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Can the Women of the World help make Rotherham a place that is kinder to women and girls? @BenDowell talks to Jude Kelly about this weekend's festival thetimes.co.uk/article/jude-k…

"Throw yourself into the fray like a true devotee of fan fiction, and you may have a better time than a critic primly scribbling notes", writes @CliveDavisUK on #PeakyBlinders: The Rise at #Camden Garrison ★★★☆☆ thetimes.co.uk/article/peaky-…

"Nowadays, subtitles are no longer only for the hard of hearing; they are particularly beloved by younger hearing viewers too", writes @SharinHussain on how #StrangerThings4's subtitles become viral on #Twitter thetimes.co.uk/article/strang…

“Compared with some comedians, I’m pretty laid-back and pretty straightforward,”@EdGambleComedy talks to @alicevjones on his career and becoming the new host for @TVsPointless thetimes.co.uk/article/ed-gam…

@JohnTorode1 tells all to Michael Odell about his relationship with actress wife @lisafaulkner1 and shares details about their new series John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen for @ITV. Plus more on his series of travelling to Ireland to find the best foods. thetimes.co.uk/article/john-t…

A round-up of the best new music compiled by our critics @Willjhodgkinson and @SchofieldBlanca, including @beabad00bee @bmblackmidi @Mabel @sorrybanduk @francislung @SaintKochi @the1975 @iamcardib @kanyewest @lildurk thetimes.co.uk/article/the-be…

"Otello is one of the toughest sings in the tenor repertory, not to mention dramatically demanding. Ultimately Russell Thomas does a fine job at drawing us into the antihero’s demise", writes @Becca_JF21 on Otello at the Royal Opera House ★★★☆☆ thetimes.co.uk/article/otello…

Mezzo-soprano @spconnolly shares her cultural life including her favourite music and her guilty pleasure thetimes.co.uk/article/my-cul…

"To her core audience Jepsen is the underdog who combines pop innocence, a knowing retro sensibility and cutting edge subtlety on songs about misguided or unfulfilled love", writes @Willjhodgkinson on @carlyraejepsen @SomersetHouse ★★★★☆ thetimes.co.uk/article/carly-…

"Do I think Avery is a first-class artist? No, I don’t. Did I leave wide-eyed and dazzled, the way you do after a day of too much sun on the beach? I did, I did", writes Laura Freeman on the Milton Avery exhibition @royalacademy ★★★★☆ thetimes.co.uk/article/milton…

"Sedaris is often serious, although always undercut by humour that is unapologetically misanthropic, and always self-deprecating", writes @AllanRadcliffe on @davidsedaris live @theusherhall ★★★★☆ thetimes.co.uk/article/david-…

Oscar-winner Dame #JudiDench shares stories behind some of her greatest performances in her sixty year long career by Jonathan Dean thetimes.co.uk/article/judi-d…

"Paisley-born artist @PaoloNutini was as unpredictable as #TRNSMT gets. All day, other acts claimed that they were staying on site to see him", writes Lisa Verrico on the #TRNSMT2022 festival at #GlasgowGreen ★★★★☆ thetimes.co.uk/article/trnsmt…

"In a flawless cast, Stephen Kennedy’s Trinculo and Gary Sefton’s Stephano supply the hearty comic interludes. All in all, it’s a pleasure to hear verse delivered with such clarity", writes @CliveDavisUK on The Tempest @TheatreRBath ★★★★☆ thetimes.co.uk/article/the-te…

"No chance of singing along in Rossini’s La donna del lago, it requires four of the main characters to deliver something like 16 notes a second for long stretches", writes @RichmoMusic on La donna del lago @BuxtonFestival plus a review on Gypsy ★★★★☆ thetimes.co.uk/article/gypsy-…

"We see him combine flair, nous and stroppiness to win three Wimbledon singles titles in 1981, 1983 and 1984, becoming the best player in the world", writes @edpotton on interviewing tennis legend, @JohnMcEnroe about his new documentary #McEnroe thetimes.co.uk/article/john-m…

"Like a moth returning to the flame, 52 years after the original film, she is again playing Roberta, now a grandmother in The Railway Children Return," writes @aoconnell on interviewing #JennyAgutter on her reprised role as Roberta Waterbury thetimes.co.uk/article/jenny-…

"It is 20 years since their debut album. Turn On the Bright Lights became a key influence on a future generation of gloomy indie rockers with an over reliance on dry ice and effects pedals," writes @Willjhodgkinson on the return of @Interpol thetimes.co.uk/article/interp…

"This fascinating behind-the-scenes documentary about the campaign to free Julian Assange is ultimately undone by the difficulty of its central subject", writes @KevinTMaher on #ithaka ★★★☆☆ thetimes.co.uk/article/ithaka…