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Tartan’s miraculous journey from humble highland craft to global superbrandKilty pleasuresTartan’s miraculous journey from humble highland craft to global superbrandFrom punks to princes, from shortbread tins to enslaved people, the criss-cross fabric has symbolised rebellion, repression – and pure power. As Scotland gets a new leader, we visit a Dundee show exploring its many contradictions -
5 out of 5 stars.
This tantalising police drama sees naive newcomers utterly unprepared for the dangerous situations they face on the job. You’ll be instantly hooked
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‘A friend,’ recalls director Jerzy Skolimowski, ‘told me a story about a diamond that was lost for ever after being dropped in snow. I thought: “But you could grab the snow, melt it and get it back.” It seemed a great idea for a film’ -
While patricide plan B gets underway, the leggy princeling ‘rummages to fruition’ at his uncle’s superbly squirm-inducing party. Welcome back, Roy-alists!
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The Roys return for the fourth and final season of Succession. Plus: new biting police drama Blue Lights. Here’s what to watch this evening -
Toni Collette stars in a supernatural drama where teenage girls can shoot electricity from their fingertips – and Kiefer Sutherland channels Jack Bauer in an enjoyably nasty new thriller -
A fun dose of 80s video game nostalgia starring Taron Egerton, and a classic biblical rock opera to sing along to
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Sarah Mantell’s script awarded Susan Smith Blackburn prize, beating plays by Zadie Smith, Kimber Lee and Ruby Thomas
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4 out of 5 stars.GamesTerra Nil – restore nature, and with it your hope for the futureThe rewarding environmental restoration game plays like a puzzle and is satisfyingly simple -
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2 out of 5 stars.StageWinnie the Pooh – Disney juggernaut is a musical snoozeThe puppets are lovely but this hour-long show has anodyne songs and a hodgepodge of tales -
4 out of 5 stars.
4 out of 5 stars.TVRabbit Hole – Kiefer Sutherland’s fun new thriller is like 24 … but even wilderThe one-time Jack Bauer is having the time of his life alongside Charles Dance in this high-tension conspiracy drama – and then it turns on a dime and goes absolutely berserk
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2 out of 5 stars.
Riseborough and Harry Melling play a couple who get off on violence in an oddball, over-saturated thriller with a surprise cameo from Demi Moore -
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4 out of 5 stars.MusicBBC NOW/Otaka/Lamsma review – all-English programme flows from disquiet to joyConductor Tadaaki Otaka demonstrated his quiet authority and his instinctive way with Elgar during a concert that also included Britten and Elizabeth Maconchy -
The US author’s zingy new novel tackles celebrity, lockdown and frustrated love lives with ambition and panache
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At a new exhibition at Poster House in New York, a range of wartime and postwar posters are being celebrated, showing a move from patriotism to consumerism and beyond
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The creator and star of This Country on how growing up in poverty influenced her new role, and why she keeps her Bafta by the door -
She fled rural Ireland and hit the Big Apple just in time to capture Lydia Lunch, James Chance and the post-punk scene take off. Now back in her home country, she relives those turbulent years
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As the Roy family’s fleet of helicopters land for their final outing, there’s no point in resisting this sumptuous programme. There really is nothing else like this on TV -
Five, Steps, Pete Waterman and more spill about the dark side of the decade -
Now in their 80s, the ‘living sculpture’ couple have built a free gallery to ensure their creations last for ever. Our writer gets a tour of the centre – and its mind-boggling inaugural show
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