Features

<p>Across the UK is a burgeoning cottage industry dealing in all things related to Ian Fleming’s suited and booted, martini-sipping creation</p>

In focus

Premium Bonds: inside the world of 007 collectors

A group of James Bond fans across the country are rifling through car boots and sniping on eBay auctions to find the franchise’s most coveted memorabilia. Now, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson poised to take the role, a space on the shelf for new merchandise awaits. Kyle MacNeill speaks to the espionage enthusiasts

<p>‘If you were in Clint Eastwood movies, you were in the Clint Eastwood movie business,’ Locke said in 1977. ‘You weren’t part of Hollywood’ </p>

flashbacks

The tragedy of Sondra Locke, Clint Eastwood’s breathtaking muse

<p>‘I hate this term “culture war”. Maybe it’s naive of me to say that, but I don’t want to be part of it. I want to bring people together’</p>

the saturday interview

Tom Burke: ‘I was more intimidated on Mad Max than I let myself admit’

<p>High-end: Daniel Daggers’ luxury London estate agency is at the heart of the new show </p>

state of the arts

Buying London should be the death knell for TV’s wealth obsession

Features & Reviews

<p>In the spotlight: Nicola Coughlan’s ascendancy is the result of talent and hard graft </p>

Nicola Coughlan’s Bridgerton glory has been a long time coming

<p>Tom Holland in Jamie Lloyd’s production of ‘Romeo & Juliet'</p>

Tom Holland’s sad boy star-cross’d lover falls flat in Romeo & Juliet

<p>Reason to smile: Kevin Costner has found enormous small screen success thanks to his Paramount western ‘Yellowstone’ </p>

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Bad reviews for Kevin Costner’s Horizon won’t stop Yellowstone fanboys

<p>Glen Powell in Richard Linklater’s ‘Hit Man’ </p>

Glen Powell delivers the movie star goods in Netflix comedy Hit Man

The Saturday Interview

<p>Spall has two films out next year, ‘Rich Flu’ and action-drama ‘William Tell’ </p>

The Saturday Interview

Rafe Spall: ‘Men’s bodies in film give unreal ideas of masculinity’

<p>Emin has a knack for capturing life at its most earthy and emotionally truthful</p>

the saturday interview

Tracey Emin: ‘What would I have done all these years if I was sober?’

Hay Festival 2024

<p>Marian Keyes</p>

Don’t ruin my Netflix show with bad Irish accents, pleads Marian Keyes

Bestselling author, speaking at Hay Festival, made a plea to the creators of her book adaptation

<p>Peter Pomerantsev, Laura Bates and The Independent’s editor-in-chief Geordie Greig during a conversation at Hay Festival</p>

Viagra gets better funding than women’s health, says Laura Bates

Speaking at Hay Festival, the Everyday Sexism founder said that postnatal care in Britain is ‘absolutely dire’

My imposter syndrome advice, from a top Cambridge women’s college boss

Children ‘should have sex-ed from the age of three’, says Laura Bates

<p>Wes Streeting insists Labour is a party which celebrates success and encourages ambition and aspiration</p>

Wes Streeting’s three-word formula for how Labour will govern

David Nicholls reveals Starter for Ten scene was ‘expensive mistake’

News

Rising Stars

Sophie Wilde

Interview

Talk to Me breakout Sophie Wilde: ‘I don’t mind being a scream queen’

<p>‘Consent isn’t binary, it’s not yes or no’</p>

Interview

How to Have Sex’s Mia McKenna-Bruce: ‘Consent is not yes or no’

<p>‘Everybody tries to do the Derry accent’ </p>

Interview

Jamie-Lee O’Donnell on being skint, Derry Girls, and prison show Screw

<p>Going her own way: Vasan says that ‘like any immigrant parents’, hers were ‘a little bit concerned’ about her choice to go into acting </p>

Interview

Black Mirror’s Anjana Vasan: ‘I’ve been underestimated. I’m small, brown and foreign’

Independent TV

Simon Cowell ‘disappears’ as BGT past contestants return to audition

<p>Nicki Minaj has been freed (Jennifer Graylock/PA)</p>

Nicki Minaj livestreams arrest before Manchester show postponed

Daisy Edgar-Jones says she fell in love with Paul Mescal

Lightning strikes during Metallica concert in Munich

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Apple TV+

<p>Topping worldwide box offices during its theatrical release in 2023, it was undoubtedly one of the most anticipated films of last year</p>

How to watch Ridley Scott’s Napoleon at home this weekend

TV - The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

‘The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin’ stands and delivers

<p>Clockwise from top left: ‘Bad Sisters’, ‘Hijack’, ‘Severance’, ‘Criminal Record'</p>

The best Apple TV+ shows to watch now

<p>The miniseries drops on 26 January </p>

How to watch Masters of the Air in the UK free

What to watch

<p>British-born US actor Elizabeth Taylor, photographed in 1975</p>

Elizabeth Taylor was the Taylor Swift of 20th-century Hollywood

<p>Netflix has a huge catalogue of dramas, sitcoms, cartoons and sci-fi series </p>

The best shows to watch on Netflix

<p>Amazon hits, clockwise from top right: ‘The Marvelous Mrs Maisel’, ‘The Boys’, ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ and ‘Invincible’</p>

The 35 best original TV shows to watch on Prime Video

<p>Netflix hits (clockwise from top right): ‘Malcolm & Marie’, ‘The Irishman’, ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘Extraction’</p>

The 50 best original films to watch on Netflix, ranked

Visit the USA

<p>Some of the stars leading the best telly of the year</p>

The 20 best TV shows of 2023 – ranked

Art Me Up: A Gallery Guide to Miami’s Thriving Arts Scene

Sounds of the South: Exploring the Evolving Music Scene of Atlanta

Memphis to Maryville: Urban Adventures in Tennessee

Culture

TV & Radio

Film

Music

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politics

Will young people go to jail for refusing to do 'mandatory' national service?

Will young people go to jail for refusing to do 'mandatory' national service?

politics

21 of the best memes to Rishi Sunak vowing to bring back national service

news

Pair hope to expand letter-writing scheme between children and young migrants

politics

Rishi Sunak scores another own goal by visiting Titanic site

sport

Neurodivergent cyclist taking part in RideLondon hopes to inspire others

sport

Neurodivergent cyclist taking part in RideLondon hopes to inspire others

news

Gloria Hunniford granted freedom of her Co Armagh home borough

sport

William and George present trophy to FA Cup winners Manchester United

Sponsored

Why the Lenovo Yoga 5G is great news for streamers

How the new furlough scheme will help UK firms affected by Covid-19

Is your business ready for the UK’s transition out of the EU?

Musto and Land Rover launch performance-wear collaboration