigs, fashion runways and the Olympics

  • Man on woman on stage

    Film
    NAZA film-makers address threats at documentary’s New York City premiere

  • CG animation of a monster screaming.

    Film
    Godzilla Minus Zero review – spectacular Japanese action continues franchise’s winning streak

  • Kylie Minogue performs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday alongside dancers in blue bodysuits

    Music
    Kylie Minogue brings the party to AFL grand final with 20 minutes of dizzying, sparkling joy

  • The cast of Slam Frank

    Stage
    ‘A couple of times people walked out’: how an Anne Frank musical became the hottest theater ticket of the year

Talking points

  • Margaret Atwood, wearing a long pink shirt over a black top, stands in a garden

    Books
    ‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian research

  • Taylor Swift rests her chin on her hand, showing a ring, in profile view

    Music
    Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore review – flashes of humanity and bafflingly vindictive love songs

  • Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen in Primetime

    Film
    ‘In our deepest hearts we are voyeurs’: the paedophile-hunting show that inspired Robert Pattinson’s new film

  • Susan and Lucy Pevensie watch Aslan the lion standing outside a tent in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

    Film
    double quotation markMeryl Streep’s casting as Aslan has angered the Christian right. Don’t they have more pressing issues?

    Ben Child

People

  • Ai Weiwei's Mushrooms, outside the Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia in Sydney, MCA Australia 2026 Neil Balnaves Tallawoladah Lawn Commission

    Art
    Ai Weiwei unveils his epic new Australian work: ‘90% of art is just garbage. Real art questions the existing order’

  • Dom Dolla performs in Marvel Stadium on Thursday 24 September 2026.

    Music
    The rise of Dom Dolla: what the DJ’s record-breaking stadium show for 60,000 fans tells us about music today

  • Closeup of UK writer and producer MNEK.

    Music
    MNEK on writing smash hits, battling self-doubt and his solo struggles: ‘I’m a fat Black gay man. Try selling that’

  • Susan Sarandon takes part in a protest ahead of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, US on Thursday.

    Film
    Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder arrested at anti-Netanyahu protest in New York

The big picture

  • Harlem, Saturday Night, a young girl on her way to church on 116th Street, 1985

    Block parties and boxing clubs: Martine Barrat’s tough and tender New York – in pictures

    The French photographer and actor’s deep love of Harlem and the Bronx was so strong it led to her being invited to gang apartments, child boxing matches and even a stranger’s wedding
    Gallery12

Reviews

  • The musician Jae Stephens reclining on a bar, wearing denim jeans and a sparkly bra

    Music
    Jae Stephens: Audacity review – a thrilling lesson in why more debut albums should go for broke

  • Kylie performing in 2000.

    Books
    Can’t Get You Out of My Head by Michael Cragg review – what’s the secret of Kylie’s genius?

  • Julia Jacklin wearing a red turtleneck and silver eye shadow

    Music
    Julia Jacklin: The Gem review – tender, emotional storytelling of hope and hopelessness

  • Liane Moriarty and book cover of Big Little Truths

    Books
    Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty review – Big Little Lies sequel shoots for high drama but fails to deliver

Pictures & video

  • A newly identified leopardus tilcayo cat walks at the Senda Verde animal refuge in the Yungas region, Bolivia

    Art
    Week in wildlife: a tiny tiger-cat, backyard bears and a frilly pink sea cucumber

    Gallery16
  • Ai Weiwei's Mushrooms, outside the Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia in Sydney, MCA Australia 2026 Neil Balnaves Tallawoladah Lawn Commission

    Art
    Ai Weiwei unveils his epic new Australian work: ‘90% of art is just garbage. Real art questions the existing order’

  • Statue of Liberty souvenirs, tourist shop, Times Square, September 15, 2010

    Art
    Land of the free? Suspects, souvenirs and sex scandals in New York – in pictures

    Gallery12
  • America Girls Eva Verbeeck

    ‘Who do they dream of becoming?’ Teenage girls in America – in pictures

    Gallery13

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