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In lockdown, the Observer’s classical music critic began work on a book about the Russian composer’s later years. Then war, and events in her own life, began to reshape the narrative

A fisherman’s son is awarded a scholarship to Al-Azhar University, a ‘beacon of Islam’, only to be recruited as a government informant

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From Cheddar Man to Black Tudors and abolitionists, this meticulously researched, if limited, study refutes the notion that Britain was ever wholly white

Follow the ‘hot and goofy’ actor down the rabbit hole to find unlikely links to the original American Gigolo

Complex, candid porn drama Pleasure and pitch-black sex-business satire Red Rocket follow in the writhing wake of Boogie Nights et al

Almost 30 years after Jurassic Park first screened, the beloved franchise is back with its latest film Jurassic World Dominion, released in the UK on Friday. Our favourite characters, such as the Tyrannosaurus-rex and Velociraptor, return and we meet some new ones, like the giant predator Giganotosaurus.

The best English players ever – from World Cup winners to Euros nearly men and many more in between

Where to go – and stay – for the most mesmerising evening skies