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A laugh a day to keep the winter blues away: the 31-day comedy diet for January
Amid the cascade of solemn, grimly sensible resolutions we inevitably set ourselves at this time of year, there is a task of universal importance that all too often slips through the net: laugh more. It’s something that more or less all of us agree is a good idea – few …
On my radar: Jasleen Kaur’s cultural highlights
Be Like Teflon
, in London in 2021. She works mainly with installations, using everyday objects to explore …‘All people could do was hope the nerds would fix it’: the global panic over the millennium bug, 25 years on
Alexei Navalny remembered by Yevgenia Albats
Alexei Navalny had everything that Putin didn’t have. Navalny was tall, Putin short; Navalny handsome, Putin not so much. Navalny had a fabulous wife; Putin was unsuccessful with his personal life. Navalny could talk to people from all walks of life and inspire them; Putin had to force or pay …
Kieran Culkin on pranks, parenting and why his famous family doesn’t need therapy: ‘Us siblings, we’re already cooked’
Kieran Culkin tries the upright chair first, the one opposite me, high-backed and leather. But no, that’s no good. He can see his reflection in the wall mirror, he’ll be catching himself all interview, thinking how tired he looks with his hooded eyes and beard, how jet lagged. Sleep is …
From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Pope Francis: the books to look forward to in 2025
January
Nonfiction
: Why Optimists Have the Power to Change the World by Sumit
Paul-Choudhury
(Canongate)
The science journalist, who lost his wife to ovarian cancer, investigates the potent emotional forces that drive us on in the face of great hardship. Why do …
Are modern sports stars still cut out for pantomime season? Oh yes they are | Emma John
Merry Betwixtmas, everybody! I’ve a great fondness for this final stretch of December, the weird dead time when Boxing Day obligations to extended family have been fulfilled, and the new year’s party still seems impossibly far in the future. It’s a truly philosophical period, raising questions of mortality, renewal and …
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 to The Traitors: a complete guide to the week’s entertainment in the UK
Going out: Cinema
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Out now
Dr Robotnik (Jim Carrey) becomes a paid-up member of the school of thought that says if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em, teaming up with former adversaries Sonic, Tails and Knuckles against new kid on the block Shadow the Hedgehog, voiced by …
Our readers on their pick of 2024’s best films, music, TV shows and podcasts
Welcome to the last Guide of 2024! I hope you all are enjoying your festive break, and have a better handle on which day it is than I do. As is tradition, after our own roundup of the year’s best culture, we are turning things over to you this week. …