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Culture, reviews and features from the Observer

  • Traditional wooden house in derelict state surrounded by overgrown vegetation near Dover, Missouri, USA.<br>E93AN6 Traditional wooden house in derelict state surrounded by overgrown vegetation near Dover, Missouri, USA.

    Thrillers of the month
    Crime and thrillers of the month – review

  • Franz Kafka in 1917.

    Book of the day
    Kafka: Selected Stories, edited by Mark Harman review – the master who never wasted a word

  • Head and shoulders portrait of Rebecca Watson.

    I Will Crash by Rebecca Watson – family dynamics poisonously awry

  • Jack Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier<br>John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier sit together in the sunshine at Kennedy's family home at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, a few months before their wedding.

    Book of the day
    Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan review – a lacerating exposé

  • Which Way is the Front Line From Here?, Sundance Film Festival 2013<br>Tim Hetherington with Sebastian Junger. THIS IMAGE CAN BE USED FOR SEBASTIAN JUNGER'S BOOK REVIEW JULY 7 2024 - WITH THE CAPTION - Sebastian Junger/ Which Way Is the Front Line from Here/ Outpost Films.

    In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger review – from here to eternity

  • Alan Edwards, having a laugh with Keith Richards outside the band’s hotel in Nice. ‘Keef’ was generally very relaxed, especially when talking about music. - Nice 1982

    I Was There by Alan Edwards review – the rock gods’ right-hand man

  • Mia Goth in MAXXine.

    MaXXXine review – Mia Goth chills in grisly conclusion to Ti West’s horror trilogy

  • Stand up comedian on stage in the beam of light.<br>2F4BJ2Y Stand up comedian on stage in the beam of light.

    The Material by Camille Bordas review – when life is one long joke

  • ‘My flash kept blinding everyone on the dancefloor’: Elaine Constantine on capturing 90s northern soul all-nighters

  • Problemista review – Tilda Swinton stars in whimsical odd-couple visa drama

  • Radiant Vermin review – cartoonish descent into property hell

  • Orlando, My Political Biography review – inventive spin on Virginia Woolf’s novel

  • Goodlord by Ella Frears review – this email to a landlord is dark and dazzling

  • The Nature of Love review – opposites attract in sizzling French-Canadian romcom

  • ‘It’s licensed touting, essentially’: has sky high ticket pricing turned London theatre into the wild West End?

  • The week in theatre: Mnemonic; The Secret Garden; The Herds – review

  • Acosta Danza: Carlos Acosta’s Carmen review – never quite reaches boiling point

  • ‘It’s easier than life on the ground’: meet the Russian climbers who fell in love scaling the world’s skyscrapers

  • I’m lost in the foothills of a mountain of TV

    David Mitchell
  • Observer New Review Q&A
    Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński: ‘Breakdancing feeds into my performances – music dictates the way you move on stage’

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