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Peaky finders? The Witchfinder is fun but the cauldron doesn't quite bubble

Set in the 17th century, BBC Ii's new sitcom boasts a acme cast and writers, though there's room on the broom for improvement

Ed Sheeran has done no incorrect – groundless copyright lawsuits are ruining modern pop

All keen pop songs share their DNA with many other great pop songs. Is it time the constabulary called an immunity on songcraft?
How Tom Odell'southward Another Beloved became an unlikely anthem for Ukraine

The British singer's striking ballad has become a morale-boosting comfort blanket for many in Ukraine. Merely will it make a difference?
'I've been mistaken for a groupie': how the music manufacture is nonetheless declining women

The UK music business is powered by nautical chart-storming artists such as Adele and Dua Lipa. Then why are men in suits notwithstanding calling the shots?
A plea to Hollywood: make Batman fun again

The latest Batman is and then unrelentingly grim it makes The Dark Knight look like Adam West. Why so serious?

Comment and analysis

The lost female person composer we should all have heard of

From a female-led Lunchtime Concert to the extraordinary life of Henriëtte Bosmans, BBC stepped upwardly to the mark on International Women's Day
Putin has learnt zero from his beloved Soviet history books

The Russian president is obsessed with the Second World War – but he'due south missed obvious lessons from Stalin's disastrous Finnish campaign
Why Putin is obsessed with Ukraine and Russia being 'one people'

Putin pretends Ukraine is Russian federation'due south 'niggling brother' to justify looting – just Kyiv was an independent metropolis when Moscow was just huts
Philip Larkin deserves to exist historic, not cancelled

In his centenary year, why is the greatest English language poet of my lifetime in danger of beingness erased?

The truth about why 1920s Irish rebels destroyed hundreds of land houses

From 1920 to 1923, IRA arsonists destroyed nearly 300 grand houses. Terence Dooley'southward Burning the Big House busts the myths backside the blazes
The Voids by Ryan O'Connor review: Shuggie Bain meets High-Rise

Slapstick humour and social commentary collide in this debut about a Scottish alcoholic – just its drunken narrator becomes a fiddling boring
Plotting heists, seducing factory girls: what did Stalin become up to in Stepney?

The dictator never spoke almost the months he spent in London equally a young man. Stephen May'south gripping novel Sell United states of america the Rope fills that gap
This night with Andrew Marr, LBC, review: the voice is back – it just needs a little work

Andrew Marr made his LBC debut, post-obit 21 years at the BBC, with a solid, if occasionally rushed 60 minutes of news and politics
Yuck! This new biography of Carrie Johnson is absolutely enraging

The writer'due south utilise of the phrase 'young lady' to describe the Prime Minister's wife speaks volumes about his antediluvian mindset
A assuming and beautiful Pixar animation almost female puberty? Turning Red is exactly that

This new gem is about a 13-year-former girl who all of a sudden finds that at moments of farthermost emotion, she transforms into a giant crimson panda

Rock'south untold stories, from ring-splitting feuds to the greatest performances of all fourth dimension

What's on Goggle box tonight: The Witchfinder, Cricket: England v West Indies, and more

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The truth about why 1920s Irish rebels destroyed hundreds of country houses

From 1920 to 1923, IRA arsonists destroyed about 300 g houses. Terence Dooley'due south Called-for the Big House busts the myths behind the blazes
The Voids by Ryan O'Connor review: Shuggie Bain meets Loftier-Ascension

Slapstick sense of humour and social commentary collide in this debut about a Scottish alcoholic – but its drunken narrator becomes a niggling dull
Plotting heists, seducing factory girls: what did Stalin get upward to in Stepney?

The dictator never spoke about the months he spent in London as a immature man. Stephen May'due south gripping novel Sell U.s. the Rope fills that gap
How Jack Kerouac's dreams of existence the American Proust were ruined past liquor

Kerouac, who would have turned 100 this weekend, revered the slap-up French novelist merely was to exit a very different legacy

What has the National Lottery always washed for the arts?

Ahead of the announcement for the next 10-year Lottery contract, James Hall considers the funding arrangement's pros and cons
What makes a 'expert' war photograph?

From the First World War to state of war in Ukraine, photographs accept captured the brutality and dazzler of conflict. But what makes an image last?
The prove to make y'all fall in dear with architectural drawings

Sir John Soane'southward Museum's bijou new exhibition Hidden Masterpieces contains stunning works by giants of compages across the centuries
Neil MacGregor interview: 'Why don't we have a Museum of England?'

Every bit he returns to radio, the historian and one-time director of the British Museum explains why museums are crucial to our identity