Earwig review – twisty body-horror noir threatens to bite
Lucile Hadžihalilović’s first English-language feature is intriguing, but its nightmarish dentures slant needs a mouthful of narrative
Edinburgh International book festival announces new hybrid format
Director Nick Barley says lessons from the pandemic include providing a more accessible festival, so half of this year’s offering will be available online
Bernardine Evaristo fears publishers may lose interest in black authors
Diversity in book industry must be sustained, and start at the top, Booker prize-winning author tells Hay festival
Ten reasons why Bradford deserves to be 2025’s city of culture
From Charlotte Brontë to David Hockney and Zayn Malik, my home town of Bradford has a rich cultural history – and its beauty is balm for the soul
Workplaces as run down as parliament would cause picketing, says Jess Phillips
Labour MP tells Hay festival that Palace of Westminster is ‘falling apart’ and would be condemned if it were any other building
Lenny Henry criticises TV streamers’ commissioning tactics
Comedian says BBC approach is better as the focus is on the story being pitched rather than whether it will sell
Jacqueline Wilson: my mother slept with a gun under her pillow
Children’s author says she told her elderly mother to get rid of it as she was terrified of being mistakenly shot
Monica Ali ‘terrified’ of writing sex scenes in new novel
Brick Lane author says fear of winning Bad Sex award loomed over writing of latest book, Love Marriage
British empire nostalgia played part in Brexit vote, says Nobel laureate
Abdulrazak Gurnah said imperial attitudes were fuelled by the government withholding details of Britain’s colonial past
Stars at Noon review – languid tale of sex, lies and intrigue in the Nicaraguan heat
Benny Safdie stands out among a strangely lethargic cast in Claire Denis’ erotic and intimate political drama
Funny Pages review – a deliciously dark coming-of-age comedy
Owen Kline fuses teen innocence with adult sexuality in a bad-taste debut film that recalls American Splendor and Crumb
Books to bring us together: Jennifer Egan, Howard Jacobson, Monica Ali and more share their picks
Can books unite us in divided times? Writers appearing at this year’s Hay Festival recommend the best reading to reconnect us
I’m sure rightwingers read books. But you’ll never meet one at a literary festival
No one hates the government more than your average book-fest crowd – and don’t they let you know it?
Cannes 2022: 10 movies to watch out for in this year’s festival
Austin Butler shakes his stuff as Elvis, Cronenberg gets creepy, Claire Denis takes on colonial agony and Hirokazu Kore-eda unwraps his first Korean-language film
Unchain Me review – Dostoevsky inspires secret mission on the streets of Brighton
dreamthinkspeak’s timely new production on inequality and abuse of political power offers its audience a choice: complicity or compliance?