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  • Ice Spice

    Ice Spice: Y2K! review – a masterclass in outrageous party trap

    It’s all killer, no filler on the Bronx MC’s long-awaited debut album
  • Han Smith

    Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking by Han Smith review – a secret history

    This ambitious debut uncovers a town’s dark past, in a story of teenage dissidence that is alert to the deceptions of propaganda
  • Mina Smallman at her home in Ramsgate.

    Book of the day
    A Better Tomorrow: Life Lessons in Hope and Strength by Mina Smallman review

    A mother’s quest to understand why the murder of her two daughters was not taken more seriously
  • The cast of Shrek the Musical

    Shrek the Musical review – sludgy show leaves you green about the gills

  • OLY-PARIS-2024-OPENING<br>A grab of a video released by the Olympic Broadcasting Services shows Canadian Singer Celine Dion performing on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris, on July 26, 2024. (Photo by various sources / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "POOL / OLYMPIC BROADCASTING SERVICES " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/POOL/Olympic Broadcasting Services/AFP via Getty Images)

    Céline Dion at the Paris Olympics review – a dazzling and emotional return

  • Aya Nakamura surrounded by dancers all dressed in gold

    Paris Olympics opening ceremony review – soaring ambition deflated by patchy delivery

  • Mountain Queen The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa.

    Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa review – a female Everest climber’s ascent

  • Waxahatchee review – warm, rousing anthems about embracing change

  • The Gangs of New York review – explosive romance on America’s mean streets

  • Grace Dent on restaurants
    Tollington’s, London N4: ‘Hands down the greatest chips I’ve ever eaten’ – restaurant review

  • Children's book roundup
    Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

  • Audiobook of the week
    The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey audiobook review – coming of age in a time of fear

  • Empire of the Sun: Ask That God review – the magic’s still there

  • Play time
    Rough Magic review – zany riff on Macbeth bewitches young audience

  • Mustard: Faith of a Mustard Seed review – lacking in spice

  • Thom Gunn by Michael Nott review – sex, drugs and San Francisco

  • Folk album of the month
    Raphael Rogiński: Žaltys review – hypnotic eastern European folk

  • Crack Cloud: Red Mile review – aggressively tuneful rock about life’s big questions

  • Book of the day
    Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good by Eley Williams review – a freewheeling collection

  • Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Ice Spice: Y2K! review – wilfully trashy wordplay from wily new rap star

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