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Chelsea Wolfe: The Dark review – existential reflection goes from whisper to gothic scream

(Loma Vista)The genre-blending Californian artist casts off past toxic influences with a powerful set of tender, brooding and emotionally charged songs that wouldn’t feel out of pl

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Can Nothing Save Us? by Irvine Welsh review – US family saga is a late-career triumph

The Scottish author focuses on gun culture and generational conflict in this darkly satirical tale about a gre...

My Brilliant Career review – a joyous heroine lights up this rare and beautiful period dra

Phillipa Northeast is brilliant as a young woman rebelling against society’s expectations in 1890s Australia. ...

We’re going to party like it’s 1629… the masques, the music and the mayhem of Banqueting H

What music soundtracked 17th-century England? Ahead of a DJ set in Banqueting House, Georgia Mann looks at the...

Buggers review – phenomenal flesh and blood portrait of Francis Bacon and George Dyer

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe painter and his lover are played with real intensity by Alistair Hall and Pe...

A History of the Novel in Britain by Philip Hensher review – a masterpiece of criticism

This joyous book takes readers on a literary adventure across 300 years of fiction, from Defoe to Zadie SmithI...

Edgier than the TV series, Michael Mann’s take on Miami Vice is gritty and intoxicating

Where the 80s series was all pastels and shoulder pads, the noughties action thriller has flip phones and Link...

Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people and block them from some playlists

Music streaming platform creates ‘AI persona’ label that will appear on profiles and track listings in crackdo...

Harriet Richardson: Creep review – a scandalous delve into shame and desire

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWith the air of a hungover postmortem, Richardson gives a head-spinning account ...

Barack Obama launches podcast about books that ‘shaped his worldview’

The former US president will host six episodes of A Great Book for Audible, discussing work from Toni Morrison...

Amanda Knox in Cartwheel review – rookie standup acquitted of murder tells her story

Gilded Balloon Teviot, EdinburghPerformer cleared of death of her roommate in Italy uses new motherhood as fra...

Love me, love my bruised ego: what the narcissist-artist film tells us about the fear of a

Bitter Christmas, Late Fame and The Christophers all depict geniuses aware of their waning acclaim and terrifi...

After Party review – matters of life and death as flamboyant ‘glam-ma’ turns 80

Traverse theatre, EdinburghA grandmother welcomes her family to a birthday bash in a muddled play that address...