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A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – a brilliant, blunt and beautiful memoir

The actor on being called ugly, telling Johnny Rotten to F-off, and striking gold at Cannes

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Tummy-flipping kisses and a chlamydia love story: TV’s best ever romcoms

To celebrate the return of charming hit Nobody Wants This, romcom superfans like Russell T Davies and Jack Rooke pick their favourite shows. Prepare to be swept off your feet!

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‘The closest I came to making life was the closest I came to death’: Florence Welch on sexism, screaming and the lost pregnancy that nearly killed her

The Florence + the Machine singer talks about life after devastating loss, performing with Taylor Swift and the double standards for women in music

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‘I’m in my sod-it era’: Sophie Ellis-Bextor on speaking up, suing the tabloids and finding power in perimenopause

The singer’s kitchen discos and that Saltburn scene have given her the mother of all career resurgences. So how is she capitalising on this midlife moment? With an album about the perimenopause

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‘Carrie had nothing to do but wander around in couture’: how Sex and the City’s characters deserved better

Revisiting the Sex and the City crew was a magical prospect. But And Just Like That insulted their intelligence, obscured them with poorly written newbies, left them with far too little to do – and now they’re gone

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The Narrow Road to the Deep North review – immensely powerful TV

This adaptation of the Booker prize-winning novel spanning three timelines is a visceral, passionate drama starring Ciarán Hinds and Jacob Elordi. What bracingly confident television

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‘I’ve not got a problem with making myself look disgusting’: the wild rise of Diane Morgan

From Avon lady to TikTok superstar, Diane Morgan has become a global comic darling. As her raucous comedy Mandy returns, she talks about why she almost asked the BBC to pull it – and why she pretends to be a robot for an hour a day

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Untamed review – Eric Bana’s national park thriller is as beautiful as it is totally predictable

The actor is like Bear Grylls with a badge in a macho Yosemite-set detective drama that’s very easy on the eye. It’s not the smartest, but the mountains are lovely

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Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters review – a lovely watch … despite the stars’ total fear and panic

The celebs are all terrified as they’re thrown into the ocean – but as Helen George, who has a lifelong fear of open water, climbs into a shark cage, it becomes absolutely extraordinary television

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Building the Band review – Liam Payne’s controversial final show is the kind of reality TV that made him

Is it ghoulish to posthumously release this singing contest featuring Payne as a judge? Or a moving tribute? Netflix’s mashup of Love is Blind, The Circle and The Voice certainly claims the latter

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Too Much: Lena Dunham’s mega-hyped new romcom is destined for best comedy awards

There’s an astonishing cast of stars in this complicated, grownup love story about a New Yorker moving to London after a breakup. Richard E Grant! Andrew Scott! Rhea Perlman! And they’re the tip of the iceberg…

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Mary Earps: Queen of Stops review – if only this history-making goalkeeper was still in the England squad

The player’s absence from this year’s Euros lends this career retrospective a bittersweet feel – given what an amazingly driven, considered sportswoman it shows her to be

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Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers review – finally, Netflix makes a great, serious documentary

Twenty years on, this heart-racing four-part series reconstructs the terror attacks and the vast investigation that followed, without losing sight of the survivors. The detail about the bathtub is astonishing

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Squid Game final season review – an ending so WTF it entirely beggars belief

After a wild new player is forced to join the game without consent, the action gets even more operatic and bloodthirsty. But if you can get on board with the twists – and that’s a big if – you will not believe what happens in the last minute

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The Gilded Age review – so gloriously soapy the suds practically foam on the screen

With its fun new series, Julian Fellowes’ preposterous ‘transatlantic’ Downton has morphed from joylessly pompous to truly joyful TV. Consider me a convert!

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Mayor of Mayhem review – a jaw-dropping look at a crack-smoking politician who opened the floodgates

This provocative documentary about the hugely controversial Toronto politician is a chaotic watch – and features tactics that would go on to serve Trump

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The Gold season two review – this thrilling tale of stolen millions is top quality British drama

Thunderingly good performances, including Hugh Bonneville at his best, drive this story of the Brink’s-Mat heist. This time round, it’s the 1990s, the locations are sunnier and the action has gone international

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Beth: Channel 4’s first ‘digital drama’ is so snoozy that no young people will watch it

This meditative, 45-minute tale of a glamorous couple, split into three chunks for YouTube, is very far from snappy viewing. It just feels like terrestrial TV

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Dover 24/7: Britain’s Busiest Port review – you won’t believe the fact about the bananas!

Like Border Force meets Inside the Factory, this documentary is basic comfort viewing that doesn’t ask much of you – but does flow freely with absolutely wild stats (and may even help out some spies along the way)

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The Black Forest Murders review – like watching a hugely satisfying puzzle come together

This complex, precise German true crime drama about the real-life killing of two young women is painstaking in its detail. Its pleasure lies in watching the detectives slowly reveal the truth

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And Just Like That season three review – finally! The Sex and the City spin off hits its stride

The series has given up trying to squeeze its characters into the modern age and is content to just be. Fans of the original will sink into it as if it is made of marshmallows and air

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The Rise and Fall of Michelle Mone review – a thrilling dive into a life of money, models and political scandal

This hugely entertaining documentary runs from fly-on-the-wall footage of the entrepreneur’s Cool Britannia-era lingerie brand – to a gripping investigation of the PPE Covid debacle

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Faking It review – finally! A TV reboot that is a genuinely great idea

This hugely fun version of the 00s life-swapping show works even better than the original. First up: a posh Surrey estate agent tries running a market stall in Bolton

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Inside Our ADHD Minds review – Chris Packham’s revelatory show couldn’t be more crucial

Packham refutes harmful anti-woke ideas about the overdiagnosis of neurodiversity by meeting people like Henry, who finds day-to-day life a severe struggle, and Jo, who has spent years constantly being told she’s ‘too much’

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Virgin Island review – a sex therapy show that Alan Partridge would pitch

As 12 virgins try ‘sexual surrogacy’ and roll around on the floor moaning, this sexperiment is surprisingly touching. Still, you will watch the excruciating bits through your fingers

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