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‘Bouncy pork’ and ‘clown bus’: The new words that went viral overseas
Before 2025 gets too old, let’s see the alternative coinages that captured the global year that was.
- David Astle
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You’ll struggle to define this film. Best just go along for the ride
Grand Tour is a “dysfunctional” romantic comedy in which language and love get lost in translation.
- Jake Wilson
We saw him dazzle Eurovision. Now this singer is electrifying art
Zaachariaha Fielding’s music was already wowing the world long before he picked up a paintbrush.
- Suzie Keen
Loved Motherland? I promise you will love this new spin-off
New series Amandaland sees the British series’ “villain” Amanda starting her new life as a single mother in suburbia. And she’s not happy.
- Kylie Northover
Japanese fantasy, espionage and colonial adventure: eight new books
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases
- Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
Pamela Anderson had a secret. Revealing it has blown our minds
The Last Showgirl changed everything for the former Baywatch star, but the emotions she brought to it had been building for years.
- Stephanie Bunbury
She spent too long watching pandas. Then this artist had a cute idea
Chinese-born artist Ran Chen unpacks the appeal of adorability in a show that even comes with a serve of fairy floss.
- John Bailey
A solemn reimagining of the 1958 Munich air disaster
The third novel in David Peace’s football trilogy, Munichs is the story of the aftermath of the plane crash that killed eight members of Manchester United’s team.
- Adrian McKinty
Inside the company that sparked the US-China battle for tech supremacy
From humble beginnings in a greenhouse on top of a block of flats, Chinese company Huawei grew to become one of the world’s most powerful technological empires.
- Kurt Johnson
This novel reminded me of the ecstasy of inhaling a well-written book
Charmaine Wilkerson’s Good Dirt is a tale of family, loss and legacy.
- Jessie Tu
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