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Kate Elizabeth Russell, Annalena McAfee and Nicolas Mathieu: This week's best new fiction

At 60, Eve Laing is a famous artist in crisis. She's working on what she believes is a masterpiece, but her marriage has ended in divorce.




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François Leleux album review: Secures a suitably exuberant and boisterous performance

Georges Bizet was 17, and a student working on a piano reduction of Charles Gounod's symphonies, when he wrote his own solitary Symphony.




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Gary Lineker gives his first exclusive interview after the coronavirus lockdown

Even in isolation, Gary Lineker is looking for the positives. Is it his job to help keep our spirits up? 'I am not sure it is part of my job, but I feel it is something I would love to be able to do,' he says




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JACI STEPHEN: The Nest is a compelling show with a tight script

I was all set to move to Loch Long, where The Nest is filmed, but unless I could live in Cape Cove, home to Dan (Martin Compston) and Emily (Sophie Rundle), I'll stay put




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'Your self isolation is easy,' said Geldof. 'No one wants to be near you anyway!'

Bob Geldof said he would never be interviewed by me because, as he put it in his typical fruity language: 'You're too f****** good a journalist and will get me to say stuff I don't want to say!'




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From The Anthill to Coronavirus: What You Need To Know and BudPod: This week's top podcasts

Why are conspiracy theories so hard to suppress? What is the meaning of nothing? These are some of the questions raised in brainy podcast The Anthill.




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From Flesh And Blood to new Ride Upon The Storm and Flo & Joan: The best on demand TV this week

Broadcast across four nights a few weeks ago, this domestic drama can now be binge-watched in its entirety. An all-star cast bring to life an intriguing story involving love and jealousy.




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Craig Brown loves 93-year-old Jan Morris's beguilingly dotty diary

Now aged 93 ('well past my sell-by date'), Jan Morris has taken to keeping a diary, or something like a diary, but more public, as it is clearly written for publication




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Furmint is less of a rolling stone and more of an unforgettable

Furmint is a bit of a weirdo. I mean that in a good way, rather like the curious teenager misjudged by eccentricity before blossoming into a full-blown expressive genius.




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From Nobody Panic to Matt Lucas' Bitch Bitch Bitch and Popmaster: This week's top podcasts

Each week, peppy comedians Stevie Martin and Tessa Coates offer advice about how to thrive as a millennial adult.




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A. L. Kennedy, Nikita Lalwani, Carmel Harrington and Ingrid Persaud: This week's best new fiction

Connoisseurs of short stories that pack an emotional punch will find plenty to admire in this fine new collection. The leitmotif is desperation but Kennedy is mistress of many moods.




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From Jodie Comer in Killing Eve to Michael Palin In North Korea: The best on demand TV this week

International hitwoman Villanelle and MI6 operative Eve did not exactly part on the best of terms at the end of last series, and things are not going particularly well at the start of Series Three.




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Anne Tyler is a magician. You finish her delightful new novel feeling closer to life

Anne Tyler's prose style is clear and unshowy. Her sentences have no flourishes. You could almost say that their only identifying feature is their lack of an identifying feature




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A carefree glass of Rosé is a great way to take off the pressure

Rosé days are just around the corner.




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Benjamin Grosvenor album review: His playing is entirely devoid of shallow point-scoring

Sometimes hype is just that; hype. But occasionally it's true.




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From Tanya Byron's How Did We Get Here? to The Rachman Review: This week's top podcasts

For better or worse, the pandemic has sent many of us back to our family units, and this podcast could be a lifeline to those looking to detoxify dynamics at home.




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Stephen King, Beth O'Leary, Michael Arditti and Martin Edwards: This week's best new fiction

The title piece in King's latest collection of supernatural tales serves up a vivid metaphor for the media's unhealthy relationship with violent crime.




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Laura Marling album review: This strange period has found its first classic album

Quite a few albums that should have come out now have been postponed till the autumn. You can understand why, but it's no use to the fans who have time to kill and a thirst for new music.




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The Ratline review: Switching between the distant and recent past only makes it more compelling

Like the Führer he served with unblinking loyalty, Otto Wächter was an Austrian.




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TOM PARKER BOWLES: Sunland cuisine in the heart of London

Sola is a new Soho restaurant from chef Victor Garvey, a man who was born in New York. But moved west, to Los Angeles, at just one month old




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DEBORAH ROSS: If you like violence, you'll love this. Me? No thanks...

I've given this (a generous) three stars because I know those who like this sort of thing will like this, so it works in that sense, but there's nothing new here




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Clothes... And Other Things That Matter review: Alexandra Shulman's new book is both wry and candid

Alexandra Shulman is British Vogue's longest-serving editor. Between 1992 and 2017 she oversaw the magazine's rise to a record circulation.




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Try these apps and games to get you through self-isolation

Like many people, I'm now facing the possibility of several weeks confined with my four-year-old, a prospect only marginally less alarming than being cooped up with Frankenstein's monster




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Robert Webb, Adele Parks, Ilaria Bernardini and Stephanie Scott: This week's best new fiction

Comedian and memoirist Webb tries his hand at fiction in this romance about a widowed tech expert who travels back to 1992 to warn her future husband about his fatal brain tumour.




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From Katherine Ryan: Telling Everybody Everything to The High Low, This week's top podcasts

Comedian Katherine Ryan admits to being a late adopter who didn't think podcasts would take off. Now she's launched her own, and it's kookily addictive.




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Fiona Apple album review: Fetch The Bolt Cutters is one hell of an achievement

In a fascinating, fitful career, Fiona Apple has often felt like a one-woman band - singing, playing the piano, perhaps throwing in some rudimentary percussion.




