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<p>Ai is ‘still a frustrated person trying to work out what the world can really mean’ </p>

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Ai Weiwei on free speech: ‘Democracy is a failed joke’

Mark Hudson talks to China’s most provocative exile about his new exhibition, the triple standards of the West, the crisis of AI and the certainty of nuclear war

<p>Inhaler: ‘A lot of people look at our band and think, “Oh, they were put together by Louis Walsh”’</p>

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Inhaler singer Elijah Hewson: ‘I'm 25 now – I'm getting old’

<p>Highlights for February include books about South Korea, elephants, and Charles Dickens </p>

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Books of the month: what to read this February

<p>‘Our Mighty Groove'</p>

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Sadler’s Wells opens new powerhouse dance theatre with immersive rave

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Keeley Hawes: ‘This story is like the seventh Jane Austen novel’

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Finally, a Jeff Buckley film that handles his legacy with grace

<p>With Donald Trump back in the White House, it feels as if factions of Tinseltown will depoliticise or jump on his bandwagon</p>

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It's not just the tech bros – Hollywood is grovelling for Trump too

<p>Marianne Faithfull with Anita Pallenberg at Heathrow airport, 1967</p>

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The mysterious disappearance of Manic Street Preachers’ Richey Edwards

<p>The start of something special: ‘White Teeth’ launched Zadie Smith to stratospheric heights</p>

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Zadie Smith on White Teeth, 25 years on: ‘I need to keep moving’

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From Beyoncé to Taylor Swift: Our predictions for the Grammy Awards

<p>Amer is back with a second season of ‘Mo’ on Netflix </p>

interview

Mo Amer on Palestine, Trump and the return of his hit Netflix comedy

<p>Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: ‘I try not to lose it, like late-period Aretha Franklin’ </p>

Interview

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: ‘I wrote a song that made my legs turn to jelly’

<p>With ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’, The Weeknd offers a spectacular ‘final’ flourish as his alternate self</p>

On Hurry Up Tomorrow, The Weeknd delivers a spectacular final chapter

<p>Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, in the video for his track ‘London May’</p>

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s new album goes down smooth as Southern Comfort

The Saturday Interview

<p>Michelle Yeoh: ‘Going on stage, having to do interviews... it doesn’t get easier, to be honest’ </p>

The Saturday Interview

Michelle Yeoh: ‘Looking back, I go, “What the hell was I thinking?”’

‘I always think I’m so chill, but my kids have told me that I’m laser-focused, too. So bloody hell, I must be then'

the saturday interview

Marianne Jean-Baptiste on her Bafta-nominated reunion with Mike Leigh: ‘He loves strong women’

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Rising Stars

<p>‘As an actor, I always want to emote and go big, and for this I had to restrain myself a lot’ </p>

Interview

Queer’s Drew Starkey on Daniel Craig: ‘We were so comfortable with our love scenes’

<p>Ella Lily Hyland: ‘It was one of those jobs where you could be really unserious’ </p>

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Ella Lily Hyland on Black Doves and fight scenes with Keira Knightley

<p>Sophie Thatcher: ‘I’m sick of looking at myself on screen looking scared’ </p>

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Heretic’s Sophie Thatcher on Hugh Grant: ‘There is no sugar-coating with him’

<p>‘I’m clinically nostalgic’ </p>

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My Old Ass star Maisy Stella: ‘Justin Bieber had to approve my scene’

Independent TV

Kelsey Parker reveals pregnancy to friends and family in new video

<p>Justin Timberlake celebrates 44th birthday with special surprise from wife Jessica Biel.</p>

Justin Timberlake celebrates birthday with surprise from Jessica Biel

<p>Coleen Nolan wipes away tears as sister Linda Nolan laid to rest in pink coffin.</p>

Coleen Nolan wipes away tears at sister Linda laid to rest

<p>Love Island's Ekin-Su Culculoglu furiously throws her drink at Curtis Pritchard as she ends relationship.</p>

Love Island's Ekin-Su throws drink at Curtis as she ends relationship

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Man who spent $14,000 on dog costume opens zoo for people to dress up as animals

Man who spent $14,000 on dog costume opens zoo for people to dress up as animals

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Kate wishes England rugby team good luck for Six Nations opening match

celebrities

Selena Gomez loses over 700,000 followers amid tearful deportation video backlash

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MrBeast asks why Beast Games got low Rotten Tomatoes score from critics

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John Cena reveals reason he follows over 950,000 random people on X, formerly Twitter

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John Cena reveals reason he follows over 950,000 random people on X, formerly Twitter

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NASA shares important message as 'city-destroying' asteroid could hit Earth within 10 years

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