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Tales of a sheltered academic; observations on life; a notorious scandal; murder, redemption; and toxic relationships
Suzi Feay selects her best mid-year reads
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s staging of the second and third parts of the historical trilogy moves from debate to open warfare
Past, present and multiple characters interweave in standout new stories of family bonds and betrayals
Steve Toltz’s novel features a mordant, witty misanthrope who finds there is life after death — and it’s a lot like his native Sydney
An imagined memoir of a 19th-century child star is a scintillating study of fame’s dark side
The show at London’s Bridge Theatre goes back to 1926 to spotlight legendary, controversial figure Robert Moses
Also on the London stage: Dennis Kelly’s After the End at the Theatre Royal Stratford East
From caustic love stories to New York’s answer to Sally Rooney, plus vampires, revenge and femmes fatales
How a boy from a book-free home began a life-long love affair with reading
The first in a new series of FT round-ups highlights tales of romance and identity, as well as a Brooklyn Latina’s hat-tip to Tom Wolfe
Murder, monsters and the Little Mermaid reimagined — three tales of teens stumbling into trouble
Suzi Feay selects her must-read titles
There is more to these stories than just ghouls and monsters and things that go bump in the night
The storming of the US Capitol relived through the testimonies of protesters, police and members of Congress
Series six presents a perplexing new investigation on the island for DI Jimmy Perez
Season three opener finds the power-hungry Roy siblings escalating tensions to all-out war
Forty years after founding Irish arts company Field Day with playwright Brian Friel, the actor talks about why its work is far from finished
Docudrama reflects on the life of the 18th-century poet and child prodigy
Ingmar Bergman’s penetrating 1973 TV series is given a 21st-century twist on Sky Atlantic/HBO
An impressive cast carries this Hitchcockian ITV thriller about a battered wife who meets a mysteriously omniscient stranger
A new reality game show invites members of the public to solve a mystery created by novelist Ian Rankin
The documentary charts the highs, lows and legacy of the party under the two political leaders
Documentary delves into the legal wrangling and bitter disagreement between the star and her conservator father
This series looks at a behavioural expert’s approach to dealing with disruptive children who are often given permanent exclusions
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