Facing the abyss

ONE OF THE MOST GRIMLY FUNNY POEMS OF the past century is Philip Larkin’s “This Be the Verse,” with its opening salvo about how our parents invariably mess us up. Larkin used a saltier word for “mess,

December round-up Although he’s been writing and performing for many years, Donald WG Lindsay might come across as a bold new Scottish talent on Two Boats Under the Moon, his excellent two-disc debut

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The highs and shocking lows of some of the biggest girlbands of the 1990s are revealed in a documentary that lays bare body-shaming, abortions and other secrets. BBC Two’s two-parter Girlbands Forever