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“See what a simple line, a visible mark of the utmost simplicity and cheapness, can do to a populace?” In Ali Smith’s new novel, Gliff, that line is painted in crude bright red around the houses of those the state has deemed “unverified”. It means ostracisation, re-education and worse. It…

Ali Smith’s Gliff is set “once upon a time, not very far from now”. It is a kind of fairytale of the future in which two children, Briar and Rose, navigate a world which seems increasingly baffling and hostile.

The method actor traces his path to success, spending as much time on the films that flopped as the greatest hits

The Split: Barcelona reunites us with our favourite family of formidable lawyers.

French bestselling author Muriel Barbery’s sixth opus, One Hour of Fervour, is a contemplative novel, a poetic travelogue and a homage to Japan. We follow Haru Ueno, a successful Japanese art dealer, whose life is turned upside down the day his French mistress forbids him from raising his child.

Ranking Kate Winslet's 7 best movies

I detest what early-onset Alzheimer’s is doing to the person I love. Yet I’m in awe of how she quietly, stoically, responds to its ravages

A few sound moves could have prevented ongoing money problems for Rose, Dorothy, Blanche and Sophia

Some of them were born and raised in Lebanon, but in war they have no place in the authorities’ support programmes.