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Transcription by Ben Lerner wins Orwell prize for political fiction

Judging chair calls Lerner’s novel a ‘funny, brainy and timely’ study of our appetite for technology, while Karen Bartlett wins the nonfiction prize for The Escape from Kabul American writer Ben Lerner has won this year’s Orwell prize for political fiction for Transcription, a no

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‘Have more joy! Believe in yourself!’ Legally Blonde is back – as a life-affirming TV preq

Reese Witherspoon’s 00s movie is a beloved cult classic – and now she’s using a spinoff to battle these dark times. The creators of Elle talk miniskirts, car phones and why people need to take teenage girls more seriouslyIf there’s a young adult romance on TV, we millennial women

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Madonna & Graham review – it’s ‘gay heaven’ when Kylie arrives

You can’t blame Graham Norton for being tongue-tied over the icon. They have a nice, hammy time – and another pop queen serves them drinks – but where is the naughtiness? London, 26 May. Tower Bridge straddles the Thames like, say, Madonna in Like a Virgin. Piccadilly lights. Ray

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Garth Brooks review – swooning fans turn out for British Summer Time’s hottest ticket

BST Hyde Park, London The country star is deeply moved by the reception at this sold-out event, as a growing UK fanbase shows its love for his songsFive minutes before Garth Brooks takes to the stage at Hyde Park, a booming American voice comes over the PA to tell the crowd this

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TV tonight: warm up for Wimbledon with this lively look at tennis legends

The inside story of the men who ruled the tennis courts, starting in the 1970s. Plus: the Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tapes. Here’s what to watch this evening10pm, Channel 5Just in time to get you in the mood for Wimbledon, this four-part series explores the careers of the

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Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator review – a deeply chilling look at a celebrity abuser

From his child safety campaign ‘Kids can say no’ to an awful appearance on Jim’ll Fix It, some of the things the TV star was allowed to do beggar belief. In this harrowing film, women who were assaulted by him as girls speak outI mean this quite seriously; it is time to start com

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Trafalgar Entertainment acquires Nicholas Hytner’s Bridge theatre

London Theatre Company founded in 2017 by Hytner and former National Theatre colleague Nick Starr has been sold to company that owns 20-plus venues in UK and abroadThe Bridge theatre in London, opened in 2017 by the former National Theatre duo Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr, has

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TV tonight: tense times with biscuits in the Bake Off tent

The humble digestive is elevated to ancient wonder status in the competition. Plus: the US version of Doc Martin. Here’s what to watch this evening8pm, Channel 4With a place in the final six at stake, the four remaining teams must produce two dozen perfectly executed savoury mill

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From Mrs Merton to Scorchio! It’s Caroline Aherne’s 10 best moments

She radiated love as the narrator of Gogglebox, created one of the most emotional sitcom moments of all time and asked Debbie McGee a question she’ll never forget. Ten years on from her untimely death, we remember the TV legendIt’s 10 years since the tragic loss of TV genius Caro

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‘Our little adventure’: Angela Merkel unveils portrait of herself in Berlin

Jérémie Queyras, 28, created painting over months of sessions at his studio where pair struck up unlikely bondOver months they met secretly in a studio in the government quarter of central Berlin – a young artist and his subject, the former German chancellor Angela Merkel. For ho

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Seasonal Quartet: Ali Smith and New European Ensemble review – words and music connect

Spitalfields festival, LondonNew pieces written in response to the novelist’s works by Kate Moore, Alice Yeung, Seung-Won Oh and Sara Zamboni made for ravishing harmonies and interplay in an unusual concertWhy write words about music, Hans Keller once asked, when you could just w

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What is Paralives? The creative life simulator game that could rival The Sims

With players leaving EA’s series once life there felt like a grind beset by ethical concerns, this quirky new sim promises a better life elsewhereFor 26 years, the life-sims genre has been dominated by one series: The Sims. Originally designed by Will Wright, creator of Sim City,

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