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Isabel Waidner’s As If is a daring doppelganger puzzle The Goldsmiths prize-winner’s fifth novel channels The Comedy of Errors by way of Samuel Beckett bit.ly/4rHJKng

Yoko Ono’s shadowed life Paul Morley's biography seeks to free Ono from the men who have obscured her – but he fails to shed enough light on her radical, risk-taking art, writes Lily Isaacs bit.ly/4uBs27x

Why can’t film’s leading women age like Sean Penn? The star of One Battle After Another is capitalising on his lived-in look, but Hollywood actresses are held to a different standard bit.ly/4sc3m3Y

How @NazShahBfd broke a legacy of violence When the Labour MP’s abusive father abandoned the family, he was replaced by an even more monstrous figure. What happened next led to murder, writes @Elif_Safak bit.ly/4rs4rmV

Isabel Waidner’s As If is a daring doppelganger puzzle The Goldsmiths prize-winner’s fifth novel channels The Comedy of Errors by way of Samuel Beckett bit.ly/4rHJKng

Yoko Ono’s shadowed life Paul Morley's biography seeks to free Ono from the men who have obscured her – but he fails to shed enough light on her radical, risk-taking art, writes Lily Isaacs bit.ly/4uBs27x

I wasn’t bored by The Secret Agent, I just couldn’t stay. It’s actually a compliment When great art acts upon you, it is doing its work bit.ly/40FIq9n

How The Bridge theatre made Into the Woods Our critic goes behind the scenes with the team who brought the Witch, the beanstalk and the prized cow to life bit.ly/3NwUCWZ

Why can’t film’s leading women age like Sean Penn? The star of One Battle After Another is capitalising on his lived-in look, but Hollywood actresses are held to a different standard bit.ly/4sc3m3Y

How @NazShahBfd broke a legacy of violence When the Labour MP’s abusive father abandoned the family, he was replaced by an even more monstrous figure. What happened next led to murder, writes @Elif_Safak bit.ly/4rs4rmV

Poems for Mothers Day For our cover story, Poet Laureate Simon Armitage offers a selection of favourites Find all the poems in Family Lines: Poems About Parents and Parenthood, published by @FaberBooks Illustration by @sarahtanatjones

Eddie Marsan: ‘I’m addicted to podcasts – The Rest Is History is my favourite’ The actor chooses his cultural highlights, including Adam Curtis’s Shifty, a book on Abraham Lincoln and a satirical film about the prince of Egypt, writes @killianfox0 bit.ly/40waewU

“Crufts revolves around extreme British propriety,” writes @milesellingham. “Everyone wants the most proper dog. And the Royal Kennel Club is the most proper dog institution.” Read @milesellingham on "the world’s greatest dog show" bit.ly/40AqXz4

In this Sunday's New Review, poems for Mother's Day selected by Simon Armitage Cover illustration by @sarahtanatjones New Review photo editor: @cherylnewman1 Pick up a copy of @ObserverUK on Sunday, or read on our website

Among the dog people at Crufts @milesellingham meets the 20,000 pedigree pooches, breeders, obsessive owners and fastidious judges at ‘the world’s greatest dog show’ bit.ly/40AqXz4

Tarell Alvin McCraney: ‘We’re forgetting the lessons of stories like Choir Boy’ The Oscar-winning writer of Moonlight speaks to @kadishmorris on revisiting his play about Black choirboys bit.ly/3N2dXzf

A richly enjoyable performance | #Review | Tim Horton (piano) Tim Horton's recent performance in Sheffield with @gavricivana is reviewed by Fiona Maddocks for @ObsNewReview. Follow the link below to read more. #piano #classicalmusic #livemusic @HTimw buff.ly/ogXWI0U

Journalists want to be there at the precipice of history. For my first outing as a senior writer for @ObserverUK , I realised that ambition. I went to Crufts. The worlds greatest dog show.

How The Bridge theatre made Into the Woods Jordan Fein’s enchanting production of Sondheim’s fairytale show leads the Oliviers with 11 nominations. Our critic @Sarahc_k goes behind the scenes with the team who brought it to life bit.ly/3NwUCWZ

AI is replacing human relationships From virtual lovers to deathbots, @james_muldoon_'s Love Machines reveals how we are increasingly looking to digital companions to satisfy our emotional needs, writes Sarah Dear bit.ly/3PjeAVz