Donald Clarke forecasts how the category will shape up at the next Academy Awards

In the build-up to Dustin Poirier defeat Irish fighter was painted as a father to root for

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The US novelist talks about his latest book, set in a world hit by a tech blackout

Stories will need to establish whether they are set before, during or after the pandemic

From over three million copies a week, magazine has seen business model steadily eroded

Alongside the talent of Verratti, Mbappé can be simply unstoppable

With Steven Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ opening at the Gate, what drives the perpetrators. from Booth to Oswald to Hinckley?

A humorous, philosophical novel on the nature of societies set among music geeks

Patience will pay off after populist political propositions are tested by reality

If the academy wanted to honour a music icon, Paul Simon would be a better choice

Tom McCarthy’s ‘Satin Island’ is the highlight of a varied and intriguing selection

Review: This French novel about a very American megaproject is both astonishingly lyrical and bracingly topical, writes Eileen Battersby

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