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From the Editor
THIS WEEK • THE TEN BEST SHOWS TO WATCH, LISTEN TO & STREAM
A ‘TOXIC FAIRY TALE’
GRAPEVINE • The TV stories that are getting us talking…
ROSE BYRNE • As a mother, her latest role really hit home, but a post-filming cocktail — and Bafta and Oscar nominations — make it all worth it
to catch snakes on a film set
ARE WE IN A DARK POST-LITERACY AGE? • Children’s appetite for reading is in alarming freefall, says historian Dominic Sandbrook
BE VERY AFRAID • The genre has been knocking on the mainstream door for decades. Now, with a horror earning the most Oscar nominations of any film, we’ve let it in – and it’s here to stay…
TOP 10 FIVE-STAR FRIGHTS NOT TO BE MISSED
TOP 10 SEMINAL SMALL SCREEN SCARES
NICE TO EAT YOU! • RT’s vampiric cover star, comedian Phil Wang, explains his new-found love of horror movies, as he gets his fangs into judging Great British Menu
ESCAPE TO THE WILD • Gordon Buchanan’s difficult home life forced him outdoors – and he’s never looked back
‘CHICK LIT? IT’S DEGRADING’ • Marian Keyes’s novels were seen as fluffy fiction, but a new drama about her Walsh sisters is fun and fearless
‘I WATCHED A LOT OF REALITY TV’ • Stefanie Preissner on updating the Walshes for the 2020s
A RIGHT ROYAL MESS • Recent events make ITV’s new drama The Lady disturbing
BORN TO SLIDE • As Team GB chases bobsleigh gold in Cortina, Simon Barnes hails the heroes of Innsbruck 1964
Sport editor Michael Potts on the best of the week’s action on TV and radio
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TROUBLED WATERS • Libby Purves talks to Ambridge’s finest following the dark story that has unfolded to mark 75 years of The Archers
PROTECTING THEIR OWN • How will Ruairi’s violent actions play out in The Archers?
LET’S GET ANALYTICAL • Two jazz pianists break down classic recordings and keep it playful
Streams of Conscıousness • These days nothing looks or sounds radically new
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