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CHRISTMAS 2025: When it comes to gifts, you can’t go wrong with a good book. Here you’ll find standout titles across genres and styles, thoughtfully selected by The Independent’s culture staff to suit readers of every predilection

Anthony Hopkins and Kathy Burke on acting, Jacinda Ardern and Nicola Sturgeon on politics, plus Margaret Atwood on a life well lived

‘Who would have thought that little me would ever have any dialogue with Kathy Burke?’ asked Atwal while discussing Gimme Gimme Gimme

The ex–Bake Off presenter takes over from Kathy Burke in an effortlessly fun funeral-based chatshow. Plus, are the robots coming for our jobs?

INSIDE FILM: Twenty-five years ago, Harry Enfield and Kathy Burke played libidinous teenage monsters in one of the most successful Britflicks in UK box office history. Since then, the British film industry has become crisis-stricken and largely Americanised, writes Adam White. Where did all the local stories go?

From extremely awkward sex scenes to addictive 10-minute episodes that have left fans accosting the stars in the street, Cheaters is a romcom like no other. As season two looms, the cast talk about nudity, orgasm faces and Prince Harry

The British filmmaker behind ‘12 Years a Slave’ and ‘Shame’ has returned with a terrifying, expressionist masterpiece starring Saoirse Ronan and newcomer Elliott Heffernan

‘Thanks ever so for the love,’ the actor said

In this week’s newsletter: The audio superstar is back with a ‘beach read’ of a podcast, The Arc of Love. Plus: five of the best podcasts about death