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Lifestyle
Fall in love with a new book this February. From the millennial’s Bridget Jones to a mouth-watering manifesto on food and appetite, here are the 10 best new books
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Theatre
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Richard Eyre's revival of Long Day's Journey into Night starring Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville impressed in London
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Travel to Neverland and find your inner child in this dark and dangerous new immersive Peter Pan musical
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Nicholas Hytner directs an atmospheric promenade production of Julius Caesar at The Bridge
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Books
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Books
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In this phenomenal retrospective, the late New York artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, finally got the recognition he deserves
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Theatre
Toby Jones, Stephen Mangan, Pearl Mackie and Zoë Wanamaker star in a stunning but safe 60th anniversary revival of Pinter's debut play
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Festival
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Theatre
There's another chance to see two impressive new plays as Beginning and Mary Stuart transfer to the West End
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Podcast
Lie back, close your eyes and listen: best podcasts to entertain and enlighten over commutes, long journeys or inky evenings
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Theatre
Enticing Shakespeare and Pinter revivals jostle with bold new writing and plenty of stars for a new year of unmissable London theatre
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Tarell Alvin McCraney, the writer behind Oscar-winning film Moonlight, brings his early play to the Young Vic
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Things to do
Culture buffs and bluffers - how much of 2017 do you remember? Test your limits with our serious and silly quiz of the year
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Lifestyle
The Cool French Girl may be a fashion cliché, but her style is always changing. From wow-factor jewellry to the chicest silk blouses: here are her style secrets
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Theatre
From the most hyped show in all the world to a feminist fringe comedy: the 12 shows that wowed us in 2017
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Lifestyle
Kick the balls of patriarchy, fa la la la la la: Hyrrs not Hymns are the funny, fierce feminist carols 2017 needs
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It's beginning to look a lot like... a jam-packed, endlessly exciting month. Here's the best things to see, do and eat this December
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Things to do
Autumn theatre guide: we've rounded up the 15 shows you need to know about
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Theatre
Bryan Cranston and Michelle Dockery deliver powerful performances in the National Theatre's pioneering adaptation of cult media satire The Network
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Theatre
David Mamet's multi-award-winning 'deal chasing' comedy returns to London with Christian Slater as a ruthless salesman
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Theatre
From Rory Kinnear's Macbeth to a debut play about West Indian family rituals: here's what to book from the National Theatre new season
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Theatre
The Old Vic celebrates 200 years of theatre with a bumper season of world premieres spanning YA literature, Suffragette hiphop & classic cinema
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Treat your bestie or your beau to a show this winter. From oh-so-sweet romance, to whip-smart comedy here are the freshest new plays for date night
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From afternoons in with a compulsive Margaret Atwood adaptation to nights out ice-skating under starry skies, we round up the best things to eat, see, and do this November.
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Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear and David Morrissey lead a bold inaugural season at Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr's Bridge Theatre, now open
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Podcast
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Talks
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George Saunders' Lincoln in the Bardo wins the 2017 Booker prize. Here's everything you need to about the book made entirely of quotations
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