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From Saturday Night Live to Star Wars, the 1970s reinvented Japan’s warrior elite – now the subject of a major exhibition – as pop mythology

Andy West, the man who inspired the hit new drama, on nature, change and the ‘terrible, dehumanising’ life behind bars

There is not a shred of sentimentality in Chloé Zhao’s magnificent adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel. This is where its brilliance lies

From the Beckhams to Eddie Murphy and Charlie Sheen, they promise truth but deliver reputation-laundering dressed up as intimacy

His disappointing Netflix special Mortality jabs at straw men and suggests a comedian slipping out of touch

A whole load of people fell for AI-based scams over the Xmas and New Year period. I really thought the future was meant to be better than this

It ought to be possible to dabble in guilty pleasures without ruining our lives in the process. But Brits don’t seem to know the meaning of ‘moderation’

How biology, physics and geography came to define the structure and range of the human voice

She was always adamant that she had done nothing heroic; that helping other people should be considered normal, not exceptional

A sleepy Alpine mountain retreat offered shelter for surrealists, LSD prophets and weary hippies

As bombs fall and homes are destroyed, the country’s vinyl collectors risk everything to save the music that tells their life stories

Lab-grown gametes could transform fertility treatment – but biology is proving far harder to hack than technology

It is the second most-spoken first language in the world, and opens doors across continents and careers – yet British schools still insist on teaching French

The veteran artist’s World on Fire Timeline maps a century of crisis and resistance

The great crime writer, who died 50 years ago, may have looked in later life like Miss Marple – but in her youth she was an intrepid world traveller with a passion for surfing

It predicts the universe with eerie precision, yet not even Nobel laureates can agree on how to interpret it

Newly super-rich Paris FC face Paris St Germain in France’s top flight for the first time in nearly 50 years. But can the city support two teams?

Chloé Zhao’s film is deeply felt and beautifully made – but misses the essence of what made the playwright so great

Lifelong devotees of John le Carré need not worry, the saga of Jonathan Pine is in safe hands with screenwriter David Farr

How perfect can crucial communications be within a hospital with a plethora of languages, dialects and communicative styles?

Very few athletes have had to endure what the Hungarian went through in order to compete for her country

Every new year, we swear we’ll start anew – but literature shows we never really can

In the coming 12 months, one thing is for certain – the American war on science will only get worse

Maria Semple, Catherine Newman and Jennette McCurdy are among the writers with books to look out for in 2026

Female voices are set to dominate the arts world in 2026

A new Spielberg, a remake of The Bride of Frankenstein and an exploration of the Moroccan outdoor rave scene are among the films to watch out for this year

A new take on Harry Potter, a Legally Blonde prequel and the latest iteration of the Blade Runner franchise are among excuses not to go out in 2026

Beamish, mince on toast and thick burgers are among the food trends set to take off over the next 12 months

Nothing has been quite the same in the decade since he made his final transformation. Except, that is, our appreciation of his genius

The actor, activist and icon didn't care what anyone thought of her. That was both her greatest strength and her fatal flaw