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The first episode of the TV adaptation of Mr Loverman is preceded by the quotation: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Those words, voiced by protagonist Barry, belong to writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin, from his 1962…

Black novelists, poets and playwrights have a long history of reclaiming narratives, the theme of this year’s Black History Month. Novelist Ben Okri looks at where this tradition has come from – and where it’s going next

The poet on the power of abstract art, Shakespeare in British Sign Language and the ‘articulated rage’ of James Baldwin

Our cultural touchstones series looks at influential books.

Other lives: BBC TV producer who worked on Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation and Alistair Cooke’s America

Paris promises a spectacular end to the games, including a Hollywood stunt. Plus: rooftop races and fisticuffs in Vienna Blood. Here’s what to watch this evening

A documentary about a radical approach to rehabilitation is inspirational and heartbreaking in equal measure, while Idris Elba plays a genie as Mad Max director George Miller lets his imagination run riot

A richly rewarding account of how four literary giants created an erotic revolution in post-war American culture

Letters: people with myalgic encephalomyelitis and their carers are calling for a reversal of decades of underfunding