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The person who got me through 2021: Larry David helped me embrace life as a bald man
I have finally admitted that my hair has gone for ever, and taken great comfort from the reigning king of baldnessThis year will go down in history as the year I went bald. Well, actually, 2018 went down as the year I went bald. But still, 2021 will go…
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats ordeal: let’s hope it doesn’t spawn a sequel
The theatre impresario was so stung by the dismal film that he became a dog lover – but he mustn’t let this give him any ideasNow that the dust is starting to settle, it’s becoming more and more apparent that Cats caused Covid. Think about it. All the …
Game of Thrones prequel: why we’ll all be hooked to House of the Dragon
The first trailer for the upcoming fantasy spin-off promises epic action on a vast scale, with “gods, kings, fire and blood”. Resistance is futile!The Game of Thrones finale is still fresh in the mind of the public. Why, it only seems like yesterday si…
Netflix’s Diana: The Musical is the year’s most hysterically awful hate-watch | Stuart Heritage
The filmed Broadway show has crash-landed early on the streamer with hilariously awful songs, a musical mess to rival CatsLogically, it makes perfect sense that Diana: The Musical should exist. After all, Diana, Princess of Wales lends herself extraord…
Poached, pickled, roasted … 10 delicious pear recipes, from pulled pork to frangipane tart
Pears come into their own when cooked – in both sweet and savoury dishes. Here’s how to make the most of this season’s harvestIt is pear season, not that you would know it from looking at my garden. I planted a pear tree some years ago, and in all that…
Go nuts! 10 mouth-watering chestnut recipes, from chocolatey eclairs to hearty risotto
Astonishingly versatile, chestnuts shine in savoury dishes as well as they do in sweet. Here’s how to make the most of this autumn’s cropChestnut season always deserves to be celebrated. Its arrival marks the end of summer’s crude savagery and the star…
Netflix’s Roald Dahl universe would be a golden ticket to despair | Stuart Heritage
A glitzy franchise in which Matilda, the BFG and Willy Wonka all star threatens Dahl’s legacy and Netflix’s reputationAt this stage, it is abundantly clear that not everyone can pull off a shared universe. Marvel’s success has been followed up by a flu…
Can’t stop the beet! 10 tantalising beetroot recipes – from hearty borscht to tempting brownies
Delicious, versatile and good for you – there’s so much you can do with this ruby-coloured root vegetable apart from pickling it. Here are some of the best recipes to get you startedThe beetroot has a long and storied history. Assyrian texts from 800BC…
Arrested development: why are adults still playing high-schoolers on screen?
The casting of 27-year-old Ben Platt to play a 17-year-old in Dear Evan Hansen is the latest example of a weird trend that shows no sign of abatingBy all accounts, Dear Evan Hansen has plenty of problems to contend with. Transplanted to cinema from its…