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The Promise has an excellent cast but the plot is subsumed by the standard demands of a detective show

Chelsea’s future is uncertain and manager Thomas Tuchel finds himself asked questions about war and morality instead of tactics and injuries

The Feeder frontman on reflecting the pandemic, the decline of guitar bands and avoiding TikTok

A turbulent time in British political history is delivered with composure, wit and a splash of humility

Even a cursory reading of the Russians would have explained to many in the West why Putin was going to invade Ukraine, says WILL SELF

CHARLIE CONNELLY on a charming and bewitchingly charismatic medical practitioner whose methods were declared hokum after long keeping the elite mesmerised

One region of England was still predominantly Welsh-speaking well into the 18th century – and its roots remain strong today

Shrove Tuesday has just flown past. Use the last of the batter mix cooking this

While some in sport suck up to Vladimir Putin, others are reacting correctly to the threat of the obliteration of life on our continent

Hannah Kent’s most ambitious historical novel yet is a queer love story about migration from claustrophobic convention

A chart star alongside the likes of Iggy Azalea and Justin Bieber, Karen Marie Ørsted, aka MØ, is now striking out on her own

Back in their homeland, state opposition meant they had to perform in secret. Now in exile, they are bringing their new play to London

Celebrating a lost modernist pioneer

A new romantic comedy series is warm and funny without undermining the seriousness beneath its central questions

Andrew Keates' Steve isn't quite funny or sad or clever enough to command an audience's attention

Nadim Naaman's adaptation of Khalil Gibran's novel Broken Wings is worth a lot more than the sum of its parts

A trip to the Ukrainian capital a decade ago left WILL SELF grappling with his ignorance

CHARLIE CONNELLY on a French cinema legend who always made something extraordinary out of the ordinary

Unpronounced letters in a word are often nothing to do with tradition, and merely the creation of snobbish scholars

This is a brilliantly devised and executed vegan dish where aubergine is the star, says JOSH BARRIE

Shakhtar Donetsk dream of being the Chelsea of the east, but just playing a game at home seems as far away as ever

The most American of writers was a Europhile whose time in Paris produced a lost classic

Writing a play about two female rivals led to a depressing realisation about who really wields power in Britain

A new project by Polish photographer Rafał Milach examines how populist politicians use walls as propaganda

The Dutch alt-folk act is making music for the rootless

A new documentary attempts to find out who the man behind The Tramp really was, but is thrown off the scent at every turn

This stage adaptation of John Travolta's famous 70s film is magnificent, joyous, life-enhancing theatre

The production is absorbing. But is it quite as clever as it seems? and, where does French playwright Florian Zeller go from here?

How the battle over free TV licences for pensioners led to a daring heist in 1961 by an OAP. Possibly...

Despite all the artistic licence in the world and interesting source material this Netflix series is over-long, draining and empty to watch

WILL SELF on a Japanese cultural phenomenon which may have been an unlikely influence on Viz

CHARLIE CONNELLY on the actor behind the most terrifying cinematic performance of all time