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From Wicker to Zelda: Ocarina of Time: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård star in a new fantasy romance, and Nintendo’s revered 1998 classic gets a fresh coat of paintWicker Out now Anyone who has ever fantasised about having a husband made out of wicker (…
This week Foster + Partners unveiled the replacement for San Siro stadium
This week on Dezeen, architecture studio Foster + Partners and US studio Manica unveiled their design for Generali Stadium in Milan.
Celebrity Traitors comes to a climax in nail-biting final
The second series of the hit show reached its climax on Friday after attracting 15 million viewers.
Hack Could Leave AO3, a Popular Fan Fiction Site, Offline for Weeks
AO3, which hosts 18 million stories spun off from the likes of “Harry Potter” and “Heated Rivalry,” was taken offline after “an intrusion,” one of its founders said.
Australia’s best photos of the month – October 2026
Dolly Parton, tulips and outback life all feature in the best images captured across the country in OctoberApartments, community centres and a pink outdoor toilet: Australia’s 2026 National Architecture award winners – i…
The Greatest Art Costumes From Hyperallergic's Halloween Party
From “Las Dos Fridas” to a walking Eva Hesse sculpture, Hyperallergic members, readers, friends, and artists brought the spirit of the season to our second annual costume contest.
How Bristol shaped Maya Jama before her TV fame
The Love Island host's journey from leaving Bristol as a teenager to reaching the BBC show's finale.
Party Rock Anthem singer struggled with mental health before death
Lauren Bennett, who featured on LMFAO's hit song, was found dead by her husband.
Listen to the First Atlas Sound Song in 15 Years
“Octoberland” also arrives with a music video
Dubai Design Week's 12th edition celebrates bold Middle Eastern design
From an eye-catching exhibition spotlighting geometric forms to installations designed by prominent architects, Dubai Design Week is set to host its 12th edition to honour the Middle East's vibrant design, craft and cult…
You Can Now Share Your Pitchfork Reviews
Go ahead and send those 0.0s to 10.0s to your friends and family
Curry Barker Narrates a Scene From ‘Obsession’
Barker, the film’s writer and director, explains how lingering shots heighten the tension and awkwardness in a party scene.
How Curry Barker Makes a Sad Face Terrifying in ‘Obsession’
Just in time for Halloween, the director Curry Barker narrates a sequence from “Obsession,” his indie horror hit.
Ten products that upgrade office interiors
The following products for offices published on our Showroom section allow for streamlined workplaces that don't compromise on aesthetics. These include desks, sit-stand tables as well as those with integrated outlets, m…
Florence and the Machine Announce Everybody Scream Tour Live Album
The 22-track effort is out next week
Ceilidh: A New Musical review – a joyous, riotous celebration of Scottish culture gets the audience on its feet
Shoreditch town hall, LondonScott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie’s audience participation musical gets toes tapping and bodies spinning – even if its story lacks a little depthThere’s only one thing you need to know before…
‘Patrick Stewart brought virile star power to the stage, from clowns to kings to wounded lions’
With his striking voice, so rich and resonant, the actor blazed through the RSC – and his time in Hollywood only enriched him. Yet he was a great team player, capable of anything, as his double acts with Ian McKellen sho…
The best recent translated fiction – review roundup
Minihorror by Barbi Marković; Paradise Burns by Pol Guasch; Hafni Says by Helle Helle; Googling for Soul by Hamid IsmailovMinihorror by Barbi Marković, translated by Jen Calleja (Faber, £14.99) This eccentric and fantast…
Philippa Gregory: ‘I read 100 of the 18th century’s most popular novels – the perfect author’s apprenticeship’
The British novelist on discovering Molly Keane, coming to Dickens late, and the books that taught her the importance of writing about historyMy earliest reading memory My mother always read me a bedtime story, but by ar…
Attention Seeking Behaviour by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo review – a slippery liar’s tale
Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths prize, this compelling interrogation of memory, justice and truth offers no easy answersThe Goldsmiths prize-shortlisted debut from British-Greek author Aea Varfis-van Warmelo opens with a…
Middlemarch review – World’s Greatest Novel hurtles from deathbed panto to jolting marital tragedy
Swan theatre, Stratford-Upon-AvonThis RSC staging of the sprawling middle England masterpiece has humour, compassion – and even George Eliot herself as a characterIs there a literary achievement greater than George Eliot…