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The Guide #148: Soul-destroying, sterile and expensive – have arena gigs had their day?

The bland and massive indoor show lacks the sweaty closeness of a smaller venue or the eye-popping scale of a stadium – it’s time we celebrated more characterful alternatives

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The Guide #146: The best culture of the year (so far)

In this week’s newsletter: From Brat girl summer to the swaggering Shōgun, here are our favourite TV shows, albums, films, podcasts, books and games of 2024

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The Guide #145: Performers on their must-watch Glastonbury sets, from Charli XCX to Yard Act

In this week’s newsletter: From exciting new acts to the big names, this year’s lineup is packed to the rafters. Here’s who Paul Heaton, Nia Archives and more recommend

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The Guide #144: Severance, Stranger Things and the annoying trend of waiting years for a new season

In this week’s newsletter: Fans of the Ben Stiller-directed show may have to wait three years to see what happens next to Mark and Helly – but is telly best when it acts quickly to keeps viewers hooked?

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The Guide #143: Welcome to the era of TV’s Anachronistically Audacious Historical Heroine

In this week’s newsletter: My Lady Jane is the latest in a subgenre of fun, raucous and yet slightly patronising reimaginings of revolutionary women from the past

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The Guide #142: Are we in the most stress-inducing era of TV ever? Let’s break it down

From Blue Lights to Baby Reindeer, today’s telly should come with a health warning. Here’s our rundown of the most tense shows

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The Guide #141: Furiosa, and Hollywood’s toxic obsession with opening weekends

In this week’s newsletter: When most blockbusters appear to be underperforming, using initial box office sales to decide success or failure seems badly out of step

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The Guide #140: Why it doesn’t really matter if you disagree with Apple’s top 100 album list

There are three albums from the 2020s and Eminem’s snuck his way in above Neil Young, but at least the viral countdown is switching up the canon

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The Guide #138: Netflix was supposed to have killed live TV – so why is it now embracing it?

In this week’s newsletter: John Mulaney, David Chang and WWE lead the charge as the streaming service seeks to recreate the feel of television beamed into living rooms as it is filmed

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The Guide #136: The best mobile games – and where to find them

In this week’s newsletter: Making the most of mobile games doesn’t have to cost you a fortune or your sanity – here’s our list of on-the-go games to try

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The Guide #134: Civil War is latest example of Hollywood’s love affair with journalism

In this week’s newsletter: From Alex Garland’s new film to Steven Spielberg’s The Post, the world of movies espouses a love for journalists that polls show is not shared by the general public

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The Guide #133: Why is Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter so long?

In this week’s newsletter: Ms Knowles-Carter and Oppenheimer lead the charge of lengthy runtimes in pop culture, but there’s something to be said for brevity

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The Guide #132: The volunteer-run local cinema that rekindled my love of the silver screen

In this week’s newsletter: Plush, perfectly preserved cinemas like the Hyde Park Picture House are precious parts of our communities – that sadly are increasingly rare

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The Guide #131: Are music biopics the new superhero films?

In this week’s newsletter: Forever searching for box office hits, studios are looking to cash in with the origin stories of bands and struggling musicians

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The Guide #130: Shōgun’s TV mastery

In this week’s newsletter: A beautiful, blood-splattered adaptation of James Clavell’s historical novel is just the kind of weighty drama we’ve been waiting for

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The Guide #127: Does the Madame Web mess mean the end of Hollywood’s superhero era?

In this week’s newsletter: It’s been a box office bomb and suffered a critical mauling, but what does the latest flop mean for comic book movies – and what could take their place?

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The Guide #125: Five reasons the new season of True Detective leaves me cold

In this week’s newsletter: Ignore the culture war backlash, but there are criticisms of the Jodie Foster-led Night Country that have merit

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The Guide #124: From The Zone of Interest to My Bloody Valentine, good art is worth the wait

In this week’s newsletter: Jonathan Glazer’s devastating Holocaust drama may be his first film in a decade, but we should celebrate every chance creators get to make art on their terms

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The Guide #123: A brief investigation into the (deliberately?) dreadful music of The Traitors

In this week’s newsletter: The camp, dramatic cover-filled soundtrack has become almost the most suspenseful part of the BBC’s hit reality gameshow

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The Guide #122: Apple TV+ is home to some of our best and boldest drama – but is anyone watching?

From Masters of the Air and Silo to Slow Horses and Severance, the streamer is banging out star-studded original shows … to barely any buzz

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The Guide #121: Just when I thought I was out on Love Island, All Stars has pulled me back in

In this week’s newsletter: As a long-suffering fan who gave up seasons ago, bringing back the show’s greatest contestants is a stroke of genius

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The Guide #120: A survival guide to the award season’s biggest films

The coming weeks will bring a barrel-load of movies to feast on. Here’s our week-by-week survival guide on how not to exhaust yourself trying to see them all

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The Guide #115: Can anyone beat Oppenheimer, and other reader mailbag questions

In this week’s newsletter: we tackle the Oscar favourites, noisy return of drum’n’bass and the classic quizshows lost to the internet ether

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The Guide #114: This generation of epic filmmakers is ageing – but the cavalry is coming

In this week’s newsletter: If Napoleon is Ridley Scott’s last ride, who will lead the charge for the next wave of blockbuster directors?

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The Guide #106: What the strike deal means for your TV schedule

In this week’s newsletter: From the return of the rerun to record amounts of reality shows, what to expect now the impasse is over

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