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Apocalypse review: 14 strangers prove humanity unprepared for survival

's new survival competition places 14 strangers in an abandoned Indiana town to test whether they can rebuild society. The opening episodes suggest they cannot, as interpersonal conflict and refusal to follow expertise sabotage every endeavour.

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A woman in fur-trimmed hooded dark jacket and plaited blond hair and a man in a large turquoise hooded sweatshirt, both wearing blue facemasks, hold the handle of a stack of buckets with their other arms stretched out to the side - in front of a modern bricked building with three windows with autumn leaved trees to left and leaves on the grass they're standing on

Why Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman Was Quietly Dropped From DC's New Universe

Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman was one of DC's few successes, yet she was quietly dropped from James Gunn's new universe without formal notification. The decision raises questions about the studio's strategy for the reboot.

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Wonder Woman raises a sword, wearing armor and holding a shield, in a film scene

The Wargame review: Gove struggles as PM in this gripping political thriller

A four-part Sky series imagines a Russian attack on Britain with Michael Gove as PM, Nicola Sturgeon as deputy, and other senior politicians. Their on-camera performances become as revealing as the simulated crisis itself.

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Ministers and strategists sit around a table in a tense simulated crisis meeting

Coco Khan and Nish Kumar explore England flags in new Good Immigrant podcast

The Good Immigrant launches a podcast series with Nish Kumar and Coco Khan exploring England flags and political humour. Plus five other podcasts worth your time this week, from data-driven politics to Ina Garten's celebrity conversations.

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Coco Khan and Nish Kumar smile with arms around each other at the Podcast Show

Photographer captures quiet moment with elderly Greek couple during holiday

Photographer Amit Lennon captured a quiet moment with an elderly Greek couple during a 2023 holiday, using only gestures to communicate across a language barrier and creating an image that reflects his philosophy of respectful, collaborative portraiture.

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An elderly Greek couple sitting on light-blue chairs turned towards the camera on a pavement in front of a house with light-blue shutters. They are sitting either side of a light-blue table covered by a light-purple tablecloth

Naomi Klein: Extreme Wealth Turns You Into a Supremacist

In her first co-authored book, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor argue that tech billionaires, religious fundamentalists, and ethnonationalists are actively hastening apocalypse to secure their own survival. Klein explains how extreme wealth concentration produces supremacist ideology and what resista...

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Franzen on Netflix's The Corrections: 'I'm waiting to wake up as a different person'

Jonathan Franzen discusses the long-awaited Netflix adaptation of The Corrections starring Meryl Streep, his evolution from viewing television as an enemy to embracing prestige drama, and the personal transformations required to write each novel.

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Julia Donaldson on Gruffalo Granny: 'I'm the mouse, not the granny'

Julia Donaldson reflects on creating Gruffalo Granny, the first new Gruffalo story in over 20 years, discussing storytelling, family loss, and her role as Britain's bestselling author.

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Emily St John Mandel on Exit Party: 'How do you rebuild when reality itself fractures?'

Emily St John Mandel's new novel Exit Party explores fractured Americas and the collapse of shared reality. The author discusses doppelgangers, contingency, and why speculative fiction allows her to examine the present without unbearable realism.

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Author Emily St John Mandel, with short brown hair and a necklace, smiles gently

Marriott's Dark Ages: A Polemic on Reading That Fails to Explain Its Own Magic

James Marriott's debut polemic defends reading against smartphone culture but undermines its own thesis through contradictions about inequality and fails to explain what makes literature truly valuable.

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Redwood: Ben Macintyre's Cold War Spy Thriller Explores Soviet Defection in Revolutionary Iran

Ben Macintyre's Redwood examines the extraordinary relationship between a disillusioned Soviet spy and his British handler in revolutionary Iran, blending intimate human drama with Cold War geopolitics.

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Posters of Ayatollah Khomeini during the 1979 Iranian revolution .

Scaramucci's Reckoning: A Former Trump Insider Confronts America's Policy Failures

Anthony Scaramucci's memoir examines three policy failures he believes created conditions for Trump's rise, but his late-arriving wisdom about China, war spending, and bank bailouts rings hollow from someone who ignored these warnings when they mattered most.

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