Rachel Cooke
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Graphic novel of the monthThomas Girtin: The Forgotten Painter by Oscar Zarate review – enriching tale of the power of artUsing two time frames, this engrossing book flits between three modern admirers of the groundbreaking artist and the man himself wandering Europe
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To judge by the huge success of their podcast The Rest Is Politics, the UK still has an appetite for political ideas and debate. But how do the Labour stalwart and the Tory maverick really get on?
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The cartoonist’s singular book, 14 years in the making, imbues the tale of a harried 1970s B-movie editor with panoramic scope
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Over her decades at Charles’ side, the consort has had many labels, but her easy charm, sociability and directness appear to have won over public opinion before her coronation
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The American journalist’s thoughts on how we should respond to art created by dreadful people are muddled and poorly researched
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Coronation comes after anti-monarchy protesters arrested in central London
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Looking like a couple of elderly polar bears on tour, the ermine-cloaked majesties were the centre of a day that was huge and hideous, exquisite and sacred, all at once
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My mother’s contribution to perhaps the most overlooked British folk art of the past 90 years: the canvas-work church kneeler
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This well-aimed tale of a self-obsessed therapist and her angsty clients nails the neuroticism of the digital age and its snake-oil remedies
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Rachel Cooke was looking forward to a TV reboot of the controversial 1987 thriller – only to find that, despite being made by a team of women, its attitudes have barely changed
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The description of ultra-processed food in Henry Dimbleby’s book, Ravenous, is startling and chastening
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An oozing discharge in the corridors of a five-star hotel symbolises the corruption of the rich in the Swedish artist’s mordant gothic debut