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Christopher Nolan’s masterwork is a smash hit. It has also driven plenty of people mad

The restless author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is back with a new novel – and he still believes in America and the power of writing

The bass legend believes music is becoming a middle-class hobby

A new exhibition celebrates the artist and activist forged by New York and Aids

His giant bronze sculptures were designed to endure – but in some cases, fate had other ideas

The rapper turned politician gave young people a voice – so the military had to silence him

Extraordinary new experiments suggest these remarkable insects may think and feel in ways we are only beginning to understand

Shakespeare, for instance coined several new compound forms, such as lacklustre, eyesore and bedroom

No one uses the old Chicago to Santa Monica route any more, but the diners, rest stops and neon signs that marked Route 66 carry an eternal message

You just don’t. What you might need is a second-hand smartphone, which is not only environmentally more friendly, but also much cooler

The Proms is a reminder that the stirring quality of organised sound defies all reason

What hope does the poor Beeb have against a streaming service with more viewers than Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Warner, Paramount, Apple combined?

The former Liverpool hero and England manager, who has died, is remembered by The New World’s editor-in-chief

The tournament has the same qualities as Romeo and Juliet, La Bohème and Brokeback Mountain

The artist was hired to design a series of wine labels – and delivered dark visions of alcoholism

The courage and freedom of Tahmineh Monzavi

The sitcom about a robot carer is a strange and melancholy affair

He’s consistently brilliant and consistently underrated – and The Odyssey is another reminder to enjoy greatness while it lasts.

Christopher Nolan’s grand vision confirms him as the David Lean of his generation, the IMAX magus

It’s not outright hatred, but there’s definitely something there. And the football brings it all out

We really don’t have to do it – but the law is so badly drafted that sometimes there’s only one outcome, and everyone is left devastated

Great art should be able to exist without modern moral judgment

Biographer Sathnam Sanghera on our unresolved problems with the late singer

Can books still change the world? At the Venice Biennale, the Irish artist contrasts Renaissance dreams with our current crisis

A new documentary captures the conundrum of the ultimate individual in a team sport

Gene Roddenberry’s franchise understands ageing, loss and friendship in ways George Lucas’s never has

For two weeks, I told everyone about the book I was reading – including an older lady on a train. And then I read one of its stories…

The problem is that it’s impossible to separate what a brain does from what it actually is

The martial arts star wrote down his philosophies and hopes as a means of enacting them

The pet name Andy appeared in the 1920s – and became widespread from the 1980s