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Friday essay: ‘An oasis in the desert’ – Jackie Huggins reflects on her deep history with Carnarvon Gorge

Ngya Bidjara/Birri Gubba Juru marra. My name is Jackie Huggins. I am the mother of John. I am also the daughter of Rita, and Albert and Rose are my grandparents on my mother’s side. My father is Jack Huggins. My grandparents are John Henry Huggins the third, and Fanny: all…

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A Leopard-Skin Hat by Anne Serre explores what its like being human in relation to other human beings

The French writer Anne Serre has been very clear in interviews that she has no truck with a type of fiction that is fashionable in the UK at the moment. Readers drawn to fiction that blurs the line with autobiography – what Serre calls “the story of someone’s life, or…

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International Booker prize 2025: six experts review the shortlisted novels

From a longlist of 13, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker prize. Our academics review the finalists ahead of the announcement of the winner on May 20.

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A Danish Groundhog Day or tales of millennial angst… What should win this year’s International Booker?

A headspinning novel from Japan alongside a high concept tale from Denmark, and a French account of migrant tragedy … our critic weighs up the contenders

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“I use a spark plug to play slide. It's a trick Lowell George showed me. It gets incredible sustain – metal on metal”: In the face of sexist skepticism, Fanny's June Millington carved a unique six-string path, and inspired countless players in the process

The pioneering guitar hero discusses the unique mods she made to her '57 Les Paul, why there's more freedom in playing with just a bassist, and the time that '57 Les Paul ended up on a Steely Dan record

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11 epically long films that won’t waste your time, ranked

THE COUNTDOWN: In honour of Brady Corbet’s 215-minute epic ‘The Brutalist’ receiving 10 Oscar nods, Annabel Nugent and Jacob Stolworthy select 11 other movies with mammoth runtimes that are worth the investment

The Independent UK

Outlander season 7 ending explained: A big ball of timey-wimey stuff

William attempts a daring rescue while Claire recovers in Outlander season 7 episode 16.

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Outlander season 7 episode 15 recap: In the face of Death

Claire is in danger during the Battle of Monmouth while Bree decides to go find her husband in Outlander season 7 episode 15.

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Outlander season 7 episode 14 recap: Prisoner of war

Lord John gets back to the Frasers while William protects a friend in Outlander season 7 episode 14.

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The Great British Bake Off review: Alison Hammond steals the show but format is becoming overbaked

Hammond brings the energy and endless innuendoes in a launch episode that feels like it’s trying to outrage middle England

The Independent UK

The Great British Bake Off review – Paul Hollywood doles out handshakes like cheap mini-muffins

We’re straight back in with a dozen underwhelming new bakers, an almost instantaneous bit of glad handing - and the smuttiest innuendo in the show’s history

The Guardian - UK

Fanny review – a fun-packed outing for the other Mendelssohn

Calum Finlay’s fast-moving comedy about the composer and her struggles to be recognised is pitch-perfectly performed

The Guardian - UK

How First Nations fashion design can rewrite painful memories and be a powerful method of healing

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains names, images and stories of deceased people.

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John Bishop: Back at It review – a meandering mess-about

The standup delivers an unstructured show with autobiographical anecdotes and routines about henpecked husbands and women called Fanny

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Melting Point by Rachel Cockerell review – witnesses to history

An ingenious and idiosyncratic book about the search for a Jewish homeland that blends high politics and family memoir

The Guardian - UK

Melting Point by Rachel Cockerell review – the hunt for a homeland

A fabulous family history expands into an account of the origins of Zionism and the extraordinary project to bring thousands of Russian Jews to Texas

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The 25 best Christmas films – ranked!

Muppets and elves jostle with orphans, serial killers and Santa in our list of the greatest yuletide movies ever to grace the big screen

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The Famous Five's James Lance on starring as Uncle Quentin

James Lance spoke to us about playing the grouchy character and why actors should work with children and animals.

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The Independent UK

Venice Film Festival round-up: From Yorgos Lanthimos standout Poor Things to Michael Mann’s operatic Ferrari

Festivalgoers will surely agree that the 2023 competition was one of the most eclectic and eccentric in recent memory, writes Geoffrey Macnab

Louder

Rare footage of Fanny playing live is vivid proof of what a special band they were

More classic rock gold from The Midnight Special, as Fanny perform I Had A Dream in 1973

The Guardian - UK

How to infiltrate posh society: bang on about beauty and invest in some tweed

As a young American chancer has shown, you can trick the rich into thinking you are one of them

The National (Scotland)

Echoes of Robert Louis Stevenson still heard throughout Samoa

THE modern approach to Samoa is a direct flight from Brisbane, although it is worthwhile stopping off for a couple of hours in that unsung and…

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‘They save us’: Sally Muir on the art of drawing rescue dogs

Scruffy or sleek, melancholic or mischievous… Sally Muir’s portraits of dogs capture the essence of unconditional love. And her latest collection on rescue dogs reveals much about cruelty – and kindness

The Guardian - UK

The Reunion review – one scene is so violent it’s actually unwatchable

This ITV thriller is full of ludicrous plot twists and every single trope you’d expect from murder mystery hokum. Until it turns unexpectedly gruesome and queasily retro about sexuality

Daily Record

Pregnant woman refuses to name baby after partner's gran as it's 'rude' in her language

A mum-to-be took to Reddit to enquire after revealing that she and her partner could not agree on the same name for their daughter, and the majority agreed that the name he suggested was "terrible".

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