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From Rafe Spall in Trying to new Medici: The Magnificent & The Bill: The best on demand TV this week

The streaming service's first British series looks like being one of its best shows to date. The series' pedigree is certainly impressive.




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From Grounded With Louis Theroux to Her Spirit, This Is Money and Babbage: This week's top podcasts

In his new podcast series, the cult documentary-maker Louis Theroux calls up people that he finds interesting and wouldn't necessarily get to interview in normal life.




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Lionel Shriver, Caroline Hulse, Adam Macqueen and Ellen Alpsten: This week's best new fiction

Identity politics, extreme exercise and tattoos are among the fads skewered in Shriver's tale of ageing Boomers. It centres on Serenata and Remington, whose marriage is rock-solid.




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Our critic has always loved The Kinks. But he despairs at this joyless history

Doyle follows an ever-increasing line of academics who attempt to sanctify pop music with stuffiness. In so doing, they extinguish its fire in a great whoosh of homogenous jargon




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Kylie Jenner pose in her lavish restroom with 'mini me' daughter Storm in matching designer outfits

Kylie Jenner took to Instagram on Friday afternoon to share a slew of snaoshots of herself and daughter Stormi, 2, rocking the exact same Marine Serre outfit. Jenner labeled Stormi her 'mini.'




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Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are 'together romantically' and waiting to 'title' their relationship

The 22-year-old billionaire isn't quite ready to 'put a title on their relationship,' but the couple have been spending a lot of time together and don't see other people, according to TMZ sources.




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Kylie Jenner shows off her sister Kim Kardashian's Skims robe before being treated to In N Out

Kylie Jenner closed out International Women's Day by modeling her sister Kim Kardashian's Skims robe while hitting In N Out.




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Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner wear bikinis in Palm Springs

She spent the weekend soaking up the sun with her siblings and their families in Palm Springs.




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Kylie Jenner removes waist-length hair extensions and dyes her roots... before eating nachos

It's been less than a month since the 22-year-old reality star originally lightened her short raven bob




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Kylie Jenner says she didn't leave house for months when pregnant as she encourages self-isolation

On Wednesday, the reality star, 22, shared with her Instagram followers that she got used to staying home all the time while expecting her daughter Stormi.




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Kylie Jenner and her daughter Stormi keep busy while self-isolating

Kylie Jenner made a good example of herself Saturday as she found ways to have fun and stay sane with her daughter Stormi Webster, two.




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Kylie Jenner shares throwback snap with sister Kendall even though they're fighting

The two reality stars were pictured cuddling up to one another in matching white cropped tops and full glam.




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Kylie Jenner's rumored reunion with ex Travis Scott is DEBUNKED by her nephew Mason Disick

Mason Disick debunked a prominent theory about his aunt Kylie Jenner on Tuesday, when the eldest son of Kourtney Kardashian took to Instagram for a live chat with fans.




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Kylie Jenner sets temperatures rising in throwback bikini photos from beach vacation

Kylie Jenner revealed on Tuesday that she was missing vacation times before the coronavirus outbreak. The 22-year-old shared some throwback photos from her trip to Turks and Caicos.




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Kylie Jenner reveals she missed Paris Fashion Week show last year due to severe strep throat

The 22-year-old reality TV star spoke about her serious illness in a comment she made on a fan account on Wednesday.




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Kylie Jenner gets criticized by supermodel sister Kendall for her catwalk style

The mother to Stormi was seen chatting with her sister in one of their mansions as she wore all black. The cosmetics queen said she needed help.




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Khloe Kardashian hits back at a fan accusing her of forgiving Tristan Thompson but not Jordyn Woods

Khloé Kardashian claimed she has forgiven both Tristan Thompson and Jordyn Woods, though she disputed Jordyn's claims that the NBA star kissed her at a party without her consent.




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Kylie Jenner and friends spill who is likeliest to have nudes leak, hurt herself drunk and more

Kylie Jenner dished the dirt with her three best friends on a new YouTube video to keep the fans entertained in lockdown with a rollicking game of Most Likely To posted on Friday.




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Kylie Jenner gets into full makeup for mirror selfie as she sits 'bored in the house' in isolation

She is the head of a global cosmetics empire. And Kylie Jenner got into full makeup to pose for a casual mirror selfie she posted to Instagram this Saturday. She lounged in the floor in sweats.




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Kylie Jenner reveals she is most likely to have a baby next as she plays game

Kylie was playing Most Likely To with her friends Yris Palmer, Victoria Villarroel, and Anastasia Karanikolaou before the California lockdown when she made the revelation.




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Kim Kardashian calls Kylie Jenner her 'twin' after they both make lemon cakes in self-isolation

Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner still found a way to bond on Monday through some good baking. The two Keeping Up With the Kardashian stars each made an iced lemon bundt cake.




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Kylie Jenner's BFF Stassie Karanikolaou puts her curves on display

With her time at home while self-isolating, Kylie Jenner's BFF Stassie Karanikolaou decided to model some pieces from Kim Kardashian's SKIMS line.




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Kylie Jenner sets temperatures rising as she shares sultry snap in high cut bodysuit while at home

She has donated a million dollars to doctors fighting the novel coronavirus and just will be have her Kylie Cosmetics factories producing hand sanitizer.




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Kylie Jenner is 'tuned in' with daughter Stormi as they enjoy Keeping Up With The Kardashians

Kylie Jenner took to Instagram to share footage of herself and daughter Stormi tuning into the highly anticipated second episode from the comfort of their Calabasas mansion.