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Album: Christine and the Queens - PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE
French star's new one is a concept piece, featuring Madonna, that's overlong but sometimes persuasive
tv

The Roy family saga comes to a satisfyingly bruising end

How South Wales Police used DNA testing for the first time

Tasmanian talks about marriage, cultural differences and autism
film

Chilling docudrama re-creates Reality Winner's interrogation by FBI agents at her suburban home

A mismatched showcase for Paul Mescal's powerful talent
new music

French star's new one is a concept piece, featuring Madonna, that's overlong but sometimes persuasive

Monáe's turn for the saucy marks a true creative renaissance

The pre-eminent stadium rockers' poignant and heart-wrenching latest is coloured deeply by their loss and grief
classical

'Zadok the Priest' becomes a 'smooth classic' in a good way, amidst other royal blazes
A superb organisation is commended, then gets its grant axed for missing 'data collection'

90 minutes of by-heart playing with movement from some of the world's best players
opera

A handsome season opener doesn't quite stab where it counts

Choral-orchestral performance meets contemporary dance in cross-cultural fusion

Wagner's gallon in a pint pot with mixed results
theatre

Revival of Neil La Bute's ruthless 2001 drama let down by clumsy writing

Entertaining mash-up of Dickensian tropes

The Master's life seen close up but with no warts
dance

Choral-orchestral performance meets contemporary dance in cross-cultural fusion
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A rare visit from Europe's No.1 contemporary troupe makes a powerful eco-protest

The prolific recreator of early ballets has died, leaving a lively argument
comedy

Reflections on fatherhood and creating art

Celebration of Scotland's iconic comedy legend Billy Connolly is a moving portrait of a nation
Books

Czerski takes a deep dive to explore the ocean-as-engine

The burden of a social conscience in an experience memoir from the acclaimed journalist

A thoughtful debut treatise that finds intimacies in surprising places
visual arts

Authoritative documentary that defines the genius of Nam June Paik

The detritus that accumulates in our over-stimulated brains

A film-maker goes from speaking to the street to addressing the museum
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