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Strike: Inside the Unions review – will make you furious about MPs with £250k swimming pools
This documentary follows union leaders as they battle for workers’ pay rises. Brace for infuriating pundits and heartbreaking picket lines
Stuart Jeffries
25, May, 2023 @9:00 PM
Fubar review – Arnie’s a natural comedian in this unstoppably daft crime drama
This thriller’s backstory makes no sense and it gives Schwarzenegger one of his worst ever catchphrases – but it’s a comic role he’s spent his life prepping for
Stuart Jeffries
25, May, 2023 @5:00 AM
Rolf Harris obituary
Television entertainer whose long and versatile career was followed by imprisonment for indecent assault
Stuart Jeffries
23, May, 2023 @2:59 PM
The Stones and Brian Jones review – broken hearts, fatherless kids and Nazi regalia
He gave the Stones edge then drugs got the better of him and they dropped him. In Nick Broomfield’s moving film, he is remembered by the women who knew him intimately but briefly
Stuart Jeffries
15, May, 2023 @9:30 PM
Black Knight review – imagine your Ocado driver is Mad Max and you’re not far off
In this Korean post-apocalypse hellscape, an elite cabal control the riff-raff with shoot-to-kill goons – and only a devilishly handsome delivery dude can save us!
Stuart Jeffries
12, May, 2023 @9:00 AM
And, cut! What it was like being circumcised in my 60s
When my doctor said the operation could help a medical condition, it led me to wonder about the history of this ancient procedure
Stuart Jeffries
06, May, 2023 @12:00 PM
Frankie Boyle’s Farewell to the Monarchy review – looks like he’s blown his chance of an OBE
According to the comedian’s hilarious new show, the royals are a crime syndicate we should throw molotov cocktails at – or replace with a constitution. That’s how you tell truth to power!
Stuart Jeffries
30, Apr, 2023 @9:55 PM
Ouija board wonder: how Hilma af Klint’s occult dabblings made her an outcast
She was a Swedish mystic who believed angels guided her work. Why has this overlooked pioneer now been paired with Piet Mondrian, a jazz-mad Dutchman rebelling against his dad’s religion? The answer lies in the spirit world
Stuart Jeffries
17, Apr, 2023 @3:36 PM
Free and Equal by Daniel Chandler review – the road to fairness
A stirring call to make justice and equity a reality by applying the ideas of liberal philosopher John Rawls
Stuart Jeffries
14, Apr, 2023 @6:30 AM
Ross Kemp: Deep Sea Treasure Hunter review – soap star swims up to the mark in search of Tudor gems
Essentially submarine Detectorists, this travelogue has a winningly excitable Kemp ditching violent ganglands to trawl the depths of the Mary Rose
Stuart Jeffries
10, Apr, 2023 @9:00 PM
Woke the plank! Were pirate ships actually beacons of diversity and democracy?
They’ve been portrayed as toothless, wooden-legged cut-throats. But a new exhibition in Cornwall shows there were queer pirates, female pirates, pirates of colour – and they all got a vote (and an equal share of the grog)
Stuart Jeffries
04, Apr, 2023 @2:30 PM
Strangers on a Plane review – so dim it makes Made in Chelsea seem like Newsnight
Take five strangers, fly them to Benidorm and get them to each curate a day of entertainment – it must have been a desperate morning at the ideas meeting when this was commissioned
Stuart Jeffries
03, Apr, 2023 @5:00 PM
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