Breaking a taboo

For years, Tom Cullen has charmed audiences while flying under the radar. Now, with a string of leading roles, Britain’s best-kept secret is finally commanding the spotlight, says Christobel Hastings

FROM RYE LANE TO ALIEN: ROMULUS AND BEYOND, DAVID JONSSON HAS CAPTIVATED US WITH HIS UNIQUE, ENIGMATIC PRESENCE. NOW, AS HE STARS IN THE LONG WALK , HE TELLS US WHY NOT QUITE FITTING IN HAS PAID OFF

With A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY , stars Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie, alongside director Kogonada, enter doors to new worlds — both on and off screen

A NEW WAVE OF ADAPTATIONS PROVES THAT WE CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF ON-SCREEN AUSTEN

Mothers are the most familiar strangers in our lives, says novelist Abigail Bergstrom. We grow up believing we know them inside out, and, yet, how much of them do we truly see?

Genre-bending short stories of the modern world