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Mother Vera review – luminous portrait of a horse-wrangling ex-heroin addict nun

A nun in a remote Orthodox monastery in Belarus invites us into her world in this beautiful black and white documentary

The opening sequence is extraordinary: a nun drops to the floor in devotion, hid…

José Pizarro’s recipe for sweetcorn, chorizo and piquillo pepper fritters

Simple, quick and packed full of flavours from the modern Spanish kitchen

It’s easy to forget that ingredients such as corn, peppers and even the pimentón in our chorizo all came from the Americas in …

4 months ago

Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart review – is this the future for America?

Set a decade from now, this coming-of-age caper offers a child’s-eye view of family troubles in a ‘post-democracy’ USA

Gary Shteyngart is the observational standup of American letters, a puckish, play…

Cure by Katherine Brabon review – moments of grace in meditation on chronic illness

Doubles and reflections abound in this subtle exploration of the stories we tell about sickness, centring on a mother and daughter who travel to Italy in search of healing

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The young Oscar Wilde’s Russian revolutionary drama reveals a playwright divided

Vera; or, The Nihilists concerns a plot to kill a tsar but after Alexander II was assassinated, its London premiere was cancelled. Now receiving a rare production, it captures his conflict between et…

5 months ago

Can a revolutionary new telescope solve the mystery of planet nine? – podcast

Ever since Pluto was demoted from planet to dwarf planet in 2006, astronomers have been wondering whether Neptune really is the most distant planet from the sun. Now, a new telescope could uncover wh…

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