TV and movies shouldn’t terrify women yet to give birth, but popular culture has a valuable role to play in preparing them for it
The actor talks about his role in Netflix’s steamy new drama, intimacy coordinators and putting female stereotypes in the bin
Fans are calling it the new blue or gold dress debate
Fans overwhelmingly felt episode four belonged to Kendall
There is now a power vacuum at Waystar Royco, but who is riding high as a result and who is down in the dumps? Let the games begin...
This new adaptation of Josephine Hart’s novel Damage puts the female perspective at its heart
The actor, who played Jaime Lannister, is back as a smooth bad boy in new series The Last Thing He Told Me
Revellers have a matter of days before resales begin this week
Frank Ocean’s Coachella ice-rink debacle is just the beginning....
Some believe high-level technology can already carry off reasonable impressions of distinctive industry voices
You can feel the tectonic plates of art history shifting under your feet
This extraordinarily powerful and disturbing opera by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho is making its UK debut
The popular cooking show will return to screens this summer with eight new celebrities heading into the kitchen
It’s all sex, drugs, blood and birth in this provocative TV update
Cast members, including Alan Fletcher and Stefan Dennis, champagne cracked out the champagne to toast new episodes outside the fictional Lassiters Hotel
Want to have a fun day out but also save those pennies? These free London art exhibitions are perfect
This year’s grand final is set to take place on May 13 in Liverpool with the UK hosting on behalf of last year’s winners Ukraine
The story of a game-changing sponsorship deal is annoyingly watchable
Get ready to head back to the world of Regency England
Is it too soon to make a drama about this? Perhaps, but it feels like essential viewing
Plus, reviews of Black Superhero and Sea Creatures
The Mayor of London, Kate Mosse and a raft of Ukrainian authors are the latest announcements to the bill
BBC Two documentary is a moving tribute to trailblazer who smashed the silence surrounding cancer
It’s all to play for, but there are extremely complicating factors in this struggle for the top
The battle for control heats up, and the brutality is only just beginning
Mark Sheehan, guitarist for Irish pop band The Script, has died after a brief illness
This moving masterpiece is a worthy tribute to a remarkable journalist and woman
After Elizabeth I was excommunicated she began to build links with the Islamic world, which is reflected in some of Shakespeare’s plays
The series fails to bottle the mystique, eroticism and humour of its prototype – Big Little Lies – but is still a good watch. And a must for woodturning fans...
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