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Canapes at the end of the world @milesellingham spends a lost week at the Venice biennale bit.ly/4fnjzQ7

What King Lear tells us about assisted dying bit.ly/4eLxT4L

Zineb Sedira’s home movies bit.ly/4dntwuk

Canapes at the end of the world @milesellingham spends a lost week at the Venice biennale bit.ly/4fnjzQ7

Duet with a nightingale bit.ly/4uVD6fe

Playing St Andrew’s backwards bit.ly/3PqpwkE

Albums of the week: Dua Saleh, Rostam, Kevin Morby, Jasmine Myra bit.ly/49LEDvV

Patrick Radden Keefe: ‘London Falling is the most intimate thing I’ve written’ bit.ly/4wmtdbM

It’s not pretty, but an Arsenal triumph will quell 22-year neurosis bit.ly/4uPZ3fl

Inside Red Bull’s fight to keep hold of Max Verstappen bit.ly/4dbdHbk

It’s not pretty, but an Arsenal triumph will quell a 22-year neurosis bit.ly/4wrE981

‘An experiment on kids without safety tests’: @paticlarke reports on the rise of AI toys Alarms are being sounded about new toys powered by chatbots which are not regulated by the Online Safety Act. Psychologists fear they could encourage toddlers to develop dangerous dependencies bit.ly/4tIVjvn

'She was getting worse, though; couldn’t anyone see? I was losing her' Novelist @sarah_wwang on her mother, trauma and new beginnings bit.ly/4uPbrw7

Bryson DeChambeau: from golf’s big beast to confused content creator Once a revolutionary player in the sport, the American continues to gamble that he can become bigger than the sport itself. @GeorgeRSimms on Trump's favourite player bit.ly/3Rs6z1H

Believe Me is a rare thing: true crime drama that puts women first Barbara Ellen's pick of TV: Jeff Pope’s prestige series on John Worboys focuses on victims rather than sensationalising the criminal. Plus, the rompy return of Rivals bit.ly/42F6WbF

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'Parents agonise over baby names not just for sound or family legacy but for symbolism and aspiration', writes @BenoitDLewis With a new book 'You’ve Changed: The Promise & Price of Self-Transformation', the writer examines what happens when you reinvent yourself, and the value of a name bit.ly/4tLTWw8

The hantavirus outbreak is a stress test of health systems after the pandemic, writes Lily Isaacs It will take a few weeks for it to become clear if the danger has passed bit.ly/4ducKd6

Mass is a finely wrought study of forgiveness Following James Graham’s Punch, this precision staging of Fran Kranz’s school-shooter drama captures the pain and power of restorative justice, writes @susannahclapp bit.ly/42wFBsd

'Elvis Presley read widely on spirituality, and attempted to train in kriya yoga, but sulked when enlightenment was not quickly forthcoming,' writes Ciarán O’Rourke The winner of the Observer/Burgess prize 2026 O'Rourke reviews 'The Occult Elvis', Miguel Conner’s book (@AeonByte) the King’s mystical side bit.ly/4u87Fhv

Canapes at the end of the world @milesellingham spends a lost week at the Venice biennale bit.ly/4fnjzQ7